79th Annual Academy Awards - Oscar Nominations & Winners
Below are the Oscar nominees and winners for the 79th Annual Academy Awards, which celebrated the best movies of 2006.
| Best Picture | |
|
WINNER: The Departed - (My pick) |
A+ |
| Babel | B |
| Letters From Iwo Jima - (My prediction) | A- |
| Little Miss Sunshine | A- |
| The Queen | B+ |
| Best Director | |
|
WINNER: The Departed - Martin Scorsese (My pick and prediction) |
A+ |
| Babel - Alejandro González Iñárritu | B |
| Letters From Iwo Jima - Clint Eastwood | A- |
| The Queen - Stephen Frears | B+ |
| United 93 - Paul Greengrass | A |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | |
|
WINNER: The Last King of Scotland - Forest Whitaker (My prediction) |
B |
| Venus - Peter O'Toole | |
| Blood Diamond - Leonardo DiCaprio | B |
| Half Nelson - Ryan Gosling | B- |
| The Pursuit of Happyness - Will Smith (My pick) | A- |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | |
|
WINNER: The Queen - Helen Mirren (My prediction) |
B+ |
| The Devil Wears Prada - Meryl Streep (My pick) | B+ |
| Little Children - Kate Winslet | A- |
| Notes on a Scandal - Judi Dench | B |
| Volver - Penelope Cruz | B |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
|
WINNER: Little Miss Sunshine - Alan Arkin |
A- |
| Blood Diamond - Djimon Hounsou | B |
| The Departed - Mark Wahlberg | A+ |
| Dreamgirls - Eddie Murphy (My prediction) | B- |
| Little Children - Jackie Earle Haley (My pick) | A- |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | |
|
WINNER: Dreamgirls - Jennifer Hudson (My prediction) |
B- |
| Babel - Adriana Barraza (My pick) | B |
| Babel - Rinko Kikuchi | B |
| Little Miss Sunshine - Abigail Breslin | A- |
| Notes on a Scandal - Cate Blanchett | B |
| Best Original Screenplay | |
|
WINNER: Little Miss Sunshine |
A- |
| Babel | B |
| Letters From Iwo Jima | A- |
| Pan's Labyrinth - (My pick) | A |
| The Queen - (My prediction) | B+ |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | |
|
WINNER: The Departed - (My prediction) |
A+ |
| Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan | B |
| Children of Men | A+ |
| Little Children - (My pick) | A- |
| Notes on a Scandal | B |
| Best Foreign Picture | |
|
WINNER: The Lives of Others |
A- |
| After the Wedding | |
| Days of Glory (Indigènes) | B |
| Pan's Labyrinth - (My pick and prediction) | A |
| Water | |
| Best Documentary Picture | |
|
WINNER: Inconvenient Truth, An - (My pick and prediction) |
A- |
| Iraq in Fragments | |
| My Country My Country | |
| Deliver Us From Evil | B- |
| Jesus Camp | B |
| Best Animated Picture | |
|
WINNER: Happy Feet |
|
| Cars - (My prediction) | D+ |
| Monster House - (My pick) | A |
| Best Art Direction | |
|
WINNER: Pan's Labyrinth - (My pick and prediction) |
A |
| Dreamgirls | B- |
| The Good Shepherd | B- |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | C |
| The Prestige | B+ |
| Best Cinematography | |
|
WINNER: Pan's Labyrinth - (My prediction) |
A |
| The Black Dahlia | C+ |
| Children of Men - (My pick) | A+ |
| The Illusionist | B |
| The Prestige | B+ |
| Best Costume Design | |
|
WINNER: Marie Antoinette |
B+ |
| Curse of the Golden Flower - (My pick) | B |
| The Devil Wears Prada | B+ |
| Dreamgirls - (My prediction) | B- |
| The Queen | B+ |
| Best Film Editing | |
|
WINNER: The Departed |
A+ |
| Babel | B |
| Blood Diamond | B |
| Children of Men | A+ |
| United 93 - (My pick and prediction) | A |
| Best Makeup | |
|
WINNER: Pan's Labyrinth - (My prediction) |
A |
| Apocalypto - (My pick) | A- |
| Click | C |
| Best Original Score | |
|
WINNER: Babel |
B |
| The Good German | C |
| Notes on a Scandal - (My pick and prediction) | B |
| Pan's Labyrinth | A |
| The Queen | B+ |
| Best Original Song | |
|
WINNER: Inconvenient Truth, An - Melissa Etheridge ("I Need To Wake Up") |
A- |
| Cars - Randy Newman ("Our Town") | D+ |
| Dreamgirls - Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven ("Listen") | B- |
| Dreamgirls - Henry Krieger, Siedah Garrett ("Love You I Do") | B- |
| Dreamgirls - Henry Krieger, Willie Reale ("Patience") | B- |
| Best Sound Mixing | |
|
WINNER: Dreamgirls |
B- |
| Apocalypto | A- |
| Blood Diamond | B |
| Flags of Our Fathers | B- |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | C |
| Best Sound Editing | |
|
WINNER: Letters From Iwo Jima |
A- |
| Apocalypto | A- |
| Blood Diamond | B |
| Flags of Our Fathers | B- |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | C |
| Best Visual Effects | |
|
WINNER: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - (My pick and prediction) |
C |
| Poseidon | B- |
| Superman Returns | A |
| Best Documentary Short | |
|
WINNER: The Blood of Yingzhou District |
|
| Recycled Life | |
| Rehearsing a Dream | |
| Two Hands | |
| Best Animated Short Film | |
|
WINNER: The Danish Poet |
|
| Lifted | |
| Maestro | |
| No Time for Nuts | |
| The Little Matchgirl | |
| Best Live-Action Short Film | |
|
WINNER: West Bank Story |
|
| Binta y la gran idea | |
| Helmer & Son | |
| The Saviour | |
| Éramos pocos | |
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