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The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is among the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremonies in the world.
 
 
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Pick of the Litter 2005
Murderball
(2005)  R
Fast-paced yet fluid film catches the warriors of Quad Rugby on and off the court. Quadriplegics candidly answer the questions people are afraid to ask them and boast about sexual escapades. Joe Soares has been a fierce American team leader until being cut from the roster due to his age. ... more
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
(2005)  R
Powerful meditation on the brutality of the U.S.-Mexico border region. Rancher Pete Perkins (Jones) forces Mike Norton (Pepper) to carry the body of Pete's friend Melquiades Estrada (Cedillo) from their dusty Texas border town to the dead man's home in Mexico for burial in his family cemetery. But the bigger ... more
The New World
(2005)  PG-13
Malick's vision offers the story of Pocahontas (Kilcher), stripped of its revisionist history and cartoon-fantasy world and elevated to a mythic retelling of the establishment of an American colony by the London based Virginia Co., which brought Captain John Smith (Ferrell) in contact with the Powhatan Indians. As the story ... more

Academy Awards: The Oscars 2005
 
 
Crash
Best Motion Picture of the Year
 
 
 

 
Memoirs of a Geisha
Achievement in cinematography
 
 
 

 
Ang Lee
Achievement in directing
 
 
 

 
King Kong
Achievement in Sound
 
 
 

 
George Clooney
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
 
 
 

 
 
Reese Witherspoon
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
 
 
 

 
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
 
 
 

 
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Animated Feature film of the year
 
 
 

 
Tsotsi
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
 
(Winner) Tsotsi
(2005) R \"\"

Nominees:
Paradise Now
(2005) PG-13 
 
 

 
March of the Penguins
Best Documentary Feature
 
 
 

 
Hustle & Flow
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
 
(Winner) Hustle & Flow
(2005) R 

Nominees:
Transamerica
(2005) R 
Crash
(2005) R 
 
 

 
Rachel Weisz
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
 
 
 

 
King Kong
Achievement in Visual Effects
 
 
 

 
Crash
Best Original screenplay
 
 
 

 
Memoirs of a Geisha
Achievement in Art Direction
 
 
 

 
Brokeback Mountain
Best Original Score
 
 
 

 
Crash
Achievement in film editing
 
(Winner) Crash
(2005) R \"\"
 
 

 
Brokeback Mountain
Best Adapted screenplay
 
 
 

 
Memoirs of a Geisha
Achievement in Costume Design
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
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