The 77th Academy Awards (2004): Precursor Awards

Independent Spirit Awards

• (2/26/05)
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• Feature: Sideways
• John Cassavetes Award - Feature (Under $500,000): Mean Creek
• First Feature: Garden State
• First Screenplay: Maria Full of Grace
• Director: Alexander Payne - Sideways
• Actor: Paul Giamatti - Sideways
• Actress: Catalina Sandino Moreno - Sideways
• Screenplay: Sideways
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Debut Performance: Rodrigo de la Serna - The Motorcycle Diaries
• Cinematography: The Motorcycle Diaries
• Foreign Film: The Sea Inside
• Documentary: Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

American Cinema Editors

• (2/20/05)
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• Drama Film Editing: The Aviator
• Comedy Film Editing: Ray

Writers Guild of America

• (2/19/05)
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• Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Adapted Screnplay: Sideways

Cinema Audio Society

• (2/19/05)
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• Sound: The Aviator

Central Ohio Film Critics

• (2/19/05)
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• Picture: Million Dollar Baby
• Lead: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• Supporting: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Actor of the Year (Body of Work): Cate Blanchett - Coffee & Cigarettes/The Aviator/The Life Aquatic
• Director: Alexander Payne - Sideways
• Ensemble: I Heart Huckabees
• Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Formal Design: The Aviator
• Sound Design: Kill Bill, Vol. 2
• Breakthrough Artist: Zach Braff - Garden State (Actor/Writer/Director)

Top 10

1. Million Dollar Baby
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Sideways
4. The Incredibles
5. The Aviator
6. Before Sunset
7. Closer
8. Dogville
9. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
10. Maria Full of Grace

Visual Effects Society

• (1/11/05)
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• Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture: The Aviator

American Society of Cinematographers

• (2/9/05)
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• Cinematography: A Very Long Engagement

Art Directors Guild Winners

• (2/12/05)
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• Production Design, Period/Fantasy: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Production Design, Contemporary: The Terminal

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

• (2/12/05)
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• Film: The Aviator
• British Film: My Summer of Love
• British Director: Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Supporting Actor: Clive Owen - Closer
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
• Director: Mike Leigh - Vera Drake
• Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
• Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
• Original Score: The Motorcycle Diaries
• Cinematography: Collateral
• Editing: Eternal Sunshine
• Production Design: The Aviator
• Costume Design: Vera Drake
• Sound: Ray
• Visual Effects: The Day After Tomorrow
• Makeup/Hair: The Aviator
• Foreign Film: The Motorcycle Diaries
• Short Film: The Banker
• Short Animation: Birthday Boy

London Film Critics Circle

• (2/9/05)
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• Picture: Sideways
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Director: Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
• Screenwriter: Eternal Sunshine
• Foreign Film: The Motorcycle Diaries

Online Film and Television Association

• (2/6/05)
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• Picture: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Animated Picture: The Incredibles
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• Supporting Actor: Clive Owen - Closer
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
• Ensemble: Sideways
• Casting: The Aviator
• Youth Performance: Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
• Breakthrough Male: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Breakthrough Female: Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
• Director: Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
• First Feature: Joshua Marston - Maria Full of Grace
• Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
• First Screenplay: Maria Full of Grace
• Original Score: The Incredibles
• Original Song: Old Habits Die Hard - Alfie
• Adapted Song: A Waltz for a Night - Before Sunset
• Film Editing: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Cinematography: Hero
• Production Design: The Aviator
• Costume Design: House of Flying Daggers
• Makeup: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Sound: TIE: The Aviator & The Incredibles
• Sound Effects: The Incredibles
• Visual Effects: Spider-Man 2
• Foreign Film: TIE: Hero - China & Maria Full of Grace - Colombia
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11

Screen Actors Guild

• (2/5/05)
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• Lead Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Lead Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
• Ensemble Cast: Sideways

Annie Awards Winners

• (1/30/05)
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• Animated Feature: The Incredibles
• Animated Short Subject: Lorenzo

Directors Guild of America

• (1/29/05)
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• Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby

Satellites

• (1/23/05)
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• Motion Picture Drama: Hotel Rwanda
• Motion Picture Comedy/Musical: Sideways
• Drama Actor: Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
• Drama Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• Comedy/Musical Actor: Annette Bening - Being Julia
• Comedy/Musical Actress: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Drama Supporting Actor: Christopher Walken - Around the Bend
• Drama Supp. Actress: Gena Rowlands - The Notebook
• Comedy/Musical Supp. Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Comedy/Musical Supp. Actress: Regina King - Ray
• Director: Mel Gibson - The Passion of the Christ
• Ensemble: Sideways
• Original Screenplay: Ray
• Adapted Screenplay: Million Dollar Baby
• Foreign Language Film: The Sea Inside - Spain
• Animated/Mixed-Media Picture: The Incredibles
• Documentary: Super Size Me
• Production Design: De-Lovely
• Cinematography: House of Flying Daggers
• Costume Design: Vanity Fair
• Film Editing: Collateral
• Original Score: Napoleon Dynamite
• Original Song: Million Voices - Hotel Rwanda
• Sound: Collateral
• Visual Effects: The Aviator & House of Flying Daggers
• Outstanding New Talent: Freddie Highmore

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

• (1/20/05)
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• Picture: Sideways
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
• Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
• Foreign Film: A Very Long Engagement

Producers Guild of America

• (1/23/05)
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• Picture: The Aviator

Online Film and Television Association Nominations

• (1/23/05)
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• Picture: The Aviator, Before Sunset, Eternal Sunshine, Million Dollar Baby, Sideways
• Animated Picture: The Incredibles, The Polar Express, Shrek 2
• Actor: Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine, Leoanrdo DiCaprio - The Aviator, Jamie Foxx - Ray, Paul Giamatti - Sideways, Liam Neeson - Kinsey
• Actress: Julie Delpy - Before Sunset, Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace, Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake, Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby, Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine
• Supporting Actor: David Carradine - Kill Bill, Vol. 2, Thomas Haden Church - Sideways, Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby, Clive Owen - Closer, Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator, Laura Linney - Kinsey, Virginia Madsen - Sideways, Sophie Okonedo - Hotel Rwanda, Natalie Portman - Closer
• Ensemble: The Aviator, Closer, Eternal Sunshine, Kinsey, Sideways
• Casting: The Aviator, Closer, Eternal Sunshine, Kinsey, Sideways
• Youth Performance: Cameron Bright - Birth, Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland, Lindsay Lohan - Mean Girls, C.J. Sanders - Ray, Emma Watson - Harry Potter
• Breakthrough Male: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways, Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland, Roderigo de la Serna - The Motorcycle Diaries
• Breakthrough Female: Bryce Dallas Howard - The Village, Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace, Emmy Rossum - The Phantom of the Opera
• Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby, Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine, Michael Mann - Collateral, Alexander Payne - Sideways, Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
• First Feature: Zach Braff - Garden State, Joshua Marston - Maria Full of Grace, Kerry Conran - SKy Captain and the World of Tomorrow
• Original Screenplay: The Aviator, Eternal Sunshine, Hotel Rwanda, The Incredibles, Kinsey
• Adapted Screenplay: Before Sunset, Closer, Million Dollar Baby, The Motorcycle Diaries, Sideways
• First Screenplay: Garden State, Maria Full of Grace, Mean Girls
• Original Score: The Aviator, Birth, Eternal Sunshine, Finding Neverland, The Incredibles
• Original Song: Accidentally in Love - Shrek 2, Knock Yourself Out - I Heart Huckabees, Lovers - House of Flying Daggers, Million Voices - Hotel Rwanda, Old Habits Die Hard - Alfie
• Adapted Song: Begin the Beguine - De-Lovely, Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love - De-Lovely, The Music of the Night - The Phantom of the Opera, A Waltz for a Night - Before Sunset, What'd I Say? - Ray
• Film Editing: The Aviator, Collateral, Eternal Sunshine, Hero, Million Dollar Baby
• Cinematography: The Aviator, Collateral, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, A Very Long Engagement
• Production Design: The Aviator, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Phantom of the Opera
• Costume Design: The Aviator, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, The Phantom of the Opera, Vanity Fair
• Makeup: The Aviator, Dawn of the Dead, Hellboy, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Passion of the Christ
• Sound: The Aviator, Collateral, The Incredibles, Million Dollar Baby, Spider-Man 2
• Sound Effects: The Aviator, Collateral, House of Flying Daggers, The Incredibles, Spider-Man 2
• Visual Effects: The Aviator, The Day After Tomorrow, Harry Potter, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Spider-Man 2
• Foreign Film: Bad Education, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Maria Full of Grace, The Motorcycle Diaries
• Documentary: Born Into Brothels, Fahrenheit 9/11, Super Size Me, Tarnation, Touching the Void

USC Scripter Awards

• (1/20/05)
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• Adapted Screenplay: Million Dollar Baby

Cinema Audio Society Nominations

• (1/20/05)
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• Sound:
• The Aviator
• The Bourne Supremacy
• Finding Neverland
• Ray
• Spider-Man 2

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

• (1/20/05)
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• Film: The Aviator, Eternal Sunshine, Finding Neverland, The Motorcycle Diaries, Vera Drake
• British Film: Dead Man's Shoes, Harry Potter, My Summer of Love, Shaun of the Dead, Vera Drake
• Actor: Gael Garcia Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries, Jamie Foxx - Ray, Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine, Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland, Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
• Actress: Charlize Theron - Monster, Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake, Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine, Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland, Ziyi Zhang - House of Flying Daggers
• Supporting Actor: Alan Alda - The Aviator, Clive Owen - Closer, Jamie Foxx - Collateral, Phil Davis - Vera Drake, Rodrigo de la Serna - The Motorcycle Diaries
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchet - The Aviator, Heather Craney - Vera Drake, Julie Christie - Finding Neverland, Meryl Streep - The Manchurian Candidate, Natalie Portman - Closer
• Director: Martin Scorsese - The Aviator, Michael Mann - Collateral, Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine, Marc Forster - Finding Neverland, Mike Leigh - Vera Drake
• Original Screenplay: The Aviator, Collateral, Eternal Sunshine, Ray, Vera Drake
• Adapted Screenplay: The Chorus, Closer, Finding Neverland, The Motorcycle Diaries, Sideways
• Original Score: The Aviator, The Chorus, The Motorcycle Diaries, Finding Neverland, Ray
• Cinematography: The Aviator, Collateral, Finding Neverland, House of Flying Daggers, The Motorcycle Diaries
• Editing: The Aviator, Collateral, Eternal Sunshine, House of Flying Daggers, Vera Drake
• Production Design: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Harry Potter, House of Flying Daggers, Vera Drake
• Costume Design: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, House of Flying Daggers, The Merchant of Venice, Vera Drake
• Sound: The Aviator, Collateral, House of Flying Daggers, Ray, Spider-Man 2
• Visual Effects: The Aviator, The Day After Tomorrow, Harry Potter, House of Flying Daggers, Spider-Man 2
• Makeup/Hair: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Harry Potter, House of Flying Daggers, Vera Drake
• Live-Action Short Film: The Banker, Can't STop Breathing, Elephant Boy, Knitting a Love Song, Six Shooter
• Animated Short Film: Birthday Boy, City Paradise, Heavy Pockets, His Passionate Bride, Little Things
• Foreign Film: The Chorus, The Motorcycle Diaries, A Very Long Engagement, Bad Education, House of Flying Daggers

Iowa Film Critics

• (1/20/05)
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• Picture: Sideways
• Actor: Paul Giamatti - Sideways
• Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Director: Alexander Payne - Sideways

Phoenix Film Critics

• (1/20/05)
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• Picture: The Aviator
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Laura Linney - Kinsey
• Director: Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
• Ensemble: Sideways
• Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
• Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
• Overlooked Must See: Stage Beauty
• Family Film: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Animated Film: The Incredibles
• Foreign Film: Hero
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
• Song: "Accidentally in Love" - Shrek 2
• Original Score: Sideways
• Use of Previously Produced or Recorded Music: Ray
• Cinematography: The Aviator
• Film Editing: Eternal Sunshine
• Production Design: The Aviator
• Costume Design: The Aviator
• Visual Effects: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
• Makeup: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Breakout Performance - On Screen: Paz Vega - Spanglish
• Breakout Performance - Behind the Camera: Zach Braff - Garden State
• Youth Performance, Male: Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
• Youth Performance, Female: Sarah Steele - Spanglish

Annie Awards Nominations

• (1/20/05)
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• Animated Feature:
• Ghost in the Shell 2
• The Incredibles
• Shrek 2
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
• Animated Short Subject:
• Agricultural Report
• It's the Cat
• Lorenzo
• Rockfish
• Ryan/Copper Heart Entertainment

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Nominations

• (1/20/05)
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• Picture: Eternal Sunshine
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Supporting Actor: Jamie Foxx - Collateral
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
• Director: Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine
• Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
• Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
• Animated Feature: The Incredibles
• Ensemble: Eternal Sunshine
• Foreign Film: Maria Full of Grace
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11

London Film Critics Circle

• (1/20/05)
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• Picture: The Aviator, House of Flying Daggers, Sideways, The Motorcycle Diaries, Eternal Sunshine
• Actor: Paul Giamatti - Sideways, Geoffrey Rush - The Life & Death of Peter Sellers, Jamie Foxx - Ray, Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator, Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
• Actress: Charlize Theron - Monster, Annette Bening - Being Julia, Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake, Natalie Portman - Closer, Nicole Kidman - Birth
• Director: Walter Salles - The Motorcycle Diaries, Alexander Payne - Sideways, Martin Scorsese - The Aviator, Zhang Yimou - House of Flying Daggers, Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine
• Screenwriter: The Incredibles, Sideways, Finding Neverland, Eternal Sunshine, Look at Me
• Foreign Film: House of Flying Daggers, Bad Education, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Return, A Very Long Engagement

Golden Globes

• (1/16/05)
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• Motion Picture Drama: The Aviator
• Motion Picture Comedy/Musical: Sideways
• Drama Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
• Drama Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• Comedy/Musical Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Comedy/Musical Actress: Annette Bening - Being Julia
• Supporting Actor: Clive Owen - Closer
• Supporting Actress: Natalie Portman - Closer
• Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Screenplay: Sideways
• Original Score: The Aviator
• Original Song: "Old Habits Die Hard" - Alfie
• Foreign Film: The Sea Inside

American Cinema Editors

• (1/14/05)
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• Drama Film Editing:
• The Aviator
• Collateral
• Finding Neverland
• Kill Bill, Vol. 2
• Kinsey
• Million Dollar Baby
• Comedy or Musical Film Editing:
• De-Lovely
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• The Incredibles
• Ray
• Sideways
• Documentary Film Editing:
• Fahrenheit 9/11
• My Architect
• Riding Giants

Art Directors Guild Nominees

• (1/13/05)
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• Production Design, Period/Fantasy:
• The Aviator
• Finding Neverland
• The Incredibles
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Production Design, Contemporary:
• Collateral
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• Million Dollar Baby
• The Terminal

Writers Guild of America

• (1/13/05)
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• Original Screenplay:
• The Aviator
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Garden State
• Hotel Rwanda
• Kinsey
• Adapted Screnplay:
• Before Sunset
• Mean Girls
• Million Dollar Baby
• The Motorcycle Diaries
• Sideways

American Society of Cinematographers

• (1/12/05)
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• Cinematography:
• The Aviator
• Collateral
• The Passion of the Christ
• Ray
• A Very Long Engagement

Screen Actors Guild

• (1/11/05)
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• Lead Actor: Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda, Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland, Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator, Jamie Foxx - Ray, Paul Giamatti - Sideways
• Lead Actress: Annette Bening - Being Julia, Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace, Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake, Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby, Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways, Jamie Foxx - Collateral, Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby, James Garner - The Notebook, Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator, Cloris Leachman - Spanglish, Laura Linney - Kinsey, Virginia Madsen - Sideways, Sophie Okonedo - Hotel Rwanda
• Ensemble Cast: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Hotel Rwanda, Million Dollar Baby, Ray, Sideways

Visual Effects Society

• (1/11/05)
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• Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture:
• The Day After Tomorrow
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Spider-Man 2
• Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture:
• The Aviator
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Troy

Broadcast Film Critics (Critics' Choice)

• (1/10/05)
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• Picture: Sideways
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Director: Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
• Screenplay: Sideways
• Ensemble: Sideways
• Young Actor: Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
• Young Actress: Emmy Rossum - The Phantom of the Opera
• Animated Feature: The Incredibles
• Family Film: Finding Neverland
• Foreign Film: The Sea Inside
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
• Popular Film: Spider-Man 2
• Song: Old Habits Die Hard - Alfie
• Score: The Aviator

Online Film Critics Society Winners

• (1/10/05)
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• Picture: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Actor: Paul Giamatti - Sideways
• Actress: Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
• Director: Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine
• Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
• Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
• Cinematography: Hero
• Editing: Eternal Sunshine
• Score: The Incredibles
• Foreign Film: Hero
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
• Animated Feature: The Incredibles
• Breakthrough Performance: Catalina Sandrino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
• Breakthrough Filmmaker: Zach Braff - Garden State

National Society of Film Critics

• (1/8/05)
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• Picture: Million Dollar Baby
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray & Collateral
• Actress: TIE: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby & Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Director: Zhang Yimou - House of Flying Daggers & Hero
• Screenplay: Sideways
• Foreign Film: Moolaade
• Documentary: Tarnation

USC Scripter Awards

• (1/7/05)
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• Adapted Screenplay:
• The Bourne Supremacy
• The Door in the Floor
• Friday Night Lights
• Million Dollar Baby
• Sideways

Directors Guild of America

• (1/5/05)
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• Director:
• Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
• Marc Forster - Finding Neverland
• Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Taylor Hackford - Ray
• Alexander Payne - Sideways

Producers Guild of America

• (1/5/05)
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• Picture:
• The Aviator
• Finding Neverland
• The Incredibles
• Million Dollar Baby
• Sideways

Costume Designers Guild Nominees

• (1/4/05)
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• Contemporary Costume Design:
• Ocean's Twelve
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• Alfie
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Kill Bill, Vol. 2
• Period/Fantasy Costume Design:
• The Aviator
• De-Lovely
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Ray

Online Film Critics Society Nominees

• (1/3/05)
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• Picture: Before Sunset, Eternal Sunshine, Garden State, Incredibles, Sideways
• Actor: Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine, Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda, Leoanrdo DiCaprio - The Aviator, Jamie Foxx - Ray, Paul Giamatti - Sideways
• Actress: Julie Delpy - Before Sunset, Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake, Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby, Uma Thurman - Kill Bill, Vol. 2, Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine
• Supporting Actor: David Carradine - Kill Bill, Vol. 2, Thomas Haden Church - Sideways, Jamie Foxx - Collateral, Clive Owen - Closer, Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator, Laura Linney - Kinsey, Virginia Madsen - Sideawys, Natalie Portman - Closer, Sharon Warren - Ray
• Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby, Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine, Alexander Payne - Sideways, Martin Scorsese - The Aviator, Zhang Yimou - Hero
• Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine, Garden State, Incredibles, Kill Bill, Vol. 2, Shaun of the Dead
• Adapted Screenplay: Before Sunset, Closer, Million Dollar Baby, The Motorcycle Diaries, Sideways
• Original Score: The Aviator, Birth, Eternal Sunshine, Hero, Incredibles
• Cinematography: The Aviator, Collateral, Eternal Sunshine, Hero, House of Flying Daggers
• Editing: The Aviator, Eternal Sunshine, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Kill Bill, Vol. 2
• Foreign Film: Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Maria Full of Grace, The Motorcycle Diaries, A Very Long Engagement
• Documentary: Control Room, Fahrenheit 9/11, Metallica, Super Size Me, Touching the Void
• Animated Feature: Ghost in the Shell 2, Incredibles, Polar Express, Shrek 2, Team America: World Police
• Breakthrough Performance: Zach Braff - Garden State, Bryce Dallas Howard - The Village, Jon Heder - Napoleon Dynamite, Catalina Sandrino Morengo - Maria Full of Grace, Emmy Rossum - The Phantom of the Opera

Las Vegas Film Critics Society

• (1/3/05)
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• Picture: The Aviator
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland/Eternal Sunshine
• Supporting Actor: Clive Owen - Closer
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator/The Life Aquatic
• Director: Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
• Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
• Foreign Film: Hero
• Cinematography: The Aviator
• Film Editing: The Aviator
• Original Score: The Incredibles
• Animated Film: The Incredibles
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
• Art Direction: The Aviator

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

• (1/3/05)
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• Picture: Million Dollar Baby
• Actor: Paul Giamatti - Sideways
• Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Director: Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
• Foreign Film: A Very Long Engagement
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
• Animated Film: The Incredibles

Toronto Film Critics Association

• (1/3/05)
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• Picture: Sideways
• Actor: Paul Giamatti - Sideways
• Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Supporting Actor: Clive Owen - Closer
• Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Director: Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine
• Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
• Documentary: The Fog of War
• Foreign Film: Hero
• Animated Film: The Triplets of Belleville

Kansas City Film Critics Circle

• (1/2/05)
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• Picture: Million Dollar Baby
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
• Director: Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
• Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
• Animated Film: The Incredibles
• Foreign Film: A Very Long Engagement

Seattle Film Critics

• (12/29/04)
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• Picture: Million Dollar Baby
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
• Documentary: TIE: Control Room & Touching the Void
• Foreign Language Film: Maria Full of Grace
• Animated Feature: The Incredibles
• Living Treasure: Henry Bumstead

San Diego Film Critics

• (12/22/04)
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• Picture: Vera Drake
• Actor: Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine
• Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Supporting Actor: Phil Davis - Vera Drake
• Supporting Actress: Natalie Portman - Closer
• Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Original Screenplay: Vera Drake
• Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
• Foreign Film: The Sea Inside
• Documentary: Tarnation
• Animated Film: The Incredibles
• Cinematography: Tie: Hero & The Phantom of the Opera
• Editing: Eternal Sunshine
• Production Design: The Aviator
• Original Score: Million Dollar Baby
• Body of Work: Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda/United States of Leland/Assassination of Richard Nixon

Southeastern Film Critics Association

• (12/22/04)
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• Picture: Sideways
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Annette Bening - Being Julia
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Director: Alexander Payne - Sideways
• Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
• Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
• Foreign Film: Maria Full of Grace
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11

Top 10 Films

1. Sideways
2. Million Dollar Baby
3. Eternal Sunshine
4. Kinsey
5. The Incredibles
6. Finding Neverland
7. Ray
8. The Aviator
9. Hotel Rwanda
10. Before Sunset

Florida Film Critics

• (12/22/04)
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• Picture: Sideways
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Laura Linney - Kinsey
• Director: Alexander Payne - Sideways
• Screenplay: Sideways
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
• Foreign Film: A Very Long Engagement
• Animated Feature: The Incredibles
• Breakout Award: Zach Braff - Garden State

Chicago Film Critics

• (12/22/04)
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• Picture: Sideways
• Actor: Paul Giamatti - Sideways
• Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Screenplay: Sideways
• Foreign Film: A Very Long Engagement
• Cinematography: TIE: The Aviator & Hero
• Most Promising Performer: Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
• New Director: Zach Braff - Garden State
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
• Original Score: The Aviator

Phoenix Film Critics Awards

• (12/21/04)
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• Picture: The Aviator
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Laura Linney - Kinsey
• Director: Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
• Ensemble: Sideways
• Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
• Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
• Overlooked Film of the Year: Stage Beauty
• Family Film: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Animated Film: The Incredibles
• Foreign Film: Hero
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
• Song: Accidentally in Love - Shrek 2
• Original Score: Sideways
• Use of Previously Produced or Recorded Music: Ray
• Cinematography: The Aviator
• Film Editing: Eternal Sunshine
• Production Design: The Aviator
• Costume Design: The Aviator
• Visual Effects: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
• Makeup: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Breakout of the Year - On Screen: Paz Vega - Spanglish
• Breakout of the Year - Behind the Camera: Zach Braff - Garden State
• Youth Performance, Male: Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
• Youth Performance, Female: Sarah Steele - Spanglish

Top 10 (Alphabetical Order)

• The Aviator
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Finding Neverland
• Hero
• Hotel Rwanda
• The Incredibles
• Million Dollar Baby
• Ray
• Sideways
• Spanglish

London Film Critics Circle

• (12/20/04)
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• Picture: The Aviator, House of Flying Daggers, Sideways, The Motorcycle Diaries, Eternal Sunshine
• Actor: Paul Giamatti - Sideways, Geoffrey Rush - The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Jamie Foxx - Ray, Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator, Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
• Actress: Charlize Theron - Monster, Annette Bening - Being Julia, Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake, Natalie Portman - Closer, Nicole Kidman - Birth
• Director: Walter Salles - The Motorcycle Diaries, Alexander Payne - Sideways, Martin Scorsese - The Aviator, Zhang Yimou - House of Flying Daggers, Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine
• Screenwriter: The Incredibles, Sideways, Finding Neverland, Eternal Sunshine, Look at Me
• Foreign Film: House of Flying Daggers, Bad Education, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Return, A Very Long Engagement

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association

• (12/17/04)
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• Picture: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Supporting Actor: Jamie Foxx - Collateral
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
• Director: Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine
• Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
• Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
• Animated Feature: The Incredibles
• Ensemble: Eternal Sunshine
• Foreign Film: Maria Full of Grace
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11

Broadcast Film Critics (Critics' Choice)

• (12/15/04)
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• Picture: The Aviator, Collateral, Eternal Sunshine, Finding Neverland, Hotel Rwanda, Kinsey, Million Dollar Baby, The Phantom of the Opera, Ray, Sideways
• Actor: Javier Bardem - Sea Inside, Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda, Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland, Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator, Jamie Foxx - Ray, Paul Giamatti - Sideways
• Actress: Annette Bening - Being Julia, Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace, Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake, Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby, Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Vol. 2, Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways, Jamie Foxx - Collateral, Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby, Clive Owen - Closer, Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - Aviator, Laura Linney - Kinsey, Virginia Madsen - Sideways, Natalie Portman - Closer, Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland
• Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby, Marc Forster - Finding Neverland, Taylor Hackford - Ray, Alexander Payne - Sideways, Martin Scorsese - Aviator
• Screenplay: Kinsey, Eternal Sunshine, Aviator, Finding Neverland, Sideways
• Ensemble: Closer, Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Ocean's Twelve, Sideways
• Young Actor: Liam Aiken - Lemony Snicket, Cameron Bright - Birth, Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland, Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter, William Ulrich - Beyond the Sea
• Young Actress: Emily Browning - Lemony Snicket, Dakota Fanning - Man on Fire, Lindsay Lohan - Mean Girls, Emmy Rossum - Phantom of the Opera, Emma Watson - Harry Potter
• Popular Movie: Bourne Supremacy, The Incredibles, Napoleon Dynamite, Passion of the Christ, Spider-Man 2
• Animated Feature: Incredibles, Polar Express, Shrek 2
• Family Film: Finding Neverland, Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, Miracle, Spider-Man 2
• Foreign Film: House of Flying Daggers, Maria Full of Grace, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Sea Inside, A Very Long Engagement
• Documentary: Control Room, Fahrenheit 9/11, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Super Size Me
• Song: "Accidentally in Love" - Shrek 2, "Believe" - Polar Express, "Old Habits Die Hard" - Alfie
• Soundtrack: Alfie, Beyond the Sea, De-Lovely, Garden State, Ray
• Composer: Michael Giacchino - Incredibles, Rolfe Kent - Sideways, Howard Shore - Aviator

Golden Globes

• (12/13/04)
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• Motion Picture Drama: The Aviator, Closer, Finding Neverland, Hotel Rwanda, Kinsey, Million Dollar Baby
• Motion Picture Comedy/Musical: Eternal Sunshine, Incredibles, Phantom of the Opera, Ray, Sideways
• Drama Actor: Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside, Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda, Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland, Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator, Liam Neeson - Kinsey
• Drama Actress: Scarlett Johansson - Love Song for Bobby Long, Nicole Kidman - Birth, Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake, Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby, Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Vol. 2.
• Comedy/Musical Actor: Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine, Jamie Foxx - Ray, Paul Giamatti - Sideways, Kevin Kline - De-Lovely, Kevin Spacey - Beyond the Sea
• Comedy/Musical Actress: Annette Bening - Being Julia, Ashley Judd - De-Lovely, Emmy Rossum - Phantom of the Opera, Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine, Renee Zellweger - Bridget Jones 2
• Supporting Actor: David Carradine - Kill Bill Vol. 2, Thomas Haden Church - Sideways, Jamie Foxx - Collateral, Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby, Clive Owen - Closer
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator, Laura Linney - Kinsey, Virginia Madsen - Sideways, Natalie Portman - Closer, Meryl Streep - Manchurian Candidate
• Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby, Marc Forster - Finding Neverland, Mike Nichols - Closer, Alexander Payne - Sideways, Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
• Screenplay: The Aviator, Closer, Eternal Sunshine, Finding Neverland, Sideways
• Original Score: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Million Dollar Baby, Sideways, Spanglish
• Original Song: "Old Habits Die Hard" - Alfie, "Million Voices" - Hotel Rwanda, "Learn to Be Lonely" - Phantom of the Opera, "Believe" - Polar Express, "Accidentally in Love" - Shrek 2
• Foreign Film: The Chorus, House of Flying Daggers, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Sea Inside, A Very Long Engagement

New York Film Critics Circle

• (12/13/04)
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• Picture: Sideways
• Actor: Paul Giamatti - Sideways
• Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Supporting Actor: Clive Owen - Closer
• Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Director: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle - Hero
• Foreign Film: Bad Education
• Screenplay: Sideways
• First Film: Maria Full of Grace
• Animated Film: The Incredibles
• Non-Fiction Film: Fahrenheit 9/11

San Francisco Film Critics

• (12/13/04)
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• Picture: Sideways
• Actor: Paul Giamatti - Sideways
• Actress: Julie Delpy - Before Sunset
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Director: Alexander Payne - Sideways
• Foreign Film: Maria Full of Grace
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11

Boston Society of Film Critics

• (12/12/04)
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• Picture: Sideways (RU: Before Sunset)
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray (RU: Paul Giamatti - Sideways)
• Actress: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby (RU: Annette Bening - Being Julia/Kim Basinger - The Door in the Floor)
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways (RU: Clive Owen - Closer)
• Supporting Actress: Laura Dern - We Don't Live Here Anymore/Sharon Warren - Ray (RU: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator)
• Director: Zhang Yimou - House of Flying Daggers (RU: Alexander Payne - Sideways)
• Ensemble: Sideways (RU: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou)
• Screenplay: Sideways (RU: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
• Cinematography: House of Flying Daggers (RU: A Very Long Engagement)
• Foreign Language Film: House of Flying Daggers (RU: A Very Long Engagement)
• Documentary: Control Room (RU: Touching the Void)
• New Filmmaker: Jonathan Caouette (RU: Nicole Kassell - The Woodsman/Joshua Marston - Maria Full of Grace)

American Film Institute Top Ten

• (12/12/04)

Top 10 (Alphabetical):

• The Aviator
• Collateral
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Friday Night Lights
• The Incredibles
• Kinsey
• Maria Full of Grace
• Million Dollar Baby
• Sideways
• Spider-Man 2

New York Online Film Critics

• (12/11/04)
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• Picture: Sideways
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Director: Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
• Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11, Broadway: The Golden Age
• Foreign Language Film: The Motorcycle Diaries
• Cinematography: Hero
• Animation: The Incredibles
• Debut Director: Joshua Marston - Maria Full of Grace
• Breakthrough Performance: Topher Grace - P.S., In Good Company

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

• (12/11/04)
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• Picture: Sideways
•    Runner-Up: Million Dollar Baby
• Actor: Liam Neeson - Kinsey
•    Runner-Up: Paul Giamatti - Sideways
• Actress: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
•    Runner-Up: Julie Delpy - Before Sunset
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
•    Runner-Up: Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
• Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen - Sideways
•    Runner-Up: Cate Blanchett - Coffee & Cigarettes, The Aviator
• Director: Alexander Payne - Sideways
•    Runner-Up: Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
• Screenplay: Sideways
•    Runner-Up: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Cinematography: Collateral
•    Runner-Up: House of Flying Daggers
• Foreign Language Film: House of Flying Daggers
•    Runner-Up: The Motorcycle Diaries
• Documentary: Born Into Brothels
•    Runner-Up: Fahrenheit 9/11
• Production Design: The Aviator
•    Runner-Up: House of Flying Daggers
• Music Score: The Incredibles
•    Runner-Up: Birth
• Animation (Feature-Length): The Incredibles

Satellites

• (12/10/04)
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• Motion Picture Drama: Maria Full of Grace, Kinsey, Hotel Rwanda, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Vera Drake, The Aviator
• Motion Picture Comedy/Musical: Ray, Merchant of Venice, Sideways, Napoleon Dynamite, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Phantom of the Opera
• Drama Actor: Gael Garcia Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries, Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland, Sean Penn - The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside, Liam Neeson - Kinsey, Kevin Bacon - The Woodsman, Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
• Drama Actress: Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Vol. 2, Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace, Laura Linney - P.S., Sigourney Weaver - Imaginary Heroes, Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake, Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• Comedy/Musical Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray, Kevin Kline - De-Lovely, Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine, Paul Giamatti - Sideways, Bill Murray - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Gerard Butler - The Phantom of the Opera
• Comedy/Musical Actress: Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine, Jena Malone - Saved, Natalie Portman - Garden State, Annette Bening - Being Julia, Kerry Washington - Ray, Emmy Rossum - The Phantom of the Opera
• Drama Supporting Actor: Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey, David Carradine - Kill Bill Vol. 2, Jamie Foxx - Collateral, Alfred Molina - Spider-Man 2, Christopher Walken - Around the Bend, Clive Owen - Closer
• Drama Supp. Actress: Gena Rowlands - The Notebook, Laura Linney - Kinsey, Kyra Sedgewick - The Woodsman, Cate Blanchett - The Aviator, Darryl Hannah - Kill Bill Vol. 2, Natalie Portman - Closer
• Comedy/Musical Supp. Actor: Jeremy Irons - Being Julia, Thomas Haden Church - Sideways, Peter Sarsgaard - Garden State, Patrick Wilson - The Phantom of the Opera, Joseph Fiennes - The Merchant of Venice, Mark Wahlberg - I Heart Huckabees
• Comedy/Musical Supp. Actress: Regina King - Ray, Minnie Driver - The Phantom of the Opera, Virginia Madsen - Sideways, Sharon Warren - Ray, Lynn Collins - Merchant of Venice, Cloris Leachman - Spanglish
• Director: Martin Scorsese - The Aviator, Taylor Hackford - Ray, Alexander Payne - Sideways, Joshua Marston - Maria Full of Grace, Bill Condon - Kinsey, Mel Gibson - The Passion of the Christ
• Original Screenplay: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Hotel Rwanda, The Aviator, Kinsey, Ray
• Adapted Screenplay: Million Dollar Baby, The Phantom of the Opera, Sideways, Closer, Collateral
• Foreign Language Film: Bad Education - Spain, The Motorcycle Diaries - Argentina, House of Flying Daggers - China, The Sea Inside - Spain, A Very Long Engagement - France, Don't Move - Italy
• Animated/Mixed-Media Picture: Teacher's Pet, Shrek 2, The Incredibles, Team America: World Police, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, The Polar Express
• Documentary: Touching the Void, Born Into Brothels, Super Size Me, The Fuente Family: An American Dream, Tupac: Resurrection, Lighting in a Bottle
• Production Design: The Aviator, De-Lovely, Vanity Fair, House of Flying Daggers, The Phantom of the Opera, Sky Captain
• Cinematography: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Aviator, The Phantom of the Opera, A Very Long Engagement, Spider-Man 2, House of Flying Daggers
• Costume Design: The Aviator, De-Lovely, Vanity Fair, House of Flying Daggers, The Phantom of the Opera, Sky Captain
• Film Editing: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Aviator, Closer, Collateral, House of Flying Daggers, Spider-Man 2
• Original Score: The Incredibles, Alfie, The Aviator, Spider-Man 2, Napoleon Dynamite, Finding Neverland
• Original Song: "Million Voices" - Hotel Rwanda, "Blind Leading the Blind" - Alfie, "Shine Your Light" - Ladder 49, "The Book of Love" - Shall We Dance, "Learn to Be Lonely" - The Phantom of the Opera, "Believe" - The Polar Express
• Sound: The Aviator, Collateral, The Phantom of the Opera, Spider-Man 2, House of Flying Daggers, Code 46
• Visual Effects: Eternal Sunshine, Collateral, Sky Captain, House of Flying Daggers, Spider-Man 2, The Aviator

National Board of Review

• (12/1/04)
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• Picture: Finding Neverland
• Actor: Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Actress: Annette Bening - Being Julia
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Supporting Actress: Laura Linney - Kinsey
• Director: Michael Mann - Collateral
• Ensemble: Closer
• Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
• Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Breakthrough Actor: Topher Grace - In Good Company, P.S.
• Breakthrough Actress: Emmy Rossum - The Phantom of the Opera
• Directorial Debut: Zack Braff - Garden State
• Documentary: Born into Brothels
• Foreign Film: The Sea Inside
• Animated: The Incredibles
• Production Design: House of Flying Daggers

Top 10

1. Finding Neverland
2. The Aviator
3. Closer
4. Million Dollar Baby
5. Sideways
6. Kinsey
7. Vera Drake
8. Ray
9. Collateral
10. Hotel Rwanda

Top 5 Foreign

1. The Sea Inside
2. Bad Education
3. Maria Full of Grace
4. Les Choristes
5. The Motorcycle Diaries

Top 5 Documentaries

1. Born into Brothels
2. Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
3. Paper Clips
4. Supersize Me
5. The Story of the Weeping Camel

Independent Spirit Nominations

• (11/30/04)
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• Feature: Baadasssss!, Kinsey, Maria Full of Grace, Primer, Sideways
• First Feature: Brother to Brother, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite, Saints and Soldiers, The Woodsman
• John Cassavetes Award - Feature (Under $500,000): Down to the Bone, Mean Creek, On the Outs, Robbing Peter, Unknown Soldier
• First Screenplay: Brother to Brother, Garden State, Maria Full of Grace, Primer, Robbing Peter
• Director: Primer, Maria Full of Grace, Sideways, The Motorcycle Diaries, Baadasssss!
• Actor: Kevin Bacon - The Woodsman, Jeff Bridges - The Door in the Floor, Jamie Foxx - Redemption, Paul Giamatti - Sideways, Liam Neeson - Kinsey
• Actress: Kimberly Elise - Woman Thou Art Loosed, Vera Farmiga - Down to the Bone, Judy Marte - On the Outs, Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace, Kyra Sedgwick - Cavedweller
• Screenplay: Baadasssss!, Before Sunset, The Door in the Floor, Kinsey, Sideways
• Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways, Jon Gries - Napoleon Dynamite, Aidan Quinn - Cavedweller, Roger Robinson - Brother to Brother, Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett - Coffee and Cigarettes, Loretta Devine - Woman Thou Art Loosed, Virginia Madsen - Sideways, Robin Simmons - Robbing Peter, Yenna Paola Vega - Maria Full of Grace
• Debut Performance: Anthony Mackie - Brother to Brother, Louie Olivios Jr. - Robbing Peter, Hannah Pilkes - The Woodsman, Rodrigo de la Serna - The Motorcycle Diaries, David Sullivan - Primer
• Cinematography: Dandelion, The Motorcycle Diaries, Redemption, Saints and Soldiers, We Don't Live Here Anymore
• Foreign Film: Bad Education, Oasis, Red Lights, The Sea Inside, Yesterday
• Documentary: Bright Leaves, Chisholm '72, Hiding and Seeking, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Tarnation
• Ensemble Cast: Mean Creek