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The 77th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2004 and were held on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. They were hosted by comedian Chris Rock.
The nominees were announced on January 25, 2005. Martin Scorsese's biopic of the eccentric Howard Hughes, The Aviator, led the pack with eleven nominations including Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture. Marc Forster's Finding Neverland and Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby each had seven nominations.
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The 77th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2004 and were held on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. They were hosted by comedian Chris Rock.
The nominees were announced on January 25, 2005. Martin Scorsese's biopic of the eccentric Howard Hughes, The Aviator, led the pack with eleven nominations including Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture. Marc Forster's Finding Neverland and Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby each had seven nominations. Ray and Sideways rounded out the nominees for Best Picture.
News and recap
- As of February 27 2005, the field of Best Picture nominees did not include a bonafide blockbuster at the U.S. box office. For the first time in 20 years, and what would continue for the next few years, none of the nominees for Best Picture was among the year's top ten releases in box office at the time of the nominations, and as a group they most probably had the lowest box-office performance of any Best Picture field in history. To date, The Aviator was the highest earner with $93.7 million in domestic box office receipts, and ranked as the 24th highest grosser of 2004. It was followed by Ray at $74.9 million and Million Dollar Baby at $64.7 million.
- There was a considerable amount of controversy surrounding the omission of political-themed documentaries from the Best Documentary Feature Film category. However, this was not necessarily an oversight on the part of the Academy, as many of the candidates were rendered ineligible.
- Fahrenheit 9/11 was intentionally withheld from submission in the Best Documentary Feature Film category by producer Michael Moore, in hopes of affecting the 2004 presidential election by airing it on broadcast television. Under rules established by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, documentaries shown on television within nine months of their theatrical release are ineligible for the documentary Oscar. Instead Moore submitted it for the Best Picture category which does not have that same rule.
- Popular political documentaries Control Room and The Corporation were rendered ineligible by the fact that they had been broadcast in their entirety on network television within 9 months of their U.S. theatrical release.
- The popular Motorcycle Diaries was not selected by any country as its official nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, as the crew, director, cast and filming locations were all affiliated with different nations. As it had no specific country of origin, no country was willing to make it their official selection for the category.
- When Chris Rock makes his introduction, the music accompanying him is a slightly jazzed up version of Brad Fiedel's theme from The Terminator.
- The ceremony attracted an average audience of 42.14 million, down three percent from the preceding year. However, the target age 18-49 demographic ratings stood at 16.84, higher with the preceding year's 15.68.
- During one segment Rock asked "Who is this guy?" in reference to actor Jude Law who seemingly appeared in every movie Rock had seen that year and implied Law was a low-rent Tom Cruise (he made a joke about filmmakers rushing production and being unable to get the actors they want: "If you want Tom Cruise and all you can get is Jude Law, wait [to make the film]!") . Nearly two hours later, a defensive Sean Penn took the stage to present and said, "In answer to our host's question, Jude Law is one of our finest young actors." (At the time, Penn and Law were shooting All the King's Men.) This was later mocked on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart impersonating Penn explaining old jokes like airline peanuts. Law was not the only actor that Rock poked fun at that evening, however -- he turned the joke on himself at one point, saying "if you want Denzel [Washington] and all you can get is me, wait!"
Notable quotes
- "I don't want to take my time—I want to get off the stage." –Charlie Kaufman
- "My grandma used to sit down and talk to me, she said I want you to be a Southern gentleman, and she still talks to me, only now in my dreams. And I can't wait to go to sleep tonight because we've got a lot to talk about. I love you." –Jamie Foxx
- "To answer our host's question, Jude Law is one of our finest actors." –Sean Penn, while presenting, responding to Chris Rock's question "Who is Jude Law?"
Trivia
Winners & Nominees
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Million Dollar Baby
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Ray - Jamie Foxx
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Million Dollar Baby - Hilary Swank
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Million Dollar Baby - Morgan Freeman
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
The Aviator - Cate Blanchett
Best Achievement in Directing
Million Dollar Baby - Clint Eastwood
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman , Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Best Achievement in Cinematography
The Aviator - Robert Richardson
Best Achievement in Art Direction
The Aviator - Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo
Best Achievement in Costume Design
The Aviator - Sandy Powell
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Ray - Scott Millan , Greg Orloff , Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa
Best Achievement in Editing
The Aviator - Thelma Schoonmaker
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
The Incredibles - Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Spider-Man 2 - John Dykstra , John Frazier , Scott Stokdyk and Anthony LaMolinara
Best Achievement in Makeup
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
The Motorcycle Diaries - Jorge Drexler for the song "Al Otro Lado Del Río"
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Finding Neverland - Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Best Short Film, Animated
Ryan
Best Short Film, Live Action
Wasp
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Mighty Times: The Children's March
Best Documentary, Features
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
Best Foreign Language Film
The Sea Inside - Spain
Best Animated Feature
The Incredibles
Academy Award ceremony presenters and performers
| Name | Role | Activity |
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| Drew Barrymore | Presenter | Presented Best Original Song nominee: "Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" | | Annette Bening | Presenter | Presented the In Memoriam tribute | | Halle Berry | Presenter | Presented the Oscar for Art Direction-Set Decoration | | Brad Bird | Presenter | Co-presented the Oscar for Costume Design as the voice of Edna from The Incredibles | | Cate Blanchett | Presenter | Presented the Oscar for Make-Up | | Orlando Bloom | Presenter | Co-presented the Oscar for Film Editing | | Pierce Brosnan | Presenter | Co-presented the Oscar for Costume Design | | Sean "Diddy" Combs | Presenter | Presented the Best Original Song nominee "Believe" | | Penélope Cruz | Presenter | Co-presented the Oscars for Sound Mixing, Sound Editing | | Leonardo DiCaprio | Presenter | Presented the Oscar for Documentary Feature | | Kirsten Dunst | Presenter | Co-presented the award for Film Editing | | Josh Groban | Performer | Performed the song "Believe" | | Jake Gyllenhaal | Presenter | Co-presented the Oscar for Visual Effects | | Salma Hayek | Presenter | Co-presented the Oscars for Sound Mixing, Sound Editing and presented the original song nominee "Al Otro lado Del Rio" | | Dustin Hoffman | Presenter | Co-presented the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year | | Jeremy Irons | Presenter | Presented the award for Best Live Action Short Film | | Samuel L. Jackson | Presenter | Presented award for Best Original Screenplay | | Scarlett Johansson | Presenter | Host of the Scientific and Technical Awards Banquet | | Beyoncé Knowles | Performer | Performed the nominated songs "Believe", "Learn to Be Lonely" and "Look To Your Path" | | Laura Linney | Presenter | Presented the Oscar for Best Animated Short | | Yo-Yo Ma | Performer | Performed a musical piece for the In Memoriam segment | | Mike Myers | Presenter | Presented the original song nominee "Accidentally in Love" | | Al Pacino | Presenter | Presented the Honorary Award to Sidney Lumet | | Gwyneth Paltrow | Presenter | Presented the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film | | Sean Penn | Presenter | Presented the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role | | Natalie Portman | Presenter | Presented the Oscar for Best Documentary Short | | Prince | Presenter | Presented the Oscar for Best Original Song | | Tim Robbins | Performer | Presented the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role | | Julia Roberts | Performer | Presented the award for Best Director | | Emmy Rossum | Presenter | Presented the original song nominee "Learn to Be Lonely" | | Adam Sandler | Presenter | Presented the award for Best Adapted Screenplay | | Martin Scorsese | Presenter | Presented the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Roger Mayer | | Barbra Streisand | Presenter | Presented the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year | | Charlize Theron | Presenter | Presented the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role | | John Travolta | Presenter | Presented the Oscar for Best Original Score | | Robin Williams | Presenter | Presented the Oscar for Animated Feature Film | | Kate Winslet | Presenter | Presented the Oscar for Best Cinematography | | Renée Zellweger | Performers | Presented the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | | Zhang Ziyi | Presenter | Co-presented the Oscar for Best Visual Effects |
Breakdown
(Awards won/nominations)
Special honors
- Roger Mayer, president of Turner Entertainment and head of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
- Director Sidney Lumet was awarded an honorary Oscar.
In memoriam
A special tribute to past host Johnny Carson was presented by host Chris Rock with previous emcee Whoopi Goldberg discussing Carson's legacy to television and the Academy Awards in the segment.
Presented by Annette Bening with a musical solo by Yo-Yo Ma
The Academy recognizes those motion picture contributors that pass away in the previous year. In the order that they appear, the following actors and artists were featured: Ronald Reagan, Peter Ustinov, Carrie Snodgress, director Dan Petrie Sr., composer Dave Raksin, Fay Wray, film agent Phil Gersh, composer Elmer Bernstein, writer Carole Eastman, animator Frank Thomas, director Russ Meyer, Jerry Orbach, film editor Ralph E. Winters, writer Robert E. Thompson, Howard Keel, Janet Leigh, Christopher Reeve, Ossie Davis, producer Jerry Bick, Mercedes McCambridge, producer/writer William Sackheim, cinematographer Ed Di Gullio, writer Nelson Gidding, Paul Winfield, director Philippe de Broca, composer Jerry Goldsmith, Rodney Dangerfield, Virginia Mayo, Tony Randall and Marlon Brando.
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