Upset wins Best Picture as Crash tops Brokeback Mountain
The ensemble drama Crash shocks at the Oscars winning best picture over Brokeback Mountain. Ang Lee earns best director for the film about two shepherds. Reese Witherspoon and Philip Seymour Hoffman take acting prizes as Walk the Line and Capote triumph in key categories.
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Felicity Huffman
Tennessee
Joaquin Phoenix
Carter
Johnny Cash
Jane
Hoffman
Raconteur Capote
Oscar winners complete list from the 78th Academy Awards
The 78th Academy Awards at Kodak Theatre Los Angeles honored winners across categories. Best Picture Crash, Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote, Actress Reese Witherspoon Walk the Line, Supporting Actor George Clooney Syriana, Supporting Actress Rachel Weisz The Constant Gardener. Director Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain, Adapted Screenplay Larry McMurtry Diana Ossana Brokeback Mountain, Original Screenplay Paul Haggis Bobby Moresco Crash, Animated Feature Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Foreign Film Tsotsi.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
Truman Capote
Capote
Reese Witherspoon
June Carter
George Clooney
Rachel Weisz
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee
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Tim Burton
Helena Bonham Carter
Jennifer Lopez
Kathleen “Bird” York
Jessica Alba
William H. Macy
Keira Knightley
March of the Penguins
Christophe Lioud
Luc Jacquet
Yves Darondeau
Emmanuel Priou
Nicole Kidman
Crash
Clooney
Paul Haggis
Bobby Moresco
Gustavo Santaolalla
Jordan Houston
Cedric Coleman
Paul Beauregard
Batman
John le Carre
Weisz
Norman Corin
Naria
Africa
Ralph Fiennes
Fernando Meirelles
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