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            The 79th Academy Awards
 | 2007
          
          Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center
      
                                      
                Sunday, February 25, 2007
              
                        
            Honoring movies released in 2006
      
          Highlights
          Costume Design
      
            Marie Antoinette
      
            Milena Canonero, presented by Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt
Foreign Language Film
      
            The Lives of Others
      
            Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, accepting for Germany
Supporting Actor
      
            Little Miss Sunshine
      
            Alan Arkin
Memorable Moments
          WINNERS & NOMINEES
  
  Actor in a Leading Role
      
      Winner
                    Forest Whitaker
          The Last King of Scotland
      Nominees
                    Leonardo DiCaprio
          Blood Diamond
      Nominees
                    Ryan Gosling
          Half Nelson
      Nominees
                    Peter O'Toole
          Venus
      Nominees
                    Will Smith
          The Pursuit of Happyness
      Actor in a Supporting Role
      
      Winner
                    Alan Arkin
          Little Miss Sunshine
      Nominees
                    Jackie Earle Haley
          Little Children
      Nominees
                    Djimon Hounsou
          Blood Diamond
      Nominees
                    Eddie Murphy
          Dreamgirls
      Nominees
                    Mark Wahlberg
          The Departed
      Actress in a Leading Role
      
      Winner
                    Helen Mirren
          The Queen
      Nominees
                    Penélope Cruz
          Volver
      Nominees
                    Judi Dench
          Notes on a Scandal
      Nominees
                    Meryl Streep
          The Devil Wears Prada
      Nominees
                    Kate Winslet
          Little Children
      Actress in a Supporting Role
      
      Winner
                    Jennifer Hudson
          Dreamgirls
      Nominees
                    Adriana Barraza
          Babel
      Nominees
                    Cate Blanchett
          Notes on a Scandal
      Nominees
                    Abigail Breslin
          Little Miss Sunshine
      Nominees
                    Rinko Kikuchi
          Babel
      Animated Feature Film
      
      Winner
                    Happy Feet
      George Miller
          Nominees
                    Cars
      John Lasseter
          Nominees
                    Monster House
      Gil Kenan
          Art Direction
      
      Winner
                    Pan's Labyrinth
      Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
          Nominees
                    Dreamgirls
      Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
          Nominees
                    The Good Shepherd
      Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
          Nominees
                    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
      Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
          Nominees
                    The Prestige
      Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
          Cinematography
      
      Winner
                    Pan's Labyrinth
      Guillermo Navarro
          Nominees
                    The Black Dahlia
      Vilmos Zsigmond
          Nominees
                    Children of Men
      Emmanuel Lubezki
          Nominees
                    The Illusionist
      Dick Pope
          Nominees
                    The Prestige
      Wally Pfister
          Costume Design
      
      Winner
                    Marie Antoinette
      Milena Canonero
          Nominees
                    Curse of the Golden Flower
      Yee Chung Man
          Nominees
                    The Devil Wears Prada
      Patricia Field
          Nominees
                    Dreamgirls
      Sharen Davis
          Nominees
                    The Queen
      Consolata Boyle
          Directing
      
      Winner
                    The Departed
      Martin Scorsese
          Nominees
                    Babel
      Babel
          Nominees
                    Letters from Iwo Jima
      Clint Eastwood
          Nominees
                    The Queen
      Stephen Frears
          Nominees
                    United 93
      Paul Greengrass
          Documentary (Feature)
      
      Winner
                    An Inconvenient Truth
      Davis Guggenheim
          Nominees
                    Deliver Us from Evil
      Amy Berg and Frank Donner
          Nominees
                    Iraq in Fragments
      James Longley and John Sinno
          Nominees
                    Jesus Camp
      Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
          Nominees
                    My Country, My Country
      Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
          Documentary (Short Subject)
      
      Winner
                    The Blood of Yingzhou District
      Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
          Nominees
                    Recycled Life
      Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
          Nominees
                    Rehearsing a Dream
      Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
          Nominees
                    Two Hands
      Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr
          Film Editing
      
      Winner
                    The Departed
      Thelma Schoonmaker
          Nominees
                    Babel
      Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
          Nominees
                    Blood Diamond
      Steven Rosenblum
          Nominees
                    Children of Men
      Children of Men
          Nominees
                    United 93
      Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
          Foreign Language Film
      
      Winner
                    The Lives of Others
      Germany
          Nominees
                    After the Wedding
      Denmark
          Nominees
                    Days of Glory (Indigènes)
      Algeria
          Nominees
                    Pan's Labyrinth
      Mexico
          Nominees
                    Water
      Canada
          Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
      
      Winner
                    
        Sherry Lansing
          Makeup
      
      Winner
                    Pan's Labyrinth
      Pan's Labyrinth
          Nominees
                    Apocalypto
      Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
          Nominees
                    Click
      Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
          Music (Original Score)
      
      Winner
                    Babel
      Gustavo Santaolalla
          Nominees
                    The Good German
      Thomas Newman
          Nominees
                    Notes on a Scandal
      Philip Glass
          Nominees
                    Pan's Labyrinth
      Javier Navarrete
          Nominees
                    The Queen
      Alexandre Desplat
          Music (Original Song)
      
      Winner
                    An Inconvenient Truth
      I Need To Wake Up in "An Inconvenient Truth" Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
          Nominees
                    Dreamgirls
      Listen in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyric by Anne Preven
          Nominees
                    Dreamgirls
      Love You I Do in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Siedah Garrett
          Nominees
                    Cars
      Our Town in "Cars" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
          Nominees
                    Dreamgirls
      Patience in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Willie Reale
          Best Picture
      
      Winner
                    The Departed
      Graham King, Producer
          Nominees
                    Babel
      Babel
          Nominees
                    Letters from Iwo Jima
      Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
          Nominees
                    Little Miss Sunshine
      David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, Producers
          Nominees
                    The Queen
      Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
          Short Film (Animated)
      
      Winner
                    The Danish Poet
      Torill Kove
          Nominees
                    Lifted
      Gary Rydstrom
          Nominees
                    The Little Matchgirl
      Roger Allers and Don Hahn
          Nominees
                    Maestro
      Maestro
          Nominees
                    No Time for Nuts
      Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
          Short Film (Live Action)
      
      Winner
                    West Bank Story
      Ari Sandel
          Nominees
                    Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)
      Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
          Nominees
                    
        Borja Cobeaga
          Nominees
                    Helmer & Son
      Helmer & Son
          Nominees
                    The Saviour
      Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
          Sound Editing
      
      Winner
                    Letters from Iwo Jima
      Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
          Nominees
                    Apocalypto
      Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
          Nominees
                    Blood Diamond
      Lon Bender
          Nominees
                    Flags of Our Fathers
      Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
          Nominees
                    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
      Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
          Sound Mixing
      
      Winner
                    Dreamgirls
      Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
          Nominees
                    Apocalypto
      Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara
          Nominees
                    Blood Diamond
      Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
          Nominees
                    Flags of Our Fathers
      John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
          Nominees
                    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
      Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
          Visual Effects
      
      Winner
                    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
      John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
          Nominees
                    Poseidon
      Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier
          Nominees
                    Superman Returns
      Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
          Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
      
      Winner
                    The Departed
      Screenplay by William Monahan
          Nominees
                    Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
      Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, & Dan Mazer; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines, & Todd Phillips
          Nominees
                    Children of Men
      Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby
          Nominees
                    Little Children
      Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
          Nominees
                    Notes on a Scandal
      Screenplay by Patrick Marber
          Writing (Original Screenplay)
      
      Winner
                    Little Miss Sunshine
      Written by Michael Arndt
          Nominees
                    Babel
      Written by Guillermo Arriaga
          Nominees
                    Letters from Iwo Jima
      Screenplay by Iris Yamashita; Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
          Nominees
                    Pan's Labyrinth
      Written by Guillermo del Toro
          Nominees
                    The Queen
      Written by Peter Morgan
          A
After the Wedding
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Foreign Language Film - Denmark
 
Apocalypto
    
                                  3 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Makeup - Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
 - Sound Editing - Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
 - Sound Mixing - Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara
 
B
Babel
    
                                  6 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Music (Original Score) - Gustavo Santaolalla
 - Actress in a Supporting Role - Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi
 - Directing - Babel
 - Film Editing - Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
 - Best Picture - Babel
 - Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Guillermo Arriaga
 
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Live Action) - Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
 
The Black Dahlia
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Cinematography - Vilmos Zsigmond
 
Blood Diamond
    
                                  5 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Actor in a Leading Role - Leonardo DiCaprio
 - Actor in a Supporting Role - Djimon Hounsou
 - Film Editing - Steven Rosenblum
 - Sound Editing - Lon Bender
 - Sound Mixing - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
 
The Blood of Yingzhou District
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Documentary (Short Subject) - Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
 
Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, & Dan Mazer; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines, & Todd Phillips
 
C
Cars
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Animated Feature Film - John Lasseter
 - Music (Original Song) - Our Town in "Cars" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
 
Children of Men
    
                                  3 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki
 - Film Editing - Children of Men
 - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby
 
Click
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Makeup - Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
 
Curse of the Golden Flower
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Costume Design - Yee Chung Man
 
D
The Danish Poet
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Short Film (Animated) - Torill Kove
 
Days of Glory (Indigènes)
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Foreign Language Film - Algeria
 
Deliver Us from Evil
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Feature) - Amy Berg and Frank Donner
 
The Departed
    
                                  5 NOMINATIONS, 
                      4 WINS
                        
      - * Directing - Martin Scorsese
 - * Film Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker
 - * Best Picture - Graham King, Producer
 - * Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by William Monahan
 - Actor in a Supporting Role - Mark Wahlberg
 
The Devil Wears Prada
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Actress in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep
 - Costume Design - Patricia Field
 
Dreamgirls
    
                                  6 NOMINATIONS, 
                      2 WINS
                        
      - * Actress in a Supporting Role - Jennifer Hudson
 - * Sound Mixing - Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
 - Actor in a Supporting Role - Eddie Murphy
 - Art Direction - Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
 - Costume Design - Sharen Davis
 - Music (Original Song) - Listen in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler; Lyric by Anne Preven, Love You I Do in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Siedah Garrett, Patience in "Dreamgirls" Music by Henry Krieger; Lyric by Willie Reale
 
F
Flags of Our Fathers
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Sound Editing - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
 - Sound Mixing - John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
 
G
The Good German
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Music (Original Score) - Thomas Newman
 
The Good Shepherd
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Art Direction - Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
 
H
Half Nelson
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Actor in a Leading Role - Ryan Gosling
 
Happy Feet
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Animated Feature Film - George Miller
 
Helmer & Son
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Live Action) - Helmer & Son
 
I
The Illusionist
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Cinematography - Dick Pope
 
An Inconvenient Truth
    
                                              2 WINS,
                    2 NOMINATIONS
              
      - * Documentary (Feature) - Davis Guggenheim
 - * Music (Original Song) - I Need To Wake Up in "An Inconvenient Truth" Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
 
Iraq in Fragments
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Feature) - James Longley and John Sinno
 
J
Jesus Camp
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Feature) - Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
 
L
The Last King of Scotland
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Actor in a Leading Role - Forest Whitaker
 
Letters from Iwo Jima
    
                                  4 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Sound Editing - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
 - Directing - Clint Eastwood
 - Best Picture - Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
 - Writing (Original Screenplay) - Screenplay by Iris Yamashita; Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
 
Lifted
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Animated) - Gary Rydstrom
 
Little Children
    
                                  3 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Actor in a Supporting Role - Jackie Earle Haley
 - Actress in a Leading Role - Kate Winslet
 - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
 
The Little Matchgirl
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Animated) - Roger Allers and Don Hahn
 
Little Miss Sunshine
    
                                  4 NOMINATIONS, 
                      2 WINS
                        
      - * Actor in a Supporting Role - Alan Arkin
 - * Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Michael Arndt
 - Actress in a Supporting Role - Abigail Breslin
 - Best Picture - David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, Producers
 
The Lives of Others
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Foreign Language Film - Germany
 
M
Maestro
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Animated) - Maestro
 
Marie Antoinette
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Costume Design - Milena Canonero
 
Monster House
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Animated Feature Film - Gil Kenan
 
My Country, My Country
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Feature) - Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
 
N
No Time for Nuts
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Animated) - Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
 
Notes on a Scandal
    
                                  4 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Actress in a Leading Role - Judi Dench
 - Actress in a Supporting Role - Cate Blanchett
 - Music (Original Score) - Philip Glass
 - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Patrick Marber
 
P
Pan's Labyrinth
    
                                  6 NOMINATIONS, 
                      3 WINS
                        
      - * Art Direction - Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
 - * Cinematography - Guillermo Navarro
 - * Makeup - Pan's Labyrinth
 - Foreign Language Film - Mexico
 - Music (Original Score) - Javier Navarrete
 - Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Guillermo del Toro
 
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
    
                                  4 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Visual Effects - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
 - Art Direction - Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
 - Sound Editing - Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
 - Sound Mixing - Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
 
Poseidon
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Visual Effects - Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier
 
The Prestige
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Art Direction - Art Direction: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
 - Cinematography - Wally Pfister
 
The Pursuit of Happyness
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Actor in a Leading Role - Will Smith
 
Q
The Queen
    
                                  6 NOMINATIONS, 
                      1 WIN
                        
      - * Actress in a Leading Role - Helen Mirren
 - Costume Design - Consolata Boyle
 - Directing - Stephen Frears
 - Music (Original Score) - Alexandre Desplat
 - Best Picture - Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
 - Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Peter Morgan
 
R
Recycled Life
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Short Subject) - Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
 
Rehearsing a Dream
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Short Subject) - Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
 
S
The Saviour
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Short Film (Live Action) - Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
 
Superman Returns
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Visual Effects - Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
 
T
Two Hands
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Documentary (Short Subject) - Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr
 
U
United 93
    
                                  2 NOMINATIONS
                        
      - Directing - Paul Greengrass
 - Film Editing - Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
 
V
Venus
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Actor in a Leading Role - Peter O'Toole
 
Volver
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Actress in a Leading Role - Penélope Cruz
 
W
Water
    
                                  1 NOMINATION
                        
      - Foreign Language Film - Canada
 
West Bank Story
    
                                              1 WIN,
                    1 NOMINATION
              
      - * Short Film (Live Action) - Ari Sandel