This page covers the Academy Awards® for films released in 2005, which were awarded on March 5, 2006. The predictions were last updated on March 4, 2006.
Earlier, I attempted to predict which films and performances would be nominated. That page is here.
Any comments on this page should be addressed to Mike Weston at mike@misosoup.com.
My prediction: Brokeback Mountain
Actual winner: Crash
My prediction: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
Actual winner: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
My prediction: Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line
Actual winner: Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line
My prediction: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote
Actual winner: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote
My prediction: Paul Giamatti for Cinderella Man
Actual winner: George Clooney for Syriana
My prediction: Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener
Actual winner: Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener
My prediction: Crash
Actual winner: Crash
My prediction: Brokeback Mountain
Actual winner: Brokeback Mountain
My prediction: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of
the Were-Rabbit
Actual winner: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of
the Were-Rabbit
My prediction: One Man Band
Actual winner: The Moon and the
Son
My prediction: Memoirs
of a Geisha
Actual winner: Memoirs of a Geisha
My prediction: Brokeback
Mountain
Actual winner: Memoirs
of a Geisha
My prediction: Memoirs
of a Geisha
Actual winner: Memoirs of a Geisha
My prediction: Murderball
Actual winner: March
of the Penguins
My prediction: God Sleeps in
Rwanda
Actual winner: A Note of Triumph:
The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
My prediction: Crash
Actual winner: Crash
My prediction: Paradise
Now
Actual winner: Tsotsi
My prediction: Six Shooter
Actual winner: Six Shooter
My prediction: The
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Actual winner: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion,
the Witch and the Wardrobe
My prediction: Brokeback
Mountain
Actual winner: Brokeback Mountain
My prediction: Transamerica
Actual winner: Hustle & Flow
My prediction: King
Kong
Actual winner: King Kong
My prediction: King
Kong
Actual winner: King Kong
My prediction: King
Kong
Actual winner: King Kong
My prediction results: 16 out of 24
Click here for the ballot we used at our
Oscar® party (Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format).
Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.
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