77th edition of the Oscars

The 77th edition of the Oscars rewarded the best films of 2004. Organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it took place at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles (United States) on February 27, 2005.

Summary of awards and nominations

Nominations and winners

Clint Eastwood wins his second Best Director Oscar at age 74, making him the longest-reigning winner in the category, and the first actor to win a second Oscar in the same category. With his latest nomination and subsequent loss for directing The Aviator, Martin Scorsese then became the fifth director to join Robert Altman, Clarence Brown, Alfred Hitchcock and King Vidor to win a Most Best Director Oscar nominations without a win. For his part, Jamie Foxx became the second male actor, and the tenth overall, to earn two nominations in the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories in the same year for acting in two different films. For playing Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator, Cate Blanchett became the first actress to win the statuette for playing an Oscar-winning actress. The song Across the River from the film The Motorcycle Diaries became the second song with non-English lyrics to win the Oscar for Best Original Song, the first to win this feat was the title song of the Greek film "Never On Sunday" in 1960. Catalina Sandino Moreno became the first and to date only Colombian actress to be nominated for the Best Lead Actress category.

Clint Eastwood was the Oscar winner to the best director by Million Dollar.

Jamie Foxx was the Oscar winner for the best actor by Ray..

Hilary Swank was the Oscar winner to better actress by Million Dollar.

Morgan Freeman was the Oscar winner to best cast actor by Million Dollar.

Cate Blanchett was the Oscar winner to the best cast actress by The aviator.

Indicates the winner in each category.

Best movie Submitted by: Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand	Best director Submitted by: Julia Roberts
Million Dollar- Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg.	Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar
The aviator- Graham King and Michael Mann. Between drinks- Michael London. Finding Neverland- Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower. Ray.— Taylor Hackford, Howard Baldwin and Stuart Benjamin.	Taylor Hackford — Ray. Mike Leigh — The Secret of Vera Drake Alexander Payne — Between drinks Martin Scorsese — The aviator
Best actor Submitted by: Charlize Theron	Best actress Submitted by: Sean Penn
Jamie Fox- Ray.like Ray Charles.	Hilary Swank - Million Dollarlike Margaret "Maggie" Fitzgerald.
Don Cheadle — Hotel Rwandalike Paul Rusesabagina. Johnny Depp — Finding Neverlandlike James Matthew Barrie. Leonardo DiCaprio — The aviatorlike Howard Hughes. Clint Eastwood — Million DollarLike Frankie Dunn.	Annette Bening — Knowing Julialike Julia Lambert. Catalina Sandino Moreno — Mary, full of gracelike Maria Alvarez. Imelda Staunton — The Secret of Vera Drakelike Vera Rose Drake. Kate Winslet — Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mindlike Clementine Kruczynski.
Best cast actor Submitted by: Renée Zellweger	Best cast actress Submitted by: Tim Robbins
Morgan Freeman- Million Dollarlike Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris.	Cate Blanchett- The aviatorLike Katharine Hepburn.
Alan Alda — The aviatorAs Senator Owen Brewster. Thomas Haden Church — Between drinkslike Jack Cole. Jamie Foxx — Collaterallike Max Durocher. Clive Owen — Closerlike Larry Gray.	Laura Linney — KinseyLike Clara McMillen. Virginia Madsen — Between drinksLike Maya Randall. Sophie Okonedo — Hotel Rwandalike Tatiana Rusesabagina. Natalie Portman — Closerlike Alice Ayres/Jane Jones.
Best original script Submitted by: Samuel L. Jackson	Best adapted script Submitted by: Adam Sandler
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind — Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth.	Between drinks — Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, based on Sideways by Rex Pickett.
The aviator - John Logan. Hotel Rwanda - Terry George and Kier Pearson. The Unbelievable - Brad Bird. The Secret of Vera Drake - Mike Leigh.	Before sunset — Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy and Richard Linklater, based on the characters Before dawn. Motorcycle Journals — José Rivera, based on With Che for Latin America by Alberto Granado and Travel notes Che Guevara. Finding Neverland — David Magee, based on The Man Who Was Peter Pan Allan Knee. Million Dollar — Paul Haggis, based on Rope Burns: Stories From the Corner by F.X. Toole.
Best animation film Submitted by: Robin Williams	Best foreign film (non-English speaking) Submitted by: Gwyneth Paltrow
The Unbelievable - Brad Bird.	Sea in (Spain) in Spanish, Catalan and Galician — Alejandro Amenábar.
The scarecrow - Bill Damascus. Shrek 2 - Andrew Adamson.	As It Is in Heaven (Sweden) in Swedish — Kay Pollak. Der Untergang (Germany) in German — Oliver Hirschbiegel. Les Choristes (France) in French — Christophe Barratier. Yesterday (South Africa) in Zulu — Darryll Roodt.
Best long documentary Submitted by: Leonardo DiCaprio	Best short documentary Submitted by: Natalie Portman
Children of the Red Neighborhood - Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski.	Mighty Times: The Children's March - Robert Hudson and Robert Hudson.
The story of the camel crying — Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa. Super Size Me - Morgan Spurlock. Tupac: Resurrection - Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali. Twist of Faith - Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt.	Autism is the World - Gerardine Wurzburg. Hardwood - Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young. The children of Leningradsky - Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski. Sister Rose's Passion — Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer.
Better short film Submitted by: Jeremy Irons	Best animated short film Submitted by: Laura Linney
Wasp - Andrea Arnold.	Ryan. - Chris Landreth.
7:35 a.m. - Nacho Vigalondo. Everything in This Country Must - Gary McKendry. Little Terrorist - Ashvin Kumar. Two Cars, One Night — Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner.	Birthday Boy - Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory. Gopher Broke - Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller. Guard Dog - Bill Plympton. Lorenzo - Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth.
Best soundtrack Submitted by: John Travolta	Best original song Submitted by: Prince
Finding Neverland — Jan A.P. Kaczmarek	«On the other side of the river» - Motorcycle Journals; Music and Letter by Jorge Drexler.
Harry Potter and Azkaban Prisoner - John Williams The Passion of Christ - John Debney Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events — Thomas Newman The Village - James Newton Howard.	«Accidentally in Love» — Shrek 2; Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immerglück, Matt Malley and David Bryson; Letra by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey. «Believe» — The Polar Express; Music and Letters by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri. «Learn to Be Lonely» — The ghost of the opera; Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Letter by Charles Hart. "Look to Your Path (Vois sur ton chemin)" — Les Choristes; Music by Bruno Coulais; Letra by Christophe Barratier.
Best Sound Edition Submitted by: Penelope Cruz y Salma Hayek	Better sound Submitted by: Penelope Cruz y Salma Hayek
The Unbelievable - Michael Silvers and Randy Thom.	Ray. — Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa.
Spider-Man 2 - Paul N.J. Ottosson. The Polar Express - Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard.	The aviator - Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal. The Unbelievable - Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo and Doc Kane. Spider-Man 2 — Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger. The Polar Express - Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan.
Best artistic direction Submitted by: Halle Berry	Better photograph Submitted by: Kate Winslet
The aviator — Artistic direction: Dante Ferretti; Design of decorations: Francesca Lo Schiavo.	The aviator - Robert Richardson.
The ghost of the opera – Artistic direction: Anthony Pratt; Design of decorations: Celia Bobak. Finding Neverland — Artistic direction: Gemma Jackson; Design of decorations: Trisha Edwards. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events — Artistic direction: Rick Heinrichs; Design of decorations: Cheryl A. Carasik. A long dimanche of fiançailles — Artistic direction and Design of decorations: Aline Bonetto.	The ghost of the opera - John Mathieson. The house of the flying daggers - Zhao Xiaodinge. The Passion of Christ - Caleb Deschanel. A long dimanche of fiançailles - Bruno Delbonnel.
Better makeup. Submitted by: Cate Blanchett	Best costume design Presented by: Pierce Brosnan and Edna Moda (voice by Brad Bird)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events — Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso.	The aviator - Sandy Powell.
The Passion of Christ - Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley. Sea in - Jo Allen and Manuel García.	Finding Neverland - Alexandra Byrne. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Colleen Atwood. Ray. - Sharen Davis. Troy - Bob Ringwood.
Better assembly Submitted by: Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst	Best visual effects Submitted by: Jake Gyllenhaal and Zhang Ziyi
The aviator — Thelma Schoonmaker.	Spider-Man 2 — John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier.
Collateral - Jim Miller and Paul Rubell. Finding Neverland - Matt Chesse. Million Dollar - Joel Cox. Ray. - Paul Hirsch.	Harry Potter and Azkaban Prisoner - Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George. Me, robot. — John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri.

Honorary Oscar

hosted by Al Pacino

• Sidney Lumet

Humanitarian Oscar

presented by Martin Scorsese

• Roger Mayer

In Memoriam

As every year, the academy recognizes all those personalities who left us throughout the year. In order of appearance, the artists shown are: