2005 (78th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 2005 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 2005 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 2005 Ceremony
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Sunday, March 5, 2006 5:00 PM Kodak Theatre, Hollywood & Highland Ceremony Poster (Version 1) Ceremony Poster (Version 2) Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 2005 Winners
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Best Picture: Crash Bob Yari/DEJ/BlackFriar’s Bridge/Harris Company/ ApolloProscreen GmbH & Co./ Bull’s Eye Entertainment Production; Lions Gate Films (U.S.A./Germany) Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote in the film Capote |
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Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash in the film Walk the Line |
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Best Supporting Actor: George Clooney as Bob Barnes in the film Syriana |
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Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz as Tessa Quayle in the film The Constant Gardener |
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Best Song: It’s Hard out Here for a Pimp from the film Hustle & Flow Music and lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard Best Song Lyrics |
The 2005 Academy Board of Governors Ball
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The Grand Ballroom, Hollywood & Highland Governors Ball Program/Menu Dinner Menu |