Oscar statuette ©AMPAS


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

2005 (78th) Reminder List of Eligible Releases

2005 (78th) Voting Rules
Eligibility Period:
January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005

Reminder List of Eligible Releases

Text of Voting Rules

The 2005 Ceremony

2005 (78th) Academy Award Ceremony Poster (Version 1)   2005 (78th) Academy Award Ceremony Poster (Version 2)  

2005 (78th) Academy Award Ceremony Program
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

2005 (78th) Best Picture Poster: “Crash”

2005 (78th) Best Picture Home Page Background: “Crash”


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

2005 (78th) Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman Best Actor:
Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Truman Capote
in the film
Capote

2005 (78th) Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon Best Actress:
Reese Witherspoon
as June Carter Cash
in the film
Walk the Line

2005 (70th) Best Supporting Actor: George Clooney Best Supporting Actor:
George Clooney
as Bob Barnes
in the film
Syriana

2005 (70th) Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz Best Supporting Actress:
Rachel Weisz
as Tessa Quayle
in the film
The Constant Gardener

2005 (72nd) Best Song: “It’s Hard out Here for a Pimp” 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

2005 (49th) Governors Ball Program/Menu The Grand Ballroom,
Hollywood & Highland


Governors Ball Program/Menu
Dinner Menu