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77th
DateSunday, February 27, 2005
SiteKodak Theatre in Hollywood, California
Hosted byChris Rock
Preshow hostsBilly Bush
Jann Carl
Chris Connelly
Shaun Robinson
Produced byGilbert Cates
Directed byLouis J. Horvitz
Television coverage
Duration3 hours, 10 minutes

The 77th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were held on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. They were hosted by comedian Chris Rock.

The nominees were announced on January 25, 2005. Martin Scorsese's biopic of the eccentric Howard Hughes, The Aviator, led the pack with eleven nominations including Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture. Marc Forster's Finding Neverland and Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby each had seven nominations.

News and recap

  • As of February 27 2005, the field of Best Picture nominees did not include a bonafide blockbuster at the U.S. box office. For the first time in 20 years, and likely only the second time in history, none of the nominees for Best Picture was among the year's top ten releases in box office at the time of the nominations, and as a group they most probably had the lowest box-office performance of any Best Picture field in history. To date, The Aviator was the highest earner with $93.7 million in domestic box office receipts, and ranked as the 24th highest grosser of 2004. It was followed by Ray at $74.9 million and Million Dollar Baby at $64.7 million.
  • There was a considerable amount of controversy surrounding the omission of political-themed documentaries from the Best Documentary Feature Film category. However, this was not necessarily an oversight on the part of the Academy, as many of the candidates were rendered ineligible.
    • The popular and controversial Fahrenheit 9/11 was intentionally withheld from submission in the Best Documentary Feature Film category by producer Michael Moore, in hopes of winning the Best Picture category.
    • Popular political documentaries Control Room and The Corporation were rendered ineligible by the fact that they had been broadcast in their entirety on network television within 9 months of their U.S. theatrical release.
  • The popular Motorcycle Diaries was not selected by any country as its official nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, as the crew, director, cast and filming locations were all affiliated with different nations. As it had no specific country of origin, no country was willing to make it their official selection for the category.

Notable quotes

  • "I don't want to take my time—I want to get off the stage." –Charlie Kaufman
  • "My grandma used to sit down and talk to me, she said I want you to be a southern gentlemen, and she still talks to me, only now in my dreams. And I can't wait to go to sleep tonight because we've got a lot to talk about. I love you." –Jamie Foxx

Winners

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See also: 77th Academy Awards nominees

Feature Films

Category Winner Producers/Country
Best motion picture of the year Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg
Best foreign language film The Sea Inside Spain
Best documentary feature Born into Brothels Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman
Best animated feature film of the year The Incredibles Brad Bird

Acting

Category Winner Movie
Best actor in a leading role Jamie Foxx Ray
Best actress in a leading role Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby
Best actor in a supporting role Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby
Best actress in a supporting role Cate Blanchett The Aviator

Writing

Category Winner Movie
Original screenplay Story by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth; screenplay by Charlie Kaufman Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Adapted screenplay Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways

Directing

Achievement in directing

Music

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

Technical

Achievement in art direction
  • The Aviator - Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in makeup
Achievement in costume design
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in sound mixing
  • Ray - Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in visual effects
  • Spider-Man 2 - John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier

Short Films

Best documentary short subject
Best live action short film
  • Wasp - Andrea Arnold
Best animated short film
  • Ryan - Chris Landreth


Academy Award ceremony presenters and performers

Name Role Activity
Drew Barrymore Presenter Presented Best Original Song nominee: "Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)"
Annette Bening Presenter Presented the In Memoriam tribute
Halle Berry Presenter Presented the Oscar for Art Direction-Set Decoration
Brad Bird Presenter Co-presented the Oscar for Costume Design as the voice of Edna from The Incredibles
Cate Blanchett Presenter Presented the Oscar for Make-Up
Orlando Bloom Presenter Co-presented with the Oscar for Film Editing
Pierce Brosnan Presenter Co-presented the Oscar for Costume Design
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs Presenter Presented the Best Original Song nominee "Believe"
Penelope Cruz Presenter Co-presented the Oscars for Sound Mixing, Sound Editing
Leonardo DiCaprio Presenter Presented the Oscar for Documentary Feature
Kirsten Dunst Presenter Co-presented the award for Film Editing
Josh Groban Performer Performed the song "Believe"
Jake Gyllenhaal Presenter Co-presented the Oscar for Visual Effects
Salma Hayek Presenter Co-presented the Oscars for Sound Mixing, Sound Editing and presented the nominated song "Al Otro lado Del Rio"
Dustin Hoffman Presenter Co-presented the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year
Jeremy Irons Presenter Presented the award for Best Live Action Short Film
Samuel L. Jackson Presenter Presented award for Best Original Screenplay
Scarlett Johansson Presenter Host of the Scientific and Technical Awards Banquet
Beyonce Knowles Performer Performed the nominated songs "Believe", "Learn to Be Lonely" and "Look To Your Path"
Laura Linney Presenter Presented the Oscar for Best Animated Short
Yo-Yo Ma Performer Performed a musical piece for the In Memoriam segment
Mike Myers Presenter Presented the original song nominee "Accidentally in Love"
Al Pacino Presenter Presented an honorary award to Sidney Lumet
Gwyneth Paltrow Presenter Presented the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
Sean Penn Presenter Presented the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman Presenter Presented the Award for Best Documentary Short
Prince Presenter Presented the Oscar for Best Original Song
Tim Robbins Performer Presented the award for Best Supporting Actress
Julia Roberts Performer Presented the award for Best Director
Emmy Rossum Presenter Introduced the nominated song "Learn to Be Lonely"
Adam Sandler Presenter Presented the award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Martin Scorsese Presenter Presented the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Roger Mayer
Barbra Streisand Presenter Co-presented the Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year
Charlize Theron Presenter Presented the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role
John Travolta Presenter Presented the Oscar for Best Original Score
Robin Williams Presenter Presented the Oscar for Animated Feature Film
Kate Winslet Presenter Presented the award for Best Cinematography
Renee Zellweger Performers Presented the Oscar for Supporting Actor
Ziyi Zhang Presenter Presented the Oscar for Best Visual Effects


Breakdown

(Awards won/nominations)

Special honors

In Memoriam

Presented by Annette Bening with a musical solo by Yo-Yo Ma The Academy recognizes those motion picture contributors that pass away in the previous year. In the order that they appear, the following actors and artists were featured: Ronald Reagan, Peter Ustinov, Carrie Snodgress, director Dan Petrie Sr., composer Dave Raksin, Fay Wray, film agent Phil Gersh, composer Elmer Bernstein, writer Carol Eastman, animator Frank Thomas, director Russ Meyer, Jerry Orbach, film editor Ralph E. Winters, writer Robert E. Thompson, Howard Keel, Janet Leigh, Christopher Reeve, Ossie Davis, producer Jerry Bick, Mercedes McCambridge, producer/writer William Sackheim, cinematographer Ed Di Gullio, writer Nelson Gidding, Paul Winfield, director Phillippe de Broca, composer Jerry Goldsmith, Rodney Dangerfield, Virginia Mayo, Tony Randall and Marlon Brando.

See also

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