My Oscar Predictions/Preferences

WINNERS
BEST PICTURE
Prediction: Little Miss Sunshine
Outside Shot: The Departed
Hopeless: The Queen
Preference: The Departed

BEST ACTOR
Prediction: Forrest Whitaker, Last King of Scotland
Outside Shot: Peter O' Toole
Hopeless: Ryan Gosling
Preference: Ryan Gosling

BEST ACTRESS
Prediction & Preference: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Hopeless: Anyone with a name other than Helen Miren
Outside Shot: COME ON!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Prediction: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Outside Shot: Alan Arkin
Hopeless: Djimon Hounsou
Preference: Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Prediction: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Outside Shot: Breslin... it's a LONG shot.
Hopeless: Cate Blanchett
Preference: Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine

BEST DIRECTOR
Prediction and Preference: Martin Scorcesse, The Departed
Outside Shot: Clint Eastwood
Hopeless: Paul Greengrass (sigh)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Prediction: Little Miss Sunshine
Outside Shot: The Queen
Hopeless: Letters from Iwo Jima
Preference: Little Miss Sunshine OR Pan's Labyrinth

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Prediction and Preference: The Departed
Outside Shot: Little Children
Hopeless: Borat!

OVERALL SCORE: 6\8 75%

MovieDude's Alternitive Oscars!

MovieDude’s 2006 Alternative Oscars

Best Picture

WINNER:
The Departed
NOMINEES:
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
A Prairie Home Companion
Stranger than Fiction
United 93

Best Director

WINNER:
Martin Scorcesse, The Departed
NOMINEES:
Robert Altman, A Prairie Home Companion
Alfonso Curon, Children of Men
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Rian Johnson, Brick
Guillermo Del Torro, Pan's Labyrinth

Best Actor

WINNER(s):
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
NOMINEES:
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat
Aaron Eckhart, Thank You For Smoking
Clive Owen, Children of Men

Best Actress

WINNER:
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stranger than Fiction
NOMINEES:
Toni Coilette, Little Miss Sunshine
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Julianne Moore, Freedomland
Meryl Streep, Devil Wears Prada


Best Supporting Actor

WINNER:
Jack Nicholson, The Departed
NOMINEES:
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Robert Downey Jr., A Scanner Darkly
Paul Giamatti, The Illusionist
Kevin Kline, A Prairie Home Companion

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER:
Meryl Streep, A Prairie Home Companion
NOMINEES:
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Maria Bello, World Trade Center
Maggie Gyllenhaal, World Trade Center
Emma Thompson, Stranger than Fiction

Best Actor in a Limited Role

WINNER:
Mark Whalberg, The Departed
NOMINEES:
Alec Baldwin, The Departed
Michael Caine, Children of Men
Dustin Hoffman, Stranger than Fiction
Stephen Rea, V for Vendetta

Best Actress in a Limited Role

WINNER:
Zooey Deschanel, Failure to Launch
NOMINEES:
Shohreh Aghdashloo, The Lake House
Edie Falco, Freedomland
Maya Rudolph. A Prairie Home Companion
Lily Tomlin, A Prairie Home Companion

Best Ensemble

WINNER:
A Prairie Home Companion
NOMINEES:
Brick
The Departed
Little Miss Sunshine
United 93

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER:
Stranger than Fiction
NOMINEES:
Brick
Little Miss Sunshine
Lucky # Slevin
Pan's Labyrinth

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER:
The Departed
NOMINEES:
Children of Men
The Illusionist
A Prairie Home Companion
A Scanner Darkly
Thank You For Smoking

Top 10 Films of 2006

1: The Departed
2: Pan’s Labyrinth
3: United 93
4: A Prairie Home Companion
5: Stranger than Fiction
6: Children of Men
7: Little Miss Sunshine
8: Brick
9: Thank You For Smoking
10: A Scanner Darkly