The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Directors:

Louis J. Horvitz
Roger Goodman

Writers:

Hal Kanter (written by) and
Buz Kohan (written by) ...

Release Date:

27 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Music

Tagline:

Oscar Rocks.

Plot:

Films nominated for the annual awards include _Aviator, The (2004)_ , Finding Neverland (2004), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Ray (2004/I) and Sideways (2004). |

Plot Keywords:

Movie Theater | Awards Show | TV Special | Number In Title

Awards:

Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Chris Rock	...	Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alan Alda	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor
Jo Allen	...	Herself-Nominee (Best Make Up)
Alejandro Amenábar	...	Himself - Winner: Best Foreign Language Film
Andrea Arnold	...	Herself - Winner: Best Live Action Short
Antonio Banderas	...	Himself - Performer: 'Al Otro Lado Del Río'
Drew Barrymore	...	Herself - Presenter: Song Nominee 'Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)'
Bob Beemer	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
Annette Bening	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role / Presenter: Memorial Tribute
Elmer Bernstein	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Halle Berry	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Art Direction
Jerry Bick	...	Himself (archive footage)
Brad Bird	...	Himself - Winner: Best Animated Feature winner / Co-presenter: Best Costume Design (voice of Edna Mode)
Pierre Bismuth	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay
Cate Blanchett	...	Herself - Winner: Best Supporting Actress / Presenter: Best Makeup
Orlando Bloom	...	Himself
Marlon Brando	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Zana Briski	...	Herself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature
Philippe de Broca	...	Himself (archive footage)
Pierce Brosnan	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Costume Design
Gisele Bündchen	...	Herself
Horst Burbulla	...	Himself - Technical Award winner
Steve Cantamessa	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
Johnny Carson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Don Cheadle	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Thomas Haden Church	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor
Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs	...	Himself - Presenter: Song 'Believe' (as Sean Combs)
Bill Conti	...	Himself - Conductor
Bill Corso	...	Himself - Winner: Best Makeup
Counting Crows	...	Themselves - Performers: 'Accidentally In Love'
Shane Bitney Crone	...	Red Carpet
Penélope Cruz	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Best Sound, Best Sound Editing
Rodney Dangerfield	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Ossie Davis	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
John Debney	...	Himself (archive footage)
Johnny Depp	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Presenter: Best Documentary Feature
Ed Di Giulio	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jorge Drexler	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Song
Kirsten Dunst	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Best Film Editing
John Dykstra	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Carole Eastman	...	Herself (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture, Best Director / Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role (also archive footage)
Donna Feldman	...	Trophy Model
Dante Ferretti	...	Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction
Jamie Foxx	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Nominee: Best Supporting Actor
John Frazier	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Morgan Freeman	...	Himself - Winner: Best Supporting Actor
Manolo García	...	Himself-Nominee (Best Make Up)
Phil Gersh	...	Himself (archive footage)
Nelson Gidding	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Herself, commenting on Johnny Carson (pre-recorded)
Jerry Goldsmith	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Michel Gondry	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay
Josh Groban	...	Himself - Performer: 'Believe'
Jake Gyllenhaal	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Visual Effects
Taylor Hackford	...	Himself (archive footage)
Salma Hayek	...	Herself - Presenter: Song Nominee: 'Al Otro Lado Del Río' / Co-presenter: Best Sound, Best Sound Editing
Dustin Hoffman	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Picture
Robert Houston	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Short (as Bobby Houston)
James Newton Howard	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robert Hudson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Short
Jeremy Irons	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Live Action Short
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Original Screenplay
Scarlett Johansson	...	Herself - Host: Scientific and Technical Awards Banquet
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Score
Ross Kauffman	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature
Charlie Kaufman	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay
Howard Keel	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Beyoncé Knowles	...	Herself - Performer: 'Believe', 'Look To Your Path [Vois Sur Ton Chemin]' and 'Learn To Be Lonely' (as Beyoncé)
Anthony LaMolinara	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Chris Landreth	...	Himself - Winner: Best Animated Short
Jean-Marie Lavalou	...	Himself - Technical Award winner
Janet Leigh	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Mike Leigh	...	Himself (archive footage)
Laura Linney	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress / Presenter: Best Animated Short
Francesca Lo Schiavo	...	Herself - Winner: Best Art Direction
Sidney Lumet	...	Himself - Honorary Award recipient
Virginia Madsen	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress
Alain Masseron	...	Himself - Technical Award winner
Roger Mayer	...	Himself - Hersholt Award recipient
Virginia Mayo	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Yo-Yo Ma	...	Himself - Performer
Mercedes McCambridge	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Russ Meyer	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Scott Millan	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
Tak Miyagishima	...	Himself - Sawyer Award recipient
Catalina Sandino Moreno	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Mike Myers	...	Himself - Presenter: Song Nominee 'Accidentally in Love'
Thomas Newman	...	Himself (archive footage)
Sandra Oh	...	Herself
Sophie Okonedo	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress
Jerry Orbach	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Valli O'Reilly	...	Herself - Winner: Best Makeup
Greg Orloff	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound
Clive Owen	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor
Al Pacino	...	Himself - Presenter: Honorary Oscar to Sidney Lumet
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
Alexander Payne	...	Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay (also archive footage)
Sean Penn	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Daniel Petrie	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Frank Pierson	...	Himself - Academy President
Natalie Portman	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress / Presenter: Best Documentary Short
Sandy Powell	...	Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Prince	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Original Song
David Raksin	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Christopher Reeve	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Robert Richardson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography
Tim Robbins	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actress
Julia Roberts	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Director
Tom Rosenberg	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Emmy Rossum	...	Herself - Presenter: Song Nominee 'Learn to Be Lonely'
Albert S. Ruddy	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
William Sackheim	...	Himself (archive footage)
David Samuelson	...	Himself - Technical Award winner
Adam Sandler	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay
Carlos Santana	...	Himself - Performer: 'Al Otro Lado Del Río'
Eddie Schmidt	...	Himself - Best Documentary Feature Nominee
Thelma Schoonmaker	...	Herself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Martin Scorsese	...	Himself - Presenter: Hersholt Award to Roger Mayer (also archive footage)
Michael Silvers	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing
Carrie Snodgress	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Imelda Staunton	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Scott Stokdyk	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Barbra Streisand	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Best Picture
Hilary Swank	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Jim Taylor	...	Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay
Charlize Theron	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Frank Thomas	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Randy Thomas	...	Announcer (voice)
Robert E. Thompson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Randy Thom	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing
John Travolta	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Original Score
Peter Ustinov	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Nacho Vigalondo	...	Himself
Michael Weaver	...	Red Carpet
John Williams	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robin Williams	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Animated Feature Film
Paul Winfield	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Kate Winslet	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role / Presenter: Best Cinematography
Ralph E. Winters	...	Himself (archive footage)
Fay Wray	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Renée Zellweger	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actor
Ziyi Zhang	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Best Visual Effects

Runtime:

USA:194 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | Spanish

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Kodak Theatre - 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood & Highland, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Trivia:

Golden Globe winner and Oscar-nominee Jan Sterling, who has died in 2004, was not shown during the "In Memoriam" segment. Many viewers of the show were flabbergasted and shocked.

Quotes:

Cate Blanchett: [to Martin Scorsese] I hope my son marries your daughter.

Movie Connections:

Features American Beauty (1999)

Soundtrack:

Learn To Be Lonely

Bad show but nice winners!

Seriously the only good thing about this year ceremony were the winners.

Although the ceremony itself was pretty short it still was somewhat boring. I think it's seriously time to look for a new director and producers for the show, who can come up with something REALLY new. It's pretty obvious that they tried to make the show more 'hip' and appealing for a younger audience this year by letting Beyonce perform and letting P. Diddy and Prince present a category. Also letting Chris Rock be the presenter was an attempt to re-new the ceremony and make it more appealing. None of it really worked out.

Sure, Chris Rock is a funny guy but he wasn't really a good presenter. I really merely saw him as a guy who just talked every now and then in between of the different categories. His presence wasn't really as 'big' as for instance Billy Crystal's.

Also the handing out of the awards was pretty dumb at times. Not letting everybody come to the stage but also handing out some of the awards in the middle of the theater was plain weird.

Still, I can't remember being any more satisfied with the award winners. None of the movies really swept away the awards as the last couple of years always had been the case. So does that mean it had been a good year for movies with lots of competitive contestants? I don't think so. I think most of the movies will be largely forgotten in 20 years from now, with the exception of "Million Dollar Baby" and "The Passion of the Christ" maybe. Sure I don't agree with every single award that was handed out this year, for instance Caleb Deschanel should had won for best cinematography, not that I don't like Robert Richardson's work, he really did some amazing work for most of Oliver Stone's work but I really feel that Deschanel deserved the award way more. Also I would had liked seeing Jim Miller and Paul Rubell win for best editing and John Debney for best music. But oh well, there is no way the Academy Awards can please everybody of course, I understand that. There will always be people complaining about the winners.

It also was funny to see that most of the award presenters were way more nervous than the nominees and winners. Did Prince said any of the nominees names right at once? And were is Sean Penn's sense of humor? Al Pacino and Jeremy "I hope they missed" Irons were the best presenters of the night.

Overall a very forgettable show but with nice winners.

4/10