The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Bruce Gowers

Writers:

Jeff Stilson (writer)
David Wild (head writer)

Release Date:

18 September 2005 (USA)

Plot Keywords:

TV Special | Actor | Television | Competition | Awards Show

Cast

Ellen DeGeneres	...	Herself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jane Alexander	...	Herself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Made-for-TV Movie
Naveen Andrews	...	Himself
Patricia Arquette	...	Herself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Anne Bancroft	...	Herself (archive footage)
Kathy Bates	...	Herself
Kristen Bell	...	Herself
Halle Berry	...	Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie, Outstanding Made for TV Movie / Presenter
Peter Boyle	...	Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series / Presenter
Zach Braff	...	Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series / Presenter
Tom Brokaw	...	Himself
Johnny Carson	...	Himself (archive footage)
Joe Cipriano	...	Announcer
Glenn Close	...	Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Stephen Colbert	...	Himself
Marcia Cross	...	Herself / Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Ossie Davis	...	Himself (In Memoriam) (archive footage)
Emilie de Ravin	...	Herself
Gary Dourdan	...	Performer (singing voice)
Caroline Fentress	...	Herself
John Fiedler	...	Himself (archive footage)
Matthew Fox	...	Himself
Jorge Garcia	...	Himself
Jennifer Garner	...	Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Brad Garrett	...	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series / Presenter
Maggie Grace	...	Herself
Mariska Hargitay	...	Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series / Co-Presenter
Gordon Hart	...	Emmy Idol Dancer
Teri Hatcher	...	Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series / Presenter
Sean Hayes	...	Himself
Patricia Heaton	...	Herself
Josh Holloway	...	Himself
Felicity Huffman	...	Herself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series / Presenter
Hugh Jackman	...	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Performance in a Variety / Co-Presenter: Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Drama Series
Peter Jennings	...	Himself (archive footage)
Kathryn Joosten	...	Herself - Presenter
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Himself
Hugh Laurie	...	Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series / Presenter
Evangeline Lilly	...	Herself
Eva Longoria Parker	...	Herself (as Eva Longoria)
Groucho Marx	...	Himself (archive footage)
Debra Messing	...	Herself - Presenter
Dominic Monaghan	...	Himself
Howard Morris	...	Himself (In Memoriam)
Megan Mullally	...	Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Cynthia Nixon	...	Herself = Nominee: Outstanding Actress in a Made-for-TV Movie
David Z. Obadiah	...	Himself
Chris O'Donnell	...	Himself
Terry O'Quinn	...	Himself
Keke Palmer	...	Herself
Dan Rather	...	Himself
Christopher Reeve	...	Himself (In Memoriam) (archive footage)
Doris Roberts	...	Herself
Ray Romano	...	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Comedy Series / Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series / Presenter
Geoffrey Rush	...	Himself
Jennifer Sciole	...	Herself
William Shatner	...	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nicollette Sheridan	...	Herself
Christian Slater	...	Himself - Audience Member
James Spader	...	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series / Presenter: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Outstanding Drama Series
Charlize Theron	...	Herself
Donald Trump	...	Himself
Ruth Warrick	...	Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Andrew White	...	Himself
Paul Winchell	...	Himself (In Memoriam) (archive footage)

Runtime:

USA:180 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Shrine Auditorium - 665 W. Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Ken Ehrlich Productions

Quotes:

Ellen DeGeneres: Winning isn't important. What's important is how you feel about yourself, but of course if you win you'll feel a lot better about yourself.

Movie Connections:

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Soundtrack:

September

Its was an OK show

I thought having celebrities sing theme songs and then having the home audience was both interesting but a flawed concept. It was OK (very gimmicky) but I really didn't care for the various celebs singing the themes. I also thought it was unfair to West Coast viewers because the show was aired live in the East Coast but taped for the West Coast. That meant that viewers out here were unable to see the performances and then vote on them because the balloting was closed.

I thought the tribute to the late Johnny Carson by David Letterman was teary eyed. Obviously Carson liked Letterman more than Jay Leno and that's probably why he was selected. I would have preferred to have seen Ed McMahon and Doc Severinsen give the tribute to Carson. The clips for the tribute were basically the same ones that have been shown since Carson retired. I wish they could have made a new reel for the tribute.

The news tribute to anchors Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather and the late Peter Jennings was nice to see because it gave the viewer a chance to see the importance of journalism and how having journalists who gave you the news vs. a political agenda.

The tribute to the victims of hurricane Katrina, which entailed the wearing of large Magnolia flowers, which are the state flowers of Louisiana and Mississippi, was too much. The flowers were extremely large and they looked like those comical squirting flowers on the men and like giant corsages on the women. They should have worn the "traditional" ribbons or wristbands, which are visible but not distracting.