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Nevada Casino Chips Academy Awards Contest! grin

Time for a Contest! grin There are 17 categories below for tonight's Academy Awards. You have to pick the winner for each category. I will NOT accept any E-Mails. You MUST post you choices here in THIS thread.

You also have to list the category with your choice below it for ALL 17 categories. For example.......

  • Best Picture

  • CHICAGO

If you do not know how to cut & paste now would be a good time to learn. vbg

Whoever picks the most categories correctly wins!

The winner will get the three uncirculated Hard Rock chips shown below. In the case of a tie the entry that posted first wins. ONE entry per person.



Here are the categories......Good Luck!

Best Picture

CHICAGO (Miramax)

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)

THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line)

THE PIANIST (Focus Features)

Achievement in Directing

Rob Marshall for CHICAGO (Miramax)

Martin Scorsese for GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)

Stephen Daldry for THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)

Roman Polanski for THE PIANIST (Focus Features)

Pedro Almodóvar for TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody in THE PIANIST (Focus Features)

Nicolas Cage in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Michael Caine in THE QUIET AMERICAN (Miramax and Intermedia)

Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)

Jack Nicholson in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)

Best Supporting Actor

Chris Cooper in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Ed Harris in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)

Paul Newman in ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox)

John C. Reilly in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Christopher Walken in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Salma Hayek in FRIDA (Miramax)

Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)

Diane Lane in UNFAITHFUL (20th Century Fox)

Julianne Moore in FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features)

Renée Zellweger in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Best Supporting Actress

Kathy Bates in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)

Julianne Moore in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)

Queen Latifah in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Meryl Streep in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Best Animated Feature Film

ICE AGE (20th Century Fox)

LILO & STITCH (Buena Vista)

SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON (DreamWorks)

SPIRITED AWAY (Buena Vista)

TREASURE PLANET (Buena Vista)

Best Adapted Screenplay

ABOUT A BOY (Universal) Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz

ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman

CHICAGO (Miramax) Screenplay by Bill Condon

THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Screenplay by David Hare

THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood

Best Original Screenplay

FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Written by Todd Haynes

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan
Story by Jay Cocks

MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (IFC/Gold Circle Films) Written by Nia Vardalos

TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Pedro Almodóvar

Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (IFC Films) Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón

Achievement in Art Direction

CHICAGO (Miramax) Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Gord Sim

FRIDA (Miramax) Art Direction: Felipe Fernandez del Paso
Set Decoration: Hannia Robledo

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee

ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Art Direction: Dennis Gassner
Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Achievement in Cinematography

CHICAGO (Miramax) Dion Beebe

FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Edward Lachman

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Michael Ballhaus

THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Pawel Edelman

ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Conrad L. Hall

Achievement in Costume Design

CHICAGO (Miramax) Colleen Atwood

FRIDA (Miramax) Julie Weiss

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Sandy Powell

THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Ann Roth

THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Anna Sheppard

Best Film Editing

CHICAGO (Miramax) Martin Walsh

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Thelma Schoonmaker

THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Peter Boyle

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Michael Horton

THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Hervé de Luze
Achievement in Makeup

FRIDA (Miramax) John Jackson and Beatrice De Alba

THE TIME MACHINE (DreamWorks and Warner Bros.) John M. Elliott, Jr. and Barbara Lorenz

Best Original Score

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks) John Williams

FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Elmer Bernstein

FRIDA (Miramax) Elliot Goldenthal

THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Philip Glass

ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Thomas Newman

Original Song

"Burn It Blue" from FRIDA (Miramax) Music by Elliot Goldenthal, Lyrics by Julie Taymor

"Father and Daughter" from THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE (Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies) Music and Lyrics by Paul Simon

"The Hands That Built America" from GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Music and Lyrics by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen

"I Move On" from CHICAGO (Miramax) Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb

"Lose Yourself" from 8 MILE (Universal) Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto, Lyrics by Eminem

Achievement in Sound

CHICAGO (Miramax) Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella and David Lee

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty and Ivan Sharrock

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek

ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and John Patrick Pritchett

SPIDER-MAN (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Ed Novick

Achievement in Sound Editing

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins

MINORITY REPORT (20th Century Fox and DreamWorks) Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Scott A. Hecker
Best Visual Effects

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke

SPIDER-MAN (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier

STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES (20th Century Fox) Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow

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Thanks Andy, here are my picks. Jim
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Great picks, Elaine!...
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Thanks for the contest, Andy ...

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