xx

Brokeback Mountain
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
14
134
Walk the Line
3
2
5
3
2
4
4
2
7
3
3
2
4
4
14
106
Munich
-
5
2
10
7
3
2
5
4
1
5
4
10
-
12
74
Good Night/Good Luck
9
3
4
4
4
-
5
6
2
-
4
3
5
9
12
74
King Kong
2
7
-
-
8
2
7
--
3
4
1
6
-
-
9
59
 
Capote
10
8
7
5
3
7
9
--
8
6
7
-
3
2
12
57
Memoirs of a Geisha
-
10
3
7
-
10
3
4
6
-
-
8
2
-
9
46
A History of Violence
4
-
9
-
6
6
10
10
9
9
6
-
8
8
11
36
Pride & Prejudice
6
4
-
-
9
5
-
3
-
-
-
-
6
-
6
32
Match Point
-
-
-
2
5
-
-
7
-
-
8
-
-
3
5
30
The Constant Gardener
8
-
-
6
-
8
-
9
-
7
9
-
7
5
8
29
Crash
-
9
10
-
-
-
6
8
10
10
-
7
-
6
8
22
The New World
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
--
5
8
-
-
9
7
5
18
Cinderella Man
-
6
-
-
-
9
8
--
-
-
10
5
-
-
5
17
Syriana
3
-
6
8
10
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
17
Mrs. Henderson Presents
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
--
-
5
-
9
-
-
3
10
Chronicles Of Narnia
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
10
-
-
2
5
Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
---
-
-
-
-
-
10
1
1

Brokeback Mountain
3
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
14
135

Capote
4
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
4
-
4
2
3
1
13
65
Walk The Line
5
5
-
4
4
-
5
-
-
3
-
4
-
3
8
55

Munich
-
4
3
-
-
4
3
-
-
2
-
5
-
-
6
45
Syriana
2
-
4
5
-
-
-
3
-
-
2
-
-
5
6
45
Constant Gardener
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
4
2
4
-
3
5
-
6
45
King Kong
1
-
-
-
3
3
-
-
-
5
3
-
-
-
5
40
More Than One Vote Change Away From Top Five
A History Of Violence
-
-
-
-
5
5
-
-
3
-
-
-
4
4
5
34
Memoirs Of A Geisha
-
-
5
-
-
-
4
-
5
-
-
-
2
-
4
28
Pride & Prejudice-
3
-----
5
------
2
14
Shopgirl
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
1
6

The Squid & The Whale
1
4
-
5
1
5
3
4
2
4
3
4
4
4
13
91
Match Point
2
3
2
1
4
3
5
3
4
3
2
2
1
3
14
87
Crash
5
1
4
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
5
13
72
Good Night, & Good Luck
4
2
1
3
3
4
1
2
--
2
1
3
3
-
12
68
Cinderella Man
-
-
5
-
-
1
4
5
5
--
4
5
-
-
7
48
The New World
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
5
-
3
22
Three Burials Of
Melquiades Estrada
3
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
21
The Family Stone
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
1
2
16
Hustle & Flow
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
1
9
Wallace & Gromit
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
1
6
The 40 Year Old Virgin
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
6
November 28
Best Picture. | Best Actress

Notes: These are prognostications by top awards watchers, not personal preferences.
xxxxxxPassing On Guruship - The LA Times & Variety... The NY Times has a non-participation policy.
xxxxxxThe last awards films to be seen by The Gurus King Kong and Munich.
xxxxxxTotals are based on reverse point values, i.e. a #1 vote is worth 10 points, a #5 vote is worth 6 points, #10 worth 1.

 
  
Thelma Adams, US Magazine
Picture
....1. King Kong
....2. Walk the Line
....3. Syriana
....4. History of Violence
....5. Brokeback Mountain
....6 Pride and Prejudice
....7. Chronicles of Narnia
....8. Constant Gardener
....9. Good Night/Good Luck
 ....10. Capote

Original Screenplay
....1. Squid and the Whale
....2. Matchpoint
....3. Three Burials
....4. Good Night/Good Luck
....5. Crash

Adapted Screenplay
....1.King Kong
....2. Syriana
....3. Brokeback Mountain
....4. Capote
....5. Walk the Line

David Ansen, Newsweek

Picture
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Walk The Line
....3. Good Night/Good Luck
....4. Pride & Prejudice
....5. Munich
....6. Cinderella Man
....7. King Kong
....8. Capote
....9. Crash
....10. Memoirs of a Geisha

Original Screenplay
....1. Crash
....2. Good Night/Good Luck
....3. Match Point
....4.Squid And The Whale
....5. The 40 Year Old Virgin

Adapted Screenplay
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Capote
....3. Pride And Prejudice
....4. Munich
....5. Constant Gardener

Scott Bowles , USA Today
Picture
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Munich
....3. Memoirs of a Geisha
....4. Good Night/Good Luck
....5. Walk the Line
....6. Syriana
....7. Capote
....8. The New World
....9. History of Violence
....10. Crash

Original Screenplay
...1. Good Night/ Good Luck
...2. Match Point
...3. The New World
...4. Crash
...5. Cinderella Man

Adapted Screenplay
...1. Capote
...2. Brokeback Mountain
...3. Munich
...4. Syriana
...5. Memoirs of a Geisha

Pete Hammond, Maxim
Picture
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Match Point
....3. Walk The Line
....4. Good Night/Good Luck
....5. Capote
....6. Constant Gardener
....7. Memoirs Of A Geisha
....8. Syriana
....9. Mrs. Henderson
.. .10. Munich

Original Screenplay
....1.Match Point
...2.Crash
...3.Good Night/Good Luck
...4.Three Burials Of Melquiades ......Estrada
...5.The Squid And The Whale

Adapted Screenplay
...1.Brokeback Mountain
...2.Capote
...3.The Constant Gardener
...4.Walk The Line
...5.Syriana

Eugene Hernandez, indieWIRE

Picture
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Walk The Line
....3. Capote
....4. Good Night/Good Luck
....5. Match Point
....6. A History of Violence
....7. Munich
....8. King Kong
....9. Pride & Prejudice
....10. Syriana

Original Screenplay
....1. The Squid and the Whale
....2. Crash
....3. Good Night/Good Luck
....4. Match Point
....5. The Three Burials of ........Melquiades Estrada

Adapted Screenplay
....1. Capote
....2. Brokeback Mountain
....3. King Kong
....4. Walk the Line
....5. A History of Violence

Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Picture
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. King Kong
....3. Munich
....4. Walk the Line
....5. Pride & Prejudice
....6. A History of Violence
....7. Capote
....8. The Constant Gardener
....9. Cinderella Man
....10. Memoirs of a Geisha

Original Screenplay
....1. Cinderella Man
....2. Crash
....3. Match Point
....4. Good Night/Good Luck
....5. The Squid and the Whale

Adapted Screenplay
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Capote
....3. King Kong
....4. Munich
....5. A History of Violence

Picture
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Munich
....3. Memoirs Of A Geisha
....4. Walk The Line
....5. Good Night/Good Luck
....6. Crash
....7. King Kong
....8. Cinderella Man
....9. Capote
....10. A History Of Violence

Original Screenplay
....1. Good Night/Good Luck
....2. Crash
....3. The Squid and the Whale
....4. Cinderella Man
....5. Match Point

Adapted Screenplay
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Capote
....3. Munich
....4. Memoirs of a Geisha
....5. Walk the Line
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.com
Picture
...1. Brokeback Mountain
...2. Walk the Line
...3. Pride and Prejudice
...4. Memoirs of Geisha
...5. Munich
...6. Good Night/Good Luck
...7. Match Point
...8. Crash
...9. Constant Gardener
...10. History of Violence

Original Screenplay
....1. Crash
....2. Good Night/Good Luck
....3. Match Point
....4. Squid and Whale
....5. Cinderella Man
.
Adapted Screenplay
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Capote
....3. Syriana
....4. Constant Gardener
....5. Pride and Prejudice

Jack Mathews , New York Daily News

Picture
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Good Night/Good Luck
....3. King Kong
....4. Munich
....5. The New World
....6. Memoirs of a Geisha
....7. Walk the Line
....8. Capote
....9. A History of Violence
....9. Crash
....10. Pride & Prejucie

Original Screenplay
...1. Crash
...2. The Squid and the Whale
...3. The New World
...4. Match Point
...5. Cinderella Man

Adapted Screenplay
...1. Brokeback Mountain
...2. The Constant Gardener
...3. A History of Violence
...4. Capote
...5. Memoirs of a Geisha

David Poland, Movie City News

Picture
....1. Munich
....2. Brokeback Mountain
....3. Walk The Line
....4. King Kong
....5. Mrs. Henderson
....6. Capote
... 7. The Constant Gardener
....8. The New World
....9. A History Of Violence
...10. Crash

Original Screenplay
...1. Crash
...2. Good Night/Good Luck.
...3. Match Point
...4. The Squid and the Whale
...5. The Family Stone

Adapted Screenplay
...1. Brokeback Mountain
...2. Munich
...3. Walk the Line
...4. The Constant Gardener
...5. King Kong

Sasha Stone, Oscarwatch.com
Picture
....1. King Kong
....2. Brokeback Mountain
....3. Walk the line
....4. Good Night/Good Luck
....5. Munich
....6. A History of Violence
....7. Capote
....8. Match Point
....9. The Constant Gardener
....10. Cinderella Man

Original Screenplay
...1. Good Night/Good Luck
...2. Match Point
...3. The Squid and the Whale
...4. Cinderella Man
...5. Wallace and Gromit

Adapted Screenplay
...1. Brokeback Mountain
...2. Syriana
...3. King Kong
...4. Capote
...5. Shopgirl

Kris Tapley, In Contention/MCN
Picture
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Walk the Line
....3. Good Night/Good Luck.
....4. Munich
....5. Cinderella Man
....6. King Kong
....7. Crash
....8. Memoirs of Geisha
....9. Mrs. Henderson
....10. Chronicles of Narnia

Original Screenplay
...1. Crash
...2. Match Point
...3. Good Night/Good Luck.
...4. The Squid and the Whale
...5. Cinderella Man

Adapted Screenplay
...1. Brokeback Mountain
...2. Capote
...3. The Constant Gardener
...4. Walk the Line
...5. Munich

Anne Thompson, Hollywood Reporter
Picture
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Memoirs of a Geisha
....3. Capote
....4. Walk the Line
....5. Good Night/Good Luck
....6. Pride and Prejudice
....7. The Constant Gardener
....8. A History of Violence
....9. The New World
....10. Munich

Original Screenplay
....1. A History of Violence
....2. Match Point
....3. Crash
....4. Good Night/Good Luck
....5. The Squid and the Whale

Adapted Screenplay
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Memoirs of a Geisha
....3..Capote
....4. Walk the Line
....5. The Constant Gardener

Jeffrey Wells, Hollywood Elsewhere
Picture
 ....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Capote
....3. Match Point
....4. Walk the Line
....5. The Constant Gardener
....6. Crash
....7. The New World
....8. A History of Violence
....9. Good Night/Good Luck
....10. The Three Burials of ........Melquiades Estrada

Original Screenplay
....1. The Family Stone
....2. Hustle & Flow
....3. Match Point
....4. The Squid and the Whale
....5. Crash

Adapted Screenplay
....1.Capote
....2.Brokeback Mountain
....3.Walk the Line
....4.A History of Violence
....5.Syriana

 

 

 


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