xx

   
1
1
 Brokeback Mountain
1
1
1
1
1
1
-1
1
1
2
1
1
1
-
13
129
2
2
 Walk the Line
2
6
4
3
2
5
4
2
5
3
4
3
3
-
13
97
3
4
 Good Night/Good Luck
6
2
3
4
4
10
3
5
2
7
2
2
2
-
13
91
4
3
 Munich
-
4
2
10
7
4
2
3
3
1
3
4
6
-
12
83
5
8
 A History of Violence
3
-
8
8
3
2
10
6
7
8
6
-
10
-
11
50
6
5
 King Kong
9
5
-
-
9
3
5
7
4
6
5
9
-
-
10
48
7
6
 Capote
8
7
5
6
8
7
9
-
8
5
10
--
9
-
11
39
8
11
 The Constant Gardener
4
-
-
5
-
8
-
-
-
4
8
8
5
-
7
34
9
10
 Match Point
-
-
-
2
6
6
-
9
-
10
7
7
8
-
8
33
10
7
 Memoirs of a Geisha
-
10
6
7
-
-
6
8
6
-
-
--
4
-
7
30
11
9
 Pride & Prejudice
7
3
-
9
10
9
-
4-
-
-
-
10
7
-
8
29
12
12
 Crash
-
9
10
-
-
-
7
10
10
--
-
6
-
-
6
14
13
13
 The New World
-
-
9
-
5
-
-
-
9
-
9
-
-
-
4
12
14
14
 Cinderella Man
-
8
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
--
-
5
-
-
3
12
15
15
 Syriana
5
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
10
16
16
 Mrs. Henderson Presents
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
1
2
17
17
 Chronicles Of Narnia
10
 - - - - -- - - -- -- - - - -
1
1

Ang Lee
Brokeback Mountain
-
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
-
12
119
Steven Spielberg
Munich
-
3
2
-
-
3
2
2
2
1
3
3
4
-
10
85

George Clooney
Good Night/Good Luck
-
2
4
3
5
-
3
5
3
-
2
2
-
-
9
70
Woody Allen
Match Point
-
5
3
2
3
5
-
-
-
-
4
-
5
-
7
50
David Cronenberg
A History Of Violence
-
-
5
5
-
4
5
4
4
-
-
-
3
-
7
47

Peter Jackson
King Kong
-
4
-
-
2
2
-4
-
-
5
5
-
-
-
6
44
James Mangold
Walk The Line
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
5
4
-
5
-
-
4
27
Fernando Meirelles
The Constant Gardener
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
2
-
3
24
Stephen Gaghan
Syriana
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
1
7
Terrence Malick
The New World
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
7

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

Best Director
....1.

....2.

....3.

....4.

....5.

David Ansen, Newsweek

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

Best Director
....1. Ang Lee
....Brokeback Mountain
....2. George Clooney ....Goodnight/Good Luck
....3. Steven Spielberg
....Munich
....4. Peter Jackson
....King Kong
....5. Woody Allen
....Match Point

Scott Bowles , USA Today

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

Best Director
....1. Ang Lee
....Brokeback Mountain
....2. Steven Spielberg
....Munich
....3. Woody Allen
....Match Point
....4. George Clooney ....Goodnight/Good Luck
....5. David Cronenberg
....A History of Violence

Pete Hammond, Maxim

Picture
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Match Point
....3. Walk The Line
....4. Good Night/Good Luck
....5. Constant Gardener
....6. Capote
....7. Memoirs Of A Geisha
....8. A History Of Violence
....9. Pride & Prejudice
.. .10. Munich

Best Director
....1. Ang Lee
....Brokeback Mountain
....2. Woody Allen
....Match Point
....3. George Clooney ....Goodnight/Good Luck
....4. Fernando Meirelles
....The Constant Gardener
....5. David Cronenberg
....A History of Violence

Eugene Hernandez, indieWIRE

Picture
....1. Brokeback Mountain
....2. Walk The Line
....3. A History of Violence
....4. Good Night/Good Luck
....5. The New World
....6. Match Point