BEST PICTURE
Rk	LW	Picture - Studio	HFPA	Projected Nominations
1	1	Munich - Universal	D	T minus 4
2	2	Walk The Line - Fox	M/C	Heading towards $70 million by the end of this next weekend. $100 million in range.
3	3	Brokeback Mountain - Focus Features	D	4 Indie Spirit nods
4	5	Capote - Sony Pictures Classics	D	4 Indie Spirit nods
5	4	Memoirs of a Geisha - Columbia	D	Fading a little, but still crafts muscular
6	6	Mrs. Henderson Presents - Weinstein Co.	M/C	Kind of sitting there, but the only light film that really has a chance
7	9	The New World - New Line		Screenings have begun... critics are mostly positive, but Malick has always been challenging and we'll all have to wait and see what reality is as we get more Academy feedback
8	7	The Constant Gardener - Focus Features	D	Great movie starting to get a little buzz going again
9	8	A History Of Violence - New Line		Croneberg makes the rounds in the next two weeks... nervous time
10	10	Crash - Lions Gate		2 Indie Spirit nods
Holdovers
		Pride & Prejudice	M/C	Loved by some, dismissed by many
		Good Night, & Good Luck - WIP		4 Indie Spirit nods
		Match Point - DreamWorks		Solid Woody, but not a stunning film except when compared to recent misses
		The Producers - Universal	M/C	Fun... but flawed
		The Family Stone - Fox	M/C	Ad campaign still says "wacky"
		Breakfast On Pluto - Sony Classics		Hasn't really caught on

 

Other Films That Will Be Campaigned - By Studio
Columbia/Revolution
Rent
Disney
Casanova
Shopgirl
The Chronicles Of Narnia: TL,TW & TW
Focus Features
Broken Flowers
Fox Searchlight
Bee Season
Separate Lies
Miramax
Proof
New Line
The Upside Of Anger
Paramount Classics
Hustle & Flow
Twentieth Century Fox
In Her Shoes
Sony Pictures Classics
The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada	4 Indie Spirit nods
The White Countess
Universal
Jarhead
King Kong
Warner Bros
North Country
Warner Indie
March of the Penguins
The Weinstein Company
The Libertine
Transamerica	3 Indie Spirit nods

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December 1, 2005
- David Poland