BEST PICTURE
Picture - Studio	Comment
Dreamgirls	It's always doubter before the dawn
The Queen	The top cat of the second tier
Little Miss Sunshine	As the expession goes, the one that wins on Saturday and loses on Sunday
The Departed	Well into the race... WB needs to remind people around Thanksgiving, not letting ti get lost
The Good German	Starts screening in earnest next week, SAG first, this weekend
The Pursuit of Happyness	Could it turn the world on with its smile?
World Trade Center	What tricks does Par have up its sleeve?
Babel	Those who support it, support it loudly. Those who don't are every bit as loud.
Flags of Our Fathers	Is $35 million domestic enough?
Notes of a Scandal	We've been warned that it's not a BP movie... but time tells odd stories
Little Children
The Good Shepherd
The Illusionist
United 93
The Painted Veil
Out Of The Season
Noted Earlier - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Goya's Ghosts, Margaret, Rescue Dawn, Youth Without Youth, Zodiac
Other Possibles - By Studio
Columbia/Tri-Star
All The King's Men
The Da Vinci Code
Marie Antoinette
Running With Scissors
Stranger Than Fiction
Disney
Apocalypto
The Prestige
Focus
Hollywoodland
Scoop
Fox
Borat
The Devil Wears Prada
A Good Year
Focus Features
Catch A Fire
Fox Searchlight
Fast Food Nation
The History Boys
The Last King of Scotland
MGM
Home of the Brave
Rocky Reloaded
Miramax
The Hoax
Venus
New Line
The Nativity
Picturehouse
Fur
Pan's Labyrinth
Sony Pictures Classics
Volver
Universal
Children of Men
Warner Bros
The Fountain
Warner Indie
For Your Consideration
The Weinstein Company
Bobby
Breaking & Entering

Charts from October 26 PictureX Director xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

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November 2, 2006
- David Poland