Academy Awards
78th edition
- March 5, 2006
- United States
United StatesThe 78th Academy Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled one week later than usual to avoid a clash with the 2006 Winter Olympics. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2005. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Jon Stewart hosted the show for the first time. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California held on February 18, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Rachel McAdams.
Awards
Most Awarded
2 or more wins- Brokeback Mountain 3
- Crash 3
- King Kong 3
- Memoirs of a Geisha 3
Most Nominated
3 or more nominations- Brokeback Mountain 8
- Crash 6
- Good Night, and Good Luck. 6
- Memoirs of a Geisha 6
- Capote 5
- Munich 5
- Walk the Line 5
- The Constant Gardener 4
- King Kong 4
- Pride & Prejudice 4
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 3
- Cinderella Man 3
- War of the Worlds 3
Most Unluckiest
wins / nominations- Good Night, and Good Luck. 0 / 6
- Brokeback Mountain 3 / 8
- Munich 0 / 5
- Capote 1 / 5
- Walk the Line 1 / 5
- Pride & Prejudice 0 / 4
- Crash 3 / 6
- Memoirs of a Geisha 3 / 6
- The Constant Gardener 1 / 4
- Cinderella Man 0 / 3
- War of the Worlds 0 / 3
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1 / 3
Only one nomination
- 9
- Badgered
- Batman Begins
- Cashback
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Corpse Bride
- Darwin's Nightmare
- The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
- Don't Tell
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
- God Sleeps in Rwanda
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Joyeux Noel
- Junebug
- The Last Farm
- March of the Penguins
- Match Point
- The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
- Murderball
- The Mushroom Club
- The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
- The New World
- A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
- One Man Band
- Our Time Is Up
- Paradise Now
- The Runaway
- Six Shooter
- Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
- The Squid and the Whale
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
- Street Fight
- Tsotsi
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
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