78th Academy Awards

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 78

| award = Academy Awards

| image = 78th Academy Awards.jpg

| alt = Official poster promoting the 78th Academy Awards in 2006.

| caption = Official poster

| date = March 5, 2006

| site = Kodak Theatre
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| preshow = Billy Bush,
Chris Connelly,
Cynthia Garrett, and
Vanessa Minnillo{{cite news|title=A show this big needs buildups and wrap-ups |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-05-ca-schedule5-story.html |access-date=April 17, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 5, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022122940/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/05/entertainment/ca-schedule5 |archive-date=October 22, 2012 }}

| host = Jon Stewart

| producer = Gil Cates

| director = Louis J. Horvitz

| best_picture = Crash

| most_wins = Brokeback Mountain, Crash, King Kong and Memoirs of a Geisha (3)

| most_nominations = Brokeback Mountain (8)

| network = ABC

| duration = 3 hours, 33 minutes{{cite magazine|last=Rich |first=Joshua |title=Facts about the Oscar telecast |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2006/03/10/facts-about-oscar-telecast |access-date=March 27, 2014 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 10, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825113447/http://www.ew.com/article/2006/03/10/facts-about-oscar-telecast |archive-date=August 25, 2015 }}

| ratings = 38.94 million
23.0% (Nielsen ratings)

| last = 77th

| next = 79th

}}

The 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.{{cite news|last=Feiwell |first=Jill |title=Olympics delay Oscars |url=https://variety.com/2004/film/news/olympics-delay-oscars-1117915129/ |access-date=April 24, 2014 |work=Variety |date=December 16, 2004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424035617/http://variety.com/2004/film/news/olympics-delay-oscars-1117915129/ |archive-date=April 24, 2014 }} 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.{{cite news|last=Archerd |first=Army |title=Cates taking the Oscar lead |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/news/cates-taking-the-oscar-lead-1117933100/ |access-date=April 29, 2014 |work=Variety |date=November 16, 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429203735/http://variety.com/2005/film/news/cates-taking-the-oscar-lead-1117933100/ |archive-date=April 29, 2014 }}{{cite news|title=Oscar Watch: Horvitz to helm kudocast |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/news/oscar-watch-horvitz-to-helm-kudocast-1117934538/ |access-date=June 24, 2014 |work=Variety |date=December 13, 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825114203/http://variety.com/2005/film/news/oscar-watch-horvitz-to-helm-kudocast-1117934538/ |archive-date=August 25, 2015 }} Actor Jon Stewart hosted the show for the first time.{{cite news|title=Jon Stewart to host 2006 Academy Awards |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/jon-stewart-to-host-2006-academy-awards/ |access-date=April 17, 2014 |work=The Seattle Times |date=January 5, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825114637/http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/jon-stewart-to-host-2006-academy-awards/ |archive-date=August 25, 2015 }} 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.{{cite news|title=Pixar draws academy kudos |url=https://variety.com/2006/digital/awards/pixar-draws-academy-kudos-1117938558/ |access-date=July 5, 2015 |work=Variety |date=February 20, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825114836/http://variety.com/2006/digital/awards/pixar-draws-academy-kudos-1117938558/ |archive-date=August 25, 2015 }}

Crash won three awards, including Best Picture.{{cite news|last=Vancheri |first=Barbara |title='Crash' fatal to 'Brokeback' in best picture race |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/oscar-watch/2006/03/06/Crash-fatal-to-Brokeback-in-best-picture-race/stories/200603060156 |access-date=April 14, 2014 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=March 6, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424033823/http://www.post-gazette.com/oscar-watch/2006/03/06/Crash-fatal-to-Brokeback-in-best-picture-race/stories/200603060156 |archive-date=April 24, 2014 }} Other winners included Brokeback Mountain, King Kong, and Memoirs of a Geisha with three awards and Capote, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Constant Gardener, Hustle & Flow, March of the Penguins, The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation, A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin, Six Shooter, Syriana, Tsotsi, Walk the Line, and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit with one. The telecast garnered nearly 39 million viewers in the United States.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 78th Academy Awards were announced on January 31, 2006, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters by Sid Ganis, president of the Academy, and actress Mira Sorvino.{{cite news|last=Marcus |first=Lawrence |title=Oscar Watch: Sorvino to help unveil noms |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/news/oscar-watch-sorvino-to-help-unveil-noms-1117937039/ |access-date=April 25, 2014 |work=Variety |date=January 29, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426202509/https://variety.com/2006/film/news/oscar-watch-sorvino-to-help-unveil-noms-1117937039/ |archive-date=April 26, 2014 }} Brokeback Mountain earned the most nominations with eight total; Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck, and Memoirs of a Geisha tied for second with six nominations each.{{cite news|last=Arnold |first=William |title=No surprise here: 'Brokeback' leads Oscar hopefuls |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/No-surprise-here-Brokeback-leads-Oscar-hopefuls-1194393.php |access-date=March 27, 2013 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=January 31, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424031140/http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/No-surprise-here-Brokeback-leads-Oscar-hopefuls-1194393.php |archive-date=April 24, 2014 }} All five Best Picture nominees received corresponding Best Director nominations (the fourth occurrence in Oscar history since the Best Picture nominees roster was limited to five films).{{cite magazine|last1=Karger |first1=Dave |title=A Crash course on this year's Academy Award nominees |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2006/02/03/crash-course-this-years-academy-award-nominees |access-date=June 26, 2014 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 3, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825122945/http://www.ew.com/article/2006/02/03/crash-course-this-years-academy-award-nominees |archive-date=August 25, 2015 }}

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 5, 2006.{{cite news|last1=MacDonald |first1=Moira |title="Crash" landing! Drama comes out of nowhere on Oscar night |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060306/oscars06/crash-landing-drama-comes-out-of-nowhere-on-oscar-night |access-date=June 24, 2014 |work=The Seattle Times |date=March 6, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825123119/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20060306&slug=oscars06 |archive-date=August 25, 2015 }} Crash was the first Best Picture winner since 1976's Rocky to win only three Oscars.{{cite magazine|last1=Kargetr |first1=Dace |title=Oscars big night |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2006/03/10/oscars-big-night |access-date=June 26, 2014 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 10, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825123647/http://www.ew.com/article/2006/03/10/oscars-big-night |archive-date=August 25, 2015 }} Best Director winner Ang Lee became the first non-Caucasian winner of that category.{{cite web|first=Erik |last=Lundergaard |url=http://www.today.com/id/11700333/ns/today-entertainment/ |title=Oscar misfire: 'Crash' and burn |publisher=NBC News (NBCUniversal) |date=March 6, 2006 |access-date=February 27, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520223714/http://www.today.com/id/11700333/ns/today-entertainment/ |archive-date=May 20, 2013 }} For this first time since the 34th ceremony in 1962, all four acting winners were first-time nominees.{{cite news|title='Crash' Upsets 'Brokeback' At Oscars |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/crash-upsets-brokeback-at-oscars-05-03-2006/ |access-date=June 24, 2014 |publisher=CBS News (CBS Corporation) |date=March 5, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204438/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/crash-upsets-brokeback-at-oscars-05-03-2006/ |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}{{harvnb|Osborne|2008|p=370}} At age 20, Keira Knightley was the second-youngest Best Actress nominee for her performance as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice. Best Supporting Actor winner George Clooney was the fifth person to receive acting, directing, and screenwriting nominations in the same year and the first person to achieve this feat for two different films.{{cite news|title=Academy Awards 2006 trivia |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4723752.stm |access-date=April 17, 2014 |publisher=BBC News (BBC) |date=March 3, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424040856/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4723752.stm |archive-date=April 24, 2014 }} By virtue of his nominations for both Memoirs of a Geisha and Munich, composer John Williams earned a total of 45 nominations tying him with Alfred Newman as the second most nominated individual in Oscar history.{{ref label|Williams|a}}{{cite news|last=Bradford |first=Marlee |title=Williams Ties Record for Oscar Nominations |url=http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2006/013106.html?isArchive=013106 |access-date=May 24, 2014 |publisher=The Film Music Society |date=January 31, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901124223/http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2006/013106.html?IsArchive=013106 |archive-date=September 1, 2006 }} "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" became the second rap song to win Best Original Song and the first such song to be performed at an Oscars ceremony.{{cite magazine|last=Robertson |first=Jessica |title=Three 6 Mafia Take Home Oscar |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/three-6-mafia-take-home-oscar-20060306 |access-date=March 2, 2014 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 6, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224203528/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/three-6-mafia-take-home-oscar-20060306 |archive-date=December 24, 2013 }}

=Awards=

File:Paul Haggis, Canadian Film Centre, 2013-cropped.jpg, Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay co-winner|alt=Paul Haggis in in 2013]]

File:2016 NAB Show's The Future of Cinema Conference, produced in partnership with SMPTE (26717112630) (cropped).jpg, Best Director winner|alt=Ang Lee in 2016]]

File:Philip Seymour Hoffman 2011.jpg, Best Actor winner|alt=Philip Seymour Hoffman in 2011]]

File:Reese Witherspoon at TIFF 2014.jpg, Best Actress winner|alt=Reese Witherspoon in 2014]]

File:George Clooney 2016.jpg, Best Supporting Actor winner|alt=George Cloone in 2016]]

File:Rachel Weisz Montclair Film Festival.jpg, Best Supporting Actress winner|alt=Rachel Weisz in 2018]]

File:Larry McMurtry Photo Last Picture Show 1966.png, Best Adapted Screenplay co-winner|alt=Larry McMurtry in 1966]]

File:Nick Park, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2007.jpg, Best Animated Feature winner|alt=Nick Park in 2007]]

File:Gavin Hood 2015.jpg, Best Foreign Language Film winner|alt=Gavin Hood in 2015]]

File:Martin McDonagh 2012.jpg, Best Live Action Short Film winner|alt=Martin McDonaugh in 2012]]

File:Gustavo Santaolalla.jpg, Best Original Score winner|alt=Gustavo Santaolalla in 2022]]

File:Juicy J 2014 February.jpg, Best Original Song co-winner|alt=Juicy J in 2014]]

File:DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia (2015).jpg, Best Original Song co-winner|alt=DJ Paul in 2015]]

File:Joe Letteri ONZM (cropped).jpg, Best Visual Effects co-winner|alt=Joe Letteri in 2012]]

File:Sir Richard Taylor.jpg, Best Visual Effects co-winner|alt=Richard Taylor in 2014]]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ({{double-dagger}}).{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006 |title=The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 20, 2011 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220946/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2006 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 }}

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Crash – Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, producers{{double-dagger}}
Brokeback Mountain – Diana Ossana and James Schamus, producers
Capote – Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven, producers
Good Night, and Good Luck – Grant Heslov, producer
Munich – Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel, producers

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Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain{{double-dagger}}
Bennett Miller – Capote
Paul Haggis – Crash
George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck
Steven Spielberg – Munich

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Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote as Truman Capote{{double-dagger}}
Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow as DJay
Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain as Ennis Del Mar
Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line as Johnny Cash
David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck as Edward R. Murrow

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Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line as June Carter Cash{{double-dagger}}
Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents as Laura Henderson
Felicity Huffman – Transamerica as Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne
Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice as Elizabeth Bennet
Charlize Theron – North Country as Josey Aimes

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George Clooney – Syriana as Bob Barnes{{double-dagger}}
Matt Dillon – Crash as Officer John Ryan
Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man as Joe Gould
Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain as Jack Twist
William Hurt – A History of Violence as Richie Cusack

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Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener as Tessa Quayle{{double-dagger}}
Amy Adams – Junebug as Ashley Johnsten
Catherine Keener – Capote as Harper Lee
Frances McDormand – North Country as Glory Dodge
Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain as Alma Beers Del Mar

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Crash – Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco{{double-dagger}}
Good Night, and Good Luck – George Clooney and Grant Heslov
Match Point – Woody Allen
The Squid and the Whale – Noah Baumbach
Syriana – Stephen Gaghan

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Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana based on the short story by Annie Proulx{{double-dagger}}
Capote – Dan Futterman based on the book by Gerald Clarke
The Constant Gardener – Jeffrey Caine based on the novel by John le Carré
A History of Violence – Josh Olson based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke
Munich – Tony Kushner and Eric Roth based on the book Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team by George Jonas

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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Nick Park and Steve Box{{double-dagger}}
Howl's Moving Castle – Hayao Miyazaki
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride – Mike Johnson and Tim Burton

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Tsotsi (South Africa) in Afrikaans – Gavin Hood{{double-dagger}}
The Beast in the Heart (Italy) in Italian – Cristina Comencini
Joyeux Noël (France) in French – Christian Carion
Paradise Now (Palestine) in Arabic – Hany Abu-Assad{{ref label|Palestine|b}}
Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (Germany) in German – Marc Rothemund

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March of the Penguins – Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau{{double-dagger}}
Darwin's Nightmare – Hubert Sauper
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room – Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot
Murderball – Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
Street Fight – Marshall Curry

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A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin – Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson{{double-dagger}}
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club – Dan Krauss
God Sleeps in Rwanda – Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman
The Mushroom Club – Steven Okazaki

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Six Shooter – Martin McDonagh{{double-dagger}}
Cashback – Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager
The Last Farm – Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson
Our Time Is Up – Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente
The Runaway (Ausreißer) – Ulrike Grote

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The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation – John Canemaker and Peggy Stern{{double-dagger}}
9 – Shane Acker
Badgered – Sharon Colman
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello – Anthony Lucas
One Man Band – Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews

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Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla{{double-dagger}}
The Constant Gardener – Alberto Iglesias
Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams
Munich – John Williams
Pride & Prejudice – Dario Marianelli

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"It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle & Flow – Music and Lyrics by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard{{double-dagger}}
"In the Deep" from Crash – Music by Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker; Lyrics by Kathleen "Bird" York
"Travelin' Thru" from Transamerica – Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton

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King Kong – Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn{{double-dagger}}
Memoirs of a Geisha – Wylie Stateman
War of the Worlds – Richard King

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King Kong – Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek{{double-dagger}}
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
Memoirs of a Geisha – Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett
Walk the Line – Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter Kurland
War of the Worlds – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ron Judkins

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Memoirs of a Geisha – Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau{{double-dagger}}
Good Night, and Good Luck – Art Direction: Jim Bissell; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
King Kong – Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright
Pride & Prejudice – Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

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Memoirs of a Geisha – Dion Beebe{{double-dagger}}
Batman Begins – Wally Pfister
Brokeback Mountain – Rodrigo Prieto
Good Night, and Good Luck – Robert Elswit
The New World – Emmanuel Lubezki

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Howard Berger and Tami Lane{{double-dagger}}
Cinderella Man – David LeRoy Anderson and Lance Anderson
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith – Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley

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Memoirs of a Geisha – Colleen Atwood{{double-dagger}}
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Gabriella Pescucci
Mrs Henderson Presents – Sandy Powell
Pride & Prejudice – Jacqueline Durran
Walk the Line – Arianne Phillips

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Crash – Hughes Winborne{{double-dagger}}
Cinderella Man – Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
The Constant Gardener – Claire Simpson
Munich – Michael Kahn
Walk the Line – Michael McCusker

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King Kong – Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor{{double-dagger}}
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
War of the Worlds – Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra and Dan Sudick

=Honorary Award=

To Robert Altman in recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike.{{cite news|last=Rainer |first=Peter |title=Mr. Altman's unflinching eye |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-05-ca-altman5-story.html |access-date=April 17, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 5, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706033858/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/05/entertainment/ca-altman5 |archive-date=July 6, 2015 }}

=Films with multiple nominations and awards=

scope="col" style="width:55px;" \|Nominations ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" \|Film
class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \|+ Films that received multiple nominations
8 \| Brokeback Mountain
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" \|6 \| Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
Memoirs of a Geisha
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" \|5 \| Capote
Munich
Walk the Line
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" \|4 \| The Constant Gardener
King Kong
Pride & Prejudice
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" \|3 \| Cinderella Man
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
War of the Worlds
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" \|2 \| A History of Violence
Hustle & Flow
Mrs Henderson Presents
North Country
Syriana
Transamerica

scope="col" style="width:55px;" \|Wins ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" \|Film
class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \|+ {{nowrap\|Films that received multiple awards}}
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" \|3 \| Brokeback Mountain
Crash
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha

Presenters and performers

The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.{{cite news|last1=White |first1=Dave |title=Live blogging the Oscars |url=http://www.today.com/id/11686950/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/live-blogging-oscars/ |access-date=July 5, 2015 |publisher=NBC News (NBCUniversal) |date=March 6, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706143005/http://www.today.com/id/11686950/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/live-blogging-oscars/ |archive-date=July 6, 2015 }}{{cite news|last1=Brooks |first1=Xan |title=The Oscars, minute by minute |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2006/mar/05/awardsandprizes.oscars20062 |access-date=July 5, 2015 |work=The Guardian |date=March 6, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927023752/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2006/mar/05/awardsandprizes.oscars20062 |archive-date=September 27, 2015 }}{{cite news|last1=McAuliffe|first1=Kelly|title=Oscars commentary: And the Oscar goes to...|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10371308|access-date=July 5, 2015|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=March 9, 2006|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924053904/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10371308|url-status=live}}

=Presenters=

Name(s)	Role
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{{sortname\|Tom\|Kane}}{{harvnb\|Terrance\|2013\|p=14}}	Announcer for the 78th annual Academy Awards
{{sortname\|Nicole\|Kidman}}	Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor
{{sortname\|Ben\|Stiller}}	Presenter of the award for Best Visual Effects
{{sortname\|Reese\|Witherspoon}}	Presenter of the award for Best Animated Feature Film
{{sortname\|Naomi\|Watts}}	Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "Travelin' Thru"
{{sortname\|Luke\|Wilson}} Owen Wilson	Presenters of the award for Best Live Action Short Film
{{sortname	Chicken Little\|Chicken_Little_(2005_film)#Cast\|Chicken Little}} (Zach Braff) Abby Mallard (Joan Cusack)	Presenters of the award for Best Animated Short Film
{{sortname\|Jennifer\|Aniston}}	Presenter of the award for Best Costume Design
{{sortname\|Russell\|Crowe}}	Presenter of the biographical films montage
{{sortname\|Steve\|Carell}} Will Ferrell	Presenters of the award for Best Makeup
{{sortname\|Rachel\|McAdams}}	Presenter of the segment of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award
{{sortname\|Morgan\|Freeman}}	Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress
{{sortname\|Lauren\|Bacall}}	Presenter of the film noir montage
{{sortname\|Terrence\|Howard}}	Presenter of the award for Best Documentary Short Subject
{{sortname\|Charlize\|Theron}}	Presenter of the award for Best Documentary Feature
{{sortname\|Jennifer\|Lopez}}	Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "In the Deep"
{{sortname\|Sandra\|Bullock}} Keanu Reeves	Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction
{{sortname\|Samuel L.\|Jackson}}	Presenter of the political films montage
{{sortname\|Sid\|Ganis}} (AMPAS president)	Presenter of a special presentation regarding activities funded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
{{sortname\|Salma\|Hayek}}	Introducer of the special instrumental solo performance to the tune of Best Original Score nominees and presenter of the award for Best Original Score
{{sortname\|Jake\|Gyllenhaal}}	Presenter of the epic films montage
{{sortname\|Jessica\|Alba}} Eric Bana	Presenters of the award for Best Sound Mixing
{{sortname\|Meryl\|Streep}} Lily Tomlin	Presenters of the Academy Honorary Award to Robert Altman
{{sortname	Ludacris}}	Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp"
{{sortname\|Queen\|Latifah}}	Presenter of the award for Best Original Song
{{sortname\|Jennifer\|Garner}}	Presenter of the award for Best Sound Editing
{{sortname\|George\|Clooney}}	Presenter of the In Memoriam tribute
{{sortname\|Will\|Smith}}	Presenter of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
{{sortname\|Ziyi\|Zhang\|Zhang Ziyi}}	Presenter of the award for Best Film Editing
{{sortname\|Hilary\|Swank}}	Presenter of the award for Best Actor
{{sortname\|John\|Travolta}}	Presenter of the award for Best Cinematography
{{sortname\|Jamie\|Foxx}}	Presenter of the award for Best Actress
{{sortname\|Dustin\|Hoffman}}	Presenter of the award for Best Adapted Screenplay
{{sortname\|Uma\|Thurman}}	Presenter of the award for Best Original Screenplay
{{sortname\|Tom\|Hanks}}	Presenter of the award for Best Director
{{sortname\|Jack\|Nicholson}}	Presenter of the award for Best Picture

= Performers =

Name(s) !Role !Performed
class="wikitable sortable"
{{sortname\|Bill\|Conti}}	Musical arranger and Conductor	Orchestral
{{sortname\|Dolly\|Parton}}	Performer	"Travelin' Thru" from Transamerica
{{sortname\|Kathleen\|York}}	Performer	"In the Deep" from Crash
{{sortname\|Itzhak\|Perlman}}	Performer	Performed musical selections for Best Original Score nominees
{{sortname	Three 6 Mafia}} Taraji P. Henson	Performers	"It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle & Flow

Ceremony information

File:Jon Stewart at Cabaret 2008 benefit.jpg hosted the 78th Academy Awards.|alt=Photo of Jon Stewart in 2008.]]

Despite the negative reception from the preceding year's ceremony, the Academy rehired Gilbert Cates to oversee production of the awards gala. However, in an article published in The New York Times, it was stated that 2005 host Chris Rock would not return to host the show.{{cite news|last=Mitovich |first=Matt Webb |title=2006 Oscars Won't Rock |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/2006-oscars-wont-51614/ |access-date=April 29, 2014 |work=TV Guide |date=December 9, 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826065226/http://www.tvguide.com/news/2006-oscars-wont-51614/ |archive-date=August 26, 2015 }} According to a statement released by his publicist, "He didn't want to do it in perpetuity, He'd like to do it again down the road." Furthermore, many media outlets speculated that several AMPAS members felt uncomfortable with Rock's disparaging comments about Colin Farrell, Jude Law, and Tobey Maguire.{{cite news|title=Chris Rock won't host next Academy Awards |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-12-09-rock-oscar_x.htm |access-date=September 18, 2013 |work=USA Today |date=December 10, 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715104413/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-12-09-rock-oscar_x.htm |archive-date=July 15, 2014 }}{{cite news|last=Fernandez |first=Maria Elena |title=Rock not asked back as Oscar host |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-dec-10-et-quick10-story.html |access-date=April 29, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 10, 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429213157/http://articles.latimes.com/2005/dec/10/entertainment/et-quick10 |archive-date=April 29, 2014 }} Initially, Cates sought actor and veteran Oscar host Billy Crystal to host the ceremony again. However, Crystal declined the offer citing his commitment to his one-man comedy show 700 Sundays.{{cite news|title=Crystal feels badly about Oscar |url=https://variety.com/2005/voices/columns/crystal_feels_b-1200571750/ |access-date=June 26, 2014 |work=Variety |date=December 21, 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715010558/http://variety.com/2005/voices/columns/crystal_feels_b-1200571750/ |archive-date=July 15, 2014 }}{{cite news|last1=Steinberg|first1=Jacques|title=A First-Time Oscar Host in Search of That Fine Line|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/20/movies/MoviesFeatures/20osca.html|access-date=June 25, 2014|work=The New York Times|date=February 20, 2006|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210222436/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/20/movies/MoviesFeatures/20osca.html|url-status=live}}

In January 2006, Cates announced that actor, comedian, and talk show host Jon Stewart, who had previously hosted two consecutive Grammy Awards ceremonies in 2001 and 2002, was chosen as host of the 2006 telecast.{{cite news|last1=Vancheri |first1=Barbara |title=Jon Stewart Will Host 78th Annual Academy Awards |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/oscar-watch/2006/01/06/Jon-Stewart-going-from-fake-news-to-real-pressure-as-Oscars-host-1/stories/200601060210 |access-date=June 24, 2014 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=January 6, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706204704/http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/oscar-watch/2006/01/06/Jon-Stewart-going-from-fake-news-to-real-pressure-as-Oscars-host-1/stories/200601060210 |archive-date=July 6, 2015 }} Cates explained the decision to hire him saying, "My wife and I watch him every night. Jon is the epitome of a perfect host — smart, engaging, irreverent and funny."{{cite news|last1=Breznican |first1=Anthony |title=Stewart will host the Oscars |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2006-01-05-stewart-host_x.htm |access-date=June 25, 2014 |work=Variety |date=January 5, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826123053/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2006-01-05-stewart-host_x.htm |archive-date=August 26, 2015 }} In a statement, Stewart expressed that he was honored to be selected to emcee the program, jokingly adding, "Although, as an avid watcher of the Oscars, I can't help but be a little disappointed with the choice. It appears to be another sad attempt to smoke out Billy Crystal."{{cite news|title=And the Oscar job goes to ... Jon Stewart |url=http://www.today.com/id/10721450/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/oscar-job-goes-jon-stewart/ |access-date=July 6, 2013 |publisher=NBC News (NBCUniversal) |date=January 5, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428190633/http://www.today.com/id/10721450/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/oscar-job-goes-jon-stewart/ |archive-date=April 28, 2015 }}

Several other people and companies participated in the production of the ceremony. Bill Conti served as musical supervisor for the telecast.{{cite news|title=Bill Conti named musical director for 78th Academy Awards |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2005-12-21-conti-oscar-music_x.htm |access-date=April 29, 2014 |work=USA Today Company |date=December 29, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429184733/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2005-12-21-conti-oscar-music_x.htm |archive-date=April 29, 2014 }} Media firm The Ant Farm produced a thirty-second trailer promoting the broadcast featuring clips highlighting past Oscar winners to the tune of the song "Our Lives" by The Calling.{{cite news|last=Brown |first=Maressa |title=Oscar Watch: Acad trailer coming to theaters |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/news/oscar-watch-acad-trailer-coming-to-theaters-1117936160/ |access-date=April 29, 2014 |work=Variety |date=January 15, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429214740/http://variety.com/2006/film/news/oscar-watch-acad-trailer-coming-to-theaters-1117936160/ |archive-date=April 29, 2014 }} Previous Oscar hosts such as Whoopi Goldberg and Steve Martin, and actors Mel Gibson, George Clooney, Halle Berry appeared in an opening comedic sketch.{{cite news|last=Kaufman |first=Gil |title=Oscar Host Jon Stewart Gives Mad Props to Three 6 Mafia, Fears Russell Crowe Beat-Down |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1525418/oscar-host-jon-stewart-gives-mad-props-to-three-6-mafia-fears-russell-crowe-beat-down/ |access-date=April 29, 2014 |publisher=MTV (Viacom Media Networks) |date=March 6, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502061344/http://www.mtv.com/news/1525418/oscar-host-jon-stewart-gives-mad-props-to-three-6-mafia-fears-russell-crowe-beat-down/ |archive-date=May 2, 2014 }} Actor Tom Hanks participated in a pre-taped comedic sketch lampooning Oscar speeches.{{cite magazine|last1=Stack |first1=Tim |title=Oscar stop watch |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2006/03/10/oscar-stop-watch |access-date=June 26, 2014 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 10, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826130615/http://www.ew.com/article/2006/03/10/oscar-stop-watch |archive-date=August 26, 2015 }} Stephen Colbert (host of The Colbert Report, the sister program of Stewart's The Daily Show) narrated two different mock attack ads lampooning both the intense campaigning and lobbying during Oscar season put forth by film studios and political advertising during elections.{{cite news|last=Goodman |first=Tim |title=The Oscars may be one of our few national rituals. Good or bad, we're on the couch, watching |url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/THE-78TH-ANNUAL-ACADEMY-AWARDS-The-Oscars-may-2522083.php |access-date=April 29, 2014 |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=March 6, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429191500/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/THE-78TH-ANNUAL-ACADEMY-AWARDS-The-Oscars-may-2522083.php |archive-date=April 29, 2014 }} Violinist Itzhak Perlman performed excerpts from the five nominees for Best Original Score.{{cite news|last1=McNamara |first1=Mary |title=Backstage, where the stars align |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-06-et-oscarbackstage6-story.html |access-date=June 23, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 6, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714194218/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/06/entertainment/et-oscarbackstage6 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}

=Box office performance of nominated films=

When the nominations were announced on January 31, the field of major nominees favored independent, low-budget films over blockbusters.{{cite news|last=Bates |first=Jim |title=Movies at their best, but has anyone seen them? |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-01-wb-screens1-story.html |access-date=April 25, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 1, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426233353/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/feb/01/news/wb-screens1 |archive-date=April 26, 2014 }}{{cite news|last=Smith |first=Meil |url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/31/news/companies/oscars/ |title=Oscar watch: And the cash goes to... |access-date=April 25, 2014 |publisher=CNN Money (Time Warner) |date=February 7, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706142822/https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/31/news/companies/oscars/ |archive-date=July 6, 2015 }} The combined gross of the five Best Picture nominees when the Oscars were announced was $186 million with an average gross of $37.3 million per film.{{cite news|title=2006 Academy Award Nominations and Winner for Best Picture |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/oscar/chart/?yr=2005&p=.htm |access-date=April 17, 2014 |website=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418193557/http://boxofficemojo.com/oscar/chart/?yr=2005&p=.htm |archive-date=April 18, 2014 }} Crash was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees with $53.4 million in domestic box office receipts. The film was followed by Brokeback Mountain ($51.7 million), Munich ($40.8 million), Good Night and Good Luck ($25.2 million), and finally Capote ($15.4 million).

Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 35 nominations went to 13 films on the list. Only Walk the Line (19th), Cinderella Man (41st), Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (45th), and Crash (48th) were nominated for Best Picture, Best Animated Feature, or any of the directing, acting, or screenwriting.{{cite news|title=2005 Domestic Grosses (as of January 30, 2006) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?asof=2006-01-30&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&yr=2005&sort=gross&order=DESC&p=.htm |access-date=March 5, 2014 |website=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426201134/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?asof=2006-01-30&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&yr=2005&sort=gross&order=DESC&p=.htm |archive-date=April 26, 2014 }} The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (1st), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2nd), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (3rd), War of the Worlds (4th), King Kong (5th), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (7th), Batman Begins (8th), March of the Penguins, (26th), and Memoirs of a Geisha (47th).

=Critical reviews=

Some media outlets received the broadcast positively. St. Louis Post-Dispatch television critic Gail Pennington praised Stewart's performance as host writing that he "did the Oscars proud Sunday night, turning in a four-star hosting performance that unfortunately made the rest of the show seem sluggish by comparison."{{cite news|title=Oscar host Jon Stewart is worth the wait|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|publisher=Ray Farris|date=March 6, 2006|page=C1}} Film critic Roger Ebert said that Stewart was "on target, topical and funny," and added, "He was as relaxed, amusing and at home as Johnny Carson."{{cite news|last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title='Crash'-ing a joyous Oscar party |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/crash-ing-a-joyous-oscar-party |access-date=June 25, 2014 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |publisher=Sun-Times Media Group |date=March 5, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708203649/http://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/crash-ing-a-joyous-oscar-party |archive-date=July 8, 2014 }} Columnist Ray Richmond of The Hollywood Reporter commented, "He seemed at times nervous and self-conscious, but on the whole, Stewart delivered with just the right balance of reverence and smugness."{{cite news|last1=Richmond |first1=Ray |title=78th Academy Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/78th-academy-awards-138261 |access-date=June 23, 2014 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 6, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714124545/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/78th-academy-awards-138261 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}

Others media publications were more critical of the show. Television critic Rob Owen of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote that Stewart was more "amusing than funny". He added, "Many of his jokes fell flat with the stars in the Kodak Theatre, and his tendency to bow down before celebrities quickly grew tiresome."{{cite news|last=Owen|first=Rob|title=Tuned In: Oscar opens with class, but ends up a B-movie|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/06065/665912.stm#ixzz30KuRRxfU|access-date=April 30, 2014|work=Pittsburgh-Post Gazette|date=March 6, 2006|archive-date=March 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305014246/http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/06065/665912.stm#ixzz30KuRRxfU|url-status=dead}} Tom Shales from The Washington Post commented, "It's hard to believe that professional entertainers could have put together a show less entertaining than this year's Oscars, hosted with a smug humorlessness by comic Jon Stewart, a sad and pale shadow of great hosts gone by." Moreover, he derided the "piles and piles and miles and miles of clips from films present and past" writing that it "squandered the visual luster" of the ceremony.{{cite news|last=Shales |first=Tom |title=Memo to Jon Stewart: Keep Your 'Daily' Job |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/06/AR2006030600029.html |access-date=April 30, 2014 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 6, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506092421/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/06/AR2006030600029.html |archive-date=May 6, 2014 }} Associated Press television critic Frazier Moore remarked, "Stewart, usually a very funny guy, displayed a lack of beginner's luck as first-time host...His usually impeccable blend of puckishness and self-effacement fell flat in the service of Oscar." He also criticized the decision to play music over the winner's acceptance speeches calling it "distracting and obnoxious."{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Frazier|title=Oscarcast, Stewart fairly bland|page=C2|work=The Cincinnati Post|date=March 6, 2006}}

In retrospective commentary, Crash{{'}}s win for Best Picture over Brokeback Mountain has become "one of the most notorious [decisions] in modern Academy history"{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/oscars/2018/03/02/crash-brokeback-mountain-best-picture-oscars/ |title=Why Crash Beat Brokeback Mountain for Best Picture |last=Sullivan |first=Kevin P. |date=March 2, 2018 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=February 8, 2025}} and a source of "earnest bafflement from critics".{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/19/academy-members-reassess-past-oscar-decisions-crash-brokeback-mountain |title=Crash Burned: Academy Members Reassess Past Oscar Decisions |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=February 19, 2015 |website=The Guardian |access-date=February 8, 2025}} Rankings by several publications and critics have called Crash one of the worst or most controversial Best Picture winners.{{cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/05/crash-movie-anniversary-best-picture-oscar |title=Best-Picture Winner Crash Just Turned 15. Is Anybody Celebrating? |last=Collins |first=K. Austin |date=May 7, 2020 |website=Vanity Fair |access-date=February 8, 2025 |url-access=limited}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/lists/oscars-controversial-winners/ |title=21 Controversial Oscar Winners: Why Green Book, Bohemian Rhapsody and More Ignited Backlash |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=March 10, 2023 |website=Variety |access-date=February 8, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/feature/oscar-best-pictures-of-21st-century-ranked-best-worst-1201902864/ |title=The Best Picture Winners of the 21st Century, Ranked from Worst to Best |last=Chapman |first=Wilson |date=March 11, 2024 |website=IndieWire |access-date=February 8, 2025}}

=Ratings and reception=

The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 38.94 million people over its length, which was an 8% decrease from the previous year's ceremony.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-08-et-tvratingstext8-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |title=NBC finishes out of the money again |date=March 8, 2006 |access-date=March 27, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707202648/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/08/entertainment/et-tvratingstext8 |archive-date=July 7, 2015 }} Additionally, the show earned lower Nielsen ratings compared to the previous ceremony with 23.0% of households watching over a 35 share.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/down-but-not-dire-1117939337/ |work=Variety |title=Down but not dire |access-date=June 27, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707180243/http://variety.com/2006/film/awards/down-but-not-dire-1117939337/ |archive-date=July 7, 2015 }} Furthermore, it garnered a lower 18{{ndash}}49 demo rating with a 13.9 rating among viewers in that demographic.

In July 2006, the ceremony presentation received nine nominations at the 58th Primetime Emmys.{{cite news|title=78th Annual Academy Awards |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/78th-annual-academy-awards |access-date=January 14, 2014 |publisher=Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424034045/http://www.emmys.com/shows/78th-annual-academy-awards |archive-date=April 24, 2014 }} The following month, the ceremony won four of those nominations for Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety, Music Program, or Special (Roy Christopher and Jeff Richman), Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program (Louis J. Horvitz), Outstanding Main Title Design (Renato Grgic, Alen Petkovic, Kristijan Petrovic, and Jon Teschner), and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety, Music, or Animation Series or Special (Patrick Baltzell, Robert Douglass, Edward J. Greene, Jamie Santos, and Tom Vicari).{{cite news|title=The complete list of winners |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-aug-28-et-list28-story.html |access-date=April 5, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 28, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424035727/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/aug/28/entertainment/et-list28 |archive-date=April 24, 2014 }}

"In Memoriam"

The annual "In Memoriam": tribute was presented by actor George Clooney. The montage featured an excerpt of the theme from Now, Voyager composed by Max Steiner.{{cite news|last1=Burlingame |first1=John |title=Santaolalla scores, Three 6 Mafia raps up at Academy Awards |url=http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2006/030606.html?isArchive=030606 |access-date=May 25, 2014 |publisher=The Film Music Society |date=March 6, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060416080743/http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2006/030606.html?IsArchive=030606 |archive-date=April 16, 2006 }}

Teresa Wright – Actress
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita – Actor, comedian
Robert F. Newmyer – Producer
Dan O'Herlihy – Actor
Vincent Schiavelli – Character actor
Joe Ranft – Writer, voice actor
Moira Shearer – Ballet dancer, actress
Fayard Nicholas – Choreographer, dancer
Joel Hirschhorn – Composer
Sandra Dee – Actress
John Fiedler – Actor, voice actor
Anthony Franciosa – Actor
Stu Linder – Editor
Barbara Bel Geddes – Actress
Moustapha Akkad – Producer
Chris Penn – Actor
John Mills – Actor
Robert "Buzz" Knudson – Re-recording mixer
Simone Simon – Actress
Debra Hill – Producer
Onna White – Choreographer
Robert J. Schiffer – Makeup artist
Guy Green – Cinematographer, director
Brock Peters – Actor
Ernest Lehman – Writer
Shelley Winters – Actress
Anne Bancroft – Actress
John Box – Production designer
Eddie Albert – Actor
Ismail Merchant – Producer
Robert Wise – Director
Richard Pryor – Stand-up comedian, actor

Notes

:a{{note|Williams}}: Walt Disney has the most Oscar nominations for any individual with 64.

:b{{note|Palestine}}: Best Foreign Language Film nominee Paradise Now was initially nominated as a submission from Palestine.{{cite news|last1=Gray |first1=Tim |title=Acad denies 'Now' rumors |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/news/acad-denies-now-rumors-1117938209/ |access-date=June 25, 2014 |work=Variety |date=February 14, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826133952/http://variety.com/2006/film/news/acad-denies-now-rumors-1117938209/ |archive-date=August 26, 2015 }} However, following protests from pro-Israeli groups in the United States, the Academy decided to designate it as a submission from the Palestinian Authority, a move that was decried by the film's director Hany Abu-Assad.{{cite news|last1=Gray |first1=Tim |title=Oscar tune impugned |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/news/oscar-tune-impugned-1117939113/ |access-date=June 26, 2014 |work=Variety |date=March 1, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826134327/http://variety.com/2006/film/news/oscar-tune-impugned-1117939113/ |archive-date=August 26, 2015 }}{{cite news|last1=Agassi |first1=Tirah |title=Middle East tensions hang over Palestinian nominee for an Oscar / 'Paradise Now' traces lives of two men who are suicide bombers |url=http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Middle-East-tensions-hang-over-Palestinian-2540418.php |access-date=June 25, 2014 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=February 26, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524024755/http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Middle-East-tensions-hang-over-Palestinian-2540418.php |archive-date=May 24, 2014 }} During the awards ceremony, the film was eventually announced by presenter Will Smith as a submission from the Palestinian territories.{{cite news|last1=Zayid|first1=Maysoon|title=Movie is 'not without its rewards'|page=13|work=Manawatu Standard|date=September 20, 2012}}

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External links

{{Wikinews|Nominations announced for 78th Academy Awards | Oscar Winners 2006}}

[http://oscar.go.com/ Academy Awards Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909025935/http://oscar.go.com/ |date=September 9, 2014 }}
[http://www.oscars.org/ The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122140142/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/ |date=January 22, 2009 }}
[https://www.youtube.com/user/Oscars Oscar's Channel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226082028/https://www.youtube.com/user/Oscars |date=February 26, 2019 }} at YouTube (run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

;News resources

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2006/oscars_2006/default.stm Oscars 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926080015/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2006/oscars_2006/default.stm |date=September 26, 2015 }} BBC News
[http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2006/academy.awards/ Academy Awards coverage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924190430/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2006/academy.awards/ |date=September 24, 2015 }} CNN
[https://www.nytimes.com/pages/movies/redcarpet/ Oscars 2006 - The Academy Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616054040/http://www.nytimes.com/pages/movies/redcarpet/ |date=June 16, 2017 }} The New York Times

;Analysis

[http://www.filmsite.org/aa05.html 2005 Academy Awards Winners and History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905112838/http://www.filmsite.org/aa05.html |date=September 5, 2015 }} Filmsite
[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/2006 Academy Awards, USA: 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028075756/http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/2006 |date=October 28, 2017 }} Internet Movie Database

;Other resources