78th Academy Awards

The 78th Academy Awards were held March 5, 2006. The event was hosted by Jon Stewart of Comedy Central's The Daily Show. The following were awarded Oscars:


 * Best motion picture of the year - Crash
 * Achievement in directing - Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
 * Performance by an actor in a supporting role - Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
 * Performance by an actress in a leading role - George Clooney, Syriana
 * Performance by an actress in a supporting role - Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
 * Best animated feature film of the year - Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
 * Adapted screenplay - Brokeback Mountain
 * Original screenplay - Crash
 * Achievement in art direction - Memoirs of a Geisha
 * Achievement in cinematography - Memoirs of a Geisha
 * Achievement in costume design - Memoirs of a Geisha
 * Best documentary feature - March of the Penguins
 * Best documentary short subject - A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
 * Achievement in film editing - Crash
 * Best foreign language film of the year Tsotsi(South Africa)
 * Achievement in makeup - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
 * Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) - Brokeback Mountain
 * Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) - It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp, Hustle & Flow
 * Best animated short film - The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
 * Best live action short film - Six Shooter
 * Achievement in sound editing - King Kong
 * Achievement in sound mixing - King Kong
 * Achievement in visual effects - King Kong

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences site - 2006 winners