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2006 Oscar Awards
Nominations were announced 23 January 2007; polls close 20 February;
the 79th Academy Awards show was televised 25 February 2007 on A.B.C.
complete listings of 2007 Acadamy Awards for films of 2006
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Internet Movie Database
And the winner is...
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"The Departed" [2006]
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"Babel" [2006]
full credits from IMDb
"The Black Dahlia"
[Millenium/Signature Sept 2006]
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Directed by Brian DePalma; script by Josh Friedman, based on James Ellroy's 1987 novel {below}; starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart & Mia Kirshner {as Elizabeth Short}; Oscar nom for Best Cinematography, ACE Award nom
Universal widescreen color DVD [12/2006] for $19.99 Universal color DVD [12/2006] for $26.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
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"The Black Dahlia" [fiction 1987] by James Ellroy Warner 8x5 pb [4/98] for $11.19 Mysterious Press hardcover [9/87] out of print/used BooksOnTape UNABR audio [9/90] out of stock/used |
"Letters From Iwo Jima"
[Malpaso/DreamWorks/Warner Dec 2006]
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The battle for Iwo Jima in February 1945, from the viewpoint of Japan's soldiers making a last stand against U.S. forces, centered on a general and a conscripted baker.
Directed by Clint Eastwood; written by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis; starring Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase & Shido Nakamura; Oscar nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Script & Best Sound video/DVD not yet released; full credits from IMDb official movie site {requires Flash} |
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"The Lives of Others" aka "Das Leben der Anderen" [Germany March 2006, U.S.A. Feb 2007] Co-produced, written & directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; starring Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch & Ulrich Tukur; won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film; won 7 of 11 noms for German Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay full credits from IMDb; official movie site |
"Pan's Labyrinth"
aka "El Laberinto del Fauno" [Spain 2006]
full credits from IMDb
"The Queen" [2006]
full credits from IMDb
"Venus" [2006]
full credits from IMDb
"Volver" [Spain 2006]
full credits from IMDb
"Water"
[Fox Searchlight/Téléfilm Canada April 2006]
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Set in India in 1938, the film reveals the still-existing Hindu traditions that force lower-caste widows into literal imprisonment. Production was started in 1999 in Benares, India, and quickly shut down by politically motivated attacks; production was restarted 3 years later in Sri Lanka.
Written & directed by Deepa Mehta; starring Sarala, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Seema Biswas, Manorama, Raghuvir Yadav & Khulbushan Kharbanda; Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
Fox widescreen color DVD [8/2006] for $19.99 Varese Sarabande soundtrack CD [12/2005] for $13.99 full credits from IMDb official movie site; distributor's movie site |
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Novelization by Bapsi Sidhwa [2006] Milkweed Editions 8x5 pb [4/2006] for $11.02 "Shooting Water: A Memoir of Second Chances, Family & Filmmaking" |
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