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The 78th Annual Academy Awards

Year:

2006

Duration:

214 min (including commercials)

Genres:

Music

IMDB rate:

6.6

Director:

Louis J. Horvitz

Awards:

Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2006-03-05

Filming Locations: Beverly Hills, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Jon Stewart

Himself - Host

Amy Adams

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Moustapha Akkad

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Jessica Alba

Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Sound Mixing

Eddie Albert

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Muhammad Ali

Himself (archive footage)

Robert Altman

Himself - Honorary Award Recipient

Jennifer Aniston

Herself - Presenter: Best Costume Design

Colleen Atwood

Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design

Lauren Bacall

Herself - Presenter: Introduced to Film noir

Eric Bana

Himself - Presenter: Best Sound Mixing

Anne Bancroft

Herself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Paul Beauregard

Himself - Winner: Best Original Song

Dion Beebe

Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography

Barbara Bel Geddes

Herself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Howard Berger

Himself - Winner: Best Makeup

Nicole Berger

Dancer

John Box

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Steve Box

Himself - Winner: Best Animated Feature

Christopher Boyes

Himself - Winner: Best Sound Mixing

Zach Braff

Chicken Little - Presenter: Best Animated Short Film

Sandra Bullock

Herself - Presenter: Best Art Direction

Tim Burton

Himself - Nominee: Best Animated Feature Film

Jordi Caballero

Dancer

John Canemaker

Himself - Winner: Best Animated Short Film

Kate Capshaw

Herself - Audience Member

Steve Carell

Himself- Presenter: Best Makeup

Cindera Che

Dancer

George Clooney

Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role /

Cedric Coleman

Himself - Winner: Best Original Song

Russell Crowe

Himself - Presenter: Biographical Film Montage

Joan Cusack

Abby Mallard - Co-presenter: Best Animated Short Film

Yves Darondeau

Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature

Sandra Dee

Memorial sequence

Judi Dench

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role

Matt Dillon

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Will Ferrell

Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Makeup

John Fiedler

Memorial sequence

Jamie Foxx

Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role

Anthony Franciosa

Memorial sequence

Morgan Freeman

Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Mohandas K. Gandhi

Himself (archive footage) (as Mahatma Gandhi)

Sidney Ganis

Himself - Academy President (as Sid Ganis)

Jennifer Garner

Presenter - Best Sound Editing

Lou Gehrig

Himself (archive footage)

Paul Giamatti

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Guy Green

Himself - memorial sequence (archive footage)

Jake Gyllenhaal

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Presenter:Introduced a segment on epic films

Paul Haggis

Himself - Winner: Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay

Tom Hanks

Himself - Presenter: Best Director

Salma Hayek

Herself - Presenter: Best Original Score

Kasie Head

Trophy Presenter

Michael Hedges

Himself - Winner: Best Sound Mixing

Debra Hill

Herself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Joel Hirschhorn

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Dustin Hoffman

Himself - Presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Gavin Hood

Himself - Winner: Best Foreign Language Film

Mike Hopkins

Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing

Jordan Houston

Himself - Winner: Best Original Song

Terrence Howard

Himself - Presenter: Best Documentary Short & Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Felicity Huffman

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role

William Hurt

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Alberto Iglesias

Himself - Nominee: Best Original Score

Samuel L. Jackson

Himself - Presenter: Introduced to Political films

Luc Jacquet

Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature

Tom Kane

Announcer

Catherine Keener

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Kathleen Kennedy

Herself - Nominee: Best Picture

Nicole Kidman

Herself - Presenter: Best Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Tuesday Knight

Herself

Keira Knightley

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role

Robert Knudson

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Tami Lane

Herself - Winner: Best Makeup

Queen Latifah

Herself - Presenter: Best Original Song

Heath Ledger

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Ang Lee

Himself - Winner: Best Director

Ernest Lehman

Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage)

Joe Letteri

Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects

Stu Linder

Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage)

Jennifer Lopez

Herself - Presenter: Hosted the Scientific and Technical Awards

Ludacris

Himself - Presenter: Song Performance 'It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp' (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)

William H. Macy

Himself

Corinne Marrinan

Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Short

Rachel McAdams

Herself - Presenter: Scientific & Technical Achievement Awards

James McAvoy

Himself /

Martin McDonagh

Himself - Winner: Best Live Action Short Film

Frances McDormand

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Larry McMurtry

Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay

Ismail Merchant

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Bennett Miller

Himself - Nominee: Best Director

John Mills

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Terry Moore

Herself - Audience Member

Robert Moresco

Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay (as Bobby Moresco)

Pat Morita

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage) (as Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita)

John Myhre

Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction

John Nash

Himself (archive footage) (as John Forbes Nash)

Robert F. Newmyer

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Fayard Nicholas

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Jack Nicholson

Himself - Presenter: Best Picture

Dan O'Herlihy

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Diana Ossana

Herself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay & Nominee: Best Picture

Nick Park

Himself - Winner: Best Animated Feature

Dolly Parton

Herself - Nominee: Best Original Song and Performer: Travelin' Thru

George S. Patton

Himself (archive footage)

Hammond Peek

Himself - Winner: Best Sound Mixing

Chris Penn

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Itzhak Perlman

Himself - Performer: musical selections from the movies nominated for Best Original Score

Brock Peters

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Marisa Petroro

Trophy Presenter

Joaquin Phoenix

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Rodrigo Prieto

Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography

Richard Pryor

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Susan Raab Simonson

Herself - Guest

Joe Ranft

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Gretchen Rau

Herself - Winner: Best Art Direction

Keanu Reeves

Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Art Direction

Christian Rivers

Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects

Mickey Rooney

Himself - Audience Member

Jane Russell

Herself - Audience Member

Gustavo Santaolalla

Himself - Winner: Best Original Score

Vincent Schiavelli

Memorial sequence

Robert J. Schiffer

Himself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Cathy Schulman

Herself - Winner: Best Picture

Michael Semanick

Himself - Winner: Best Sound Mixing

Moira Shearer

Memorial sequence

Dean Silvers

Himself

Forrest Silvers

Himself

Simone Simon

Memorial sequence

Eric Simonson

Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Short Film

Will Smith

Himself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film

Steven Spielberg

Himself - Nominee: Best Picture & Best Director

Kevin Alexander Stea

Dancer - It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp

Peggy Stern

Herself - Winner: Best Animated Short Film

Ben Stiller

Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects

David Strathairn

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Meryl Streep

Herself - Co-presenter: Honorary Award to Robert Altman

Hilary Swank

Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Richard Taylor

Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects

Charlize Theron

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Documentary Feature

Three 6 Mafia

Themselves - Performers ("It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp")

Uma Thurman

Herself - Presenter: Best Original Screenplay

Lily Tomlin

Herself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Robert Altman

John Travolta

Himself - Presenter: Best Cinematography

Casey Tutton

Steve Martin's Daughter in Jon Stewart's Opening Film

Ryan Tutton

Steve Martin's Son in Jon Stewart's Opening Film

Ethan Van der Ryn

Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing

Brian Van't Hul

Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects

Nacho Vigalondo

Himself - Audience Member

Naomi Watts

Herself - Presenter: Introduced the performance of Travelin' Thru

Rachel Weisz

Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Onna White

Herself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

John Williams

Himself - Nominee: Best Original Score

Michelle Williams

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Luke Wilson

Himself - Presenter: Best Live Action Short Film

Owen Wilson

Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Live Action Short Film

Rita Wilson

Herself - Audience Member

Hughes Winborne

Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing

Shelley Winters

Herself - Memorial sequence (archive footage)

Robert Wise

Himself, in memorial sequence (archive footage)

Reese Witherspoon

Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Animated Feature

Edward D. Wood Jr.

Himself (archive footage) (as Ed Wood)

Teresa Wright

Memorial sequence

Kathleen York

Herself - Nominee: Best Original Song & Performer: In the Deep (as Kathleen 'Bird' York)

Hawk Younkins

Himself

Danielle Yu

Trophy Presenter

Ziyi Zhang

Herself - Presenter: Best Film Editing

Javier Bardem

Ramón Sampedro

Halle Berry

Herself, in opening segment (uncredited)

Stephen Colbert

Narrator of Attack Ads (voice) (uncredited)

Billy Crystal

Himself, in opening segment [pre-recorded] (uncredited)

Mel Gibson

Himself, in opening segment [pre-recorded] (uncredited)

Whoopi Goldberg

Herself, in opening segment (uncredited)

Russ Leatherman

Mr. Moviefone

David Letterman

Himself, in opening segment [pre-recorded] (uncredited)

Steve Martin

Himself, in opening segment (uncredited)

Tim Byron Owen

Saxaphonist (uncredited)

Chris Rock

Himself, in opening segment [pre-recorded] (uncredited)

Marcus D. Spencer

Himself (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

This was the last time each of the movies nominated for Best Picture also received an Oscar-nomination for their respective directors.

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First time since 1962 that the four acting winners (Best Actor (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Best Actress (Reese Witherspoon), Best Supporting Actor (George Clooney), and Best Supporting Actress (Rachel Weisz)) were all first-time nominees.

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By the time the ceremony took place, the Best Documentary, Features winner March of the Penguins (2005) had out-grossed all 5 Best Picture nominees.

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Quotes

Jon Stewart: [introducing Luke and Owen Wilson] Our next presenters are two very talented brothers, which I realize is also an excellent way to describe the Baldwin family.

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Jon Stewart: I know Three 6 Mafia is going to get all up in it with Itzhak Perlman's posse, and the only way to solve it is a dreidel-off.

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Jon Stewart: I tell you the movies that do very well - the remakes. 'King Kong' - made that a couple of times, this time a smash hit. 'War of the Worlds' - remake, tremendous. 'Walk the Line'... It's 'Ray' with white people.

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