broke back oscarThe gay romance by Director Ang Lee is ahead of all in the Oscar race with 8 nominations so far as declared by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.



Nominated for the categories of best screenplay, picture, director, actor, supporting actor, supporting actress the movie is lagging behind with one main point that is the best editing category.



This might prove to be a drawback for the movies upcoming awards in the Oscars. The other movies which are nominated for the Oscars are: Bennet Miller’s ‘Capote,’ Paul Haggis’ “Crash,” George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck,” and Steven Spielberg’s “Munich’.



Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Terrence Howard, Heath Ledger, Joaquin Phoenix, David Strathairn.



Actress: Judi Dench, Felicity Huffman, Keira Knightley, Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon.



Supporting Actor: George Clooney, Matt Dillon, Paul Giamatti, Jake Gyllenhaal, William Hurt.



Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand, ” Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams.



Director: Ang Lee, Bennett Miller, Paul Haggis, George Clooney, Steven Spielberg.





Foreign Film: “Don’t Tell,” Italy; “Joyeux Noel,” France; “Paradise Now,” Palestine; “Sophie Scholl The Final Days,” Germany; “Tsotsi,” South Africa.





Adapted Screenplay: Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, “Brokeback Mountain”; Dan Futterman, “Capote”; Jeffrey Caine, “The Constant Gardener”; Josh Olson, “A History of Violence”; Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, “Munich.”





Original Screenplay: Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, “Crash”; George Clooney and Grant Heslov, “Good Night, and Good Luck”; Woody Allen, “Match Point”; Noah Baumbach, “The Squid and the Whale”; Stephen Gaghan, “Syriana.”



Animated Feature Film: “Howl’s Moving Castle”; “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride”; “Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit.”



Art Direction: “Good Night, and Good Luck,” “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” “King Kong,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Pride & Prejudice.”





Oscar Nominees