Hall of Awesome: Oscar Predictions for 2005

I think I've seen enough movies this year to make some solid predictions as to who's going to be up for a statue next year. Here are my predictions for the nominees for the 2005 Academy Awards:

Best Picture
Good Night, and Good Luck
King Kong
Munich
A History of Violence
Crash

Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Viggo Mortensen, A History of Violence
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck
Eric Bana, Munich
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line

Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Charlize Theron, North Country
Naomi Watts, King Kong
Keira Knightley, Pride and Prejudice

Best Supporting Actor
George Clooney, Syriana or Good Night, and Good Luck
Richard Jenkins, North Country
William Hurt, A History of Violence
Don Cheadle, Crash
Jack Black, King Kong

Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bello, A History of Violence
Amy Adams, Junebug
Catherine Keener, Capote or The 40-Year-Old Virgin :-)
Thandie Newton, Crash
Frances McDormand, North Country

Best Director
Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, Sin City
Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Peter Jackson, King Kong
David Cronenberg, A History of Violence

Best Animated Feature
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Corpse Bride
Howl's Moving Castle

Best Original Screenplay
Judd Apatow and Steve Carell, The 40-Year-Old Virgin (it's wishful thinking, I know)
Angus MacLachlan, Junebug
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, Crash
Woody Allen, Match Point
Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale

Best Adapted Screenplay
Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, Munich
Stephen Gaghan, Syriana
Frank Miller, Sin City
Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer, Batman Begins
Michael Seitzman, North Country

Best Original Score
Yo La Tengo, Junebug
Mark Isham, Crash
John Williams, Munich or Memoirs of a Geisha
Danny Elfman, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
James Newton Howard, King Kong