Feb 27, 2005
The 77th Academy Awards was held on February 27, 2005 in the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
Chris Rock hosted an evening that would end up being dominated by "Million Dollar Baby" which won Best Picture, Best Actress (Hilary Swank), Best Director (Clint Eastwood), and Best Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman).
77th Academy Awards Winners
| Best Picture | |
| Million Dollar Baby |  
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| Clint Eastwood; Albert S. Ruddy; Tom Rosenberg | |
| Other Nominees: The Aviator; Finding Neverland; Ray; Sideways | |
| Best Actor | |
| Jamie Foxx (Ray) | 
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| Other Nominees: Don Cheadle; Johnny Depp; Leonardo DiCaprio; Clint Eastwood | |
| Best Actress | |
| Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) |
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| Other Nominees: Annette Bening; Catalina Sandino Moreno; Imelda Staunton; Kate Winslet | |
| Best Director | |
| Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby) |
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| Other Nominees: Martin Scorsese (The Aviator); Taylor Hackford (Ray); Alexander Payne (Sideways); Mike Leigh (Vera Drake) | |
| Best Supporting Actor | |
| Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) |
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| Other Nominees: Alan Alda (The Aviator); Thomas Haden Church (Sideways); Jamie Foxx (Collateral); Clive Owen (Closer) | |
| Best Supporting Actress | |
| Cate Blanchett (The Aviator) | 
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| Other Nominees: Laura Linney (Kinsey); Virginia Madsen (Sideways); Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda); Natalie Portman (Closer) | |
| Writing | |
| Sideways | |
| Alexander Payne; Jim Taylor | |
| Other Nominees: Before Sunset; Finding Neverland; Million Dollar Baby; Motorcycle Diaries | |
| Writing | |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | |
| Charlie Kaufman; Michel Gondry; Pierre Bismuth | |
| Other Nominees: The Aviator; Hotel Rwanda; The Incredibles; Vera Drake | |
| Cinematography | |
| The Aviator |
|
| Robert Richardson | |
| Other Nominees: House of Flying Daggers; Passion of the Christ; Phantom of the Opera; Very Long Engagement | |
| Art Direction | |
| The Aviator |
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| Dante Ferretti; Francesca LoShiavo | |
| Other Nominees: Finding Neverland; Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events; The Phantom of the Opera; A Very Long Engagement | |
| Film Editing | |
| The Aviator |
|
| Thelma Schoonmaker | |
| Other Nominees: Collateral; Finding Neverland; Million Dollar Baby; Ray | |
| Animated Feature Film | |
| The Incredibles | 
|
| Brad Bird | |
| Other Nominees: Shark Tale; Shrek 2 | |
| Documentary Feature | |
| Born Into Brothels | 
|
| Ross Kauffman; Zana Briski | |
| Other Nominees: The Story of the Weeping Camel; Super Size Me; Tupac: Resurrection; Twist of Faith | |
| Documentary Short | |
| Mighty Times: The Children's March | |
| Robert Hudson; Bobby Houston | |
| Other Nominees: Autism Is A World; The Children of Leningradsky; Hardwood; Sister Rose's Passion | |
| Foreign Language Film | |
| The Sea Inside | |
| Spain | |
| Other Nominees: As It Is In Heaven (Sweden); The Chorus (France); Downfall (Germany); Yesterday (South Africa) | |
| Short Subject Animated | |
| Ryan | |
| Chris Landreth | |
| Other Nominees: Birthday Boy; Gopher Broke; Guard Dog; Lorenzo | |
| Short Subject Live Action | |
| Wasp | |
| Andrea Arnold | |
| Other Nominees: Everything In This Country Must; Little Terrorist; 7:35 In The Morning; Two Cars One Night | |
| Costume Design | |
| The Aviator |
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| Sandy Powell | |
| Other Nominees: Finding Neverland; Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events; Ray; Troy | |
| Makeup | |
| Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | |
| Valli O'Reilly; Bill Corso | |
| Other Nominees: The Passion of the Christ; The Sea Inside | |
| Sound Editing | |
| The Incredibles |
|
| Michael Silvers; Randy Thom | |
| Other Nominees: The Polar Express; Spider-Man 2 | |
| Sound Mixing | |
| Ray |
|
| Scott Millan; Greg Orloff; Bob Beemer; Steve Cantamessa | |
| Other Nominees: The Aviator; The Incredibles; The Polar Express; Spider-Man 2 | |
| Visual Effects | |
| Spider-Man 2 | 
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| John Dykstra; Scott Stokdyk; Anthony LaMolinara; John Frazier | |
| Original Score | |
| Finding Neverland | |
| Jan A.P. Kaczmarek | |
| Other Nominees: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events; The Passion of the Christ; The Village | |
| Original Song | |
| Al Otro Lado Del Rio (The Motorcycle Diaries) | |
| Jorge Drexler | |
| Other Nominees: Accidentally In Love (Shrek 2); Believe (The Polar Express); Learn To Be Lonely (The Phantom of the Opera); Look To Your Path (The Chorus) | |
| Special Award | |
| Sidney Lumet (Brilliant services to screenwriters and performers) | |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | |
| Roger Mayer | |
Movie Trailer for 'Million Dollar Baby'
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