And after a bit of quick perl hackery, we have the results from my Oscar contest! Kyle entered twice; I took his later entry as the final one. This seems reasonable, particularly since his first entry took second place, tied with kodi and yukon_jack. Kyle, drop me an email and we’ll talk about your banner.
As a whole, our collective predictive intelligence was not as good as Kyle’s final set of picks, and wasn’t much better than the second place finishers (depending on how you count ties). C’est la vie.
Full results after the break.
Correct Picks
Kyle Niedzwiecki (2): 17
kodi: 14
yukon_jack: 14
Kyle Niedzwiecki (1): 14
claudia (clauclauclaudia): 13
Chris Tatro: 12
Telepresence: 11
Kirby: 11
doogs19: 11
Brant Casavant: 10
dancingshaman: 10
Paul W: 10
michele_blue: 10
mgrasso: 10
chadu: 9
Cass: 9
Kit: 8
Wyatt P: 8
Jason Langlois: 7
twillitts from livejournal: 7
sebastian_tombs: 4
Breakdown of Picks
(Note: this does not include Kyle’s first set of picks.)
Best Documentary Short10: God Sleeps in Rwanda4: The Mushroom Club4: A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin1: No vote1: The Life of Kevin CarterOriginal Score8: Brokeback Mountain4: Memoirs of a Geisha4: Pride & Prejudice3: Munich1: The Constant GardenerBest Live Action Short7: Cashback5: Six Shooter3: Sioasti baerinn i dalnum3: Our Time Is Up1: No vote1: AusreisserBest Makeup18: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe2: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithBest Original Screenplay9: Good Night, and Good Luck — George Clooney8: Crash — Paul Haggis1: Syriana — Stephen Gaghan1: The Squid and the Whale — Noah Baumbach1: Match Point — Woody AllenBest Director13: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain5: George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck.1: Steven Spielberg for Munich1: Paul Haggis for CrashBest Supporting Actress6: Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener6: Catherine Keener for Capote5: Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain2: Frances McDormand for North Country1: Amy Adams for JunebugBest Foreign Language Film10: Paradise Now (Palestine)3: Joyeux Noel (France)3: Sophie Scholl — Die letzten Tage (Germany)2: Bestia nel cuore, La (Italy)1: No vote1: Tsotsi (South Africa)Best Sound Editing13: King Kong5: War of the Worlds2: Memoirs of a GeishaBest Documentary Feature10: Murderball6: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room2: Marche de l’empereur, La1: No vote1: Street FightBest Sound10: King Kong6: Walk the Line2: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe1: Memoirs of a Geisha1: War of the WorldsBest Picture10: Brokeback Mountain6: Crash2: Munich2: Good Night, and Good LuckBest Actress11: Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line4: Felicity Huffman for Transamerica3: Judi Dench for Mrs. Henderson Presents1: Charlize Theron for North Country1: Keira Knightley for Pride & PrejudiceArt Direction11: King Kong6: Memoirs of a Geisha1: Good Night, and Good Luck1: Pride & Prejudice1: Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireCostume Design9: Memoirs of a Geisha6: Pride & Prejudice5: Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryBest Animated Short8: The Moon and the Son6: The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello2: 92: Badgered1: No vote1: One Man BandBest Actor11: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote5: Joaquin Phoenix for Walk the Line2: David Strathairn for Good Night, and Good Luck2: Heath Ledger for Brokeback MountainBest Supporting Actor7: George Clooney for Syriana7: Jake Gyllenhaal for Brokeback Mountain3: William Hurt for A History of Violence2: Paul Giamatti for Cinderella Man1: Matt Dillon for CrashEditing7: Munich7: Crash3: Cinderella Man3: Walk the LineBest Visual Effects17: King Kong3: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeBest Adapted Screenplay12: Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry3: Munich — Tony Kushner2: The Constant Gardener — Jeffrey Caine2: A History of Violence — Josh Olson1: Capote — Dan FuttermanBest Animated Feature Film14: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit4: Corpse Bride2: Howl’s Moving CastleCinematography8: Brokeback Mountain6: Batman Begins3: Memoirs of a Geisha2: The New World1: Good Night, and Good LuckOriginal Song7: “Travelin’ Thru” — Transamerica — Dolly Parton7: “In the Deep” — Crash6: “It’s Hard Out Here For a Pimp” — Hustle & Flow