Saltzman Sees...2006 Oscars

2006 Nominees & Award Winners of My Oscars

• Best Picture

The Departed
Glory Road
Invincible
We Are Marshall


• Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men)
Spike Lee (The Inside Man)
Paul McGuigan (Lucky Number Slevin)
Martin Scorsese (The Departed)


• Best Family Picture

Akeelah & The Bee
Cars
Eight Below
Happy Feet


• Best Screenplay

Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy Sexton (Children of Men)
Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man)
William Monahan & Alan Mak (The Departed)
Jason Smilovic (Lucky Number Slevin)


• Best Actor

Leonardo Dicaprio (The Departed)
Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond)
Clive Owen (Inside Man)
Forrest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)


• Best Actress

Jennifer Connelly (Blood Diamond)
Lena Headey (300)
Angelina Jolie (The Good Shepherd)
Emma Thompson (Stranger Than Fiction)


• Best Supporting Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond & The Departed)
Derek Luke (Glory Road)
Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
Jack Nicholson (The Departed)


• Best Supporting Actress

Maggie Gyllenhaal (World Trade Center)
Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
Beyonce Knowles (Dreamgirls)
Lucy Lui (Lucky Number Slevin)

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Saltzman Sees...Stanger than Fiction (2006)

Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick is your average IRS agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside his head narrating his life. The narrator it is extraordinarily accurate, and Harold recognizes the voice as an esteemed author he saw on TV. But when the narration reveals that he is going to die, Harold must find the author of the story, and ultimately his life, to convince her to change the ending of the story before it is too late.


Will Ferrell is terrific, and he is supported by two legends of the silver screen: Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman.  Ferrell and Maggie Gyllenhaal have a tremendous chemistry on screen that is odd considering they play opposites initially in the story.  It is a beautiful story and a unique look at one's mortality and one's purpose in life.  


It barely earned the money it took to make the movie, as it only grossed $40 million at the box office despite costing $38 million to make. It is in my Top Ten list for the year, and certainly deserving of the Most Underrated Movie of 2006.

 Emma Thompson won my Best Actress of 2006.

Will and Maggie fall in love