..Gary Dretzka
..Noah Forrest
..Leonard Klady
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Kim Voynar
..Michael Wilmington

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xxActor/Supporting ActorXXActress/Supporting Actress
xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

BEST ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
Jamie Foxx - Ray (GG/C-M)	Still the one getting all the attention
Javier Bardem - Out To Sea (GG/D)	Maybe the best performance in years... but still not win
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator (GG/D)	Still giving him the benefit of the unseen
Liam Neeson - Kinsey (GG/D)	A really fine performance, reaching where he hasn't reached before
Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (GG/D)	One of his most masterful efforts... so intense that it's hard to see all the subtleties
Additional Golden Globe Contenders (Drama) 1 of 4 likely
Gael Garcia Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries	Two tremendous performance this year, but needs to get Hollywood mainstreamed
Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda	Excellent... more on emotion than style
Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland	Really minor work in the Depp pantheon
John Travolta - A Love Song For Bobby Long	Going hard against type... will they bite?
Additional Golden Globe Contenders (Comedy/Musical) 4 of 5 likely
Gerard Butler - The Phantom Of The Opera	Some are worried that it's only a 3rd act performance
Jim Carrey - Lemony Snicket	5 roles... does it get tiring having all that range?
Paul Giammati - Sideways	Hackman, Pacino, Hoffman... he's getting there
Bill Murray - The Life Aquatic	Golden Globes Only...
Kevin Spacey - Beyond The Sea	The hardest road... he can sing... A for Effort?
And...
Kevin Bacon - The Woodsman
Jeff Bridges - The Door In The Floor
Jim Caviezel - The Passion Of The Christ
Billy Crudup - Stage Beauty
Tom Cruise - Collateral
Colin Farrell - Alexander
Tom Hanks - Polar Express
Jude Law - Closer

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
Thomas Hayden Church - Sideways
Clive Owen - Closer
Patrick Wilson - The Phantom Of The Opera
Rodrigo De La Serna - The Motorcycle Diaries
Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
Potential Alt Golden Globers
Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey
Mark Wahlberg - I Heart Huckabees
Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
Dustin Hoffman - Meet The Fockers
And...
Val Kilmer - Alexander
Jude Law - The Aviator
William Sadler - Kinsey
Liev Schreiber - The Manchurian Candidate

20 Weeks To Oscar Charts
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Earlier Charts
October 28, 2004
October 21, 2004
October 14, 2004
September 22, 2004
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November 4, 2004

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