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

BEST PICTURE
Picture - Studio xxx	Comment
This Week's Frontrunners
Million Dollar Baby - Warner Bros (GG/D)	Feels unbeatable, but the other shoe is still hanging in the air
The Aviator - Miramax (GG/D)	The great aviation and Hollywood stuff seems to be overcoming the clunky neuroticism
The Phantom Of The Opera - Warner Bros (GG/C-M)	Media elite has the knives out, but the rank & file critics could make it a shocker at crix awards
Sideways - Fox Searchlight (GG/C-M)	The little movie that should
Ray - Universal (GG/C-M)	Suddenly, it's gotten kinda quiet
Finding Neverland - Miramax (GG/D)	Is it really that good?
Fahrenheit 9/11	The machine is rolling... they don't have to win Ohio... they just have to find enough buyers
Likely Golden Globers
Beyond The Sea - Lions Gate (GG/C-M)	Kevin holds sway, but can he win the day?
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind - Focus (GG/C-M)	With a limited number of comedies or musicals to choose from, they could do the "right" thing
Closer - Columbia (GG/D)	Big stars, now that's hot!
Hotel Rwanda - MGM (GG/D)	Battling for survival
Kinsey - Fox Searchlight (GG/D)	Is the doctor relevant to European sexuality?
Not Completely Out Of It
A Love Song For Bobby Long - Lions Gate
The Incredibles - Disney
Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events - Paramount
Meet The Fockers - Universal
Spanglish - Columbia
Vera Drake - New Line
Still Oscar Possible, But DQed By Golden Globe Rules
The Motorcycle Diaries - Focus Features	Spanish
The Sea Inside - New Line	Spanish
A Very Long Engagement - Warner Indie	French
Other Possibles - By Studio
Disney
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
DreamWorks
Collateral
Shrek 2
Focus
The Door In The Floor
Fox Searchlight
I Heart Huckabee's
Lions Gate
Fahrenheit 9/11
Stage Beauty
MGM
De-Lovely
New Line
The Notebook
Newmarket
The Passion Of The Christ
Paramount
Alfie
The Manchurian Candidate
Team America: World Police
Sony
Spider-Man 2
Sony Pictures Classics
Being Julia
Bad Education
House Of Flying Daggers
ThinkFilm
Bridget Jones: Edge Of Reason
Twentieth Century Fox
None
Universal
Bridget Jones: Edge Of Reason
In Good Company
Warner Bros
Alexander
The Polar Express
Warner Indie
We Don't Live Here Anymore
A Very Long Engagement

20 Weeks To Oscar Charts
Picture|.|||.Director|x| |Screenplay/Adapted Screenplay
xActor/Supporting Actor ||.|Actress/Supporting Actress
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Earlier Charts
December 2, 2004 | November 25, 2004 | November 18, 2004 | November 11, 2004
November 4, 2004 | October 28, 2004 | October 21, 2004
October 14, 2004 | September 22, 2004 | August 4, 2004

December 9 , 2004

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