Hollywood legend Charlton Heston dies at 84

Performance by an actor in
a leading role Viggo
Mortensen in “Eastern
Promises” (Focus Features)
Performance by an actor in
a supporting role Tom
Wilkinson in “Michael
Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Performance by an actress
in a leading role Cate
Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The
Golden Age” (Universa
Performance by an actress
in a supporting role Ruby
Dee in “American Gangster”
(Universal) Best animated
feature film of the year
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney):
Brad Bird Achievement in
art direction “Atonement”
(Focus Features): Art
Direction: Sarah
Greenwood; Set
Decoration: Katie Spencer
Achievement in
cinematography
“Atonement” (Focus
Features): Seamus
McGarvey Achievement in
costume design “Across the
Universe” (Sony Pictures
Releasing) Albert Wolsky
Achievement in directing
“Michael Clayton” (Warner
Bros.), Tony Gilroy Best

The year was 1999, and 10
Things I Hate About You
was the name of the film.
Heath Ledger and Julia
Stiles starred in this teen
romantic comedy. Although
not a great movie Ledger
showed promise of future
stardom. Two years
afterwards A
Knight’s Tale
arrived in theatres. An
offbeat movie set in
Medieval England, but with
a soundtrack interspersed
with 1970s rock anthems.
2005 was a busy year with
the release of Casanova,
Brokeback Mountain, The
Brothers Grimm, and Lords
of Dogtown. Casanova,
about the 18th century
Venetian womanizer, was
not a big box office
success but was playful
and well-acted. The
Brothers Grimm was

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Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in [...]

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