Ontario's Paul Haggis, seen here with co-producer Cathy Shulman, won for Best Original Screenplay for Crash, which won Best Picture. Haggis and co-writer Bobby Moresco also accepted the award for Best Original Screenplay for Crash. The film also won for Best Film Editing. Philip Seymour Hoffman surprised few with the win for Best Actor for his portrayal of Truman Capote in the Manitoba-filmed Capote. Hoffman was emotional as he recognized his mother. As predicted, Best Director went to Ang Lee for the Alberta-shot Brokeback Mountain. Best Actress honours went to Walk the Line's Reese Witherspoon, who said the film helped her realize her lifetime dream of being a country singer. George Clooney won Best Supporting Actor. He was recognized for his work in Syriana. Nicole Kidman handed out the night’s first award. Pregnant Rachel Weisz earned the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in The Constant Gardener. Director Robert Altman picked up an Honorary Oscar for his career achievement. King Kong was honoured for Best Visual Effects, beating out Chronicles of Narnia and War of the Worlds. King Kong also won for Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing. Best Animated Feature was awarded to Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit, which beat Tim Burton's Corpse Bride and Howl's Moving Castle. Colleen Atwood accepted the prize for Best Costume Design for her work on Memoirs of a Geisha. She singled out the people of Japan for inspiring her work. The movie also won Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography. March of the Penguins won Best Documentary Feature. Morgan Freeman, who narrated the English version of the film, listened intently to the acceptance speeches by producers, who held plush penguins. Best Make-Up honours went to Howard Berger and Tami Lane for Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe. Best Foreign Language Film went to South Africa's Tsotsi.

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