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The 77th annual Academy Awards were hosted in 2005 and honored the unspoiled films from the previous class in 2004 . Some of the films released that year that could have been nominated , but were n’t , were : Girl Next Door , The Wedding Date , The notebook computer , andThe Village . alternatively the flick that were praise and given the biggest nomination , that in the Best Picture class , were : find Neverland , Million Dollar Baby , which make headway the honor , TheAviator , Sideways , and Ray .
attend at this list now , there are a few candidate that have n’t aged well and probably did n’t merit the praise they received , and there are definitely a handful of other great films that should have been recognise .
Should Have Been: Secret Window
Secret Windowis a psychological thriller starringJohnny Deppand John Turturro . compose and organise by David Koepp , the film is ground on a novella by Stephen King called " Secret Window , Secret Garden " .
The film find mostly good reviews with Roger Ebert giving it a three out of four star rating . The film received very little praise from award shows in the class it was bring out and given Depp ’s performance , it seemed like a snub to most fans of the film .
Should Have Been: The Machinist
Christian Balestars in this psychological thriller and his performance was heavily praised by both flick - goers and critics .
The film , which was directed by Brad Anderson , and in addition to Bale , stars Jennifer Jason Leigh and Michael Ironside , also did very well at the box part and seemed like an gentle horseshoe - in for award time of year the year it was eligible , yet received no nominations from any of the major award show , including the Academy Awards .
Should Have Been: The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effectis a science fiction thriller starringAshton Kutcherand Amy Smart , who are not thespian often recognized by the Academy or any of the major accolade evidence , yet both their performances in this film were stand out performances of the year and this film was one of the most talked about among hearing and critics .
In addition , the picture did very well at the box authority , which entrust fans wonder why it was n’t get more praise .
Nominated: Finding Neverland
This lineament film is based on a play called " The Man Who Was Peter Pan " , written by Allan Knee in the 1980 ’s . The tale is of J.M. Barrie who was the somebody who wrote Peter Pan and base the story off of a household he knew . This film would later become a melodic in the mid-2000 ’s .
The cinema was propose for several Academy Awards , seven total , but only took home one for Best Original Score , making audience wonder if it really merit the other six .
Should Have Been: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
This scientific discipline fiction wild-eyed funniness starsJim Carreyand Kate Winslet as a couple who have broken up and delete one another from their memory .
The grievous and wind tale has become a cultus classic over the years . In the year it was eligible , the film receive two nominations . A Best Actress nominating speech for Kate Winslet and a Best Original Screenplay nominating speech , but most people check that this film deserved so much more .
Should Have Been: The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissouis a comedy written by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach , two author / directors who are look at to be favorite with Academy voters .
The film follows Steve Zissou , played by Bill Murray , who is a quirky oceanographer on a seeking for revenge against the shark that ate his partner . The film was very well receive , yet was give zero nominations at the Academy Awards despite its astral filmmakers and ensemble cast .
Nominated: The Aviator
The AviatorstarsLeonardo DiCaprioand was direct by Martin Scorsese . This role player and managing director duo is a favorite during laurels time of year both with fans and the elector responsible for for Academy Award nominations , so it ’s no wonder this film received so much extolment in the year it was eligible for the awards .
The topic of the moving picture , Howard Hughes has been heavily criticized in late years for how he process others , peculiarly women , which has left some movie - goers wondering if he really deserve to have a film made about him .
Should Have Been: Closer
This love story drama was written by Patrick Marber , who is also creditworthy for writing the play this film is based on .
The film is directed by Mike Nichols and genius Julia Roberts , Jude Law , Natalie Portman , and Clive Owen , all actors the Academy loves to vote for and did for two of the four lead , giving a Best endorse Actor nomination to Owen and a Best Supporting Actress to Portman , but leave alone the ease of the mold and the film as a whole off the nominees ' list .
Should Have Been: The Manchurian Candidate
This Neo - noir political thriller is base on the novel of the same name by Richard Condon and is a new adjustment of the original film free-base on this Scripture , which was made in the 1960s .
This adaptation stars Denzel Washington , Meryl Streep , and Liev Schreiber . These histrion have been voted for numerous Academy Awards both before and after this picture show was in the running , but this film and the actors in it received picayune acknowledgement , much to a stack of people ’s surprise .
Should Have Been: The Notebook
This quixotic moving-picture show found on the Nicholas Sparks novel with the same name has become a classic over the years . Upon its spill , it quickly became one of the most talked - about films of the year and launched the careers of Rachel McAdams andRyan Gosling .
Though the film was a massive commercial succeeder , it was snub by a lot of critic and accolade shows and it ’s soft to envisage that the only grounds why it was snub was because it was so fabulously successful , specially with younger viewing audience , who the Academy does n’t oft appeal to .
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