Weekender’s Pick the Oscar Challenge
March 3, 2005
Chris Shim, a 2002 graduate of Harvard University, won Weekender’s 2005 Oscar contest by correctly predicting 19 of the 24 winners.
The Seattle native came across the Northern Star’s Web site while searching the Internet for Academy Award competitions.
“Each year I enter different contests,” Shim said. “I usually never win and do very poorly.”
This year, he entered contests for The New York Times and CNN.com.
Currently living in Virginia and working for the Red Cross, Shim has been filling out Oscar polls with friends for about 10 years.
“I first really got into movies in eighth grade,” Shim said. “There was a girl I liked that really liked movies. I would read reviews in the paper so I had something to talk to her about. But I never got the courage to ask her out.”
Weekender tallied 12 correct answers – far behind Shim. Second-place finisher Aaron Davis and third-place finisher Ashok Amaran finished with 18 and 17 correct answers, respectively.
Achievement in cinematography
“The Aviator”
“House of Flying Daggers”
“The Passion of the Christ”
“The Phantom of the Opera”
“A Very Long Engagement”
Visual effects
“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
“I, Robot”
“Spider-Man 2”
Achievement in costume design
“The Aviator”
“Finding Neverland”
“Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”
“Ray”
“Troy”
Achievement in sound mixing
“The Aviator”
“The Incredibles”
“The Polar Express”
“Ray”
“Spider-Man 2”
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Accidentally In Love,” “Shrek 2”
“Al Otro Lado Del Río,” “The Motorcycle Diaries”
“Believe,” “The Polar Express”
“Learn To Be Lonely,” “The Phantom of the Opera”
“Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin),” “The Chorus (Les Choristes)”
Best documentary feature
“Born into Brothels”
“The Story of the Weeping Camel”
“Super Size Me”
“Tupac: Resurrection”
“Twist of Faith”
Best animated short film
“Birthday Boy”
“Gopher Broke”
“Guard Dog”
“Lorenzo”
“Ryan”
Achievement in film editing
“The Aviator”
“Collateral”
“Finding Neverland”
“Million Dollar Baby”
“Ray”
Achievement in art direction
“The Aviator”
“Finding Neverland”
“Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”
“The Phantom of the Opera”
“A Very Long Engagement”
Achievement in makeup
“Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”
“The Passion of the Christ”
“The Sea Inside”
Achievement in sound editing
“The Incredibles”
“The Polar Express”
“Spider-Man 2”
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Finding Neverland”
“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
“Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”
“The Passion of the Christ”
“The Village”
Best foreign language film of the year
“As It Is in Heaven”
“The Chorus (Les Choristes)”
“Downfall”
“The Sea Inside”
“Yesterday”
Best documentary short subject
“Autism Is a World”
“The Children of Leningradsky”
“Hardwood”
“Mighty Times: The Children’s March”
“Sister Rose’s Passion”
Best live action short film
“Everything in This Country Must”
“Little Terrorist”
“7:35 in the Morning (7:35 de la Mañana)”
“Two Cars, One Night”
“Wasp”
