Million Dollar Baby: 2004 Best Picture

The winner of the Best Picture Oscar at the 77th Academy Awards was “Million Dollar Baby”. The other Best Picture nominees were “The Aviator”, “Finding Neverland”, “Ray” and “Sideways”.

“Million Dollar Baby” also garnered Oscars for Best Director (Clint Eastwood), Best Actress (Hilary Swank) and Best Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman) for a total of 4 out of 7 nominations. “The Aviator” picked up 5 Oscars (out of 11 nominations), including Best Supporting Actress (Cate Blanchett), Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design and Best Film Editing.

Jamie Foxx won Best Actor for his portrayal of the legendary Ray Charles in “Ray”.

The Top 10 box office hits of 2004 were “Shrek 2”, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, “Spider-Man 2”, “The Incredibles”, “The Passion of the Christ”, “The Day After Tomorrow”, “Meet the Fockers”, “Troy”, Shark Tale” and Ocean’s Twelve”.

More 2004 film titles: “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”, “Maria Full of Grace”, “Super Size Me”, “Vera Drake”, “Hotel Rwanda”, “Garden State”, “Blade: Trinity”, “Dawn of the Dead” and “Napoleon Dynamite”.

Jeopardy! clues on “Million Dollar Baby”
MOVIE FIGHTERS $800: Hilary Swank is a waitress-turned-boxer in this 2004 film
FROM SPORTS BOOK TO FILM $400: “Rope Burns” became this Oscar-winning film that some called “‘Rocky’ in a Bra”
MORGAN FREEMAN $400: (read by Morgan Freeman) I’ve been in 2 films directed by Clint Eastwood: “Unforgiven” & this one, for which I won an Oscar
OSCAR NIGHT 2005 $200: Pulling no punches, it won awards for Best Picture, Actress, Supporting Actor & Director
AN ACTOR’S LIFE FOR ME $400: He received Oscar nominations for acting in & directing “Million Dollar Baby”

More 2004 clues:
BARBRA STREISAND MOVIES $200: 2004: Barbra Streisand meets her potential in-laws
MOVIE FAMILIES $800: A 2004 animated film: The Parrs, who look good in red spandex
DEATH & CINEMA $800: In a 2004 film, he dies via the 5-point palm exploding heart technique; what did you expect in a movie called “Kill” him
FLICK ARRR! $2000: In a 2004 film Steve the Pirate plays this title sport on Vince Vaughn’s Average Joe’s team
LET’S PLAY SOME GOLF $1000: In a 2004 film subtitled “Stroke of Genius”, Jim Caviezel played this golf legend who retired from competition at 28
POPCORN COLONELS $1000: Nick Nolte plays a colonel based on heroic Canadian Romeo Dallaire in this Africa-set 2004 film
“TEEN” ENTERTAINMENT $1200: I have to make a “confession”: I’m not quite as good a dancer as Lindsay Lohan was in this 2004 film
ON THE ROAD $800: Paul Giamatti delivers the line “Quaffable but uh…far from transcendent” in this 2004 film
STORM $2000: In this cool 2004 film, climatologist Dennis Quaid is right & much of the U.S. evacuates to Mexico
GOVERNORS $200: This governor played Prince Hapi in Jackie Chan’s 2004 film “Around the World in 80 Days”
MOVIE STARS GO TO WORK $1200: This 2004 film is about photographer Julia Roberts & bedmates
AT THE MOVIES $800: Sarah Michelle Gellar plays a nurse with a curse in this 2004 film based on a Japanese one
KISS ME KATE WINSLET $2000: 2004: Johnny Depp as J.M. Barrie
THE REEL WORLD $600: Kirsten Dunst is a world-class tennis player in this 2004 film named for a famous British tournament
THE REEL WORLD $800: Chad Michael Murray is the modern-day Prince Charming in this 2004 film set in the San Fernando Valley
REEL LIFE $400: 2004: Jamie Foxx as this musical marvel
RECENT CINEMA $200: In this 2004 film, Harry Osborn says “Now… let’s see who’s behind the mask”
THE BOX OFFICE: Rated “R” for violence, this 2004 film set in ancient times is the highest-grossing “R” movie ever in the U.S.