Apocalypto received 3 Oscar nominations:
Makeup, Sound editing, and Sound mixing.

The Danish film, After the Wedding, was nominated for the best foreign-language Oscar.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) consists of 15 branches that differ in size. The Actors branch has always been the largest: This year it accounts for 1260 of the 5830 voting members (about 26 percent).

This sequel lost its Oscar nominated Song “Shakedown” to the more popular tune, “I've Had the Time of My Life,” from “Dirty Dancing,” by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz.

Multi-Oscar nominee musician Hugo Friedhofer lost to the prolific composer Victor Young, who scored “Around the World in 80 Days,” the globe-trotting adventure that swept the Best Picture and other Oscars in 1956.