2005 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2005 Boston Society of Film Critics Award winners: December 11, 2005
Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: Munich
Best Foreign Language Film Kung Fu Hustle by Stephen Chow
Runner-up: 2046 by Wong Kar Wai
Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: Steven Spielberg, Munich
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Runner-up: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Runner-up: Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener, Capote, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, and The 40 Year Old Virgin
Best Ensemble: Syriana
Best Screenplay: Dan Futterman, Capote
Best Cinematography: Robert Elswit, Good Night and Good Luck.
Best Documentary: Murderball by Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
Runner-up: Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog
David Brudnoy New Filmmaker Award: Joe Wright, Pride & Prejudice
Best discoveries/rediscoveries: Welcome Danger, Blackmail, Outcast of the Islands, The Little Fugitive, Seven Men From Now (the above films were shown at local art houses and universities)
Special Mention: The Leff Foundation and to Mikes Bowes of the nonprofit filmmakers' support group Central Productions
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How come Kung Fu Hustle wasn't nominated for any Oscars? That was such a good, action-packed film. Much better than the stuff that usually gets nominated.