2006 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Chicago Film Critics Association Award winners: January 9, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Jennifer Esposito, Don Cheadle in Crash
Best Film:
Brokeback Mountain
* Crash
Good Night and Good Luck.
A History of Violence
King Kong
Best Foreign Language Film:
* Hidden
Kung Fu Hustle
Oldboy
2046
Downfall
Best Documentary:
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
* Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Best Director:
George Clooney for Good Night and Good Luck.
* David Cronenberg for A History of Violence
Peter Jackson for King Kong
Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
Steven Spielberg for Munich
Best Actor:
* Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line
David Strathairn in Good Night and Good Luck.
Best Actress:
* Joan Allen in The Upside of Anger
Felicity Huffman in Transamerica
Keira Knightley in Pride & Prejudice
Naomi Watts in King Kong
Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line
Best Supporting Actor:
Matt Dillon in Crash
Terrence Howard in Crash
Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain
* Mickey Rourke in Sin City
Donald Sutherland in Pride & Prejudice
Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams in Junebug
* Maria Bello in A History of Violence
Scarlett Johansson in Match Point
Catherine Keener in Capote
Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain
Best Screenplay:
Brokeback Mountain by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
Capote by Dan Futterman
* Crash by Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
Good Night and Good Luck. by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
A History of Violence by Josh Olson
Best Original Score:
Batman Begins by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
* Brokeback Mountain by Gustavo Santaolalla
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Danny Elfman
King Kong by James Newton Howard
Memoirs of a Geisha by John Williams
Best Cinematography:
* Brokeback Mountain by Rodrigo Prieto
Good Night and Good Luck. by Robert Elswit
King Kong by Andrew Lesnie
Munich by Janusz Kaminski
The New World by Emmanuel Lubezki
Pride & Prejudice by Roman Osin
Most Promising Performer:
Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges in Crash and Hustle & Flow
Georgie Henley in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
* Miranda July in Me and You and Everyone We Know
Q'Orianka Kilcher in The New World
Owen Kline in The Squid and the Whale
Most Promising Director:
Craig Brewer for Hustle & Flow
Miranda July for Me and You and Everyone We Know
* Bennett Miller for Capote
Phil Morrison for Junebug
Joe Wright for Pride & Prejudice
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