Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - 2005
January 9th, 2006 by Andre Soares
18th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - 2005
The 18th Chicago Film Critics Association Award winners were announced on January 9, 2006.
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
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 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
Best Documentary:
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
* Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
March of the Penguins
Murderball
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
Chicago Film Critics Association Site
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
British Independent Film Awards
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
National Board of Review Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
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