Critics’ Choice Awards - 2005
by Andre Soares
11th Broadcast Film Critics Association Critics’ Choice Awards - 2005
The 11th Broadcast Film Critics Association Critics’ Choice Awards winners were announced on January 9, 2006.
2005 Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations - Article
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Best Film
* Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich
Walk the Line
Best Foreign-Language Film
2046
Caché / Hidden
* Kung Fu Hustle
Oldboy
Paradise Now
Best Documentary Feature
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
* La Marche de l’empereur / March of the Penguins
Murderball
Best Director
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
Paul Haggis - Crash
Ron Howard - Cinderella Man
Peter Jackson - King Kong
* Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Steven Spielberg - Munich
Best Actor
Russell Crowe - Cinderella Man
* Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Actress
Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger
Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
Charlize Theron - North Country
* Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
Best Supporting Actor
George Clooney - Syriana
Kevin Costner - The Upside of Anger
Matt Dillon - Crash
* Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
Terrence Howard - Crash
Best Supporting Actress (tie)
* Amy Adams - Junebug
Maria Bello - A History of Violence
Catherine Keener - Capote
Frances McDormand - North Country
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
* Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
Best Acting Ensemble
* Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Rent
Sin City
Syriana
Best Writer
Noah Baumbach - The Squid and the Whale
George Clooney, Grant Heslov - Good Night, and Good Luck.
Dan Futterman - Capote
* Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco - Crash
Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana - Brokeback Mountain
Best Animated Feature
Chicken Little
Corpse Bride
Howl’s Moving Castle
Madagascar
* Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Young Actor
Jesse Eisenberg - The Squid and the Whale
Axel Etel - Millions
* Freddie Highmore - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Owen Kline - The Squid and the Whale
Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Best Young Actress
Flora Cross - Bee Season
* Dakota Fanning - War of the Worlds
Georgie Henley - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Q’Orianka Kilcher - The New World
Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Best Comedy Movie
* The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Mrs. Henderson Presents
The Producers: The Movie Musical
Wedding Crashers
Best Family Film (live action)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
* The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Best Picture Made for Television
* Into the West
No Direction Home
Rome
Warm Springs
Best Song†
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old", Emmylou Harris - Brokeback Mountain
* "Hustle & Flow", Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
"Same In Any Language", I Nine - Elizabethtown
"Seasons of Love", Tracie Thoms, Jesse L. Martin and Cast - Rent
"Travelin’ Thru", Dolly Parton - Transamerica
Best Soundtrack
Elizabethtown
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Producers: The Movie Musical
Rent
* Walk the Line
Best Composer
James Horner - The New World
Gustavo Santaolalla - Brokeback Mountain
* John Williams - Memoirs of a Geisha
Nancy Wilson - Elizabethtown
Freedom Award: George Clooney ("for illuminating our shared values of freedom, tolerance, and democracy")
Distinguished Achievement in Performing Arts: King Kong for "revolutionary cinematic achievement in synthesising visual effects with an actor’s performance to create the character." The award was given to actor Andy Serkis, animation director Christian Rivers, and animation supervisor Joe Letteri
† The names next to the Best Song nominees are those of the songs’ performers (though in some cases they may also have been the composers).
Broadcast Film Critics Association Site
2005 Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations - Article
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