Critics’ Choice Awards - 2006
December 12th, 2006 by Andre Soares
12th Broadcast Film Critics Association Critics’ Choice Awards - 2006
The 12th Broadcast Film Critics Association Critics’ Choice Awards nominations were announced on December 12, 2006.
The 12th Broadcast Film Critics Association Critics’ Choice Awards winners were announced at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on January 12, 2007.
2006 Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations - Article
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
BEST FILM:
Babel
Blood Diamond
* The Departed
Dreamgirls
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
Notes on a Scandal
The Queen
United 93
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Apocalypto
Days of Glory
* Letters from Iwo Jima
Pan’s Labyrinth
Volver
Water
BEST DIRECTOR:
Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Paul Greengrass - United 93
* Martin Scorsese - The Departed
BEST ACTOR:
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Peter O’Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
* Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
BEST ACTRESS:
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
* Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Adam Beach - Flags of Our Fathers
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
* Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
* Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Catherine O’Hara - For Your Consideration
Emma Thompson - Stranger Than Fiction
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE:
Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Dreamgirls
* Little Miss Sunshine
A Prairie Home Companion
BEST WRITING:
* Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine
Guillermo Arriaga - Babel
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta - Little Children
Zach Helm - Stranger Than Fiction
William Monahan - The Departed
Peter Morgan - The Queen
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
* An Inconvenient Truth
Shut Up & Sing
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Wordplay
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
* Cars
Flushed Away
Happy Feet
Monster House
Over the Hedge
BEST COMPOSER:
* Philip Glass - The Illusionist
Clint Mansell - The Fountain
Thomas Newman - The Good German
Gustavo Santaolalla - Babel
Howard Shore - The Departed
Hans Zimmer - The Da Vinci Code
BEST YOUNG ACTOR:
Cameron Bright - Thank You for Smoking
Joseph Cross - Running with Scissors
* Paul Dano - Little Miss Sunshine
Freddie Highmore - A Good Year
Jaden Christopher Syre Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS:
Ivana Baquero - El Laberinto del fauno / Pan’s Labyrinth
* Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
Dakota Fanning - Charlotte’s Web
Keke Palmer - Akeelah and the Bee
BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
* Elizabeth I
The Librarian
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
The Ron Clark Story
When the Levees Broke
BEST COMEDY:
* Borat
For Your Consideration
Little Miss Sunshine
The Devil Wears Prada
Thank You for Smoking
BEST FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION):
Akeelah and the Bee
* Charlotte’s Web
Flicka
Lassie
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
BEST SONG:
"I Need to Wake Up" - Melissa Etheridge - An Inconvenient Truth
* "Listen" - Beyonce - Dreamgirls
"My Little Girl" - Tim McGraw - Flicka
"The Neighbor" - Dixie Chicks - Shut Up & Sing
"Never Gonna Break My Faith" - Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige - Bobby
"Ordinary Miracle" - Sarah McLachlan - Charlotte’s Web
BEST SOUNDTRACK:
Babel
Cars
* Dreamgirls
Happy Feet
Marie Antoinette
Broadcast Film Critics Association Site
2006 Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations - Article
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
British Academy of Film (Bafta) Awards
Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival Awards
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Los Angeles Latino Film Festival Awards
National Board of Review Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
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