National Society of Film Critics Awards - 2005
by Andre Soares
40th National Society of Film Critics Awards - 2005
The 40th National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) award winners were announced at Sardi’s in New York City on January 7, 2006.
2005 National Society of Film Critics Winners - Brief Article
Best Film: Capote (12, on sixth ballot)
Runners-up: A History of Violence (11, on sixth ballot); 2046 (fifth ballot)
Best Foreign-Language Film: Head On by Fatih Akin (26)
Runner-up: 2046 by Wong Kar-Wai (23); Hidden by Michael Haneke (18)
Best Documentary: Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog (60)
Runners-up: Darwin’s Nightmare by Hubert Sauper (27); Ballets russes by Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine (19)
Best Director: David Cronenberg, A History of Violence(32)
Runners-up: Wong Kar-wai, 2046 (26); Bennett Miller, Capote (23)
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote (68)
Runners-up: Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale (41); Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain (40)
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line(37)
Runners-up: Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice (27); (third-place tie) Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone and Kate Dollenmayer, Funny Ha Ha (18)
Best Supporting Actor: Ed Harris, A History of Violence(27)
Runners-up (tie): Matthieu Amalric, Munich (22) and Frank Langella, Good Night, and Good Luck. (22)
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, Junebug (33)
Runners-up: Ziyi Zhang, 2046 (28); Catherine Keener, Capote, The Interpreter, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, The 40-Year-Old Virgin (22)
Best Screenplay: Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale (37)
Runners-up: Dan Futterman, Capote (33); Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, Munich (14)
Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle, Kwan Pun Leung, and Lai Yiu Fai, 2046 (50)
Runners-up: Robert Elswit, Good Night, and Good Luck. (16); Emmanuel Lubezki, The New World (11)
Experimental Awards: William Greaves for Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (actually made in 1968) and Take Two, and James Benning for 13 Lakes, Ten Skies, and 27 Years Later.
Film Heritage Award: The 7-disc DVD box set "Unseen Cinema," assembled by the Anthology Film Archives and Bruce Posner
Special Citation: Kevin Thomas for his 44 years as a Los Angeles Times film critic
2005 National Society of Film Critics Winners - Brief Article
National Society of Film Critics Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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