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BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Awards and Nominations



Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain

Unless otherwise stated, all awards/nominations for Brokeback Mountain are for the year 2005.

Academy Awards: 3 wins (best director, Ang Lee; best adapted screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; best original score, Gustavo Santaolalla);

American Cinema Editors: 1 nomination (best-edited dramatic feature, Geraldine Peroni and Dylan Tichenor)

American Society of Cinematographers: 1 nomination (best cinematography – feature film, Rodrigo Prieto)

Australian Film Institute (AFI) (2006): 1 win (best actor – foreign film, Heath Ledger)

Boston Society of Film Critics: 2 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee);

  • also, runner-up for best actor (Heath Ledger)

British Academy Awards: 4 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best supporting actor, Jake Gyllenhaal; best adapted screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana);

  • 5 additional nominations (best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams; best cinematography, Rodrigo Prieto; best editing, Geraldine Peroni and Dylan Tichenor; best music, Gustavo Santaolalla)

 

Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain

 

Broadcast Film Critics Association: 3 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; and best supporting actress, Michelle Williams, tied with Amy Adams in Junebug);

  • 5 additional nominations (best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actor, Jake Gyllenhaal; best writing, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; best composer, Gustavo Santaolalla; best song, "A Love That Will Never Grow Old," by Gustavo Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin)

Central Ohio Film Critics Association: 3 wins (best actor, Heath Ledger; actor of the year, Heath Ledger, also for Casanova, Lords of Dogtown, and The Brothers Grimm; best screenplay,Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana);

  • also runner-up for best film, best director (Ang Lee), and best formal design

César (French Academy) Awards (2006): 1 nomination (best foreign film)

Chicago Film Critics Association: 2 wins (best cinematography, Rodrigo Prieto; best original score, Gustavo Santaolalla);

  • 6 additional nominations (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actor, Jake Gyllenhaal; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams; best screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana)

Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association: 4 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; best cinematography, Rodrigo Prieto);

  • also, runner-up for best actor (Heath Ledger) and best supporting actress (Michelle Williams), and third place for best supporting actor (Jake Gyllenhaal)

Danish Film Critics Association Bodil Awards: 1 nomination (best U.S. film)

David di Donatello (Italian Academy) Awards: 1 nomination (best foreign film)

Directors Guild of America: 1 win (best director, Ang Lee)

European Film Awards: 1 nomination (Prix Screen International for best foreign film)

 

Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain

 

Florida Film Critics Circle: 4 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; best cinematography, Rodrigo Prieto)

Golden Globes: 4 wins (best film – drama; best director, Ang Lee; best screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; best song, "A Love That Will Never Grow Old," by Gustavo Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin);

  • 3 additional nominations (best actor - drama, Heath Ledger; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams; best music, Gustavo Santaolalla)

Gotham Awards: 2 nominations (best film; best ensemble)

Independent Film Spirit: 2 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee);

  • 2 additional nominations (best actor, Heath Ledger; best supporting actress, Michelle Williams)

Iowa Film Critics: 2 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee)

Las Vegas Film Critics Society: 4 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee; best actor, Heath Ledger; best score, Gustavo Santaolalla)

London Film Critics' Circle: 2 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee);

  • 2 additional nominations (best actor, Heath Ledger; best screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association: 2 wins (best film; best director, Ang Lee);

  • also, runner-up for best actor (Heath Ledger)

National Board of Review: 2 wins (best director, Ang Lee; best supporting actor, Jake Gyllenhaal);

  • also, one of the year's top-ten films

National Society of Film Critics: Third place for best actor (Heath Ledger)

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3 Comments to BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Awards and Nominations

  1. Nadene
    June 3, 2010 | Permalink

    you put me off heath ledger for life. i really liked him as an actor but when i saw him sexually with a guy it turned me off him. thanx for that buddies cyaa :)

  2. anita668
    October 29, 2009 | Permalink

    Heath Ledger should have won more awards. He was as good or better than Philip Seymour Hoffman.

  3. terence
    January 5, 2009 | Permalink

    Could someone explain to me how this movie could win so many awards all over the world but fail to win an Oscar?

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