The 11th Critics' Choice Movie Awards were given on9 January 2006 to honor the finest achievements in2005 filmmaking.
BEST PICTURE
Winner:Brokeback Mountain
Nominees:
• Capote
•Cinderella Man
• The Constant Gardener
• Crash
• Good Night, and Good Luck.
• King Kong
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• Munich
• Walk the Line
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner:Ang Lee -Brokeback Mountain
Nominees:
• George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Paul Haggis -Crash
• Ron Howard -Cinderella Man
• Peter Jackson -King Kong
• Steven Spielberg -Munich
BEST ACTOR
Winner:Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Nominees:
• Russell Crowe -Cinderella Man
• Terrence Howard -Hustle & Flow
• Heath Ledger -Brokeback Mountain
• Joaquin Phoenix -Walk the Line
• David Strathairn -Good Night, and Good Luck
BEST ACTRESS
Winner:Reese Witherspoon -Walk the Line
Nominees:
• Joan Allen -The Upside of Anger
• Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
• Felicity Huffman -Transamerica
• Keira Knightley - Pride and Prejudice
• Charlize Theron -North Country
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner:Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
Nominees:
• George Clooney - Syriana
• Kevin Costner -The Upside of Anger
• Matt Dillon -Crash
• Jake Gyllenhaal -Brokeback Mountain
• Terrence Howard - Crash
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner (tie):Michelle Williams -Brokeback Mountain,Amy Adams -Junebug
Nominees:
• Maria Bello -A History of Violence
• Catherine Keener -Capote
•Frances McDormand - North Country
• Rachel Weisz -The Constant Gardener
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Winner:Crash
Nominees:
•Good Night, and Good Luck.
•Rent
•Syriana
•Sin City
BEST WRITER
Winner:Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco -Crash
Nominees:
• Noah Baumbach -The Squid and the Whale
• George Clooney and Grant Heslov -Good Night, and Good Luck
• Dan Futterman -Capote
• Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana -Brokeback Mountain
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Winner:Wallace & Gromit The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Nominees:
•Chicken Little
•Corpse Bride
•Howl’s Moving Castle
•Madagascar
BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Winner:Freddie Highmore -Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Nominees:
• Jesse Eisenberg -The Squid and the Whale
• Alex Etel -Millions
• Owen Kline -The Squid and the Whale
• Daniel Radcliffe -Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS
Winner:Dakota Fanning -War of the Worlds
Nominees:
• Flora Cross -Bee Season
• Georgie Henley -The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
• Q'Orianka Kilcher -The New World
• Emily Watson -Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
BEST COMEDY MOVIE
Winner:The 40 Year-Old Virgin
• Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
• Mrs. Henderson Presents
• The Producers
• The Wedding Crashers
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner:Kung Fu Hustle
Nominees:
•Cache
•Oldboy
•Paradise Now
•2046
BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Winner:Into the West
Nominees:
•No Direction Home
•Rome
•Warm Springs
BEST FAMILY FILM
Winner:The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Nominees:
•Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
•Dreamer
•Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner:March of the Penguins
Nominees:
•Enron – The Smartest Guys in the Room
•Grizzly Man
•Mad Hot Ballroom
•Murderball
BEST SONG
Winner:“Hustle & Flow” – Terrence Howard –Hustle & Flow
Nominees:
•“A Love That Will Never Grow Old” – Emmylou Harris –Brokeback Mountain
•“Same in Any Language” – I Nine –Elizabethtown
•“Seasons of Love” – Tracie Thoms, Jesse L. Martin and Cast –Rent
•“Travelin’ Thru” – Dolly Parton – Transamerica
BEST COMPOSER
Winner:John Williams – Memoirs of a Geisha
Nominees:
•James Horner - The New World
•Gustavo Santaolalla - Brokeback Mountain
•Nancy Wilson - Elizabethtown
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Winner:Walk The Line
Nominees:
•Elizabethtown
•Memoirs of a Geisha
•The Producers
•Rent
FREEDOM AWARD
Winner:George Clooney - Good Night and Good Luck
DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN PERFORMING ARTS AWARD
Winner:King Kong - King Kong
