Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2005

The 18th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on January 9, 2006, honored the best in film for 2005.

Winners and nominees[edit]

Best Actor[edit]

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[edit]

Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger

• Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
• Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
• Naomi Watts – King Kong
• Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line

Best Cinematography[edit]

Brokeback Mountain – Rodrigo Prieto

• Good Night, and Good Luck. – Robert Elswit
• King Kong – Andrew Lesnie
• Munich – Janusz Kamiński
• The New World – Emmanuel Lubezki
• Pride & Prejudice – Roman Osin

Best Director[edit]

David Cronenberg – A History of Violence

• George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Peter Jackson – King Kong
• Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
• Steven Spielberg – Munich

Best Documentary Film[edit]

Grizzly Man

• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
• Mad Hot Ballroom
• March of the Penguins
• Murderball

Best Film[edit]

Crash

• Brokeback Mountain
• Good Night, and Good Luck.
• A History of Violence
• King Kong

Best Foreign Language Film[edit]

Caché (Hidden), France

• 2046, Hong Kong
• Downfall (Der Untergang), Germany
• Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu), Hong Kong
• Oldboy, South Korea

Best Original Score[edit]

Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla

• Batman Begins – Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Danny Elfman
• King Kong – James Newton Howard
• Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams

Best Screenplay[edit]

Crash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco

• Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
• Capote – Dan Futterman
• Good Night, and Good Luck. – George Clooney and Grant Heslov
• A History of Violence – Josh Olson

Best Supporting Actor[edit]

Mickey Rourke – Sin City

• Matt Dillon – Crash
• Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man
• Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain
• Terrence Howard – Crash
• Donald Sutherland – Pride & Prejudice

Best Supporting Actress[edit]

Maria Bello – A History of Violence

• Amy Adams – Junebug
• Scarlett Johansson – Match Point
• Catherine Keener – Capote
• Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener
• Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain

Most Promising Filmmaker[edit]

Bennett Miller – Capote

• Craig Brewer – Hustle & Flow
• Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know
• Phil Morrison – Junebug
• Joe Wright – Pride & Prejudice

Most Promising Performer[edit]

Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know

• Chris "Ludacris" Bridges – Crash and Hustle & Flow
• Georgie Henley – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Q'Orianka Kilcher – The New World
• Owen Kline – The Squid and the Whale

References[edit]

• http://moviecitynews.com/archived/awards/2006/cirtics_awards/chicago.html
• http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060109/OSCARS/60109001 Archived 2012-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120515203059/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=58