Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2005
18th CFCA Awards
January 9, 2005
Best Film:
Crash
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
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Best Actor
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
Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
- Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
- Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
- Naomi Watts – King Kong
- Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
Best Cinematography
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
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
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
- Mad Hot Ballroom
- March of the Penguins
- Murderball
Best Film
Crash
Best Foreign Language Film
Caché (Hidden), France
- 2046, Hong Kong
- Downfall (Der Untergang), Germany
- Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu), Hong Kong
- Oldboy, South Korea
Best Original Score
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
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
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
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
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
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
- 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
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