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.

Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote

• Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
• Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
• Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line
• David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck.

Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger

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

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

David Cronenberg – A History of Violence

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

Grizzly Man

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

Crash

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

Caché (Hidden), France

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

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

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

Mickey Rourke – Sin City

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

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

Bennett Miller – Capote

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

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

• http://moviecitynews.com/archived/awards/2006/cirtics_awards/chicago.html
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