The awards race is heating up with the announcement of the 2005 Critics’ Choice Awards. Voted for by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, which includes TV, radio and online critics, the gongs will be handed out on January 9.
Leading the pack with eight nominations is Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. In second place with six is Paul Haggis’ Crash. The full list of nominations are as follows:
Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Good Night, And Good Luck
King Kong
Memoirs Of A Geisha
Munich
Walk The Line
Best Actor
Russell Crowe - Cinderella Man
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Terrence Howard - Hustle And 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
Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
Keira Knightley - Pride And Prejudice
Charlize Theron - North Country
Reese Witherspoon - Walk The Line
Best Supporting Actor
George Clooney - Syriana
Kevin Costner - The Upside Of Anger
Matt Dillon - Crash
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
Terrence Howard - Crash
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - Junebug
Maria Bello - A History Of Violence
Catherine Keener - Capote
Frances McDormand - North Country
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
Best Acting Ensemble
Crash
Good Night, And Good Luck
Rent
Sin City
Syriana
Best Director
George Clooney - Good Night, And Good Luck
Paul Haggis - Crash
Ron Howard - Cinderella Man
Peter Jackson - King Kong
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Steven Spielberg - Munich
Best Writer
Noah Baumbach - The Squid And The Whale
George Clooney, Grant Heslov - Good Night, And Good Luck
Dan Futterman - Capote
Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco - Crash
Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana - Brokeback Mountain
Best Animated Feature
Chicken Little
Corpse Bride
Howl's Moving Castle
Madagascar
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Young Actor
Jesse Eisenberg - The Squid And The Whale
Axel Etel - Millions
Freddie Highmore - Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Owen Kline - The Squid And The Whale
Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire
Best Young Actress
Flora Cross - Bee Season
Dakota Fanning - War Of The Worlds
Georgie Henley - Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And the Wardrobe, The
Q'Orianka Kilcher - The New World
Emma Watson - Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire
Best Comedy Movie
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
Mrs. Henderson Presents
The Producers: The Movie Musical
Wedding Crashers
Best Family Film (live action)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch And The Wardrobe, The
Dreamer: Inspired By A True Story
Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire
Best Documentary Feature
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Best Foreign Language Film
2046
Cache
Kung Fu Hustle
Oldboy
Paradise Now
Best Song
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old", Emmylou Harris - Brokeback Mountain
"Hustle and Flow", Terrence Howard - Hustle and Flow
"Same In Any Language", I Nine - Elizabethtown
"Seasons of Love", Tracie Thoms, Jesse L. Martin and Cast - Rent
"Travelin’ Thru", Dolly Parton - Transamerica
Best Soundtrack
Elizabethtown
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Producers: The Movie Musical
Rent
Walk The Line
Best Composer
James Horner - The New World
Gustavo Santaolalla - Brokeback Mountain
John Williams - Memoirs Of A Geisha
Nancy Wilson - Elizabethtown
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