11th Critics' Choice Awards

11th Critics' Choice Awards
Date	January 9, 2006
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Best Film	Brokeback Mountain

The 11th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 9, 2006, honoring the finest achievements of 2005 filmmaking.^[1][2][3] The ceremony was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.

Top 10 films

(in alphabetical order)

• Brokeback Mountain
• Capote
• Cinderella Man
• The Constant Gardener
• Crash
• Good Night, and Good Luck
• King Kong
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• Munich
• Walk the Line

Winners and nominees

Ang Lee, Best Director winner

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Actor winner

Reese Witherspoon, Best Actress winner

Paul Giamatti, Best Supporting Actor winner

Amy Adams, Best Supporting Actress co-winner

Michelle Williams, Best Supporting Actress co-winner

Freddie Highmore, Best Young Actor winner

Dakota Fanning, Best Young Actress winner

Paul Haggis, Best Writer co-winner

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 Director Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck Paul Haggis – Crash Ron Howard – Cinderella Man Peter Jackson – King Kong Steven Spielberg – Munich
Best Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote as Truman Capote Russell Crowe – Cinderella Man as James J. Braddock Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow as DJay Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain as Ennis Del Mar Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line as Johnny Cash David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck as Edward R. Murrow	Best Actress Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line as June Carter Cash Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger as Terry Wolfmeyer Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents as Laura Henderson Felicity Huffman – Transamerica as Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice as Elizabeth Bennet Charlize Theron – North Country as Josey Aimes
Best Supporting Actor Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man as Joe Gould George Clooney – Syriana as Bob Barnes Kevin Costner – The Upside of Anger as Denny Davies Matt Dillon – Crash as Officer John Ryan Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain as Jack Twist Terrence Howard – Crash as Cameron Thayer	Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams – Junebug as Ashley Johnsten (TIE) Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain as Alma Beers Del Mar (TIE) Maria Bello – A History of Violence as Edie Stall Catherine Keener – Capote as Nelle Harper Lee Frances McDormand – North Country as Glory Dodge Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener as Tessa Abbott-Quayle
Best Young Actor Freddie Highmore – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Charlie Bucket Jesse Eisenberg – The Squid and the Whale as Walt Berkman Alex Etel – Millions as Damian Cunningham Owen Kline – The Squid and the Whale as Frank Berkman Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Harry Potter	Best Young Actress Dakota Fanning – War of the Worlds as Rachel Ferrier Flora Cross – Bee Season as Eliza Georgie Henley – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Lucy Pevensie Q'orianka Kilcher – The New World as Pocahontas Emma Watson – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Hermione Granger
Best Acting Ensemble Crash Good Night, and Good Luck Rent Sin City Syriana	Best Writer 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 The Squid and the Whale – Noah Baumbach
Best Animated Feature Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Chicken Little Corpse Bride Howl's Moving Castle Madagascar	Best Documentary Feature March of the Penguins Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Grizzly Man Mad Hot Ballroom Murderball
Best Family Film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dreamer Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Best Foreign Language Film Kung Fu Hustle • China / Hong Kong 2046 • China / France / Germany / Hong Kong Caché • France Oldboy • South Korea Paradise Now • Palestine Authority
Best Composer Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla Elizabethtown – Nancy Wilson The New World – James Horner	Best Song "Hustle & Flow" – Hustle & Flow "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" – Brokeback Mountain "Same in Any Language" – Elizabethtown "Seasons of Love" – Rent "Travelin' Thru" – Transamerica
Best Comedy Movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Mrs Henderson Presents The Producers Wedding Crashers	Best Soundtrack Walk the Line Elizabethtown Memoirs of a Geisha The Producers Rent

Freedom Award

George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Picture Made for Television

Into the West

• No Direction Home
• Rome (for episode "The Stolen Eagle")
• Warm Springs

Distinguished Achievement in Performing Arts Award

King Kong – King Kong ^[4]

Statistics

Nominations	Film
8	Brokeback Mountain
6	Crash
5	Good Night, and Good Luck
4	Capote
	Cinderella Man
	Walk the Line
3	Elizabethtown
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
	Memoirs of a Geisha
	Rent
	The Squid and the Whale
2	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
	The Constant Gardener
	Hustle & Flow
	King Kong
	Mrs Henderson Presents
	Munich
	The New World
	North Country
	The Producers
	Syriana
	Transamerica
	The Upside of Anger

Wins	Film
3	Brokeback Mountain
2	Crash
	Walk the Line

References

1. "The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 2005". Broadcast Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
2. Hernandez, Eugene (January 10, 2006). ""Brokeback" Wins Top Critics' Choice Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved January 10, 2006.
3. "'Brokeback' Is Critics' Choice". CBS News. January 10, 2006. Retrieved January 10, 2006.
4. Ngo, Binh (December 20, 2005). "Kong to Receive Special Honor at the Critics' Choice Awards". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 20, 2005.