Oscar season 2005: SAG Winner

  • November, 29: Independent Spirit Award Nominees

  • Best Feature:
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Capote
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • The Squid and the Whale
  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
  • Best Actor:
  • Jeff Daniels (The Squid and the Whale)
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
  • Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow)
  • Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)
  • David Strathairn (Good Night, and, Good Luck.)
  • Best Actress:
  • Laura Linney (The Squid and the Whale)
  • Felicity Huffman (Transamerica)
  • Dina Korzun (Forty Shades of Blue)
  • S. Epatha Merkerson (Lackawanna Blues)
  • Cyndi Williams (Room)
  • Best Supporting Actor:
  • Firdous Bamji (The War Within)
  • Matt Dillon (Crash)
  • Jesse Eisenberg (The Squid and the Whale)
  • Barry Pepper (The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada)
  • Jeffrey Wright (Broken Flowers)
  • Best Supporting Actress:
  • Amy Adams (Junebug)
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal (Happy Endins)
  • Allison Janney (Our Very Own)
  • Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Robin Wright Penn (Nine Lives)
  • Best Direction:
  • Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale)
  • Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
  • George Clooney (Good Night, and, Good Luck.)
  • Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin)
  • Rodrigo Garcia (Nine Lives)
  • Best First Feature:
  • Paul Haggis (Crash)
  • George C. Wolfe (Lackawanna Blues)
  • Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know)
  • Mike Mills (Thumbsucker)
  • Duncan Tucker (Transamerica)
  • Best Screenplay:
  • Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Catelo, Tom Glynn (The War Within)
  • Guillermo Arriaga (The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada)
  • Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale)
  • Dan Futterman (Capote)
  • Rodrigo Garcia (Nine Lives)
  • Best First Screenplay:
  • Kenneth Hanes (Fixing Frank)
  • Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know)
  • Angus MacLachlan (Junebug)
  • Sabina Murray (The Beautiful Country)
  • Duncan Tucker (Transamerica)
  • Best Cinematography:
  • Robert Elswit (Good Night, and, Good Luck.)
  • John Foster (Keane)
  • Adam Kimmel (Capote)
  • Chris Menges (The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada)
  • Harris Savides (Last Days)
  • Best Foreign Language Film:
  • The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Roumania)
  • Duck Season (Mexico)
  • Gegen die Wand (Germany)
  • Paradise Now (Palestine)
  • Tony Takitani (Japan)
  • Best Documentary Feature:
  • Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room)
  • Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man)
  • Scott Dalton, Margarita Martinez (La Sierra)
  • Mark Becker (Romantico)
  • David Zeiger (Sir! No Sir!)
  • John Cassavetes Award:
  • Brick
  • Conventioneers
  • Jellysmoke
  • The Puffy Chair
  • Room
  • Someone to Watch Award:
  • Ian Gamazon, Neill Dela Llana (Cavite)
  • Robinson Devor (Police Beat)
  • Jay Duplass (The Puffy Chair)
  • Truer Than Fiction Award:
  • Rachel Boynton (Our Brand Is Crisis)
  • Garrett Scott, Ian Olds (Occupation: Dreamland)
  • Mark Becker (Romantico)
  • Thomas Allen Harris (Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela)
  • Producers Award:
  • Caroline Baron (Capote, Monsoon Wedding)
  • Ram Bergman (Brick, Conversations with Other Women)
  • Mike S. Ryan (Junebug, Palindromes)
  • December, 3: European Film Awards

  • Best Film : Caché (directed by Michael Haneke) (France)
  • Best Direction: Michael Haneke (Caché) (France)
  • Best Actress: Julia Jentsch (Sophie Scholl- Die letzten Tage) (Germany)
  • Best Actor: Daniel Auteuil (Caché) (France)
  • Best Screenplay: Paradise Now (Netherlands)
  • Best Cinematography: Don’t Come Knocking (Germany)
  • Best Music: Hotel Rwanda (Great Britain, South Africa, Italy)
  • Best Editing: Caché (France)
  • Best Art Direction: Un long dimanche de fiançailles (France)
  • Best International Film : Good Night, and Good Luck (USA)
  • Great Jury Prize: Caché (France)
  • Fassbinder-Award (breakthrough of the year): Anklaget (Denmark)
  • Best Documentary Feature: Un dragon dans les eaux pures du Caucase (France)
  • Best Short Feature : Undressing my mother (Ireland)
  • Life Achievement Award: Sir Sean Connery (actor)
  • Award for Contribution to International Cinema: Maurice Jarre (composer)
  • Jameson People’s Choice Award for Best Direction: Marc Rothemund (Sophie Scholl-Die letzten Tage) (Germany)
  • Jameson People’s Choice Award for Best Actor: Orlando Bloom (Kingdom of Heaven) (Great Britain)
  • Jameson People’s Choice Award for Best Actress: Julia Jentsch (Sophie Scholl- Die letzten Tage) (Germany)
  • December, 6: National Board of Review Winners

  • Best Motion Picture:
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • Other Top Nine Films:
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Capote
  • Crash
  • A History of Violence
  • Match Point
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Munich
  • Syriana
  • Walk the Line
  • Best Direction:
  • Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Best Leading Actor:
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
  • Best Leading Actress:
  • Felicity Huffman (Transamerica)
  • Best Supporting Actor:
  • Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Best Supporting Actress:
  • Gong Li (Memoirs of a Geisha)
  • Best Acting Ensemble:
  • Mrs. Henderson Presents
  • Best Original Screenplay:
  • The Squid and the Whale
  • Best Adapted Screenplay:
  • Syriana
  • Best Foreign Language Films:
  • Paradise Now (Palestine, Netherlands) (1st place)
  • 2046
  • Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
  • Downfall
  • Walk on Water
  • Best Animated Feature:
  • Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
  • Best Documentary Features:
  • March of the Penguins (1st place)
  • Ballets Russes
  • Grizzly Man
  • Mad Hot Ballroom
  • Murderball
  • Best Special Effects:
  • King Kong
  • Best Breakthrough Performance, Male:
  • Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow)
  • Best Breakthrough Performance, Female:
  • Q'Orianka Kilcher (The New World)
  • Best Direction Debut:
  • Julian Fellowes (Seperate Lies)
  • Career Achievement Award:
  • Jane Fonda
  • Career Achievement- Music Composition
  • Howard Shore
  • William K. Everson Award for Film History
  • George Feltenstein
  • Special Achievement in Producting
  • Saul Zaentz
  • Special Recognition of Films That Reflect Freedom of Expression
  • Innocent Voices
  • The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
  • Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking
  • Breakfast on Pluto
  • Cape of Good Hope
  • The Dying Gaul
  • Everything Is Illuminated
  • Hustle & Flow
  • Junebug
  • Layer Cake
  • Lord of War
  • Nine Lives
  • The Thing About My Folks
  • The Upside of Anger
  • December, 10: L.A. Film Critics Awards

  • Best Film:
  • Brokeback Mountain [Runner-Up: A History of Violence]
  • Best Actor:
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) [Runner-Up: Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)]
  • Best Actress:
  • Vera Farmiga (Down to the Bone) [Runner-Up: Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents)]
  • Best Supporting Actor:
  • William Hurt (A History of Violence) [Runner-Up: Frank Langella (Good Night, and Good Luck.)]
  • Best Supporting Actress:
  • Catherine Keener (Capote, The 40 Year Old Virgin, The Interpreter) [Runner-Up: Amy Adams (Junebug)]
  • Best Direction:
  • Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) [Runner-Up: David Cronenberg (A History of Violence)]
  • Best Screenplay:
  • The Squid and the Whale
  • Capote
  • Best Cinematography:
  • Good Night, and Good Luck. [Runner-Up: 2046]
  • Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Caché [Runner-Up: 2046)]
  • Best Documentary Feature:
  • Grizzly Man [Runner-Up: Enron: The Smartest Guy in the Room]
  • Best Animated Feature:
  • Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
  • Best Musical Score:
  • Howl's Moving Castle
  • Best Art Direction:
  • 2046 [Runner-Up: Good Night, and Good Luck.]
  • New Generation Award:
  • Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Four Brothers)
  • December, 11: American Film Institute Top 10 Movies of the Year

  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Capote
  • Crash
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • A History of Violence
  • The 40 Year Old Virgin
  • King Kong
  • Munich
  • The Squid and the Whale
  • Syriana
  • December, 11: Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) Awards

  • Nominees
  • December, 12: New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Best Film:
  • Brokeback Mountain [Runner-Up: Munich]
  • Best Actor:
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) [Runner-Up: Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain]
  • Best Actress:
  • Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) [Runner-Up: Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice)
  • Best Supporting Actor:
  • Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man) [Runner-Up: Oliver Platt (Casanova, The Ice Harvest)]
  • Best Supporting Actress:
  • Catherine Keener (The Ballad of Jack & Rose, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Capote)
  • Best Acting Ensemble:
  • Syriana [Runner-Up: Crash]
  • Best Direction:
  • Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) [Runner-Up: Steven Spielberg (Munich)]
  • Best Screenplay:
  • Capote [Runner-Up: Munich]
  • Best Cinematography:
  • Good Night, and Good Luck. [Runner-Up: Brokeback Mountain]
  • Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Kung Fu Hustle [Runner-Up: 2046]
  • Best Documentary Feature:
  • Murderball [Runner-Up: Grizzly Man]
  • Best New Filmmaker:
  • Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice) [Runner-Up: Paul Haggis (Crash)]
  • December, 13: Golden Globe Nominees

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  • January, 4: Producers Guild Nominees

  • Best Film of the Year:
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Capote
  • Crash
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • Walk the Line
  • Best Animated Feature:
  • Madagascar
  • Robots
  • Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
  • Valiant
  • Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
  • January, 4: Writers Guild Nominees

  • Best Adapted Screenplay:
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Capote
  • The Constant Gardener
  • A History of Violence
  • Syriana
  • Best Original Screenplay:
  • Cinderella Man
  • Crash
  • The 40 Year Old Virgin
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • The Squid and the Whale
  • January, 5: Directors Guild Nominees

  • Best Direction:
  • George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck.)
  • Paul Haggis (Crash)
  • Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Bennett Miller (Capote)
  • Steven Spielberg (Munich)
  • Honoree:
  • Clint Eastwood
  • January, 5: Screen Actors Guild Nominees

  • Best Actor:
  • Russell Crowe (Cinderella Man)
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
  • Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line)
  • David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck.)
  • Best Actress:
  • Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
  • Felicity Huffman (Transamerica)
  • Charlize Theron (North Country)
  • Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)
  • Zhang Ziyi (Memoirs of a Geisha)
  • Best Supporting Actor:
  • Don Cheadle (Crash)
  • George Clooney (Syriana)
  • Matt Dillon (Crash)
  • Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man)
  • Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Best Supporting Actress:
  • Amy Adams (Junebug)
  • Catherine Keener (Capote)
  • Frances McDormand (North Country)
  • Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)
  • Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Best Acting Ensemble:
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Capote
  • Crash
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • Hustle & Flow
  • January, 8: NSFC Awards

  • Best Film
  • Capote
  • Best Actor
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
  • Best Actress
  • Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Ed Harris (A History of Violence)
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Amy Adams (Junebug)
  • Best Screenplay
  • The Squid and the Whale
  • Best Cinematography
  • 2046
  • Best Documentary Feature
  • Grizzly Man
  • Best Foreign Film
  • Gegen die Wand (Germany)
  • January, 9: BFCA Awards

  • Best Film
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Best Direction
  • Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Best Actor
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
  • Best Actress
  • Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man)
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Amy Adams (Junebug) and Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Best Acting Ensemble
  • Crash
  • Best Writer
  • Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco (Crash)
  • Best Animated Feature
  • Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
  • Best Young Actor
  • Freddie Highmore (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
  • Best Young Actress
  • Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds)
  • Best Comedy Movie
  • The 40 Year Old Virgin
  • Best Family Film
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • Best TV Movie
  • Into the West
  • Best Documentary Feature
  • March of the Penguins
  • Best Song
  • "Hustle and Flow" (Hustle and Flow)
  • Best Soundtrack
  • Walk the Line
  • Best Composer
  • John Williams (Memoirs of a Geisha)
  • Best Foreign Language Film
  • Kung Fu Hustle
  • January, 16: Golden Globe Winners

  • Best Picture- Drama
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Best Picture- Comedy or Musical
  • Walk the Line
  • Best Direction
  • Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Best Leading Actor- Drama
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
  • Best Leading Actor- Comedy or Musical
  • Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line)
  • Best Leading Actress- Drama
  • Felicity Huffman (Transamerica)
  • Best Leading Actress- Comedy or Musical
  • Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • George Clooney (Syriana)
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)
  • Best Screenplay
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Best Score
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Best Song
  • "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Best Foreign Language Film
  • Paradise Now (Palestine)
  • January, 18: BAFTA Nominees

  • Best Film
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Capote
  • The Constant Gardener
  • Crash
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • Best British Film (Alexander Korda Award
  • A Cock & Bull Story
  • The Constant Gardener
  • Festival
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
  • Best Direction (David Lean Award)
  • Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Bennett Miller (Capote)
  • Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener)
  • Paul Haggis (Crash)
  • George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck.)
  • Best Achievement in Production, Direction or Writing in a British Film (Carl Foreman Award)
  • David Belton (Shooting Dogs, producer)
  • Peter Fudakowski (Tsotsi, producer)
  • Annie Griffin (Festival, writer & director)
  • Richard Hawkins (Everything, director)
  • Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice, director)
  • Original Screenplay
  • Cinderella Man
  • Crash
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • Hotel Rwanda
  • Mrs. Henderson Presents
  • Adapted Screenplay
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Capote
  • The Constant Gardener
  • A History of Violence
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • Best Foreign Language Film
  • De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté (France)
  • Le grand voyage (France)
  • Kung Fu Hustle (Hong Kong, China)
  • Joyeux Noël (France, Germany)
  • Tsotsi (South Africa)
  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck.)
  • Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
  • Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line)
  • Ralph Fiennes (The Constant Gardener)
  • Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • Charlize Theron (North Country)
  • Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
  • Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)
  • Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)
  • Ziyi Zhang (Memoirs of a Geisha)
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Don Cheadle (Crash)
  • George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck.)
  • George Clooney (Syriana)
  • Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Matt Dillon (Crash)
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice)
  • Catherine Keener (Capote)
  • Frances McDormand (North Country)
  • Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Thandie Newton (Crash)
  • Best Music (Anthony Asquith Award)
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • The Constant Gardener
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Mrs. Henderson Presents
  • Walk the Line
  • Best Cinematography
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • The Constant Gardener
  • Crash
  • March of the Penguins
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Best Editing
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • The Constant Gardener
  • Crash
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • March of the Penguins
  • Best Production Design
  • Batman Begins
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • King Kong
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Best Costume Design
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Mrs. Henderson Presents
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • Best Sound
  • Batman Begins
  • The Constant Gardener
  • Crash
  • King Kong
  • Walk the Line
  • Best Visual Effects
  • Batman Begins
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • King Kong
  • Best Make-up and Hair
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • Short Animation Film
  • Fallen Art
  • Film Noir
  • Kamiya's Correspondence
  • The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
  • Rabbit
  • Short Film
  • Antonio's Breakfast
  • Call Register
  • Heavy Metal Drummer
  • Heydar, an Afghan in Tehran
  • Lucky
  • Audience Award
  • January, 22: Producers Guild Awards

  • Brokeback Mountain
  • January, 28: Directors Guild Awards

  • Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Documentary: Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man)
  • January, 29: Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
  • Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man)
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)
  • January, 31: Academy Award Nominees

  • February, 4: Writers Guild Awards
  • February, 19: BAFTA Winners
  • March, 4: Independent Spirit Awards
  • March, 5: Academy Awards
Author Comments: 

Tally:

Independent Spirit Awards Nominations:
The Squid and the Whale: 6
Brokeback Mountain: 4
Capote: 4
Good Night, and Good Luck.: 4
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada: 4
Transamerica: 3
Nine Lives: 3

European Film Awards:
Caché: 5
Sophie Scholl- Die letzten Tage: 3

National Board of Review Winners:
Brokeback Mountain: 2
Good Night, and Good Luck.: 1

L.A. Critics Awards:
Brokeback Mountain: 2 + 1
Capote: 2
A History of Violence: 1 + 2
2046: 1 + 2

Golden Globe Nominees:
Brokeback Mountain: 7
Good Night, and Good Luck.: 4
Match Point: 4
The Producers: 4
The Constant Gardener: 3
Mrs. Henderson Presents: 3
Walk the Line: 3
The Squid and the Whale: 3
Munich: 2
King Kong: 2

BFCA Awards
Brokeback Mountain: 3
Crash: 2
Walk the Line: 2

Golden Globes
Brokeback Mountain: 4
Walk the Line: 3

BAFTA Nominees
Brokeback Mountain: 9
Capote: 5
The Constant Gardener: 10 (!)
Crash: 9 (!)
Good Night, and Good Luck.: 6
Festival: 2
Pride and Prejudice: 6
Tsotsi: 2
Mrs. Henderson Presents: 4
Walk the Line: 4
North Country: 2
Memoirs of a Geisha: 6
March of the Penguins: 2
Batman Begins: 3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: 4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: 3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 3
King Kong: 3
Munich: 0(!) (see last year: Million Dollar Baby)

Other news:

The official posters for this year's edition of Academy Awards.

Oscar host is Jon Stewart.

President of the Cannes Jury is Wong Kar-Wai.

The Honorary Academy Award goes this year to director Robert Altman.

Cecil B. DeMille Award- Honoree is Anthony Hopkins.