St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2005



2nd SLGFCA Awards January 8, 2006

Best Film: Brokeback Mountain

Best Director: Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain The  2nd St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards  were given on January 8, 2006.

Best Actor
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain as Ennis del Mar
 * Pierce Brosnan - The Matador
 * Russell Crowe - Cinderella Man
 * Ralph Fiennes - The Constant Gardener
 * Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
 * Cillian Murphy - Breakfast on Pluto
 * Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
 * David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Actress
Judi Dench - Mrs Henderson Presents as Mrs Henderson
 * Claire Danes - Shopgirl
 * Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
 * Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
 * Laura Linney - The Squid and the Whale
 * Gwyneth Paltrow - Proof
 * Charlize Theron - North Country
 * Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

Best Animated, Musical or Comedy Film
Wedding Crashers
 * The 40-Year-Old Virgin
 * Corpse Bride
 * Madagascar
 * The Matador
 * The Producers
 * Robots
 * Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Best Cinematography or Visual/Special Effects
King Kong
 * Brokeback Mountain
 * The Constant Gardener
 * Good Night, and Good Luck
 * Memoirs of a Geisha
 * Pride & Prejudice
 * Sin City
 * War of the Worlds

Best Director
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
 * Woody Allen - Match Point
 * George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck
 * David Cronenberg - A History of Violence
 * Peter Jackson - King Kong
 * Fernando Meirelles - The Constant Gardener
 * Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez - Sin City
 * Steven Spielberg - Munich

Best Documentary Feature
March of the Penguins
 * The Aristocrats
 * Born into Brothels
 * Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
 * Grizzly Man
 * Mad Hot Ballroom
 * Murderball
 * The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

Best Film
Brokeback Mountain
 * Capote
 * Cinderella Man
 * The Constant Gardener
 * Good Night, and Good Luck
 * Match Point
 * Mrs Henderson Presents
 * Syriana

Best Foreign Language Film
Tsotsi • South Africa
 * 2046 • China
 * The Beautiful Country • Norway
 * Downfall • Germany
 * Kung Fu Hustle • China
 * Oldboy • South Korea
 * Paradise Now • Palestine
 * Walk on Water • Israel

Best Overlooked Film or Most Original, Artistically Innovative or Creative Film
Sin City
 * 2046
 * The Dying Gaul
 * Junebug
 * Layer Cake
 * Me and You and Everyone We Know
 * Nobody Knows
 * Thumbsucker

Best Screenplay
Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
 * Breakfast on Pluto - Neil Jordan
 * Capote - Dan Futterman
 * The Constant Gardener - Jeffrey Caine
 * Crash - Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
 * Good Night, and Good Luck - George Clooney and Grant Heslov
 * Match Point - Woody Allen
 * Munich - Tony Kushner and Eric Roth

Best Supporting Actor
George Clooney - Syriana as Bob Barnes
 * George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck
 * Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
 * Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
 * Bob Hoskins - Mrs Henderson Presents
 * Greg Kinnear - The Matador 
 * Oliver Platt - Casanova
 * Mickey Rourke - Sin City

Best Supporting Actress
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener as Tessa Quayle
 * Amy Adams - Junebug
 * Catherine Keener - Capote
 * Shirley MacLaine - In Her Shoes
 * Frances McDormand - North Country
 * Sharon Wilkins - Palindromes
 * Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
 * Renée Zellweger - Cinderella Man