St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2006



3rd SLGFCA Awards January 7, 2007

Best Film: The Departed

Best Directors: Martin Scorsese The Departed The 3rd St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards were given on January 7, 2007.

Top Films of 2006
(in alphabetical order)
 * Blood Diamond
 * The Departed
 * Dreamgirls
 * Flags of Our Fathers
 * The Good Shepherd
 * The Last King of Scotland
 * Notes on a Scandal
 * The Queen
 * United 93

Winners & Nominees
Source:

Best Actor
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin
 * Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
 * Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
 * Matt Damon - The Good Shepherd
 * Aaron Eckhart - Thank You for Smoking
 * Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
 * Edward Norton - The Painted Veil
 * Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness

Best Actress
Helen Mirren - The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II
 * Annette Bening - Running with Scissors
 * Juliette Binoche - Breaking and Entering
 * Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
 * Kate Winslet - Little Children

Best Animated or Children's Film
Cars
 * Charlotte's Web
 * Happy Feet
 * Monster House
 * Over the Hedge

Best Cinematography
The Painted Veil
 * Babel
 * Blood Diamond
 * The Departed
 * Flags of Our Fathers
 * Hollywoodland
 * Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Director
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
 * Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
 * Robert De Niro - The Good Shepherd
 * Clint Eastwood - Flags of Our Fathers
 * Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
 * Stephen Frears - The Queen
 * Paul Greengrass - United 93
 * Edward Zwick - Blood Diamond

Best Documentary
An Inconvenient Truth
 * Deliver Us from Evil
 * The Heart of the Game
 * Iraq for Sale
 * Why We Fight

Best Foreign Language Film
El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) • Mexico/Spain/United States
 * Apocalypto
 * Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)
 * Sorstalanság (Fateless)
 * Volver (To Return)
 * Zui hao de shi guang (Three Times)

Best Overlooked Film
Running with Scissors
 * Brick
 * Brothers of the Head
 * Kekexili: Mountain Patrol
 * Keeping Up with the Steins
 * Deliver Us from Evil
 * Lonesome Jim

Best Picture
The Departed
 * Blood Diamond
 * Dreamgirls
 * Flags of Our Fathers
 * The Good Shepherd
 * The Last King of Scotland
 * Notes on a Scandal
 * The Queen
 * United 93

Best Screenplay
The Queen - Peter Morgan
 * Bobby - Emilio Estevez
 * The Departed - William Monahan
 * Little Children - Todd Field
 * Little Miss Sunshine - Michael Arndt
 * Notes on a Scandal - Patrick Marber
 * Thank You for Smoking - Jason Reitman

Best Supporting Actor
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond as Solomon Vandy
 * Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
 * Adam Beach - Flags of Our Fathers
 * Steve Carell - Little Miss Sunshine
 * Chalo Gonzales - Quinceañera
 * Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
 * Jack Nicholson - The Departed

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls as Effie White
 * Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
 * Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
 * Jill Clayburgh - Running with Scissors
 * Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
 * Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
 * Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
 * Lili Taylor - Factotum

Best Visual/Special Effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 * The Fountain
 * El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)
 * V for Vendetta
 * Superman Returns
 * District B-13

Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film
United 93
 * The Science of Sleep
 * Little Miss Sunshine
 * Brick
 * Little Children
 * Zen Noir
 * El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)