11th Critics' Choice Awards explained

Number:	11
Award:	Critics' Choice Awards
Date:	January 9, 2006
Best Film:	Brokeback Mountain
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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

Brokeback Mountain Capote Cinderella Man The Constant Gardener Crash Good Night, and Good Luck King Kong Memoirs of a Geisha Munich Walk the Line	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
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	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
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	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
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	Dakota Fanning – War of the Worlds as Rachel Ferrier Flora Cross – Bee Season as Eliza Georgie Henley – as Lucy Pevensie Q'orianka Kilcher – The New World as Pocahontas Emma Watson – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Hermione Granger
Crash Good Night, and Good Luck Rent Sin City Syriana	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
Chicken Little Corpse Bride Howl's Moving Castle Madagascar	March of the Penguins Grizzly Man Mad Hot Ballroom Murderball
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dreamer Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Kung Fu Hustle • China / Hong Kong 2046 • China / France / Germany / Hong Kong Caché • France Oldboy • South Korea Paradise Now • Palestine Authority
Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla Elizabethtown – Nancy Wilson The New World – James Horner	"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
The 40-Year-Old Virgin Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Mrs Henderson Presents The Producers Wedding Crashers	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 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 2005 . . August 19, 2015 . https://archive.today/20120629073908/https://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2005.php . dead . June 29, 2012.
2. Web site: "Brokeback" Wins Top Critics' Choice Awards . Hernandez . Eugene . Eugene Hernandez . . January 10, 2006 . January 10, 2006.
3. Web site: 'Brokeback' Is Critics' Choice . . January 10, 2006 . January 10, 2006.
4. Web site: Kong to Receive Special Honor at the Critics' Choice Awards . Ngo . Binh . . December 20, 2005 . December 20, 2005.