ROTTEN TOMATOES: Chicago Critics Announce Their Nominations

Chicago Critics Announce Their Nominations

by Scott Weinberg | January 03, 2006

Thanks to Movie City News for sharing the scoop on the Windy City critics and their favorite flicks of 2005.The Chicago film journalists will announce their year-end winners on January, 2006.

Best Picture

Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
A History of Violence
King Kong

Best Foreign Language Film

2046
Cache
Downfall
Kung-Fu Hustle
Oldboy

Best Director

George Clooney: Good Night, and Good Luck
David Cronenberg: A History of Violence
Peter Jackson: King Kong
Ang Lee: Brokeback Mountain
Steven Spielberg: Munich

Best Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Capote by Dan Futterman
Crash by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco
Good Night, and Good Luck by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
A History of Violence by Josh Olson

Best Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Actress

Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
Naomi Watts - King Kong
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

Best Supporting Actor

Matt Dillon - Crash
Terrence Howard - Crash
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
Mickey Rourke - Sin City
Donald Sutherland - Pride & Prejudice

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams - Junebug
Maria Bello - A History of Violence
Scarlett Johansson - Match Point
Catherine Keener - Capote
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

Best Original Score

Batman Begins - Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Danny Elfman
King Kong - James Newton Howard
Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams

Best Cinematography

Brokeback Mountain - Rodrigo Prieto
Good Night, and Good Luck - Robert Elswit
King Kong - Andrew Lesnie
Munich - Janusz Kaminski
The New World - Emmanuel Lubezki
Pride & Prejudice - Roman Osin

Best Documentary

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
March of the Penguins
Murderball

Most Promising Performer

Chris "Ludacris" Bridges - Crash and Hustle & Flow
Georgie Henley - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Miranda July - Me and You and Everyone We Know
Q�Orianka Kilcher - The New World
Owen Kline - The Squid and the Whale

Most Promising Director

Craig Brewer - Hustle & Flow
Miranda July - Me and You and Everyone We Know
Bennett Miller - Capote
Phil Morrison - Junebug
Joe Wright - Pride & Prejudice

Related Items

Movie:	Murderball
	Walk the Line
	2046
	Brokeback Mountain
	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
	Memoirs of a Geisha
	Sin City
	Transamerica
	Hustle & Flow
	King Kong
	Me and You and Everyone We Know
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
	Pride and Prejudice
	The Constant Gardener
	Kung Fu Hustle
	The Squid and the Whale
	March of the Penguins
	Munich
	Downfall
	Mad Hot Ballroom
	Batman Begins
	Junebug
	Cach�
	Grizzly Man
	The New World
	Cinderella Man
	The Upside of Anger
	Capote
	A History of Violence
	Match Point
	Good Night, And Good Luck
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
	Oldboy
Celeb:	Rodrigo Prieto
	Paul Giamatti
	Felicity Huffman
	Philip Seymour Hoffman
	Ludacris
	Mickey Rourke
	Janusz Kaminski
	Owen Kline
	Maria Bello
	Hans Zimmer
	Robert Elswit
	Craig Brewer
	Andrew Lesnie
	James Newton Howard
	Scarlett Johansson
	Jake Gyllenhaal
	Keira Knightley
	Terrence Howard
	Larry McMurtry
	Miranda July
	Heath Ledger
	Naomi Watts
	Matt Dillon
	Joan Allen
	Emmanuel Lubezki
	Michelle Williams
	Georgie Henley
	Phil Morrison
	Robert Moresco
	Peter Jackson
	David Cronenberg
	Paul Haggis
	David Strathairn
	Roman Osin
	John Williams
	Danny Elfman
	Catherine Keener
	Donald Sutherland
	Josh Olson
	Steven Spielberg
	Bennett Miller
	Joe Wright
	George Clooney
	Dan Futterman
	Amy Adams
	Joaquin Phoenix
	Reese Witherspoon
	Grant Heslov
	Ang Lee
	Rachel Weisz

(1-6 of 6 posts) | Reply

Banana Kid writes:
on Jan 03 2006 03:27 PM

Naomi Watts deserves that Best Actress award. She was fantastic in Kong.

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a_sad_un-sorry_hashbrown writes:
on Jan 03 2006 03:30 PM

[b]Wrong Link[/b]
U have the wrong link for "Crash" under best pic

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skletonkee writes:
on Jan 03 2006 04:34 PM

[b]wow..[/b]
this is the closet to what i think the oscars will look like thus far.

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thatdude123 writes:
on Jan 03 2006 08:41 PM

[b]These are great choices[/b]
Unlike The Golden Globes, it seems that the chicago critics have their head in the right place when picking nominees. Hopefully the Oscar choices will be this good. Go Kong! Go Naomi! Go Zimmer and Howard for the Batscore!

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MAT(sexymatt) writes:
on Jan 04 2006 01:26 AM

I am so pshyced about Hans and Howard getting Nominated for Batman Begins. I personally think that movie should also be nominated for best picture, best actor (Christian Bale), best supporting actors (Liam Neison, Micheal Caine), and Best Director for Christopher Nolan. All four of those guys along with Zimmer and Howard are what meade that movie so great and turned a debunk franchise into yet again a thriving character driven story that not only is cool but has heart. Go Batman Begins!!!!

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lovelykeira writes:
on Jan 04 2006 11:42 AM

Hell yea, nice choices. I'm very happy with the nods that Crash, Batman Begins, King Kong, Cinderella Man, Walk the Line, Downfall, and supprisingly Mickey Rourke of Sin City got. Hopefully the Oscars will give out as many nods to films I like.

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