2005 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

2nd SLGFCA Awards

January 8, 2006

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Best Film:
Brokeback Mountain

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Best Director:
Ang Lee
Brokeback Mountain

The 2nd St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards, retroactively known as the St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards, were given on January 8, 2006.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain as Ennis del Mar ^[1]

• 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 ^[1]

• 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 ^[1]

• 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 ^[1]

• 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 ^[1]

• 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 ^[1]

• 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 ^[1]

• Capote
• Cinderella Man
• The Constant Gardener
• Good Night, and Good Luck
• Match Point
• Mrs Henderson Presents
• Syriana

Best Foreign Language Film

Tsotsi • South Africa ^[1]

• 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 ^[1]

• 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 ^[1]

• 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 ^[1]

• 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 ^[1]

• 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

External links

• IMDb - St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

References

1. "St. Louis Film Critics". June 17, 2010. Archived from the original on June 17, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2025.