31st Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2005
BEST PICTURE
Brokeback Mountain
"Brokeback Mountain"
Runner up: "A History Of Violence"
BEST DIRECTOR
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee
"Brokeback Mountain"
Runner up: David Cronenberg
"A History Of Violence"
BEST ACTOR
Capote
Philip Seymour Hoffman
"Capote"
Runner up: Heath Ledger
"Brokeback Mountain"
BEST ACTRESS
Down To The Bone
Vera Farmiga
"Down To The Bone"
Runner up: Dame Judi Dench
"Mrs. Henderson Presents"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
A History Of Violence
William Hurt
"A History Of Violence"
Runner up: Frank Langella
"Good Night"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Catherine Keener
"The 40-Year-Old Virgin"
Runner up: Amy Adams
"June Bug"
BEST SCREENPLAY
Capote The Squid And The Whale
Dan Futterman
"Capote"
TIED
Noah Baumbach
"The Squid And The Whale"
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Good Night, And Good Luck
Robert Elswit
"Good Night, And Good Luck"
Runner up: Chris Doyle, Kwan Pun Leung & Yiu-Fai Lai
"2046"
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
2046
William Chang
"2046"
Runner up: James D. Bissel
"Good Night, And Good Luck"
BEST MUSIC SCORE
Howl’s Moving Castle
Joe Hisaishi
"Howl’s Moving Castle"
Runner up: Ryuichi Sakamoto
"Tony Takitani"
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Cache
"Cache"
Runner up: "2046"
BEST DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM
Grizzly Man
"Grizzly Man"
Werner Herzog
Runner up: "Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room"
Alex Gibney
BEST ANIMATION
Wallace & Gromit In The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
"Wallace & Gromit In The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit"
NEW GENERATION AWARD
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Terrence Howard
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
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Richard Widmark
SPECIAL CITATIONS
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To Kevin Thomas For His Contribution To Film Culture In Los Angeles.
TO DAVID SHEPARD, BRUCE POSNER AND THE ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVE TO HONOR "UNSEEN CINEMA", AN UNPRECEDENTED 8-DISC COLLECTION OF FILMS FROM 1894-1941.
THE DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL/ INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO AWARD
La Commune (Paris 1871)
Peter Watkins
"La Commune (Paris 1871)"