HERE COME THE AWARDS

You know awards season is underway for real when the venerable but swift National Board of Review announces its tops of the year, and here are the 2005 winners. To see how the board’s list compares with that of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, click here.



BEST FILM
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

RUNNERS-UP (In alphabetical order)

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

CAPOTE

CRASH

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

MATCH POINT

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

MUNICH

SYRIANA

WALK THE LINE


BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
PARADISE NOW

RUNNERS-UP (In alphabetical order)

2046

BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS

DOWNFALL

WALK ON WATER

BEST DOCUMENTARY
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS

RUNNERS-UP (In alphabetical order)

BALLETS RUSSES

GRIZZLY MAN

MAD HOT BALLROOM

MURDERBALL

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE

BEST DIRECTOR
ANG LEE (Brokeback Mountain)

BEST ACTOR
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (Capote)

BEST ACTRESS
FELICITY HOFFMAN (TransAmerica)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
JAKE GYLLENHAAL (Brokeback Mountain)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
GONG LI (Memoirs of a Geisha)

BEST ACTING BY AN ENSEMBLE
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (ACTOR)
TERRENCE HOWARD (Crash, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Hustle & Flow)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (ACTRESS)
Q’ORIANKA KILCHER (The New World)

BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
JULIAN FELLOWES (Separate Lies)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
STEPHEN GAGHAN (Syriana)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
NOAH BAUMBACH (The Squid and the Whale)

BEST FILM OR MINI-SERIES MADE FOR CABLE
LACKAWANNA BLUES

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
JANE FONDA

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM MUSIC COMPOSITION
HOWARD SHORE

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL EFFECTS
KING KONG

BILLY WILDER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DIRECTION
DAVID CRONENBERG

WILLIAM K. EVERSON AWARD FOR FILM HISTORY
GEORGE FELTENSTEIN

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD
SAUL ZAENTZ