# 2005 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

2nd SLGFCA Awards
January 8, 2006
Best Film:
Brokeback Mountain
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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Capote
* Cinderella Man
* The Constant Gardener
* Good Night, and Good Luck
* Match Point
* Mrs Henderson Presents
* Syriana

### Best Foreign Language Film

Tsotsi • South Africa
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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