Awards Season Is On - The 2005 Broadcast Film Critics Association

Nominees for the 11th Annual Critic’s Choice Awards include:

Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Cinderella Man, The Constant Gardener, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck, King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha, Munich, Walk the Line.

Best Actor: Russell Crowe (Cinderella Man), 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), Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents) Felicity Huffman (Transamerica), Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice), Charlize Theron (North Country), Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line).

Best Supporting Actor: George Clooney (Syriana), Kevin Costner (The Upside of Anger), Matt Dillon (Crash), Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man), Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain), Terrence Howard (Crash).

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams (Junebug), Maria Bello (A History of Violence), Catherine Keener (Capote), Frances McDormand (North Country), Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain).

Best Writer: Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale), George Clooney, Grant Heslov (Good Night, and Good Luck), Dan Futterman (Capote), Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco (Crash), Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana (Brokeback Mountain).

Best Director: George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck), Paul Haggis (Crash), Ron Howard (Cinderella Man), Peter Jackson (King Kong), Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain), Steven Spielberg (Munich).

Photos: 20th Century Fox (Walk the Line); New Line Cinema (The Upside of Anger); Warner Independent Pictures (Good Night, and Good Luck).