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National Society Of Film Critics Awards 2005
40th NSFC Awards January 7, 2006 ---- Best Film: Capote The 40th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 7 January 2006, honored the best in film for 2005. Winners Best Picture 1. '' Capote'' (12) 2. ''A History of Violence'' (11) 3. ''2046'' Best Director 1. David Cronenberg – ''A History of Violence'' (32) 2. Wong Kar-wai – ''2046'' (26) 3. Bennett Miller – '' Capote'' (23) Best Actor 1. Philip Seymour Hoffman – '' Capote'' (68) 2. Jeff Daniels – ''The Squid and the Whale'' (41) 3. Heath Ledger – ''Brokeback Mountain'' (40) Best Actress 1. Reese Witherspoon – ''Walk the Line'' (37) 2. Keira Knightley – '' Pride & Prejudice'' (27) 3. Kate Dollenmayer – '' Funny Ha Ha'' (18) 3. Vera Farmiga – '' Down to the Bone'' (18) Best Supporting Actor 1. Ed Harris – ''A History of Violence'' (27) 2. Mathieu Amalric – ''Munich'' (22) 2. Frank Langella – ''Good Night, and Good Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In Film
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2005 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events Awards 2005 films By country/region * List of American films of 2005 * List of Argentine films of 2005 * List of Australian films of 2005 * List of Bangladeshi films of 2005 * List of Brazilian films of 2005 * List of British films of 2005 * List of Chinese films of 2005 * List of Canadian films of 2005 * List of Dutch films of 2005 * List of French films of 2005 * List of German films of the 2000s * List of Hong Kong films of 2005 * List of Indian films of 2005 ** List of Bengali films of 2005 ** List of Bollywood films of 2005 ** List of Kannada films of 2005 ** List of Malayalam films of 2005 ** List of Tamil films of 2005 ** List of Telugu films of 2005 * List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brokeback Mountain
''Brokeback Mountain'' is a 2005 American neo-Western romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee and produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus. Adapted from Brokeback Mountain (short story), the 1997 short story by Annie Proulx, the screenplay was written by Ossana and Larry McMurtry. The film stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle Williams (actress), Michelle Williams. Its plot depicts the complex romantic relationship between two American cowboys, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, in the American West from 1963 to 1983. Lee became attached to the project in 2001 after previous attempts to adapt Proulx's story into a film did not materialize. Focus Features and River Road Entertainment would jointly produce and distribute the film. After Ledger and Gyllenhaal's casting was announced in 2003, filming commenced in various locations in Alberta in 2004. ''Brokeback Mountain'' premiered at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival, 2005 Venice International F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Night, And Good Luck
''Good Night, and Good Luck'' (stylized as ''good night, and good luck.'') is a 2005 historical drama film directed by George Clooney from a screenplay by Clooney and Grant Heslov. It stars David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr. and Frank Langella, and portrays the conflict between veteran journalist Edward R. Murrow (Strathairn) and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, especially relating to the anti-communist Senator's actions with the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Although released in black and white, it was filmed on color film stock, but on a grayscale set, and was color-corrected to black and white during post-production. It focuses on the theme of media responsibility, and also addresses what occurs when U.S. journalism offer voices of dissent from government policy. The movie takes its title (which ends with a period or full stop) from the line with which Murrow routinely signed off his broadcasts. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Langella
Frank A. Langella Jr. (; born January 1, 1938) is an American actor. He eschewed the career of a traditional film star by making the stage the focal point of his career, appearing frequently on Broadway. He has received four Tony Awards (out of seven nominations) as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Langella made his Broadway debut in the 1966 play '' Yerma''. He since established himself as Broadway star winning four Tony Awards, his first two for Best Featured Actor in a Play playing intellectual lizard in Edward Albee's '' Seascape'' (1975), and a wealthy and cruel landowner in Ivan Turgenev's '' Fortune's Fool'' (2002) and Best Actor in a Play for his roles as Richard Nixon in Peter Morgan's '' Frost/Nixon'' (2007), an elderly man suffering from Alzheimers in Florian Zeller's '' The Father'' (2016). He was also Tony-nominated for '' Dracula'' (1978), '' Match'' (2004), and '' Man and Boy'' (2012). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich (2005 Film)
''Munich'' is a 2005 epic films, epic historical drama film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, co-written by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth. It is based on the 1984 book ''Vengeance (Jonas book), Vengeance'' by George Jonas, an account of Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre. ''Munich'' was released by Universal Pictures in the United States and Canada and internationally by DreamWorks Pictures on December 23, 2005, and received five Academy Awards, Oscar nominations: Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Best Editing, and Academy Award for Best Original Score, Best Score. The film made $131 million worldwide but just $47 million in the United States, making it one of Spielberg's lowest-grossing films domestically. In 2017, the film was named the 16th "Best Film of the 21st Century So Far" by ''The New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathieu Amalric
Mathieu Amalric (; born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. He has won several César Awards and the Lumière Awards. He is best known internationally for his roles in the James Bond film '' Quantum of Solace'', in which he played the lead villain, Steven Spielberg's ''Munich'', Wes Anderson's '' The Grand Budapest Hotel'' and '' The French Dispatch'', and for his lead performance in '' The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'', for which he drew critical acclaim. Early life Amalric was born on 25 October 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris. He is the son of Jacques Amalric, a French native who worked as a foreign affairs editor for ''Le Monde'' and ''Libération'', and Nicole Zand, a literary critic for ''Le Monde'', who was born in Poland to Jewish parents and moved to France at the outbreak of World War II. Selected films Amalric first gained fame in the film '' Ma Vie Sexuelle'' (''My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument''), for which he won a Césa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Harris
Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor and filmmaker. His performances in '' Apollo 13'' (1995), '' The Truman Show'' (1998), '' Pollock'' (2000), and '' The Hours'' (2002) earned him critical acclaim and Academy Award nominations. Harris has appeared in numerous leading and supporting roles, including in '' Creepshow'' (1982), '' The Right Stuff'' (1983), '' Under Fire'' (1983), '' Places in the Heart'' (1984), '' The Abyss'' (1989), '' Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1992), '' The Firm'' (1993), '' Nixon'' (1995), '' The Rock'' (1996), '' Stepmom'' (1998), '' A Beautiful Mind'' (2001), '' Enemy at the Gates'' (2001), ''Radio'' (2003), '' A History of Violence'' (2005), '' Gone Baby Gone'' (2007), '' National Treasure: Book of Secrets'' (2007), '' Snowpiercer'' (2013), '' Mother!'' (2017), '' The Lost Daughter'' (2021), and '' Top Gun: Maverick'' (2022). In addition to directing ''Pollock'', Harris directed the Western film '' Appaloosa'' (2008). In televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down To The Bone (film)
''Down to the Bone'' is a 2004 American independent drama film, directed by Debra Granik and written by Granik and Richard Lieske. It stars Vera Farmiga, who received a Best Actress Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her role as the drug addicted Irene. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 15, 2004, where it won the Director's Award (Granik) and the Special Jury Prize for Acting (Farmiga). The film received a limited release in the United States on November 25, 2005. Plot Irene Morrison ( Vera Farmiga), a working class mother of two boys, lives in Upstate New York and works as a supermarket cashier. She also harbors a cocaine addiction. Her eldest son, Ben (Jasper Daniels), whose birthday is approaching, asks Irene to buy a snake for him; she suggests Lego instead. On the night of Halloween, Irene takes her kids trick-or-treating and, at one of the houses they visit, she meets Bob ( Hugh Dillon), a nurse. Later that night, her husband S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Farmiga
Vera Ann Farmiga ( ; born August 6, 1973) is an American actress. Farmiga began her professional acting career on stage in the original Broadway production of '' Taking Sides'' (1996). After expanding to television and film, her breakthrough came with her starring role as a drug addict in the drama '' Down to the Bone'' (2004). She then had roles in the political thriller '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004), the crime drama ''The Departed'' (2006), and the historical drama '' The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' (2008). She was also established as a scream queen for her performances in the horror films ''Joshua'' (2007) and ''Orphan'' (2009). For her performance in the comedy-drama '' Up in the Air'' (2009), Farmiga was nominated for an Academy Award and other accolades. She then made her directorial debut with the drama film '' Higher Ground'' (2011), in which she had the leading role. She starred in the thrillers ''Source Code'' (2011) and '' Safe House'' (2012), before furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funny Ha Ha
''Funny Ha Ha'' is a 2002 American film written and directed by Andrew Bujalski. It has been described as the first mumblecore film. It was shot on 16 mm film on a very low budget. It deals with the lives of people in their twenties as they try to come to terms with life after college and confront the responsibilities of adulthood, if only to put them off for as long as possible. Plot Marnie is a recent graduate and is trying to find a temporary job. She wants to win the attention of a college friend named Alex (who is already in a relationship), while trying to cut down on her beer consumption. The story takes place around the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Reception The film was well received by critics, who praised it for its realism. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 88% based on reviews from 41 critics. On Metacritic the film has a score of 78 out of 100 based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Wesley M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Dollenmayer
Kate Dollenmayer is an American actor and film archivist. She made her debut as the star of Andrew Bujalski's 2002 film '' Funny Ha Ha''. She subsequently appeared in Bujalski's next film ''Mutual Appreciation'' in 2005. Early and personal life Dollenmayer was born in Vermont and raised in Massachusetts. She attended public schools in Grafton and Hopkinton as child, before graduating from high school at the Bancroft School in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dollenmayer uses both "she/her" and "they/them" pronouns. She currently resides in Richmond, California. Career Dollenmayer obtained her BA in Earth and Planetary Studies from Harvard University in 1998, where she additionally took courses in animation and film. She and Bujalski met at Harvard, where she was his friend and roommate prior to the filming of ''Funny Ha Ha''. In a ''Washington Post'' review of ''Funny Ha Ha'', Ann Hornaday praised her performance by writing, "Dollenmayer has managed to transform a sad sack int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pride & Prejudice (2005 Film)
''Pride & Prejudice'' is a 2005 Historical romance, historical romantic drama film directed by Joe Wright, in his feature directorial debut, and based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, 1813 novel. The film features five sisters from an English family of landed gentry as they deal with issues of marriage, morality, and misconceptions. Keira Knightley stars as Elizabeth Bennet, while Matthew Macfadyen plays Mr Darcy, who falls in love with her. Screenwriter Deborah Moggach initially attempted to make her script as faithful to the novel as possible, writing from Elizabeth's perspective while preserving much of the original dialogue. Wright encouraged greater deviation from the text, including changing the Bennet family dynamics. Wright and Moggach set the film in an earlier period and avoided depicting a "perfectly clean Regency period, Regency world", presenting instead a "muddy hem version" of the time. It was shot entirely on location in England on an 11-week schedule. Wrig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
