18th CFCA Awards January 9, 2005 Best Film: Crash The 18th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on January 9, 2006, honored the best in film for 2005. Winners and nominees Best Actor 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 Felicity Huffman – Transamerica Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice Naomi Watts – King Kong Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line Best Cinematography Brokeback Mountain – Rodrigo Prieto Good Night, and Good Luck. – Robert Elswit King Kong – Andrew Lesnie Munich – Janusz Kamiński The New World – Emmanuel Lubezki Pride & Prejudice – Roman Osin Best DirectorDavid Cronenberg – A History of Violence George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck. Peter Jackson – King Kong Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain Steven Spielberg – Munich Best Documentary Film Grizzly Man Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Mad Hot Ballroom March of the Penguins Murderball Best Film Crash Brokeback Mountain Good Night, and Good Luck. A History of Violence King Kong Best Foreign Language Film Caché (Hidden), France 2046, Hong Kong Downfall (Der Untergang), Germany Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu), Hong Kong Oldboy, South Korea Best Original ScoreBrokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla Batman Begins – Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Danny Elfman King Kong – James Newton Howard Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams Best ScreenplayCrash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Capote – Dan Futterman Good Night, and Good Luck. – George Clooney and Grant Heslov A History of Violence – Josh Olson Best Supporting ActorMickey Rourke – Sin City Matt Dillon – Crash Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain Terrence Howard – Crash Donald Sutherland – Pride & Prejudice Best Supporting Actress Maria Bello – A History of Violence Amy Adams – Junebug Scarlett Johansson – Match Point Catherine Keener – Capote Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain Most Promising Filmmaker Bennett Miller – Capote Craig Brewer – Hustle & Flow Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know Phil Morrison – Junebug Joe Wright – Pride & Prejudice Most Promising Performer Miranda July