BFCA awards kick off the season

The Broadcast Film Critics announced their Critics' Choice awards last night, with "Brokeback Mountain" the big winner (best picture, best director, and best supporting actress). In the new category of best comedy, the winner was "40 Year Old Virgin." Statistically, these have been the most accurate predictors of the Oscars. And the winners are:




BEST PICTURE:
Brokeback Mountain

BEST ACTOR:
Philip Seymour Hoffman – “Capote”

BEST ACTRESS:
Reese Witherspoon – “Walk the Line”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Paul Giamatti – “Cinderella Man”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Amy Adams – “Junebug”
Michelle Williams – “Brokeback Mountain”

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE:
Crash

BEST DIRECTOR:
Ang Lee – “Brokeback Mountain”

BEST WRITER:
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco – “Crash”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
“Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR:
Freddie Highmore – “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS:
Dakota Fanning – “War of the Worlds”

BEST COMEDY:
The 40 Year-Old Virgin

BEST FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION):
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
Into the West

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Kung Fu Hustle

BEST SONG:
“Hustle & Flow” – performed by Terrence Howard, written by Al Kapone – “Hustle & Flow”

BEST SOUNDTRACK:
Walk the Line

BEST COMPOSER:
John Williams – “Memoirs of a Geisha”

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
March of the Penguins