KING OF THE `MOUNTAIN' CRITICS CROWN GAY COWBOY FILM, DIRECTOR.Byline: Bob Strauss Film Critic Controversial ``Brokeback Mountain'' won the best picture award for 2005 from the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Film Critics Association Saturday, which also tapped Ang Lee, director of the gay cowboy drama, for the top pick in his category. Traditionally the first legitimate critics' organization to vote its yearly film awards, the group weighed in with wide-ranging picks reflecting a year in which a number of interesting films - but few if any great ones - were released. The best actor pick went to Philip Seymour Hoffman For other persons named Philip Hoffman, see Philip Hoffman (disambiguation). Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Biography Early life Hoffman was born in Fairport, New York to Gordon S. for his portrayal of the famous writer in ``Capote.'' That film also registered in two other categories: Supporting actress supporting actress n → attrice f non protagonista for Catherine Keener Catherine Ann Keener (born March 23, 1959)[1] is a two time Academy Award-nominated American actress. Biography Early life Keener, the third of five children, was born in Miami, Florida, to Evelyn and Jim Keener, a manager of an automotive store. - who also was recognized for her work in ``The Ballad of Jack and Rose,'' ``The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' and ``The Interpreter''; and best screenplay, where San Futterman's historical script for ``Capote'' tied with Noah Baumbach's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale ``The Squid and The Whale.'' Vera Farmiga won best actress for her portrayal of a not-exactly-recovering drug addict in ``Down to the Bone,'' a small, independent drama by even independent film standards. The pick was emblematic of a year when the association's awards went overwhelmingly to nonstudio releases - and such highly-touted Academy Award-chasing pictures as ``Munich,'' ``Memoirs of a Geisha'' and ``Walk the Line'' were dismissed. ``Brokeback'' was the only movie to flat-out win two awards and ``Capote'' was the only other multiple designee des·ig·nee n. A person who has been designated. , with one win and two shared others. William Hurt William Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Biography Early life Hurt was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Claire Isabel (née McGill), who worked at Time, Inc.,[1] and Alfred McCord Hurt, who worked for the U.S. earned supporting actor supporting actor n → attore m non protagonista honors for his brief but memorably bizarre appearance in ``A History of Violence.'' The group's animation award went to ``Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.'' Werner Herzog's ``Grizzly Man'' took the documentary prize. The foreign film winner was German/Austrian director Michael Haneke's French-language ``Cache'' (``Hidden''). Robert Elswit won the cinematography cinematography: see motion picture photography. cinematography Art and technology of motion-picture photography. It involves the composition of a scene, lighting of the set and actors, choice of cameras, camera angle, and integration of special award for the black-and-white ``Good Night, and Good Luck.'' Production design went to William Chang Suk-Ping for the Hong Kong film ``2046.'' Music score was Joe Hisaishi for another Asian film, the Japanese anime spectacular ``Howl's Moving Castle.'' LAFCA's new generation award went to actor Terrence Howard, who broke through in a number of films this year including ``Hustle & Flow'' and ``Crash.'' The lifetime achievement award, announced earlier this year, went to classic Hollywood tough guy Richard Widmark. Peter Watkins' lengthy ``La Commune (Paris 1871)'' was named experimental-film recipient. Special citations were also voted to the eight-disc DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. collection ``Unseen Cinema'' and to retiring Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). film critic (and LAFCA LAFCA Los Angeles Film Critics Association member) Kevin Thomas for his contributions to film culture in Los Angeles. Runners-up included ``A History of Violence'' for best picture, and its director, David Cronenberg; ``Brokeback's'' Heath Ledger and Judi Dench of ``Mrs. Henderson Presents'' in the lead acting categories; ``Junebug's'' Amy Adams and ``Good Night, and Good Luck's'' Frank Langella in supporting categories; ``Good Night'' for production design; ``2046'' for cinematography; and ``Tony Takitani'' for music score. ``2046'' was also foreign film runner-up, and ``Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room'' lost the vote for best documentary. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association is made up of print, radio and online critics in the Southern California area. Thirty-two members attended Saturday's voting meeting in Santa Monica, with three others voting by proxy. The LAFCA awards will be presented Jan. 17 at a dinner at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Century City. Bob Strauss, (818) 713-3670 bob.strauss(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) Vera Farmiga won best actress for her portrayal of an addict in ``Down to the Bone.'' Peter Kramer/Getty Images (2) Los Angeles film critics crowned ``Brokeback Mountain'' director Ang Lee. (3) HOFFMAN (4) KEENER |
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