21st Independent Spirit Awards
March 4, 2006
Best Film: Brokeback Mountain The 21st Independent Spirit Awards, given by Film Independent on 4 March, 2006, awarded who they thought were best in movie for 2005.
Winners and nominees
Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale
Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Actress Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
Laura Linney - The Squid and the Whale
Dina Korzun - Forty Shades of Blue
S. Epatha Merkerson - Lackawanna Blues
Cyndi Williams - Room
Best Cinematography
Good Night, and Good Luck. - Robert Elswit
Capote
Keane
Last Days
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Best Director Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Gregg Araki - Mysterious Skin
Noah Baumbach - The Squid and the Whale
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck. Rodrigo García Barcha - Nine Lives
Best Documentary Film
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Best Film Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck. The Squid and the Whale The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Best First Film
Crash
Lackawanna Blues
Cirrincione
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Thumbsucker
Transamerica
Best Foreign Language Film Paradise Now, Palestinian Authority
The Death of Mister Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lazarescu), Romania
Duck Season (Temporada de patos), Mexico
Head-On (Gegen die Wand), Germany/Turkey
Tony Takitani, Japan
Best Screenplay
Capote - Dan Futterman
Nine Lives - Rodrigo García
The Squid and the Whale - Noah Baumbach
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - Guillermo Arriaga
The War Within - Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo and Tom Glynn
Best Screenplay (first): Transamerica - Duncan Tucker
Best Supporting Actor Matt Dillon - Crash
Firdous Bamji - The War Within
Jesse Eisenberg - The Squid and the Whale
Barry Pepper - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Jeffrey Wright - Broken Flowers
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - Junebug
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Happy Endings
Allison Janney - Our Very Own
Robin Wright Penn - Nine Lives
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
Award breakdown 2/2: Crash
2/3: Transamerica2/4: Brokeback Mountain
2/4: Capote1/2: Junebug
1/4: Good Night, and Good Luck.
Biggest losers:0/6: The Squid and the Whale
0/3: Nine Lives0/2: Lackawanna Blues (TV movie)0/2': Me and You and Everyone We Know 0/2: ''Room