10th Satellite Awards
Awards ceremony for film and television
The 10th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2005, were given on December 17, 2005.
Special achievement awards
Auteur Award (for his work on the film Good Night, and Good Luck and his promising filmmaking future) – George Clooney
Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Gena Rowlands
Nikola Tesla Award (for his special effects contributions to cinema) – Stan Winston
Outstanding New Talent – Rupert Friend
Motion picture winners and nominees
Best Actor – Drama
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
Jake Gyllenhaal – Jarhead
Tommy Lee Jones – The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
Viggo Mortensen – A History of Violence
David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
Kevin Costner – The Upside of Anger
Robert Downey Jr. – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Cillian Murphy – Breakfast on Pluto
Bill Murray – Broken Flowers
Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line
Best Actress – Drama
Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
Toni Collette – In Her Shoes
Julianne Moore – The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Robin Wright Penn – Nine Lives
Charlize Theron – North Country
Ziyi Zhang – Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
Claire Danes – Shopgirl
Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents
Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
Joan Plowright – Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Chicken Little
Corpse Bride
Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Art Direction and Production Design
Good Night, and Good Luck
Kingdom of Heaven
Memoirs of a Geisha
Modigliani
Sin City
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Best Cinematography
The Constant Gardener – César Charlone
2046 – Christopher Doyle
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Philippe Rousselot
Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu) – Poon Hang-Sang
Memoirs of a Geisha – Dion Beebe
Sin City – Robert Rodriguez
Best Costume Design
Pride & Prejudice
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Kingdom of Heaven
Memoirs of a Geisha
Modigliani
The White Countess
Best Director
Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck
Chris Columbus – Rent
James Mangold – Walk the Line
Rob Marshall – Memoirs of a Geisha
Bennett Miller – Capote
Best Documentary Film
Mad Hot Ballroom
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Favela Rising
March of the Penguins (La marche de l'empereur)
Murderball
New York Doll
Best Editing
Brokeback Mountain
Good Night, and Good Luck
Jarhead
Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu)
Sin City
War of the Worlds
Best Film – Drama
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Cinderella Man
A History of Violence
Memoirs of a Geisha
The War Within
Best Film – Musical or Comedy
Walk the Line
Happy Endings
Hustle & Flow
Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu)
Rent
Shopgirl
Best Foreign Language Film
Äideistä parhain (Mother of Mine), Finland/Sweden
2046, China/France/Germany/Hong Kong
Innocent Voices, Mexico/Puerto Rico/United States
Lila Says, France/UK
Turtles Can Fly, France/Iran/Iraq
Walk on Water, Israel/Sweden
Best Original Score
"Kingdom of Heaven" – Harry Gregson-Williams
"Brokeback Mountain" – Gustavo Santaolalla
"The Constant Gardener" – Alberto Iglesias
"Corpse Bride" – Danny Elfman
"Memoirs of a Geisha" – John Williams
"Sin City" – Robert Rodriguez
Best Original Song
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" performed by Emmylou Harris – Brokeback Mountain
"In the Deep" performed by Bird York – Crash
"Hustler's Ambition" performed by 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin'
"Magic Works" – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
"Broken" – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Best Screenplay – Adapted
Memoirs of a Geisha – Robin Swicord
Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
Capote – Dan Futterman
Jarhead – William Broyles Jr.
Shopgirl – Steve Martin
Walk the Line – Gill Dennis and James Mangold
Best Screenplay – Original
Good Night, and Good Luck – George Clooney and Grant Heslov
Crash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
Happy Endings – Don Roos
Nine Lives – Rodrigo García
The Squid and the Whale – Noah Baumbach
The War Within – Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo, and Tom Glynn
Best Sound
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu)
Rent
Sin City
The White Countess
Best Supporting Actor – Drama
Danny Huston – The Constant Gardener
Chris Cooper – Capote
Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain
Edward Norton – Kingdom of Heaven
Mickey Rourke – Sin City
Peter Sarsgaard – Jarhead
Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy
Val Kilmer – Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Tom Arnold – Happy Endings
Corbin Bernsen – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Steve Coogan – Happy Endings
Craig T. Nelson – The Family Stone
Jason Schwartzman – Shopgirl
Best Supporting Actress – Drama
Laura Linney – The Squid and the Whale
Amy Adams – Junebug
Maria Bello – A History of Violence
Li Gong – Memoirs of a Geisha
Shirley MacLaine – In Her Shoes
Frances McDormand – North Country
Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy
Rosario Dawson – Rent
America Ferrera – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Diane Keaton – The Family Stone
Rachel McAdams – The Family Stone
Michelle Monaghan – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Qiu Yuen – Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu)
Best Visual Effects
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Kingdom of Heaven
Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu)
Sin City
War of the Worlds
Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble
Crash
Television winners and nominees
Best Actor – Drama Series
Hugh Laurie – House, M.D.
Denis Leary – Rescue Me
Ian McShane – Deadwood
Dylan Walsh – Nip/Tuck
Jake Weber – Medium
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series
Jason Bateman – Arrested Development
Stephen Colbert – The Colbert Report
Kevin Connolly – Entourage
Jason Lee – My Name Is Earl
Tony Shalhoub – Monk
James Spader – Boston Legal
Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
Jonathan Rhys Meyers – Elvis
Kenneth Branagh – Warm Springs
Christian Campbell – Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Ted Danson – Our Fathers
Rupert Everett – Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Ed Harris – Empire Falls
Best Actress – Drama Series
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer
Patricia Arquette – Medium
Jennifer Beals – The L Word
Kristen Bell – Veronica Mars
Geena Davis – Commander in Chief
Joely Richardson – Nip/Tuck
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives (TIE) Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds (TIE)
Candice Bergen – Boston Legal
Lauren Graham – Gilmore Girls
Elizabeth Perkins – Weeds
Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
Kristen Bell – Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Natascha McElhone – Revelations
Geraldine McEwan – Agatha Christie's Marple
S. Epatha Merkerson – Lackawanna Blues
Cynthia Nixon – Warm Springs
Keri Russell – The Magic of Ordinary Days
Best Miniseries
Elvis
Agatha Christie's Marple
Empire Falls
Into the West
Revelations
The Virgin Queen
Best Series – Drama
House, M.D.
Grey's Anatomy
Lost
Nip/Tuck
Rescue Me
Rome
Best Series – Musical or Comedy
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Boston Legal
The Colbert Report
Entourage
My Name Is Earl
Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
Randy Quaid – Elvis
Tim Blake Nelson – Warm Springs
Paul Newman – Empire Falls
Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Their Eyes Were Watching God
William Shatner – Boston Legal
Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
Lisa Edelstein – House, M.D.
Shohreh Aghdashloo – 24
Jane Alexander – Warm Springs
Camryn Manheim – Elvis
Sandra Oh – Grey's Anatomy
Polly Walker – Rome
Best TV Film
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Kidnapped
Lackawanna Blues
The Magic of Ordinary Days
Our Fathers
Sometimes in April
Warm Springs
Outstanding Television Ensemble
Rescue Me
New Media winners and nominees
Best Classic DVD
The Wizard of Oz Three Disc Collector's Edition.
Airplane! "Don't Call Me Shirley" Edition.
Cat People, The Curse of the Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, The Body Snatcher, Isle of the Dead, Bedlam, The Leopard Man, The Ghost Ship, The Seventh Victim, and Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
The Devil's Rejects Unrated Widescreen Edition.
Gladiator Extended Edition.
King Kong, The Son of Kong, and Mighty Joe Young For the King Kong Collection (2-Disc Special Edition).
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