79th Academy Awards (2006): The Precursors

Winners:

Independent Spirit Awards / American Cinema Editors / American Society of Cinematographers / Cinema Audio Society / Art Directors Guild / Costume Designers Guild / Visual Effects Society / Annie Awards / British Academy / London Film Critics / Writers Guild of America / Online Film & Television Association / Directors Guild of America / Screen Actors Guild / Producers Guild of America / Golden Globe Awards / Broadcast Film Critics Association / USC Scripter / St. Louis Film Critics / Online Film Critics Society / National Society of Film Critics / Austin Film Critics Association / Kansas City Film Critics Circle / Utah Film Critics / Florida Film Critics / Chicago Film Critics / Oklahoma Film Critics Circle / Toronto Film Critics Association / San Diego Film Critics / Phoenix Film Critics / Las Vegas Film Critics Society / Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association / Satellite Award Winners / Southeastern Film Critics Association / San Francisco Film Critics / New York Film Critics Circle / Los Angeles Film Critics Association / Washington DC Area Film Critics Association / Boston Society of Film Critics / New York Online Film Critics / American Film Institute / National Board of Review

Nominations:

Online Film & Television Association / Art Directors Guild / Cinema Audio Society / American Society of Cinematography / Writers Guild of America / British Academy / American Cinema Editors / Costume Designers Guild / Directors Guild of America / Visual Effects Society / USC Scripter / Screen Actors Guild / Producers Guild of America / Online Film Critics Society / Chicago Film Critics / Toronto Film Critics Association / London Film Critics Circle / Golden Globe Awards / Broadcast Film Critics Association / Annie Awards / Satellite Awards / Independent Spirit Awards

Independent Spirit Awards

• (2/24/07)
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• Feature: Little Miss Sunshine
• First Feature: Sweet Land
• John Cassavates Award – Feature (Under $500,000): Quinceanera
• Director: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
• Actor: Ryan Golsing – Half Nelson
• Actress: Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson
• Screenplay: Thank You for Smoking
• Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Supporting Actress: Frances McDormand – Friends with Money
• First Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
• Cinematography: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Foreign Film: The Lives of Others
• Documentary: The Road to Guantanamo

American Cinema Editors

• (2/18/07)
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• Drama Editing: TIE: Babel, The Departed
• Comedy/Musical Editing: Dreamgirls

American Society of Cinematographers

• (2/18/07)
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• Cinematography: Children of Men

Cinema Audio Society

• (2/18/07)
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• Sound Mixing: Dreamgirls

Art Directors Guild

• (2/18/07)
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• Period Art Direction: Curse of the Golden Flower
• Fantasy Art Direction: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Contemporary Art Direction: Casino Royale

Costume Designers Guild

• (1/18/07)
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• Contemporary Costume Design: The Queen
• Period Costume Design: Curse of the Golden Flower
• Fantasy Costume Design: Pan’s Labyrinth

Visual Effects Society

• (2/18/07)
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• Visual Effects in an Effects-Driven Film: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Supporting Visual Effects: Flags of Our Fathers
• Single Visual Effect of the Year: Flying Dutchman – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Animated Character in a Live Action Film: Davy Jones – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Animated Character in an Animated Film: Mater – Cars
• Created Environment – Live Action Film: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Models & Miniatures – Live Action Film: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Compositing: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Special Effects in a Motion Picture: Casino Royale

Annie Award

• (2/18/07)
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• Animated Feature: Cars
• Animated Short Subject: No Time for Nuts
• Voice Acting in a Feature: Ian McKellen – Flushed Away
• Directing in a Feature: Over the Hedge
• Writing in a Feature: Flushed Away
• Music in a Feature: Cars
• Storyboarding in a Feature: Gary Graham – Over the Hedge
• Character Animation in a Feature: Gabe Hordos – Flushed Away
• Character Design in a Feature: Nicolas Marlet – Over the Hedge
• Production Design in a Feature: Pierre-Olivier Vincent – Flushed Away
• Animated Effects: Scott Cegielski – Flushed Away
• Home Entertainment Product: Bambi II
• Animated Video Game: Flushed Away the Game

British Academy Awards Nominations

• (1/12/07)
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• Picture: The Queen
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Director: Paul Greengrass – United 93
• Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
• Adapted Screenplay: The Last King of Scotland
• Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth
• British Film: The Last King of Scotland
• British Director: Andrea Arnold – Red Road
• Animated Film: Happy Feet
• Original Score: Babel
• Cinematography: Children of Men
• Editing: United 93
• Production Design: Children of Men
• Costume Design: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Sound: Casino Royale
• Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Makeup & Hair: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Short Animation: Guy 101
• Short Film: Do Not Erase
• Rising Star Award: Eva Green

London Film Critics Circle

• (2/18/07)
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• Picture: United 93
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: TIE: Helen Mirren – The Queen, Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
• Director: Paul Greengrass – United 93
• Screenplay: The Queen
• Foreign Film: Volver
• British Film: United 93
• British Actor: Toby Jones – Infamous
• British Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• British Supporting Actor: Michael Caine – The Prestige
• British Supporting Actress: Emily Blunt – The Devil Wears Prada
• British Director: Stephen Frears – The Queen
• British Newcomer: Andrea Arnold – Red Road
• Attenborough Award: Stephen Frears
• Dilys Powell Award: Leslie Phillips

Writers Guild of America Nominations

• (2/11/07)
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• Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
• Adapted Screenplay: The Departed

Online Film & Television Association

• (2/11/07)

For a full list of winners, click here: Online Film & Television Association

Directors Guild of America

• (2/3/07)
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• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed

Screen Actors Guild

• (1/28/07)
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• Ensemble: Little Miss Sunshine
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
• Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls

Online Film & Television Association

• (1/21/07)

For a full list of nominations, click here: Online Film & Television Association

Producers Guild of America

• (1/20/07)
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• Picture: Little Miss Sunshine
• Animated Picture: Cars

Art Directors Guild Nominations

• (1/19/07)
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• Period Art Direction:
• Curse of the Golden Flower
• Dreamgirls
• Flags of Our Fathers
• The Good Shepherd
• The Prestige
• Fantasy Art Direction:
• Children of Men
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Superman Returns
• V for Vendetta
• Contemporary Art Direction:
• Babel
• Casino Royale
• The Da Vinci Code
• The Departed
• The Queen

Cinema Audio Society Nominations

• (1/18/07)
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• Sound Mixing:
• Babel
• Blood Diamond
• Dreamgirls
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Golden Globes

• (1/15/07)
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• Picture Drama: Babel
• Picture Comedy/Musical: Dreamgirls
• Actor Drama: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress Drama: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Actor Comedy/Musical: Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
• Actress Comedy/Musical: Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
• Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
• Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Screenplay: The Queen
• Foreign Film: Letters from Iwo Jima
• Animated Film: Cars
• Original Song: “The Song of the Heart” – Happy Feet
• Original Score: The Painted Veil

Broadcast Film Critics Association

• (1/13/07)
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• Picture: The Departed
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
• Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
• Foreign Film: Letters from Iwo Jima
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
• Comedy Movie: Borat
• Acting Ensemble: Little Miss Sunshine
• Young Actor: Paul Dano – Little Miss Sunshine
• Young Actress: Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Composer: The Illusionist
• Soundtrack: Dreamgirls
• Song: Listen – Dreamgirls
• Animated Feature: Cars
• Family Film (Live Action): Charlotte’s Web
• Made for TV Movie: Elizabeth I

British Academy Awards Nominations

• (1/12/07)
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• Picture:
• Babel
• The Departed
• The Last King of Scotland
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen
• Actor:
• Daniel Craig – Casino Royale
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
• Richard Griffiths – The History Boys
• Peter O’Toole – Venus
• Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress:
• Penelope Cruz – Volver
• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet – Little Children
• Supporting Actor:
• Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
• James McAvoy – The Last King of Scotland
• Jack Nicholson – The Departed
• Leslie Phillips – Venus
• Michael Sheen – The Queen
• Supporting Actress:
• Emily Blunt – The Devil Wears Prada
• Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Toni Collette – Little Miss Sunshine
• Frances De La Tour – The History Boys
• Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Director:
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Babel
• Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
• Stephen Frears – The Queen
• Paul Greengrass – United 93
• Original Screenplay:
• Babel
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• The Queen
• United 93
• Adapted Screenplay:
• Casino Royale
• The Departed
• The Devil Wears Prada
• The Last King of Scotland
• Nots on a Scandal
• Foreign Film:
• Apocalypto
• Black Book
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Rang de Basanti
• Volver
• British Film:
• Casino Royale
• The Last King of Scotland
• Notes on a Scandal
• The Queen
• United 93
• British Director:
• Andrea Arnold – Red Road
• Julian Gilbey – Rollin’ with the Nines
• Christine Langan – Pierrepoint
• Gary Tarn – Black Sun
• Paul Andrew Williams – London to Brighton
• Animated Film:
• Cars
• Flushed Away
• Happy Feet
• Original Score:
• Babel
• Casino Royale
• Dreamgirls
• Happy Feet
• The Queen
• Cinematography:
• Babel
• Casino Royale
• Children of Men
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• United 93
• Editing:
• Babel
• Casino Royale
• The Departed
• The Queen
• United 93
• Production Design:
• Casino Royale
• Children of Men
• Marie Antoinette
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Costume Design:
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Marie Antoinette
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• The Queen
• Sound:
• Babel
• Casino Royale
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• United 93
• Visual Effects:
• Casino Royale
• Children of Men
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Superman Returns
• Makeup & Hair:
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Marie Antoinette
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• The Queen
• Short Animation:
• Dreams and Desires – Family Ties
• Guy 101
• Peter and the Wolf
• Short Film:
• Care
• Cubs
• Do Not Erase
• Hikikomori
• Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored
• Rising Star Award:
• Emily Blunt
• Eva Green
• Naomie Harris
• Cillian Murphy
• Ben Winshaw

USC Scripter Award

• (1/12/07)
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• Adapted Screenplay: Children of Men

American Cinema Editors Nominations

• (1/12/07)
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• Drama Editing:
• Babel
• Casino Royale
• The Departed
• The Queen
• United 93
• Comedy/Musical Editing:
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Dreamgirls
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Thank You for Smoking

Writers Guild of America Nominations

• (1/11/07)
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• Original Screenplay:
• Babel
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen
• Stranger Than Fiction
• United 93
• Adapted Screenplay:
• Borat
• The Departed
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Little Children
• Thank You for Smoking

American Society of Cinematographers Nominations

• (1/11/07)
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• Cinematography:
• Apocalypto
• The Black Dahlia
• Children of Men
• The Good Shepherd
• The Illusionist

Costume Designers Guild Nominations

• (1/11/07)
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• Contemporary Costume Design:
• Babel
• Casino Royale
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen
• Period Costume Design:
• Curse of the Golden Flower
• Dreamgirls
• The Illusionist
• Marie Antoinette
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Fantasy Costume Design:
• Eragon
• The Fountain
• V for Vendetta
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• X-Men: The Last Stand

Directors Guild of America Nominations

• (1/9/07)
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• Director:
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Babel
• Bill Condon – Dreamgirls
• Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
• Stephen Frears – The Queen

St. Louis Film Critics

• (1/8/07)
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• Picture: The Departed
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond
• Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Screenplay: The Queen
• Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
• Cinematography: The Painted Veil
• Comedy or Musical Film: Little Miss Sunshine
• Animated or Children’s Film: Cars
• Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Overlooked Film: Running with Scissors
• Original, Innovative or Creative Film: United 93

Visual Effects Society

• (1/8/07)
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• Visual Effects in an Effects-Driven Film:
• Charlotte’s Web
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• The Fountain
• Supporting Visual Effects:
• Blood Diamond
• Children of Men
• Flags of Our Fathers
• The Da Vinci Code
• Single Visual Effect of the Year:
• Children of Men
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Poseidon
• X-Men: The Last Stand
• Animated Character in a Live Action Film:
• Templeton – Charlotte’s Web
• Wilbur – Charlotte’s Web
• Davy Jones – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Animated Character in an Animated Film:
• Mater – Cars
• House – Monster House
• Mumble – Happy Feet
• Created Environment – Live Action Film:
• Mission: Impossible III
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Poseidon
• Models & Miniatures – Live Action Film:
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• The Good Shepherd
• V for Vendetta
• Compositing:
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Poseidon
• The Da Vinci Code
• Special Effects in a Motion Picture:
• Casino Royale
• Superman Returns

Online Film Critics Society

• (1/8/07)
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• Picture: United 93
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
• Supporting Actress: Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Original Screenplay: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Adapted Screenplay: Children of Men
• Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
• Cinematography: Children of Men
• Editing: United 93
• Original Score: The Fountain
• Animated Film: A Scanner Darkly
• Breakthrough Filmmaker: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
• Breakthrough Performer: Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat

National Society of Film Critics

• (1/6/07)
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• Picture: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg – The Departed
• Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada, A Prairie Home Companion
• Director: Paul Greengrass – United 93
• Screenplay: The Queen
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
• Cinematography: Children of Men
• Experimental Film: Inland Empire

USC Scripter Nominations

• (1/5/07)
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• Adapted Screenplay:
• Children of Men
• The Devil Wears Prada
• The Illusionist
• The Last King of Scotland
• Notse on a Scandal

Austin Film Critics Association

• (1/3/07)
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• Picture: United 93
• Actor: Leondardo DiCaprio – The Departed
• Actress: Ellen Page – Hard Candy
• Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson – The Departed
• Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
• Director: Alfonso Cuaron – Children of Men
• Original Screenplay: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Adapted Screenplay: Children of Men
• Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Documentary: This Film Is Not Yet Rated
• Cinematography: Children of Men
• Animated Film: Cars
• First Film: Brick

Top 10

1. United 93
2. The Departed
3. Pan’s Labyrinth
4. Children of Men
5. Brick
6. Borat
7. Little Children
8. The Queen
9. The Prestige
10. The Fountain

Kansas City Film Critics Circle

• (1/3/07)
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• Picture: United 93
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen – The Queen
• Supporting Actress: Catherine O’Hara – For Your Consideration
• Director: Paul Greengrass – United 93
• Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
• Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
• Foreign Film: Letters from Iwo Jima
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
• Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film: Pan’s Labyrinth

Screen Actors Guild Nominations

• (1/4/07)
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• Actor:
• Leondardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond
• Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
• Peter O’Toole – Venus
• Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
• Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress:
• Penelope Cruz – Volver
• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet – Little Children
• Supporting Actor:
• Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
• Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
• Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond
• Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
• Supporting Actress:
• Adriana Barraza – Babel
• Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
• Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
• Ensemble:
• Babel
• Bobby
• The Departed
• Dreamgirls
• Little Miss Sunshine

Producers Guild of America Nominations

• (1/3/07)
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• Picture:
• Babel
• The Departed
• Dreamgirls
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen
• Animated Feature:
• Cars
• Flushed Away
• Happy Feet
• Ice Age: The Meltdown
• Monster House

Online Film Critics Society Nominations

• (1/2/07)
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• Picture:
• Babel
• Children of Men
• The Departed
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• United 93
• Actor:
• Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
• Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
• Peter O’Toole – Venus
• Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress:
• Penelope Cruz – Volver
• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet – Little Children
• Supporting Actor:
• Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
• Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
• Jack Nicholson – The Departed
• Mark Wahlberg – The Departed
• Supporting Actress:
• Adriana Barraza – Babel
• Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
• Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
• Director:
• Alfonso Cuaron – Children of Men
• Paul Greengrass – United 93
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Babel
• Martin Scosese – The Departed
• Guillermo Del Toro – Pan’s Labyrinth
• Original Screenplay:
• Babel
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• The Queen
• United 93
• Adapted Screenplay:
• Children of Men
• The Departed
• Little Children
• The Prestige
• Thank You for Smoking
• Cinematography:
• Apocalypto
• Babel
• Children of Men
• The Fountain
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Editing:
• Babel
• Children of Men
• The Departed
• The Fountain
• United 93
• Original Score:
• Babel
• The Fountain
• The Illusionist
• Notes on a Scandal
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Animated Film:
• Cars
• Happy Feet
• Monster House
• A Scanner Darkly
• Over the Hedge
• Breakthrough Filmmaker:
• Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
• Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson
• Rian Johnson – Brick
• Neil Marshall – The Descent
• Jason Reitman – Thank You for Smoking
• Breakthrough Performer:
• Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
• Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson
• Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
• Ellen Page – Hard Candy
• Foreign Film:
• The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
• L’Enfant
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Volver
• Water
• Documentary:
• Dave Chappelle’s Block Party
• An Inconvenient Truth
• Jesus Camp
• Neil Young: Heart of Gold
• Shut Up & Sing

Utah Film Critics

• (12/30/06)
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• Picture: United 93 (RU: The Departed)
• Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen (RU: Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson)
• Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen – The Queen (RU: Mark Wahlberg – The Departed)
• Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi – Babel (RU: Maggie Gyllenhaal – World Trade Center, Stranger Than Fiction
• Director: Alfnso Cuaron – Children of Men (RU: Paul Greengrass – United 93
• Screenplay: Brick (RU: United 93)
• Foreign Film: Letters from Iwo Jima (RU: Pan’s Labyrinth)
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth (RU: So Much So Fast

Florida Film Critics

• (12/29/06)
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• Picture: The Departed
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson – The Departed
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Screenplay: The Departed
• Cinematography: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Breakout Award: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Animated Film: Monster House
• Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth

Chicago Film Critics

• (12/28/06)
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• Picture: The Departed
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
• Supporting Actress: Rinko kikuchi – Babel
• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Original Screenplay: The Queen
• Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
• Foreign Film: Letters from Iwo Jima
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
• Original Score: The Fountain
• Cinematography: Children of Men
• Most Promising Performer: Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
• Most Promising Director: Rian Johnson – Brick

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle

• (12/27/06)
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• Picture: United 93
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Breakout Performance: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Animated Film: Cars
• Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
• First Film: Little Miss Sunshine
• Obviously Worst Film: Basic Instinct 2
• Not-So-Obviously Worst Film: Bobby

Top 10 (alphabetical)

• Borat
• Casino Royale
• The Departed
• Half Nelson
• The Last King of Scotland
• Little Children
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• The Queen
• United 93

Toronto Film Critics Association

• (12/19/06)
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• Picture: The Queen
• Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen – The Queen
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
• Director: Stephen Frears – The Queen, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne – L’Enfant
• Screenplay: The Queen
• Foreign Film: L’Enfant
• Animated Film: Happy Feet
• First Feature: Thank You for Smoking
• Documentary: Manufactured Landscapes
• Canadian Film: Manufactured Landscapes

Chicago Film Critics

• (12/19/06)
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• Picture:
• Babel
• The Departed
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen
• United 93
• Actor:
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
• Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
• Peter O’Toole – Venus
• Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
• Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress:
• Penelope Cruz – Volver
• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – Sherrybaby
• Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet – Little Children
• Supporting Actor:
• Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland
• Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
• Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
• Jack Nicholson – The Departed
• Brad Pitt – Babel
• Michael Sheen – The Queen
• Supporting Actress:
• Adriana Barraza – Babel
• Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
• Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Toni Collette – Little Miss Sunshine
• Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Rinko kikuchi – Babel
• Director:
• Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
• Stephen Frears – The Queen
• Paul Greengrass – United 93
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarrritu – Babel
• Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Original Screenplay:
• Babel
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen
• United 93
• Adapted Screenplay:
• The Departed
• Little Children
• Notes on a Scandal
• A Prairie Home Companion
• Thank You for Smoking
• Foreign Film:
• Apocalypto
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Tsotsi
• Volver
• Documentary:
• Deliver Us from Evil
• An Inconvenient Truth
• Jesus Camp
• Shut Up & Sing
• Wordplay
• Original Score:
• Babel
• The Fountain
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Notes on a Scandal
• The Queen
• Cinematography:
• Babel
• Children of Men
• The Departed
• The Fountain
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Most Promising Performer:
• Ivana Baquero – Pan’s Labyrinth
• Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
• Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson
• Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
• Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee
• Most Promising Director:
• Rian Johnson – Brick
• Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
• Gil Kenan – Monster House
• Jason Reitman – Thank You for Smoking
• James McTeigue – V for Vendetta

San Diego Film Critics

• (12/19/06)
•  
• Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima
• Actor: Ken Takakura – Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Ray Winstone – The Proposition
• Supporting Actress: Lili Taylor – Factotum
• Director: Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
• Original Screenplay: The Dead Girl
• Adapted Screenplay: Thank You for Smoking
• Foreign Film: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
• Documentary: Shut Up & Sing
• Animated Film: Cars
• Cinematography: The Illusionist
• Production Design: V for Vendetta
• Editing: United 93
• Score: Babel
• Ensemble: Babel
• Body of Work in 2006: Edward Norton

Phoenix Film Critics

• (12/19/06)
•  
• Picture: United 93
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson – The Departed
• Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Ensemble: Little Miss Sunshine
• Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
• Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
• Live Action Family Film: Charlotte’s Web
• Overlooked Film of the Year: Hard Candy
• Animated Film: Flushed Away
• Foreign Language Film: Letters from Iwo Jima
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
• Use of Music: Dreamgirls
• Cinematography: Apocalypto
• Film Editing: The Departed
• Production Design: Marie Antoinette
• Costume Design: Marie Antoinette
• Visual Effects: Superman Returns
• Stunts: Casino Royale
• Breakout Performance of the Year – On Screen: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Breakout Performance of the Year – Behind the Camera: Emilio Estevez – Bobby
• Youth Performance – Male: Jaden Smith – Pursuit of Happyness
• Youth Performance – Female: Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine

Top 10 (alphabetical)

• Babel
• Bobby
• Borat
• Children of Men
• The Departed
• The Last King of Scotland
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen
• United 93

Las Vegas Film Critics

• (12/19/06)
•  
• Picture: The Departed
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond
• Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Screenplay: Thank You for Smoking
• Cinematography: Children of Men
• Editing: The Departed
• Score: The Good German
• Song: Ordinary Miracle – Charlotte’s Web
• Family Film: Charlotte’s Web
• Animated Film: Monster House
• Costume Design: Marie Antoinette
• Art Direction: Marie Antoinette
• Visual Effects: X-Men: The Last Stand
• Youth in Film Award: Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth

Top 10

1. The Departed
2. Letters from Iwo Jima
3. Babel
4. United 93
5. Dreamgirls
6. Blood Diamond
7. Thank You for Smoking
8. Perfume
9. The Queen
10. Flags of Our Fathers

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

• (12/18/06)
•  
• Picture
1. United 93
2. The Departed
3. Little Miss Sunshine
4. The Queen
5. Babel
6. Letters from Iwo Jima
7. Dreamgirls
8. Blood Diamond
8. Little Children
10. Flags of Our Fathers
• Actor
1. Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
2. Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
3. Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
4. Peter O’Toole – Venus
5. Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond
• Actress
1. Helen Mirren – The Queen
2. Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
3. Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
4. Kate Winslet – Little Children
5. Penelope Cruz – Volver
• Supporting Actor
1. Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
2. Jack Nicholson – The Departed
3. Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
4. Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond
5. Michael Sheen – The Queen
• Supporting Actress
1. Cate Blanchet – Notes on a Scandal
2. Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
3. Adriana Barraza – Babel
4. Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
5. Emily Blunt – The Devil Wears Prada
• Director
1. Martin Scorsese – The Departed
2. Paul Greengrass – United 93
3. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Babel
4. Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
5. Stephen Frears – The Queen
• Foreign Language Film
1. Letters from Iwo Jima
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
3. Water
4. Volver
5. Apocalypto
• Documentary
1. An Inconvenient Truth
2. Deliver Us From Evil
3. Shut Up & Sing
4. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
5. This Film Is Not Yet Ready
• Animated Film: Happy Feet (RU: Monster House)
• Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine (RU: Babel)
• Cinematography: Apocalypto (RU: Babel, Children of Men)

Satellite Award Winners

• (12/17/06)
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• Drama Picture: The Departed
• Drama Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Drama Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Comedy/Musical Picture: Dreamgirls
• Comedy/Musical Actor: Joseph Cross – Running with Scissors
• Comedy/Musical Actress: Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
• Supporting Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
• Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Ensemble: The Departed
• Director: Clint Eastwood – Flags of Our Fathers, Bill Condon – Dreamgirls
• Original Screenplay: The Queen
• Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
• Original Score: Babel
• Original Song: “You Know My Name” – Casino Royale
• Editing: X-Men: The Last Stand
• Cinematography: Flags of Our Fathers
• Art Direction: Flags of Our Fathers
• Costume Design: The Devil Wears Prada
• Sound: Dreamgirls
• Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean 2
• Animated/Mixed Media Picture: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Foreign Language Picture: Volver
• Documentary: Deliver Us From Evil

Southeastern Film Critics Association

• (12/18/06)
•  
• Picture: The Departed
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
• Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
• Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
• Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
• Animated Film: Cars

Top 10

1. The Departed
2. Letters from Iwo Jima
3. The Queen
4. United 93
5. Little Miss Sunshine
6. Notes on a Scandal
7. Babel
8. Pan’s Labyrinth
9. Little Children
10. Thank You for Smoking

Toronto Film Critics Association

• (12/16/06)
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• Picture:
• The Departed
• The Queen
• United 93
• Actor:
• Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
• Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
• Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress:
• Penelope Cruz – Volver
• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor:
• Danny Huston – The Proposition
• Michael Sheen – The Queen
• Mark Wahlberg – The Departed
• Supporting Actress:
• Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
• Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
• Director:
• Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne – L’Enfant
• Stephen Frears – The Queen
• Paul Greengrass – United 93
• Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Screenplay:
• Babel
• The Departed
• The Queen
• Canadian Film:
• The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
• Manufactured Landscapes
• Monkey Warfare
• Six Figures
• First Feature:
• Brick
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Thank You for Smoking
• Animated Film:
• Happy Feet
• Over the Hedge
• A Scanner Darkly
• Foreign Film:
• L’Enfant
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Volver
• Documentary:
• Deliver Us from Evil
• An Inconvenient Truth
• Manufactured Landscapes

London Film Critics Circle

• (12/16/06)
•  
• Picture:
• The Departed
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen
• United 93
• Volver
• Actor:
• Jeff Daniels – The Squid and the Whale
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
• Richard Griffiths – The History Boys
• David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck
• Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress:
• Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Penelope Cruz – Volver
• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
• Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
• Director:
• Guillermo del Toro – Pan’s Labyrinth
• Pedro Almodovar – Volver
• Paul Greengrass – United 93
• Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Alfonso Cuaron – Children of Men
• Screenplay:
• Capote
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• The Queen
• The Squid and the Whale
• British Film:
• Children of Men
• The Queen
• Red Road
• The Last King of Scotland
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley
• British Producer:
• United 93
• London to Bright
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley
• The Departed
• British Actress in Support:
• Emily Blunt – The Devil Wears Prada
• Emma Thompson – Stranger Than Fiction
• Juliet Stevenson – Pierrepoint
• Emily Watson – The Proposition
• Helen McCrory – The Queen
• British Actor in Support:
• Eddie Marsan – Pierrepoint
• Michael Caine – The Prestige
• Bill Nighy – Notes on a Scandal
• Leslie Phillips – Venus
• Dominic Cooper – The History Boys
• British Actress:
• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Kate Winslet – Little Children
• Loraine Stanley – London to Brighton
• Kate Dickie – Red Road
• British Actor:
• Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
• Toby Jones – Infamous
• Timothy Spall – Pierrepoint
• James McAvoy – The Last King of Scotland
• Christian Bale – The Prestige
• British Director:
• Andrea Arnold – Red Road
• Stephen Fears – The Queen
• Christopher Nolan – The Prestige
• Kevin Macdonald – The Last King of Scotland
• Ken Loach – The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Golden Globe Awards Nominations

• (12/14/06)
•  
• Drama Picture:
• Babel
• Bobby
• The Departed
• Little Children
• The Queen
• Drama Actor:
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
• Peter O’Toole – Venus
• Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
• Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Drama Actress:
• Penelope Cruz – Volver
• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – Sherrybaby
• Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Kate Winslet – Little Children
• Comedy/Musical Picture:
• Borat
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Dreamgirls
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Thank You for Smoking
• Comedy/Musical Actor:
• Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
• Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Aaron Eckhart – Thank You for Smoking
• Chiwetel Eiowfor – Kinky Boots
• Will Ferrell – Stranger Than Fiction
• Comedy/Musical Actress:
• Annette Bening – Running with Scissors
• Toni Collette – Little Miss Sunshine
• Beyonce Knowles – Dreamgirls
• Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
• Renee Zellweger – Miss Potter
• Supporting Actor:
• Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland
• Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
• Jack Nicholson – The Departed
• Brad Pitt – Babel
• Mark Wahlberg – The Departed
• Supporting Actress:
• Adriana Barraza – Babel
• Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
• Emily Blunt – The Devil Wears Prada
• Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
• Director:
• Clint Eastwood – Flags of Our Fathers
• Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
• Stephen Frears – The Queen
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Babel
• Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Screenplay:
• Babel
• The Departed
• Little Children
• Notes on a Scandal
• The Queen
• Original Score:
• Babel
• The Da Vinci Code
• The Fountain
• Nomad
• The Painted Veil
• Original Song:
• A Father’s Way – The Pursuit of Happyness
• Listen – Dreamgirls
• Never Gonna Break My Faith – Bobby
• Song of the Heart – Happy Feet
• Try Not to Remember – Home of the Brave
• Animated Film:
• Cars
• Happy Feet
• Monster House
• Foreign Film:
• Apocalypto
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• The Lives of Others
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Volver

Broadcast Frilm Critics Association Nominations

• (12/12/06)
•  
• Picture:
• Babel
• Blood Diamond
• The Departed
• Dreamgirls
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Little Children
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Notes on a Scandal
• The Queen
• United 93
• Actor:
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
• Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
• Peter O’Toole – Venus
• Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
• Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress:
• Penelope Cruz – Volver
• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
• Kate Winslet – Little Children
• Supporting Actor:
• Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland
• Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Adam Beach – Flags of Our Fathers
• Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond
• Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
• Jack Nicholson – The Departed
• Supporting Actress:
• Adriana Barraza – Babel
• Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
• Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
• Catherine O’Hara – For Your Consideration
• Emma Thompson – Stranger Than Fiction
• Ensemble:
• Babel
• Bobby
• The Departed
• Dreamgirls
• Little Miss Sunshine
• A Prairie Home Companion
• Director:
• Bill Condon – Dreamgirls
• Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
• Stephen Frears – The Queen
• Paul Greengrass – United 93
• Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Screenplay:
• Babel
• The Departed
• Little Children
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen
• Stranger Than Fiction
• Animated Feature:
• Cars
• Flushed Away
• Happy Feet
• Monster House
• Over the Hedge
• Young Actor:
• Cameron Bright – Thank You for Smoking
• Joseph Cross – Running with Scissors
• Paul Dano – Little Miss Sunshine
• Freddie Highmore – A Good Year
• Jaden Christopher Syre Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
• Young Actress:
• Ivano Baquero – Pan’s Labyrinth
• Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson
• Dakota Fanning – Charlotte’s Web
• Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee
• Song:
• “I Need to Wake Up” – An Inconvenient Truth
• “Listen” – Dreamgirls
• “My Little Girl” – Flicka
• “The Neighbor” – Shut Up & Sing
• “Never Gonna Break My Faith” – Bobby
• “Ordinary Miracle” – Charlotte’s Web
• Soundtrack:
• Babel
• Cars
• Dreamgirls
• Happy Feet
• Marie Antoinette
• Score:
• Babel
• The Da Vinci Code
• The Departed
• The Fountain
• The Good German
• The Illusionist
• Comedy Film:
• Borat
• The Devil Wears Prada
• For Your Consideration
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Thank You for Smoking
• Family Film:
• Akeelah and the Bee
• Charlotte’s Web
• Flicka
• Lassie
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• Made for TV Movie:
• Elizabeth I
• The Librarian
• Nightmares & Dreamscapes
• The Ron Clark Story
• When the Levees Broke
• Foreign Film:
• Apocalypto
• Days of Glory
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Volver
• Water
• Documentary:
• An Inconvenient Truth
• Shut Up & Sing
• This Film Is Not Yet Rated
• Who Killed the Electric Car?
• Wordplay

San Francisco Film Critics

• (12/12/06)
•  
• Picture: Little Children
• Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
• Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza – Babel
• Director: Paul Greengrass – United 93
• Original Screenplay: Brick
• Adapted Screenplay: Little Children
• Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth

New York Film Critics Circle

• (12/11/06)
•  
• Picture: United 93
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
• Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Screenplay: The Queen
• Foreign Film: Army of Shadow
• Documentary: Deliver Us from Evil
• Cinematography: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Animated Feature: Happy Feet
• First Film: Half Nelson

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

• (12/10/06)
•  
• Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima (RU: The Queen)
• Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat, Forest Whitaker – Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen (RU: Penelope Cruz – Volver)
• Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen – The Queen (RU: Sergi Lopez – Pan’s Labyrinth)
• Supporting Actress: Luminita Gheorghiu – The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (RU: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls)
• Director: Paul Greengrass – United 93 (RU: Clint Eastwood – Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima)
• Screenplay: The Queen (RU: Little Miss Sunshine)
• Foreign Film: The Lives of Others (RU: Volver)
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth (RU: Darwin’s Nightmare)
• Cinematography: Children of Men (RU: Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima)
• Art Direction: Pan’s Labyrinth (RU: Children of Men)
• Score: The Queen, Painted Veil (RU: Good German, Little Children)
• Animated Feature: Happy Feet (RU: Cars)

American Film Institute

• (12/10/06)

Top 10 (alphabetical)

• Babel
• Borat
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Dreamgirls
• Half Nelson
• Happy Feet
• Inside Man
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Little Miss Sunshine
• United 93

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association

• (12/10/06)
•  
• Picture: United 93
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond
• Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Screenplay: Thank You for Smoking
• Animated Feature: Happy Feet
• Ensemble Cast: Little Miss Sunshine
• Breakthrough Performance: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth

Boston Society of Film Critics

• (12/10/06)
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• Picture: The Departed (RU: United 93)
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland (RU: Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson)
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen (RU: Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal)
• Supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg – The Departed (RU: Michael Sheen – The Queen, Alec Baldwin – The Departed)
• Supporting Actress: Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson (RU: Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada)
• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed (RU: Paul Greengrass – United 93)
• Ensemble Cast: United 93 (RU: The Departed)
• Screenplay: The Departed (RU: The Queen)
• Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth (RU: Volver)
• Documentary: Deliver Us from Evil, Shut Up & Sing (RU: 51 Birch Street)
• Cinematography: Pan’s Labyrinthy (RU: The Painted Veil, Curse of the Golden Flower)
• New Filmmaker: Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson (RU: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine)

New York Online Film Critics

• (12/10/06)
•  
• Picture: The Queen
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen – The Queen
• Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls, Catherine O’Hara – For Your Consideration
• Director: Stephen Frears – The Queen
• Screenplay: The Queen
• Ensemble Cast: Little Miss Sunshine
• New Filmmaker: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
• Score: The Illusionist
• Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
• Animated Feature: Happy Feet
• Cinematography: The Illusionist

Top 10 (alphabetical)

• Babel
• The Fountain
• Inland Empire
• Little Children
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• The Queen
• Thank You for Smoking
• Volver
• Water

National Board of Review

• (12/6/06)
•  
• Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima
• Actor: Forest Whitaker – Last King of Scotland
• Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond
• Supporting Actress: Catherine O’Hara – For Your Consideration
• Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Original Screenplay: Stranger Than Fiction
• Adapted Screenplay: The Painted Veil
• Foreign Film: Volver
• Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
• Animated Feature: Cars
• Ensemble Cast: The Departed
• Breakthrough Performance (Male): Ryan Gosling – Half Helson
• Breakthrough Performance (Female): Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls & Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
• Directorial Debut: Thank You for Smoking

Top 10 (alphabetical)

• Babel
• Blood Diamond
• The Departed
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Flags of Our Fathers
• The History Boys
• Letters from Iwo Jima
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Notes on a Scandal
• The Painted Veil

Top 5 Foreign Films (alphabetical)

• Curse of the Golden Flower
• Days of Glory
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Volver
• Water

Top 5 Documentaries (alphabetical)

• 51 Birch Street
• An Inconvenient Truth
• Iraq in Fragments
• Shut Up & Sing
• Wordplay

Top 10 Independent Films (alphabetical)

• Akeelah and the Bee
• Bobby
• Catch a Fire
• Copying Beethoven
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
• Half Nelson
• The Illusionist
• Lonesome Jim
• Sherrybaby
• 10 Items or Less
• Thank You for Smoking

Annie Award Nominations

• (12/4/06)
•  
• Animated Feature:
• Cars
• Happy Feet
• Monster House
• Open Season
• Over the Hedge
• Animated Short Subject:
• Adventure Time
• Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot
• No Time for Nuts
• Weird Al Yanokovic’s “Don’t Download This Song”
• Voice Acting
• Feature:
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – Monster House
• Sam Lerner – Monster House
• Spencer Locke – Monster House
• Ian McKellen – Flushed Away
• Wanda Sykes – Over the Hedge
• Directing
• Feature:
• Flushed Away
• Over the Hedge
• Mosnter House
• Cars
• Ice Age: The Meltdown
• Writing
• Feature:
• Brother Bear 2
• Flushed Away
• Monster House
• Cars
• Happy Feet
• Music
• Feature Production:
• The Ant Bully
• Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
• A Monkey’s Tale
• Cars
• Ice Age: The Meltdown
• Storyboarding
• Feature:
• Thom Enriquez – Over the Hedge
• William H. Frake II – Ice Age: The Meltdown
• Gary Graham – Over the Hedge
• Kris Pearn – Open Season
• Simon Wells – Flushed Away
• Character Animation
• Feature:
• Line Andersen – Flushed Away
• Carlos Baena – Cars
• Gabe Hordos – Flushed Away
• Bobby Podesta – Cars
• Kristoff Serrand – Over the Hedge
• Character Design
• Feature:
• Peter DeSeve – Ice Age: The Meltdown
• Carter Goodrich – Open Season
• Nicolas Marlet – Over the Hedge
• Production Design
• Feature:
• William Cone – Cars
• Andy Harkness – Open Season
• Michael Humphries – Open Season
• Paul Shardlow – Over the Hedge
• Pierre-Olivier Vincent – Flushed Away
• Animated Effects:
• Scott Cegielski – Flushed Away
• Keith Klohn – Cars
• David Stephens – Open Season
• Erdem Taylan – Cars
• John David Thornton – Ice Age: The Meltdown
• Home Entertainment Product:
• Bambi II
• The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
• Winnie the Pooh: Shapes & Sizes
• Animated Video Game:
• Flushed Away the Game
• Monster House
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab

Satellite Award Nominations

• (11/30/06)
•  
• Drama Picture:
• Half Nelson
• The Departed
• Flags of Our Fathers
• The Queen
• The Last King of Scotland
• Babel
• Little Children
• Drama Actor:
• Derek Luke – Catch a Fire
• Joshua Jackson – Aurora Borealis
• Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
• Patrick Wilson – Little Children
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond
• Drama Actress:
• Penelope Cruz – Volver
• Helen Mirren – The Queen
• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Gretchen Mol – The Notorioius Bettie Page
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – Sherrybaby
• Kate Winslet – Little Children
• Comedy/Musical Picture:
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Thank You for Smoking
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Stranger Than Fiction
• Venus
• Dreamgirls
• Comedy/Musical Actor:
• Joseph Cross – Running with Scissors
• Aaron Eckhart – Thank You for Smoking
• Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
• Peter O’Toole – Venus
• Will Farrell – Stranger Than Fiction
• Comedy/Musical Actress:
• Julie Walters – Driving Lessons
• Annette Bening – Running with Scissors
• Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
• Toni Collette – Little Miss Sunshine
• Jodie Whitaker – Venus
• Beyonc Knowles – Dreamgirls
• Supporting Actor:
• Donald Sutherland – Aurora Borealis
• Adam Beach – Flags of Our Fathers
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
• Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Brad Pitt – Babel
• Jack Nicholson – The Departed
• Supporting Actress:
• Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Lily Tomlin – A Prairie Home Companion
• Blythe Danner – The Last Kiss
• Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
• Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal
• Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Director:
• Martin Scorsese – The Departed
• Clint Eastwood – Flags of Our Fathers
• Pedro Almodovoar – Volver
• Stephen Frears – The Queen
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Babel
• Bill Condon – Dreamgirls
• Original Screenplay:
• Changing Times
• House of Sand
• Babel
• Volver
• The Queen
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley
• Adapted Screenplay:
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Thank You for Smoking
• The Departed
• Little Children
• A Prairie Home Companion
• Dreamgirls
• Original Score:
• The Lives of Others
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Notes on a Scandal
• Brick
• Da Vinci Code
• Babel
• Original Song:
• “Upside Down” – Curious George
• “You Know My Name” – Casino Royale
• “Never Let Go” – The Guardian
• “Til the End of Time” – Little Miss Sunshine
• “Love You I Do” – Dreamgirls
• “Listen” – Dreamgirls
• Editing:
• X-Men: The Last Stand
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Babel
• Miami Vice
• Dreamgirls
• Cinematography:
• House of Sand
• Flags of Our Fathers
• The Black Dahlia
• A Good Year
• X-Men: The Last Stand
• The Fountain
• Curse of the Golden Flower
• Art Direction:
• Marie Antoinette
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Dreamgirls
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• V for Vendetta
• Costume Design:
• Marie Antoinette
• The Black Dahlia
• Curse of the Golden Flower
• Dreamgirls
• Devil Wears Prada
• Sound:
• X-Men: The Last Stand
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Babel
• Dreamgirls
• Da Vinci Code
• Visual Effects:
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Pirates of the Caribbean 2
• X-Men: The Last Stand
• V for Vendetta
• The Fountain
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Da Vinci Code
• Animated/Mixed Media Picture:
• Cars
• Ice Age 2
• Happy Feet
• Flushed Away
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Foreign Language Picture:
• The Lives of Others
• Volver
• Changing Times
• Water
• Syrian Bride
• Apocalypto
• Documentary:
• Deliver Us From Evil
• Jonestown
• An Inconvenient Truth
• The US vs. John Lennon
• Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man
• The War Tapes
• Special thanks to The Critic for the initial announcement list..

Independent Spirit Award Nominations

• (11/28/06)
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• Feature:
• American Gun
• The Dead Girl
• Half Nelson
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• First Feature:
• Day Night Day Night
• Man Push Cart
• The Motel
• Sweet Land
• Wristcutters: A Love Story
• John Cassavates Award – Feature (Under $500,000):
• Chalk
• Four Eyed Monsters
• Old Joy
• Quinceanera
• Twelve and Holding
• Director:
• Robert Altman – A Prairie Home Companion
• Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
• Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson
• Karen Moncrieff – The Dead Girl
• Steven Soderbergh – Bubble
• Actor:
• Aaron Eckhart – Thank You for Smoking
• Ryan Golsing – Half Nelson
• Edward Norton – The Painted Veil
• Ahmad Razvi – Man Push Cart
• Forest Whitaker – American Gun
• Actress:
• Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson
• Catharine O’Hara – For Your Consideration
• Elisabeth Reaser – Sweet Land
• Michelle Williams – Land of Plenty
• Robin Wright Penn – Sorry, Haters
• Screenplay:
• The Illusionist
• Friends with Money
• The Painted Veil
• Thank You for Smoking
• Sorry, Haters
• Supporting Actor:
• Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine
• Raymond J. Barry – Steel City
• Daniel Craig – Infamous
• Paul Dano – Little Miss Sunshine
• Channing Tatum – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
• Supporting Actress:
• Melonie Diaz – Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
• Marcia Gay Harden – American Gun
• Mary Beth Hurt – The Dead Girl
• Frances McDormand – Friends with Money
• Amber Tamblyn – Stephanie Daley
• First Screenplay:
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Half Nelson
• Wristcutters: A Love Story
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
• Conversations with Other Women
• Cinematography:
• Four Eyed Monsters
• Brothers of the Head
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Wild Tigers I Have Known
• Man Push Cart
• Foreign Film:
• 12:08 East of Bucharest
• The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
• Chronicle of an Escape
• Days of Glory
• The Lives of Others
• Documentary:
• A Lion in the House
• My Country My Country
• The Road to Guantanamo
• The Trials of Daryl Hunt
• You’re Gonna Miss Me
• Special thanks to Sonic Youth for helping me to complete the above list.