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2005 CINEMATHEQUE AWARDS

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WINNERS HIGHLIGHTED IN GOLD

BEST HERO
King Kong
Kong
as
Himself		 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Ewan McGregor
as
Obi Wan Kenobi		 Good Night, and Good Luck.
David Strathairn
and
George Clooney
as
Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly		 Serenity
Nathan Fillion
as
Capt. Malcolm Reynolds		 Howl's Moving Castle
Sophie
as
Herself		 Batman Begins
Christian Bale
as
Batman
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Runners-up: Marv & Dwight in Frank Miller's Sin City

Honourable Mentions: Howl in Howl's Moving Castle * River in Serenity * The Human Torch in The Fantastic Four (a bad film but this guy just seems to be having way too much fun not to be included here.

LAST YEAR'S NOMINEES:
PETER PARKER (SPIDER-MAN 2) * THE HERO (HERO) * ZATOICHI (ZATOICHI)
SKY CAPTAIN (SKY CAPTAIN & THE WORLD OF TOMORROW) * PAUL RUSESABAGINA (HOTEL RWANDA)
MR. INCREDIBLE & ELASTI-GIRL (THE INCREDIBLES)

BEST VILLAIN
The Chronicles of Narnia
Tilda Swinton
as
The White Witch		 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
General Grievous
as
Himself		 Good Night, and Good Luck.
Sen. Joe McCarthy
as
Himself
(archival footage)		 Oldboy
Yu Ji-Tae
as
Lee Woo-Jin		 Howl's Moving Castle
The Witch of the Waste
as
Herself		 Batman Begins
Cillian Murphy
as
The Scarecrow
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Runners-up: Emperor Palpatine is like evil-on-stick nasty in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith * Kevin is quiet death in Frank Miller's Sin City

Honourable Mentions: The Operative plays at martyrdom in Serenity * Barkis Bittern is a fun kind of baddie in Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

LAST YEAR'S NOMINEES:
DOC OCK (SPIDER-MAN 2) * BILL (KILL BILL VOL. 2) * ELLE DRIVER (KILL BILL VOL. 2)
LARS VON TRIER (5 OBSTRUCTIONS) * GEORGE W. BUSH (FAHRENHEIT 9/11)
THE TOWN OF DOGVILLE (DOGVILLE)

BEST SIDEKICK
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Scraps		 Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Maggot		 Howl's Moving Castle
Turnip		 Howl's Moving Castle
Calcifer		 Hustle & Flow
Taryn Manning
as
Nola		 Kontroll
Eszter Balla
as
Szofi
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LAST YEAR'S NOMINEES:
TOMMY CORN (I ♥ HUCKABEES) * DEX (SKY CAPT) * THE CAMEL (BIG ANIMAL)
PETER (PASSION OF THE CHRIST) * HEPHESTION (ALEXANDER) * PEDRO (NAPOLEON DYNOMITE)

BEST DIVA
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic
Sarah Silverman
as
Sarah Silverman		 Heights
Glenn Close
as
Diana		 Rent
Idina Menzel
as
Maureen		 Breakfast on Pluto
Cillian Murphy
as
Patrick "Kitten" Braden		 The Chronicles of Narnia
Tilda Swinton
as
The White Witch		 Howl's Moving Castle
Howl
as
Himself
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Runners-up: Maggie Gyllenhaal's Jude in Happy Endings

Honourable Mentions: Summer Glau's River Queen in Serenity * Sandra Bullock in Crash * The Bride in Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

LAST YEAR'S NOMINEES:
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR FOR THIS AWARD

BEST COUPLE / DUO
Walk the Line
Johnny
&
June		 My Summer of Love
Mona
&
Tamsin		 A History of Violence
Tom
&
Edie		 King Kong
Ann
&
Kong		 Saraband
Johan
&
Marianne		 Brokeback Mountain
Ennis
&
Jack
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LAST YEAR'S NOMINEES:
MEI & JIN (HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS) * SPIDEY & M.J. (SPIDER-MAN 2) * MILES & JACK (SIDEWAYS)
VIVIAN & BERNARD (HUCKABEES) * JESSE & CELINE (BEFORE SUNSET)
MANECH & MATILDE (A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT)

BEST FEMALE SEX SYMBOL / aka BEST SEX KITTEN
Ziyi Zhang
in
2046		 Maria Bello
in
A History of Violence		 Rosario Dawson
in
Rent and Sin City		 Q'Orianka Kilcher
in
The New World		 Naomi Watts
in
King Kong and Ellie Parker		 Rachel Weisz
in
The Constant Gardener
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Runners-up: Natalie Press in My Summer of Love * Idina Menzel in Rent * Faye Wong in 2046 * Eszter Balla (aka, the Bear Girl) in Kontroll * Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line

Honourable Mentions: Jewel Staite in Serenity * Claire Danes in Shopgirl * Isabelle Huppert in Ma Mere * Rachel McAdams in Wedding Crashers * Abbie Cornish in Somersault * Keira Knightly in Pride & Prejudice * Sarah Silverman in Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic

Special Mention: Was I the only one that found The Corpse Bride to be oddly sexy!??

LAST YEAR'S NOMINEES:

BEST MALE SEX SYMBOL / aka BEST BO-HUNK
Ewan McGregor
in
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith		 Heath Ledger
in
Brokeback Mountain		 Jake Gyllenhaal
in
Brokeback Mountain
and
Jarhead		 Cartoon Johnny Depp
in
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride		 Tony Leung
in
2046		 Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
in
Match Point
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Runners-up: Clive Owen as Dwight in Frank Miller's Sin City * Joseph Gordon Levitt in Mysterious Skin

Honourable Mentions: Daniel Craig in Layer Cake and/or Munich * Louis Garrel in Ma Mere * Colin Farrell in THe New World

Special Mention: He may actually belong in the female category (especially if you ask him/her), but Cillian Murphy is great either way in Breakfast on Pluto

LAST YEAR'S NOMINEES:

BEST CAMEO or LIMITED ROLE / FEMALE
Munich
Lynn Cohen
as
Golda Meir		 Rent
Sarah Silverman
as
Alexi Darling		 Brokeback Mountain
Roberta Maxwell
as
Jack's Mother		 2046
Maggie Cheung
as
Su Li Zhen
(the Original)		 Brokeback Mountain
Kate Mara
as
Alma Del Mar Jr.		 2046
Gong Li
as
Su Li Zhen
(the imposter)
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Runners-up: Emmanuelle Devos as the "other woman" in The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Honourable Mentions: Anna Faris in Brokeback Mountain * Judi Dench in Pride & Prejudice * Annie Girardot as La mère de Georges in Caché

LAST YEAR'S NOMINEES:
ANGELINA JOLIE (SKY CAPT & THE WORLD OF TOMORROW) * EDNA MODE (INCREDIBLES)
MARYLOUISE BURKE (SIDEWAYS) * MARCIA GAY HARDON (P.S.) * LYNN REDGRAVE (KINSEY)
JODIE FOSTER (A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT)

BEST CAMEO or LIMITED ROLE / MALE
Brokeback Mountain
Randy Quaid
as
Joe Aguirre		 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Peter Mayhew
as
Chewbacca		 A History of Violence
William Hurt
as
Richie Cusack		 Frank Miller's Sin City
Elijah Wood
as
Kevin		 Caché
Maurice Bénichou
as
Majid		 The New World
John Savage
as
Crazed with hunger Settler
With the brunt of an ugly society on his back, Quaid grunts forth his hatered. How can ya top a Wookkie!? The Oscar's gave hime Supp Actor, but his wonderful (and funny)performance belongs more here. Nary a word spoken, but the best character in the whole damned film. The crux of the entire film. Or is he? The man do crazy goood.
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Runners-up: Peter McRobbie speaks buckets of denial as Jack's Father in Brokeback Mountain.

Honourable Mentions: Ian Howard plays the artist with all the answers (and a life-saving mugging rescue) in the mish-mash that was Heights * David Krumholz is the rather silly, yet endearing Mr. Universe in Serenity * Dallas Roberts is Sam Phillips, the man who sets everything in motion in Walk the Line.

LAST YEAR'S NOMINEES:
JAVIAR BARDEM (COLLATERAL) * JAMES CAAN (DOGVILLE) * MOS DEF (WOODSMAN)
JAVIAR CAMERA (BAD EDUCATION) * GORDON LIU (KILL BILL VOL 2)
SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER (SKY CAPT & THE WORLD OF TOMORROW)

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Steve Carrell
in
The 40 Year Old Virgin		 Jason Schwartzman
in
Shopgirl		 Owen Wilson
in
Wedding Crashers		 Vince Vaughn
in
Wedding Crashers		 Sarah Silverman
in
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic		 Steve Coogan
in
Happy Endings
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Runners-up: Tom Hollander in Pride & Prejudice * Isla Fisher in Wedding Crashers

Special Mention (but "elevated" to Best Supporting Actress): Amy Adams in Junebug

LAST YEAR'S NOMINEES:
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR FOR THIS AWARD

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