2005 18th Chicago Film Critics Awards Best Picture * Crash Brokeback Mountain Good Night, and Good Luck A History of Violence King Kong Best Foreign Language Film * Cache 2046 Downfall Kung Fu Hustle Oldboy Best Director * David Cronenberg, A History of Violence George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck Peter Jackson, King Kong Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain Steven Spielberg, Munich Best Screenplay * Crash by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco Brokeback Mountain by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana Capote by Dan Futterman Good Night, and Good Luck by George Clooney & Grant Heslov A History of Violence by Josh Olson Best Actor * Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck Best Actress * Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger Felicity Huffman - Transamerica Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice Naomi Watts - King Kong Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line Best Supporting Actor * Mickey Rourke - Sin City Matt Dillon - Crash Terrence Howard - Crash Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain Donald Sutherland - Pride & Prejudice Best Supporting Actor * Maria Bello - A History of Violence Amy Adams - Junebug Scarlett Johansson - Match Point Catherine Keener - Capote Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain Best Original Score * Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla Batman Begins - Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Danny Elfman King Kong - James Newton Howard Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams Best Cinematography * Brokeback Mountain - Rodrigo Prieto Good Night, and Good Luck - Robert Elswit King Kong - Andrew Lesnie Munich - Janusz Kaminski The New World - Emmanuel Lubezki Pride & Prejudice - Roman Osin Best Documentary * Grizzly Man Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Mad Hot Ballroom March of the Penguins Murderball Most Promising Performer * Miranda July - Me and You and Everyone We Know Chris "Ludacris" Bridges - Crash and Hustle & Flow Georgie Henley - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Q’Orianka Kilcher - The New World Owen Kline - The Squid and the Whale Most Promising Director * Bennett Miller - Capote Craig Brewer - Hustle & Flow Miranda July - Me and You and Everyone We Know Phil Morrison - Junebug Joe Wright - Pride & Prejudice -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------