19th CFCA Awards December 28, 2006
Best Film: The Departed
The 19th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 28, 2006 honored the best in film for 2006.
Winners and nominees
Best Actor Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson Peter O'Toole – Venus Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness
Best Actress Helen Mirren – The Queen Penélope Cruz – Volver Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal Maggie Gyllenhaal – Sherrybaby Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada Kate Winslet – Little Children
Best Cinematography Children of Men – Emmanuel Lubezki Babel – Rodrigo Prieto The Departed – Michael Ballhaus The Fountain – Matthew Libatique Letters from Iwo Jima – Tom Stern
Best DirectorMartin Scorsese – The Departed Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima Stephen Frears – The Queen Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel Paul Greengrass – United 93
Best Documentary Film An Inconvenient Truth Deliver Us from Evil Jesus Camp Shut Up & Sing Wordplay
Best Film The Departed Babel Little Miss Sunshine The Queen United 93
Best Foreign Language Film Letters from Iwo Jima, United States Apocalypto, United States Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno), Mexico/Spain/United States Tsotsi, South Africa Volver, Spain
Best Original ScoreThe Fountain – Clint Mansell Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla Letters from Iwo Jima – Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens Notes on a Scandal – Philip Glass The Queen – Alexandre Desplat
Best Screenplay – AdaptedThe Departed – William Monahan Little Children – Todd Field and Tom Perrotta Notes on a Scandal – Patrick Marber A Prairie Home Companion – Garrison Keillor Thank You for Smoking – Jason Reitman
Best Screenplay – OriginalThe Queen – Peter Morgan Babel – Guillermo Arriaga Letters from Iwo Jima – Iris Yamashita Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt United 93 – Paul Greengrass
Best Supporting Actor Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls Jack Nicholson – The Departed Brad Pitt – Babel Michael Sheen – The Queen
Best Supporting Actress Rinko Kikuchi – Babel Adriana Barraza – Babel Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine Toni Collette – Little Miss Sunshine Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
Most Promising Performer Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Ivana Baquero – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson Rinko Kikuchi – Babel Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee
Most Promising Filmmaker Rian Johnson – Brick Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine Gil Kenan – Monster House James McTeigue – V for Vendetta Jason Reitman – Thank You for Smoking
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