ROTTEN TOMATOES: London Movie Critics Present Their '05 Nominations

London Movie Critics Present Their '05 Nominations

by Scott Weinberg | December 16, 2005

Movie City News shares with us a press release from the London Film Critics Group in which their various nominations are announced. Keep in mind that the Brit crits use their own release dates as criteria, so don't be surprised to see a few 2004 releases in the mix.

The Attenborough Award for British Film of the Year

Pride and Prejudice
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Constant Gardener
The Descent
Mrs. Henderson Presents

Film of the Year

Crash
A History of Violence
Brokeback Mountain
King Kong
The Constant Gardener

Foreign Film

Downfall
Hidden
The Sea Inside
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Chorus

British Newcomer

Joe Wright (director, Pride and Prejudice)
Kelly Reilly (actress, Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Annie Griffin (writer-director, Festival)
Julian Fellowes (director, Separate Lies)
Matthew MacFadyen (Pride and Prejudice)

Screenwriter

Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (Brokeback Mountain)
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (Crash)
Jeffrey Caine (The Constant Gardener)
Shane Black (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)
Bernd Eichinger (Downfall)

British Producer

Peter Lord (Wallace & Gromit:The Curse of the Were-Rabbit)
Simon Channing-Williams (The Constant Gardener)
Andrew Eaton and Michael Winterbottom (A Cock and Bull Story)
Christian Colson (The Descent – Pathe and Separate Lies)
Mark Boothe and Ruth Caleb (Bullet Boy)

British Actress in Supporting Role

Thandie Newton (Crash)
Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda)
Tilda Swinton (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
Rosamund Pike (Pride and Prejudice)
Brenda Blethyn (Pride and Prejudice)

British Actor in Supporting Role

Brendan Gleeson (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
James McAvoy (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
Paddy Considine (Cinderella Man)
Tom Hollander (Pride and Prejudice)
Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins)

British Actress

Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)
Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice)
Emily Watson (Separate Lies)
Kristin Scott Thomas (Keeping Mum)

British Actor

Ralph Fiennes (The Constant Gardener)
Christian Bale (The Machinist)
Liam Neeson (Kinsey)
Chiwetl Ejiofor (Kinky Boots)
Tom Wilkinson (Separate Lies)

British Director of the Year

Joe Wright – (Pride and Prejudic)
Terry George – (Hotel Rwanda)
Neil Marshall – (The Descent)
Christopher Nolan - (Batman Begins)
Stephen Frears - (Mrs. Henderson Presents)

Actress of the Year

Juliette Binoche (Hidden)
Naomi Watts (King Kong)
Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace)
Laura Linney (Kinsey)
Maria Bello (A History of Violence)

Actor of the Year

Bruno Ganz (Downfall)
Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)
Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda; Crash)
Viggo Mortensen (A History of Violence)
Johnny Depp (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

Director

Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener)
Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
Paul Haggis (Crash)
Peter Jackson (King Kong)
David Cronenberg (A History of Violence)

(Thanks to MCN for the info.)

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	Hotel Rwanda

	Mrs. Henderson Presents
	The Beat That My Heart Skipped
	Cinderella Man
	Maria Full of Grace
	Crash
	The Chorus
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
	A History of Violence
	Brokeback Mountain
	Pride and Prejudice
	Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
	Batman Begins
	The Machinist
	King Kong
	Festival
	The Sea Inside

	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
	Kinsey
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
	Separate Lies
	Caché
	Downfall
	The Constant Gardener
Celeb:	Juliette Binoche
	Peter Jackson
	Heath Ledger
	Maria Bello

	Christian Bale
	Cillian Murphy
	Rosamund Pike
	Michael Winterbottom
	Jeffrey Caine
	Judi Dench
	Stephen Frears
	Liam Neeson
	Rachel Weisz
	Brendan Gleeson
	Shane Black
	Julian Fellowes
	Kelly Reilly
	David Cronenberg
	Bruno Ganz
	Christopher Nolan
	Thandie Newton
	Brenda Blethyn
	Robert Moresco
	Joe Wright
	Simon Channing-Williams
	Larry McMurtry
	James McAvoy
	Keira Knightley
	Johnny Depp
	Catalina Sandino Moreno
	Chjwetel Ejiofor
	Emily Watson
	Paddy Considine
	Naomi Watts
	Peter Lord
	Matthew MacFadyen
	Tilda Swinton
	Sophie Okonedo
	Don Cheadle
	Ang Lee
	Laura Linney
	Terry George
	Ralph Fiennes
	Tom Hollander
	Andrew Eaton
	Paul Haggis
	Fernando Meirelles
	Bernd Eichinger
	Tom Wilkinson
	Kristin Scott Thomas
	Viggo Mortensen

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insanemansam5 writes:
on Dec 16 2005 11:01 AM

wierd list I'm glad to see king kong get some love finally though

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lavatory love machine writes:
on Dec 16 2005 11:49 AM

king kong will get best picture, best director and best actress nominations at the oscars, just seen it, it's brilliant and very moving

now with the dvds and the plasma tv I only went to the theater to see movies three times this year: sith, batman and kong, I used to go like 45-50 times per year untill a couple of years ago, but now very few movies are interesting enough to make that trip, but kong sure is one of them

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lovelykeira writes:
on Dec 16 2005 02:03 PM

Their list is a little different, I almost like it more though. Their wiser than us in that they gave Crash a good amount of nods.

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a limited run film writes:
on Dec 16 2005 03:06 PM

i agree with lovelykiera. i like the british list more. for one, im happy that Thandie Newton got a nomination. she blew me away in the car crash scene.

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synergyred writes:
on Dec 16 2005 05:24 PM

Anyone willing to explain to me why they have the British actors seperated? I know that it's the BRITISH award show but it seems a little silly and time consuming to me to seperate everything!

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Scott Weinberg writes:
on Dec 16 2005 07:43 PM

I'm just thrilled to see the awesome "Descent" get some respect from the London critics. I think it's fantastic that a dark & intense horror movie earns that kind of acclaim across the pond.

Well done, blokes.

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lavatory love machine writes:
on Dec 16 2005 10:01 PM

they have the british actress category and the actress of the year category and naomi watts is only on the second one

I guess they don't know that SHE IS BRITISH, she was born in england and moved to australia when she was very young

they're not so clever after all

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Syrith writes:
on Dec 17 2005 09:49 AM

[b]My Summer of Love[/b]
No awards period for My Summer of Love???

I figured it got missed in the American awards noms because it was British, but for the London film critics to miss it too is absurd.

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StickyKiwi writes:
on Dec 18 2005 11:36 AM

In reply to this comment (#828973)
must be based on accents then, cause when she opens her mouth it's pure Outback :-)

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Jethro Floyd writes:
on Dec 19 2005 12:43 PM

Well, the best direction I've seen this year was either Cronenberg or Jackson, though I've yet to see "Brokeback Mountain," "Syriana," "The New World," or "Munich."

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