In Los Angeles tonight, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented the annual Golden Globe awards honoring the best films of 2005. Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain" won the best motion picture - drama award while James Mangold's "Walk The Line" won the best motion picture musical or comedy prize.
"Brokeback" won four awards tonight, while "Walk The Line" won three prizes. The best dramatic acting awards went to Huffman and Hoffman, with Felicity Huffman honored for "Transamerica" and Philip Seymour Hoffman winning best actor for "Capote." Both acting awards for musical or comedy went to "Walk The Line," with Reese Witherspoon winning best actress and Joaquin Phoenix winning best actor.
Thanking Ang Lee afer winning best picture, one of "Brokeback's" producers, and head of Focus Features, James Schamus said, "You let Diana (Ossana) and me help you make a movie that has made our mothers so proud." The film also won prizes for best director, best screenplay, and best original song.
The complete list of winners follows:
BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Brokeback Mountain
Focus Features/River Road Entertainment; Focus Features
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS - DRAMA
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR - DRAMA
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Walk The Line
Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Reese Witherspoon, Walk The Line
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk The Line
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Paradise Now (PALESTINE)
Augustus Film/Lama Films/Razor Films/Lumen Films/Arte France Cinema/Hazazah Film; Warner Independent Pictures
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
George Clooney, Syriana
BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
BEST SCREENPLAY
Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
John Williams, Memoirs of a Geisha
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" -- Brokeback Mountain
Music by: Gustavo Santaolalla
Lyrics by: Bernie Taupin
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