| 59th British Academy Film Awards | ||||
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| Date | 19 February 2006 | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Film | Brokeback Mountain | |||
| Best British Film | Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | |||
| Best Actor | Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote |
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| Best Actress | Reese Witherspoon Walk the Line |
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| Most awards | Brokeback Mountain | |||
| Most nominations | The Constant Gardener | |||
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The 59th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 19 February 2006, honoured the best in film for 2005.
Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain won the award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Best Adapted Screenplay. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit was voted Best British Film of 2005. Hot favourite, The Constant Gardener, led the nominations with 10 categories, but only received one award, for Best Editing by Claire Simpson. Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) and Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) won awards for Best Actor and Actress in a Lead Role.
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote as Truman Capote
Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line as June Carter
The Constant Gardener – Claire Simpson
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté) • France
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Brokeback Mountain – Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry
Crash – Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco
Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain as Jack Twist
Thandie Newton – Crash as Christine Thayer
James McAvoy: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe as Mr Tumnus
Winners
Losers (minimum two nominations)
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