MUNKY Film Award Nominations

The prestigious award, founded just 8 short months ago to celebrate the best of the Broadway stage, has now been extended to include film.

It is all common knowledge (to those of you that track these things,) that the Munky awards are perhaps the sole determining factor in whether a show succeeds or bombs. After this first film awards, I suspect that the same will apply.

For those of you remember the voting guidelines from the spring, the same rules apply here. For first-timers, all you do is peruse my list of nominees and PM me your votes for what you believe to be the best. All voting must be done via PM. Results will be posted one week from right now.

All categories will contain a maximum of 6 nominees, to accomodate for a wider variety of taste.

If you send me a vote for two things in the same category (I couldn't decide!) then neither will count. Let the voting begin!

BEST PICTURE (drama)
Brokeback Mountain
Cinderella Man
Good Night, and Good Luck
King Kong
Match Point
Munich

BEST PICTURE (musical/comedy)
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Pride and Prejudice
The Producers
Shopgirl
The Squid and the Whale
Walk the Line

BEST ACTOR (drama)
Eric Bana, Munich
Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man
Ralph Fiennes, The Constant Gardener
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck

BEST ACTOR (musical/comedy)
Steve Carell, The Forty Year-Old Virgin
Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale
Robert Downey Jr., Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Nathan Lane, The Producers
Bill Murray, Broken Flowers
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line

BEST ACTRESS (drama)
Maria Bello, A History of Violence
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Julianne Moore, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Gwyneth Paltrow, Proof
Naomi Watts, King Kong
Renee Zellweger, Cinderella Man

BEST ACTRESS (musical/comedy)
Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger
Claire Danes, Shopgirl
Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Keira Knightly, Pride and Prejudice
Laura Linney, The Squid and the Whale
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (drama)
George Clooney, Syriana
Clifford Collins Jr., Capote
Matt Dillon, Crash
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Match Point

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (musical/comedy)
Will Ferrel, The Producers
Bob Hoskins, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Val Kilmer, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Steve Martin, Shopgirl
Jason Schwartzman, Shopgirl
Jeffrey Wright, Broken Flowers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (drama)
Amy Adams, Junebug
Sandra Bullock, Crash
Scarlett Johansson, Match Point
Catherine Keener, Capote
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (musical/comedy
Brenda Blethyn, Pride and Prejudice
Rosario Dawson, Rent
Ginnifer Goodwin, Walk the Line
Diane Keaton, The Family Stone
Catherine Keener, The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Shirley Maclaine, In Her Shoes

BEST DIRECTION
Woody Allen, Match Point
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Peter Jackson, King Kong
Ron Howard, Cinderella Man
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Steven Spielberg, Munich

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Paul Haggis, Crash
Dario Marianelli, Pride and Prejudice
Thomas Newman, Cinderella Man
Gustavo Santaollala, Brokeback Mountain
John Williams, Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams, Munich

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Woody Allen, Match Point
Judd Apatow & Steve Carell, The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale
George Clooney & Grant Heslov, Good Night, and Good Luck
Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, Crash
Cliff Hollingsworth & Akiva Goldsman, Cinderella Man

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Dan Futterman, Capote
Stephen Gaghan, Syriana
Tony Kushner & Eric Roth, Munich
Larry McMurty & Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain
Steve Martin, Shopgirl
Deborah Moggach, Pride and Prejudice

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Chicken Little
The Corpse Bride
Howl's Moving Castle
Madagascar
Robots
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
2046
The Best of Youth
Joyeux Noel
Kung Fu Hustle
Paradise Now
Tsotsi

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
March of the Penquins
Murderball
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

BEST ART DIRECTION
Batman Begins
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Cinderella Man
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Capote
The Chronicles of Narnia
Cinderella Man
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride and Prejudice

BEST EDITING
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Good Night, and Good Luck
A History of Violence
King Kong
Munich

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Brokeback Mountain
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Good Night, and Good Luck
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old", Brokeback Mountain
"Remains in the Day", The Corpse Bride
"Same in Any Language", Elizabethtown
"Tell Ol' Bill", North Country
"There's Nothing like a Show on Broadway", The Producers
"Travelin' Thru", Transamerica

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Updated On: 1/7/06 at 03:23 AM

Why thank you!

Re: your signature: I watched that movie last night. That line always cracks me up.

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Where are all the RENT noms? Come on, never mind the Av, the omission of RENT in everything but Supporting Actress is a JOKE!

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to ZONEACE ~

what does his avatar have to do with anything? are you that gullible to be influenced by the little picture on the left hand side?

nice job MUNK ~ how long did it take you to compile the list.
have you seen all your nominees?

Updated On: 1/7/06 at 09:49 AM

ZONEFACE: Not only are you in the minority with disliking KING KONG, but you are in no place to criticize my taste in anything. Not that I owe you an explanation for anything (because obviously if something this trivial gets you THAT annoyed, there's a deeper problem,) but I don't believe KONG to be the best film of the year at all. And as far as my avatar, I just think it's beautiful.

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The choices are good, Munk, but I'm curious: Are these you're personal nominees that we're voting on?

Understood.

So, to make the outcome only fair, I've included people like Joan Allen and Shirley Maclaine.

Ah, two of my winners. :)

Having seen less than half of the nominees (for shame!), I don't feel qualified to vote. But of the ones that I have seen, I agree with your choices--great job putting this together!

It might be interesting, but that's also due in part to parts written.

It was a hard choice to omit Thandie Newton, Terrence Howard (twice), and Don Cheadle - but I was ultimately more impressed and moved by other performances.

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I haven't noticed much buzz for the Geisha ladies so far; I have to admit that the performances left me cold, with the exception of Michelle Yeoh, who I worship but whose role isn't really "Oscar material".

PMing you my picks, Munk.

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Don Cheadle gave the best performance in Hotel Rwanda. I loved that movie.

Oh well.

My thoughts exactly.

I did love Terrence Howard in Hustle and Flow...I do hope he gets nominated.

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I didn't think the movie was a plodding mess, but I also very much loved the actress that played young Sayuri (forget younger name.) She was excellent.

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