Golden Globe Awards 2006

The 63rd ceremony of the Golden Globe Awards , the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) each year in the areas of film (13 categories) and television (11 categories) awards, took place on 16 January 2006 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Beverly Hills instead . The favorites went to the dramas Brokeback Mountain (7 nominations), Good Night, and Good Luck. and Match Point (both 4 nominations) as well as the musical adaptation The Producers (4 nominations) into the running. The Golden Globes are used every year as a gauge for the upcoming Academy Awards. A novelty in 2006 was the fact that all the productions nominated in the category Best Film - Drama belonged to the genre of independent film .

With four Golden Globes won, including the film drama and directing categories, Brokeback Mountain became the most successful film at the awards ceremony, closely followed by James Mangold's Walk the Line , a biopic about the well-known US country singer Johnny Cash ( 1932 - 2003 ), which was awarded in three categories. In the main actor categories, Felicity Huffman ( Transamerica ) and Philip Seymour Hoffman ( Capote ) or Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix (both Walk the Line ) prevailed, the actors who were already considered favorites in the run-up to the award ceremony. The big loser of the evening was the film adaptation of the musical The Producers , which came out empty despite four nominations. The Palestinian contribution Paradise Now , which was also financed from Germany , prevailed as the best foreign language film .

With the victories of Brokeback Mountain as well as Felicity Huffman and Philip Seymour Hoffman, all prizes in the drama area were awarded for the first time to films in which homosexual or transsexual roles were in the foreground. The renowned film composer John Williams was able to secure the fourth Golden Globe of his career with his film music for The Geisha on his 22nd nomination.

Film nominations and winners

Movie	N	S.
Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory
Brokeback Mountain	7th	4th
Good Night, and Good Luck.	4th	0
Match point	4th	0
The Producers	4th	0
Walk the line	3	3
The eternal gardener	3	1
The squid and the whale	3	0
Lady Henderson Presents	3	0
The geisha	2	1
Syriana	2	1
Transamerica	2	1
A History of Violence	2	0
The comeback	2	0
The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia	2	0
Cold land	2	0
King Kong	2	0
LA crash	2	0
Munich	2	0
Pride and Prejudice	2	0

Best film - drama

presented by Denzel Washington .

Brokeback Mountain - Director: Ang Lee

Der Ewige Gärtner (The Constant Gardener) - Director: Fernando Meirelles
Good Night, and Good Luck. - Directed by George Clooney
A History of Violence - Director: David Cronenberg
Match Point - Director: Woody Allen

Best Film - Comedy / Musical

presents Renée Zellweger .

Walk the Line - Director: James Mangold

Lady Henderson Presents (Mrs. Henderson Presents) - Director: Stephen Frears
The Producers - Directed by Susan Stroman
Pride and Prejudice (Pride and Prejudice) - Director: Joe Wright
The Squid and the Whale (The Squid and the Whale) - Director: Noah Baumbach

Best director

presented by Clint Eastwood

Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain

Woody Allen - Match Point
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
Peter Jackson - King Kong
Fernando Meirelles - The Constant Gardener (The Constant Gardener)
Steven Spielberg - Munich (Munich)

Best Actor - Drama

presented by Hilary Swank

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

Russell Crowe - The Comeback (Cinderella Man)
Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best Actress - Drama

presented by Leonardo DiCaprio

Felicity Huffman - Transamerica

Maria Bello - A History of Violence
Gwyneth Paltrow - The Proof - Love Between Genius and Madness (Proof)
Charlize Theron - Cold Land (North Country)
Zhang Ziyi - The Geisha (Memoirs of a Geisha)

Best Actor - Comedy / Musical

presented by John Travolta

Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line

Pierce Brosnan - Murder and Margaritas
Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale (The Squid and the Whale)
Johnny Depp - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Nathan Lane - The Producers
Cillian Murphy - Breakfast on Pluto

Best Actress - Comedy / Musical

presented by Jamie Foxx

Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

Judi Dench - Lady Henderson Presents (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Keira Knightley - Pride and Prejudice (Pride & Prejudice)
Laura Linney - The Squid and the Whale (The Squid and the Whale)
Sarah Jessica Parker - The Stone Family - No Engagements! (The Family Stone)

John Williams - The Geisha (Memoirs of a Geisha)

Alexandre Desplat - Syriana
Harry Gregson-Williams - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
James Newton Howard - King Kong
Gustavo Santaolalla - Brokeback Mountain

Best movie song

presented by Mariah Carey

"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" from Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla , Bernie Taupin

"Christmas in Love" from Christmas in Love - Marva Jan Marrow , Tony Renis

"There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway" from The Producers - Mel Brooks

" Travelin 'Thru " from Transamerica - Dolly Parton

"Wunderkind" from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) - Alanis Morissette

Best foreign language film

presented by Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew McConaughey

Paradise Now , Palestinian Territories - Director: Hany Abu-Assad

Kung Fu Hustle , China - Director: Stephen Chow
Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël) , France - Director: Christian Carion
Tsotsi , South Africa - Director: Gavin Hood
Wu ji , China - Director: Chen Kaige

Television nominations and winners

Movie	N	S.
Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory
Desperate Housewives	5	1
Empire Falls	4th	2
Elvis	3	1
Grey's Anatomy	3	1
Lost	3	1
Weeds - Small deals among neighbors	3	1
Welcome, Mrs. President	3	1
Warm Springs	3	0
Lackawanna Blues	2	1
Entourage	2	0
G8 on cloud nine	2	0
Human trafficking	2	0
Leave it, Larry!	2	0
My name is Earl	2	0
Prison Break	2	0
Rome	2	0