10th Satellite Awards explained

The 10th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2005, were given on December 17, 2005.

Special achievement awards

Auteur Award (for his work on the film Good Night, and Good Luck and his promising filmmaking future) – George Clooney^[1]

Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Gena Rowlands

Nikola Tesla Award (for his special effects contributions to cinema) – Stan Winston

Outstanding New Talent – Rupert Friend

Motion picture winners and nominees

Best Actor – Drama

Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote

• Jake Gyllenhaal – Jarhead
• Tommy Lee Jones – The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
• Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
• Viggo Mortensen – A History of Violence
• David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow

• Kevin Costner – The Upside of Anger
• Robert Downey Jr. – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
• Cillian Murphy – Breakfast on Pluto
• Bill Murray – Broken Flowers
• Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line

Best Actress – Drama

Felicity Huffman – Transamerica

• Toni Collette – In Her Shoes
• Julianne Moore – The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
• Robin Wright Penn – Nine Lives
• Charlize Theron – North Country
• Ziyi Zhang – Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line

• Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
• Claire Danes – Shopgirl
• Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents
• Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
• Joan Plowright – Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

• Chicken Little
• Corpse Bride
• Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro)

Best Art Direction and Production Design

Good Night, and Good Luck

• Kingdom of Heaven
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• Modigliani
• Sin City

Best Cinematography

The Constant Gardener – César Charlone

• 2046 – Christopher Doyle
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Philippe Rousselot
• Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu) – Poon Hang-Sang
• Memoirs of a Geisha – Dion Beebe
• Sin City – Robert Rodriguez

Best Costume Design

Pride & Prejudice

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• Modigliani
• The White Countess

Best Director

Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain

• George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck
• Chris Columbus – Rent
• James Mangold – Walk the Line
• Rob Marshall – Memoirs of a Geisha
• Bennett Miller – Capote

Best Documentary Film

Mad Hot Ballroom

• Favela Rising
• March of the Penguins (La marche de l'empereur)
• Murderball
• New York Doll

Best Editing

Brokeback Mountain

• Good Night, and Good Luck
• Jarhead
• Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu)
• Sin City
• War of the Worlds

Best Film – Drama

Brokeback Mountain

• Capote
• Cinderella Man
• A History of Violence
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• The War Within

Best Film – Musical or Comedy

Walk the Line

• Happy Endings
• Hustle & Flow
• Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu)
• Rent
• Shopgirl

Best Foreign Language Film

Äideistä parhain (Mother of Mine), Finland/Sweden

• 2046, China/France/Germany/Hong Kong
• Innocent Voices, Mexico/Puerto Rico/United States
• Lila Says, France/UK
• Turtles Can Fly, France/Iran/Iraq
• Walk on Water, Israel/Sweden

Best Original Score

"Kingdom of Heaven" – Harry Gregson-Williams

• "Brokeback Mountain" – Gustavo Santaolalla
• "The Constant Gardener" – Alberto Iglesias
• "Corpse Bride" – Danny Elfman
• "Memoirs of a Geisha" – John Williams
• "Sin City" – Robert Rodriguez

Best Original Song

"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" performed by Emmylou Harris – Brokeback Mountain

• "In the Deep" performed by Bird York – Crash
• "Hustler's Ambition" performed by 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin'
• "Magic Works" – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• "Broken" – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Best Screenplay – Adapted

Memoirs of a Geisha – Robin Swicord

• Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
• Capote – Dan Futterman
• Jarhead – William Broyles Jr.
• Shopgirl – Steve Martin
• Walk the Line – Gill Dennis and James Mangold

Best Screenplay – Original

Good Night, and Good Luck – George Clooney and Grant Heslov

• Crash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
• Happy Endings – Don Roos
• Nine Lives – Rodrigo García
• The Squid and the Whale – Noah Baumbach
• The War Within – Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo, and Tom Glynn

Best Sound

• Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu)
• Rent
• Sin City
• The White Countess

Best Supporting Actor – Drama

Danny Huston – The Constant Gardener

• Chris Cooper – Capote
• Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain
• Edward Norton – Kingdom of Heaven
• Mickey Rourke – Sin City
• Peter Sarsgaard – Jarhead

Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy

Val Kilmer – Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

• Tom Arnold – Happy Endings
• Corbin Bernsen – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
• Steve Coogan – Happy Endings
• Craig T. Nelson – The Family Stone
• Jason Schwartzman – Shopgirl

Best Supporting Actress – Drama

Laura Linney – The Squid and the Whale

• Amy Adams – Junebug
• Maria Bello – A History of Violence
• Li Gong – Memoirs of a Geisha
• Shirley MacLaine – In Her Shoes
• Frances McDormand – North Country

Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy

Rosario Dawson – Rent

• America Ferrera – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
• Diane Keaton – The Family Stone
• Rachel McAdams – The Family Stone
• Michelle Monaghan – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
• Qiu Yuen – Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu)

Best Visual Effects

• Kingdom of Heaven
• Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu)
• Sin City
• War of the Worlds

Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble

Crash

Television winners and nominees

Best Actor – Drama Series

Hugh Laurie – House, M.D.

• Denis Leary – Rescue Me
• Ian McShane – Deadwood
• Dylan Walsh – Nip/Tuck
• Jake Weber – Medium

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

Jason Bateman – Arrested Development

• Stephen Colbert – The Colbert Report
• Kevin Connolly – Entourage
• Jason Lee – My Name Is Earl
• Tony Shalhoub – Monk
• James Spader – Boston Legal

Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Jonathan Rhys Meyers – Elvis

• Kenneth Branagh – Warm Springs
• Christian Campbell – Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
• Ted Danson – Our Fathers
• Rupert Everett – Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
• Ed Harris – Empire Falls

Best Actress – Drama Series

Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer

• Patricia Arquette – Medium
• Jennifer Beals – The L Word
• Kristen Bell – Veronica Mars
• Geena Davis – Commander in Chief
• Joely Richardson – Nip/Tuck

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives (TIE)
Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds (TIE)

• Candice Bergen – Boston Legal
• Lauren Graham – Gilmore Girls
• Elizabeth Perkins – Weeds

Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Kristen Bell – Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

• Natascha McElhone – Revelations
• Geraldine McEwan – Agatha Christie's Marple
• S. Epatha Merkerson – Lackawanna Blues
• Cynthia Nixon – Warm Springs
• Keri Russell – The Magic of Ordinary Days

Best Miniseries

Elvis

• Agatha Christie's Marple
• Empire Falls
• Into the West
• Revelations
• The Virgin Queen

Best Series – Drama

House, M.D.

• Grey's Anatomy
• Lost
• Nip/Tuck
• Rescue Me
• Rome

Best Series – Musical or Comedy

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

• Boston Legal
• The Colbert Report
• Entourage
• My Name Is Earl

Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Randy Quaid – Elvis

• Tim Blake Nelson – Warm Springs
• Paul Newman – Empire Falls
• Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Their Eyes Were Watching God
• William Shatner – Boston Legal

Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Lisa Edelstein – House, M.D.

• Shohreh Aghdashloo – 24
• Jane Alexander – Warm Springs
• Camryn Manheim – Elvis
• Sandra Oh – Grey's Anatomy
• Polly Walker – Rome

Best TV Film

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

• Kidnapped
• Lackawanna Blues
• The Magic of Ordinary Days
• Our Fathers
• Sometimes in April
• Warm Springs

Outstanding Television Ensemble

Rescue Me

New Media winners and nominees

Best Classic DVD

The Wizard of Oz Three Disc Collector's Edition.

• Airplane! "Don't Call Me Shirley" Edition.
• Cat People, The Curse of the Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, The Body Snatcher, Isle of the Dead, Bedlam, The Leopard Man, The Ghost Ship, The Seventh Victim, and Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
• The Devil's Rejects Unrated Widescreen Edition.
• Gladiator Extended Edition.
• King Kong, The Son of Kong, and Mighty Joe Young For the King Kong Collection (2-Disc Special Edition).
• The Man with the Golden Arm 50th Anniversary Edition.
• Pickpocket
• Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, Rope, Rear Window, The Trouble with Harry, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy, and Family Plot For Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection.
• Seven Men from Now Special Collector's Edition.
• The Sound of Music 40th Anniversary Edition.
• Titanic Special Collector's Edition.
• Top Hat, Swing Time, Follow the Fleet, Shall We Dance, and The Barkleys of Broadway For the Astaire and Rogers Collection, Vol. 1.

Best Documentary DVD

Mad Hot Ballroom

• The Concert for Bangladesh Limited Collector's Edition
• Kinsey Two-Disc Special Edition
• March of the Penguins
• American Experience For episode "Mary Pickford (#17.6)".
• Murderball
  • Rize
• The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

Best DVD Extras

Titanic Special Collector's Edition.

• Airplane! "Don't Call Me Shirley" Edition.
• The Big Lebowski Widescreen Collector's Edition.
• Crash Widescreen Edition.
• King Kong, The Son of Kong, and Mighty Joe Young For the King Kong Collection (2-Disc Special Edition).
• Office Space Special Edition With Flair!
• Oldboy
• Saw Uncut Edition.
• Sin City Re-Cut & Extended Edition.
• The Wizard of Oz Three Disc Collector's Edition.

Best DVD Release of TV Shows

24 For Season Four.

• Curb Your Enthusiasm Complete Fourth Season.
• Deadwood Complete First Season.
• Desperate Housewives Complete First Season.
• Entourage Complete First Season.
• House, M.D. For Season One.
• The L Word Complete Second Season.
• Lost Complete First Season.
• Rescue Me Complete First Season.
• Seinfeld For Season 6.
• The Simpsons Complete Seventh Season (Collectible Marge Head Pack).
• South Park Complete Sixth Season.

Outstanding Game Based on a Previous Medium

• Æon Flux
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Chicken Little
  • • King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
• Star Wars: Battlefront II
• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Outstanding Overall DVD

From the Earth to the Moon Signature Edition.

• Batman Begins Two-Disc Deluxe Edition With Comic Book.
• The Big Lebowski Widescreen Collector's Edition.
• Cinderella Man Widescreen Collector's Edition.
• The Crying Game Collector's Edition.
• Jaws Widescreen 30th Anniversary Collection.
• Office Space Special Edition With Flair!
• Sin City Re-Cut & Extended Edition.
• Widescreen Edition.
• Titanic Special Collector's Edition.
• War of the Worlds 2-Disc Limited Edition.
• The Wizard of Oz Three Disc Collector's Edition.

Outstanding Platform Action/Adventure Game

• Area 51
  • Call of Duty 2
• Death by Degrees
  • Psychonauts

Outstanding Puzzle/Strategy Game

Pump It Up: Exceed SE

• Black & White 2
• The Sims 2

Outstanding Sports/Fighting/Racing Game

Burnout Revenge

• 187 Ride or Die
  • L.A. Rush
• NBA Street Volume 3
• Tekken 5

Outstanding Youth DVD

Toy Story 2 2-Disc Special Edition.

• Bambi Disney Special Platinum Edition.
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2-Disc Deluxe Edition.
• Cinderella 2-Disc Special Edition.
• Madagascar Widescreen Edition.
• The Muppet Movie For Kermit's 50th Anniversary Edition.
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Widescreen Edition.
• The Sound of Music 40th Anniversary Edition.
• The Wizard of Oz Three Disc Collector's Edition.

Awards breakdown

Film

Winners:

4 / 8 Brokeback Mountain: Best Director & Editing / Best Film – Drama / Best Original Song

2 / 3 The Constant Gardener: Best Cinematography / Best Supporting Actor – Drama

2 / 3 : Best Sound & Visual Effects

2 / 5 Good Night, and Good Luck: Best Art Direction and Production Design / Best Screenplay – Original

2 / 5 Walk the Line: Best Actress & Film – Musical or Comedy

1 / 1 Mother of Mine (Äideistä parhain): Best Foreign Language Film

1 / 1 : Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

1 / 1 Mad Hot Ballroom: Best Documentary Film

1 / 1 Transamerica: Best Actress – Drama

1 / 2 Hustle & Flow: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

1 / 2 Pride & Prejudice: Best Costume Design

1 / 2 The Squid and the Whale: Best Supporting Actress – Drama

1 / 3 Crash: Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble

1 / 4 Rent: Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy

1 / 5 Capote: Best Actor – Drama

1 / 5 Kingdom of Heaven: Best Original Score

1 / 5 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy

1 / 9 Memoirs of a Geisha: Best Screenplay – Adapted

Losers:

0 / 7 Sin City

0 / 6 Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu)

0 / 4 Happy Endings, Jarhead, Shopgirl

0 / 3 The Family Stone, A History of Violence

0 / 2 2046, Corpse Bride, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, In Her Shoes, Modigliani, Nine Lives, North Country, The Upside of Anger, War of the Worlds, The War Within, The White Countess

Television

Winners:

3 / 3 House, M.D.: Best Actor – Drama Series / Best Series – Drama / Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

3 / 4 Elvis: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film / Best Miniseries / Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

2 / 3 Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film / Best TV Film

1 / 1 Arrested Development: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

1 / 1 The Closer: Best Actress – Drama Series

1 / 1 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Best Series – Musical or Comedy Series

1 / 1 Desperate Housewives: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

1 / 1 Weeds: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

1 / 3 Rescue Me: Outstanding Television Ensemble

Losers:

0 / 5 Warm Springs

0 / 4 Boston Legal

0 / 3 Empire Falls, Nip/Tuck

0 / 2 Agatha Christie's Marple, The Colbert Report, Entourage, Grey's Anatomy, Lackawanna Blues, The Magic of Ordinary Days, Medium, My Name Is Earl, Our Fathers, Revelations, Rome

Notes and References

1. Web site: Satellite Awards. . May 23, 2017.