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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

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Chicken Little
Corpse Bride
Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Best Art Direction and Production Design

Good Night, and Good Luck

Kingdom of Heaven
Memoirs of a Geisha
Modigliani
Sin City
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

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

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

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

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

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

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

Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble

Crash

Television winners and nominees

Kyra Sedgwick, Best Actress in a Drama Series winner

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

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

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

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

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
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
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

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

Æon Flux
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chicken Little
Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures
The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
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.
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 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

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks

Area 51
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Call of Duty 2
Death by Degrees
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Psychonauts
Tak: The Great Juju Challenge

Outstanding Puzzle/Strategy Game

Pump It Up: Exceed SE

Outstanding Sports/Fighting/Racing Game

Burnout Revenge

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 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith: 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 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: 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