59th British Academy Film Awards
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.
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