2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

72nd NYFCC Awards

January 7, 2007

Best Film:
United 93

The 72nd New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2006, were announced on 11 December 2006 and presented on 7 January 2007.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Winners

Best Actor:
- Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
- Runners-up: Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson and Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Best Actress:
- Helen Mirren – The Queen
- Runners-up: Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal and Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
Best Animated Feature:
- Happy Feet
- Runners-up: A Scanner Darkly and Cars
Best Cinematography:
- Guillermo Navarro – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
- Runners-up: Xiaoding Zhao – Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia) and Emmanuel Lubezki – Children of Men
Best Director:
- Martin Scorsese – The Departed
- Runners-up: Stephen Frears – The Queen and Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Film:
- United 93
- Runners-up: The Queen and The Departed
Best First Film:
- Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson
- Runners-up: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine and Dito Montiel – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Best Foreign Language Film:
- Army of Shadows (L'armée des ombres) • France/Italy
- Runners-up: Volver • Spain and The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lăzărescu) • Romania
Best Non-Fiction Film:
- Deliver Us from Evil
- Runners-up: 49 Up, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, and An Inconvenient Truth
Best Screenplay:
- Peter Morgan – The Queen
- Runners-up: William Monahan – The Departed and Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine
Best Supporting Actor:
- Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
- Runners-up: Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls and Steve Carell – Little Miss Sunshine
Best Supporting Actress:
- Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
- Runners-up: Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson and Catherine O'Hara – For Your Consideration

References

^ "'United 93' voted best picture by the N.Y. critics". Los Angeles Times. December 11, 2006. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
^ Zeitchik, Steven (December 11, 2006). "'United 93' tops N.Y. Critics Circle". Variety. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
^ Brooks, Brian (December 11, 2006). "New York Critics Pick "United 93" and "Letters from Iwo Jima" Top Choice in LA". IndieWire. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
^ "NY critics pick 'United 93' as best film". USA Today. December 11, 2006. Retrieved December 25, 2017.

External links

2006 Awards

[1] "'United 93' voted best picture by the N.Y. critics". Los Angeles Times. December 11, 2006. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.

[2] Zeitchik, Steven (December 11, 2006). "'United 93' tops N.Y. Critics Circle". Variety. Retrieved December 25, 2017.

[3] Brooks, Brian (December 11, 2006). "New York Critics Pick "United 93" and "Letters from Iwo Jima" Top Choice in LA". IndieWire. Retrieved December 25, 2017.

[4] "NY critics pick 'United 93' as best film". USA Today. December 11, 2006. Retrieved December 25, 2017.

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