2006 Muriel Awards

Dennis Cozzalio

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Dennis' ballot:

Best Feature Length Film
1) LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
2) PAN'S LABYRINTH
3) THREE TIMES
4) C.S.A.: THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
5) A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
6) THE DESCENT
7) IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
8) OLD JOY
9) SHUT UP AND SING
10) BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN

Best Lead Performance, Male
SACHA BARON COHEN, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
JACK BLACK, Nacho Libre
KEN WATANABE, Letters from Iwo Jima
CLIVE OWEN, Children of Men
BRUCE WILLIS, 16 Blocks

Best Lead Performance, Female
IVANA BAQUERO, Pan's Labyrinth
SHU QI, Three Times
HELEN MIRREN, The Queen
GRETCHEN MOL, The Notorious Bettie Page
GONG LI, Curse of the Golden Flower

Best Supporting Performance, Male
MOS DEF, 16 Blocks
PAUL GIAMATTI, The Illusionist
SERGI LOPEZ, Pan's Labyrinth
MARK WAHLBERG, The Departed
DAX SHEPHARD, Idiocracy

Best Supporting Performance, Female
MERYL STREEP, The Devil Wears Prada
MARIBEL VERDU, Pan's Labyrinth
JENNIFER HUDSON, Dreamgirls
RINKO KIKUCHI, Babel
GONG LI, Miami Vice

Best Direction
CLINT EASTWOOD, Letters from Iwo Jima
GUILLERMO DEL TORO, Pan's Labyrinth
HOU HSIAO-HSIEN, Three Times
ROBERT ALTMAN, A Prairie Home Companion
ALFONSO CUARON, Children of Men

Best Screenplay
IRIS YAMASHITA, PAUL HAGGIS, Letters from Iwo Jima
GUILLERMO DEL TORO, Pan's Labryinth
KEVIN WILLMOTT, The Confederate States of America
GARRISON KEILLOR, KEN LaZEBNIK, A Prairie Home Companion
JONATHAN RAYMOND, KELLY RECIHARDT, Old Joy

Best Cinematic Moment
1) Sarah's delivery upon Juno of a vengeance based of fear, paranoia and misunderstanding, in THE DESCENT
2) BORAT's nude wrestling scene which, gratefully, goes on far too long
3) Martie McGuire's tearful expression of her support for her sister, Natalie Maines, near the end of SHUT UP AND SING
4) Firehose Rodeo, JACKASS NUMBER TWO
5) Erykah Badu finally just saying "Fuck it!" and tearing off her gigantic Afro wig during her electrifying, wind-swept performance in DAVE CHAPPELLE'S BLOCK PARTY

Best Breakthrough Performance
JENNIFER HUDSON, Dreamgirls
RINKO KIKUCHI, Babel
NATALIE MENDOZA, The Descent

Best First Feature by a Director
KEVIN WILLMOTT, The Confederate States of America
MATT ZOLLER SEITZ, Home
GIL KENAN, Monster House

Best Ensemble Performance
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
JACKASS NUMBER TWO
THE DEPARTED

Best Cinematography
EMMANUEL LUBEZKI, Children of Men
PIN BING LEE, Three Times
PHIL MEHEUX, Casino Royale

Best New DVD Release
1) DAZED AND CONFUSED (Criterion)
2) FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD Box Set (TCM/Warner, consisting of BABY FACE, REDHEADED WOMAN and WATERLOO BRIDGE)
3) A CANTERBURY TALE (Criterion)

1. Letters From Iwo Jima

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