St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2006

3rd SLGFCA Awards

January 7, 2007

----Best Film:
The Departed

The 3rd St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards were given on 7 January 2007.

Top Films of 2006

(in alphabetical order)
#"Blood Diamond"
#"The Departed"
#"Dreamgirls"
#"Flags of Our Fathers"
#"The Good Shepherd"
#"The Last King of Scotland"
#"Notes on a Scandal"
#"The Queen"
#"United 93"

Winners

*Best Actor:
**Forest Whitaker - "The Last King of Scotland"
*Best Actress:
**Helen Mirren - "The Queen"
*Best Animated or Children's Film:
**"Cars"
*Best Cinematography:
**"The Painted Veil"
*Best Director:
**Martin Scorsese - "The Departed"
*Best Documentary Feature:
**"An Inconvenient Truth"
*Best Film:
**"The Departed"
*Best Foreign Language Film:
**"El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)", Mexico/Spain/USA
*Best Overlooked Film:
**"Running with Scissors"
*Best Screenplay:
**"The Queen" - Peter Morgan
*Best Supporting Actor:
**Djimon Hounsou - "Blood Diamond"
*Best Supporting Actor:
**Jennifer Hudson - "Dreamgirls"
*Best Visual/Special Effects:
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*Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film:
**"United 93"

Nominees

*Best Actor:
**Leonardo DiCaprio - "Blood Diamond"
**Leonardo DiCaprio - "The Departed"
**Matt Damon - "The Good Shepherd"
**Aaron Eckhart - "Thank You for Smoking"
**Ryan Gosling - "Half Nelson"
**Edward Norton - "The Painted Veil"
**Will Smith - "The Pursuit of Happyness"
*Best Actress:
**Annette Bening - "Running with Scissors"
**Juliette Binoche - "Breaking and Entering"
**Judi Dench - "Notes on a Scandal"
**Kate Winslet - "Little Children"
*Best Animated or Children's Film:
**"Charlotte's Web"
**"Happy Feet"
**"Monster House"
**"Over the Hedge"
*Best Cinematography:
**"Babel"
**"Blood Diamond"
**"The Departed"
**"Flags of Our Fathers"
**"Hollywoodland"
**"Letters from Iwo Jima"
*Best Director:
**Bill Condon - "Dreamgirls"
**Robert De Niro - "The Good Shepherd"
**Clint Eastwood - "Flags of Our Fathers"
**Clint Eastwood - "Letters from Iwo Jima"
**Stephen Frears - "The Queen"
**Paul Greengrass - "United 93"
**Edward Zwick - "Blood Diamond"
*Best Foreign Language Film:
**"Apocalypto"
**"Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)", Germany
**"Volver (To Return)", Spain
**"Sorstalanság (Fateless)"
**"Zui hao de shi guang (Three Times)"
*Best Supporting Actor:
**Ben Affleck - "Hollywoodland"
**Adam Beach - "Flags of Our Fathers"
**Steve Carell - "Little Miss Sunshine"
**Chalo Gonzales - "Quinceañera"
**Eddie Murphy - "Dreamgirls"
**Jack Nicholson - "The Departed"
*Best Supporting Actress:
**Cate Blanchett - "Notes on a Scandal"
**Abigail Breslin - "Little Miss Sunshine"
**Jill Clayburgh - "Running with Scissors"
**Shareeka Epps - "Half Nelson"
**Rinko Kikuchi - "Babel"
**Meryl Streep - "The Devil Wears Prada"
**Lili Taylor - "Factotum"