2006 Flak Film Also-Ran Awards: The Steak Knives
Ineligible Candidates
ACTOR
Barry Pepper, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Independent Spirit Awards)
Bob Hoskins, Mrs. Henderson Presents (Golden Globes)
Cillian Murphy, Breakfast on Pluto (Golden Globes)
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck (Oscars, Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards)
Ed Harris, A History of Violence (Village Voice)
Firdous Bamji, The War Within (Independent Spirit Awards)
Frank Langella, Good Night, and Good Luck (Village Voice)
George Clooney, Syriana (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain (Oscars, Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards, Village Voice)
Heath Ledger, Lords of Dogtown (Village Voice)
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain (Oscars)
Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale (Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards, Village Voice)
Jeffrey Wright, Broken Flowers (Independent Spirit Awards)
Jesse Eisenberg, The Squid and the Whale (Independent Spirit Awards)
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Johnny Depp, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Golden Globes)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mysterious Skin (Village Voice)
Mathieu Amalric, Kings and Queen (Village Voice)
Matt Dillon, Crash (Oscars, Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards)
Nathan Lane, The Producers (Golden Globes)
Owen Kline, The Squid and the Whale (Village Voice)
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote (Oscars, Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards, Village Voice)
Pierce Brosnan, The Matador (Golden Globes)
Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man (Golden Globes)
Terence Howard, Hustle and Flow (Oscars, Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards)
Will Farrell, The Producers (Golden Globes)
William Hurt, A History of Violence (Oscars, Village Voice)
ACTRESS
Allison Janney, Our Very Own (Independent Spirit Awards)
Amy Adams, Junebug (Oscars, Independent Spirit Awards, Village Voice)
Catherine Keener, Capote (Oscars, Village Voice)
Charlize Theron, North Country (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Cyndi Williams, Room (Independent Spirit Awards)
Dina Korzun, Forty Shades of Blue (Independent Spirit Awards, Village Voice)
Emmanuelle Devos, Kings and Queen (Village Voice)
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica (Oscars, Golden Globes, IGA)
Frances McDormand, North Country (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Gwyneth Paltrow, Proof (Golden Globes)
Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Laura Linney, The Squid and the Whale (Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards)
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Happy Endings (Independent Spirit Awards)
Maria Bello, A History of Violence (Golden Globes, Village Voice)
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain (Oscars, Golden Globes, IGA, Village Voice)
Nathalie Press, My Summer of Love (Village Voice)
Q'orianka Kilcher, The New World (Village Voice)
Rachel Weisz, The Contant Gardener (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line (Oscars, Golden Globes, Village Voice)
Robin Wright Penn, Nine Lives (Independent Spirit Awards)
Sarah Jessica Parker, The Family Stone (Golden Globes)
Scarlett Johannsson, Match Point (Golden Globes)
Shirley MacLaine, In Her Shoes (Golden Globes)
Ziyi Zhang, 2046 (Village Voice)
Ziyi Zhang, Memoirs of a Geisha (Golden Globes)
SCREENPLAY
Ayad Akhtar; Joseph Castelo; Tom Glynn, The War Within (Independent Spirit Awards)
Dan Futterman, Capote (Oscars, Independent Spirit Awards, Village Voice)
George Clooney & Grant Heslov, Good Night, And Good Luck (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Guillermo Arriaga, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Independent Spirit Awards)
Jean-Pierre Bacri & Agnes Jaoui, Look at Me (Village Voice)
Jeffrey Caine, The Constant Gardener (Oscars)
Josh Olson, A History of Violence (Oscars, Village Voice)
Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain (Oscars, Golden Globes, Village Voice)
Michael Haneke, Cachˇ (Hidden) (Village Voice)
Miranda July, Me and You and Everyone We Know (Village Voice)
Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale (Oscars, Independent Spirit Awards, Village Voice)
Paul Haggis & Robert Moresco, Crash (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Rodrigo Garc’a, Nine Lives (Independent Spirit Awards)
Roger Bohbot and Arnaud Desplechin, Kings and Queen (Village Voice)
Shane Black, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Village Voice)
Stephen Gaghan, Syriana (Oscars)
Tony Kushner & Eric Roth, Munich (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Woody Allen, Match Point (Oscars, Golden Globes)
DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain (Oscars, Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tropical Malady (Village Voice)
Arnaud Desplechin, Kings and Queen (Village Voice)
Bennett Miller, Capote (Oscars)
David Cronenberg, A History of Violence (Village Voice)
Fernando Mereilles, The Constant Gardener (Golden Globes)
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck (Oscars, Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards)
Gregg Araki, Mysterious Skin (Independent Spirit Awards)
Jia Zhangke, The World (Village Voice)
Michael Haneke, Caché (Hidden) (Village Voice)
Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale (Independent Spirit Awards)
Paul Haggis, Crash (Oscars)
Peter Jackson, King Kong (Golden Globes)
Rodrigo Garc’a, Nine Lives (Independent Spirit Awards)
Steven Spielberg, Munich (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Wong Kar-wai, 2046 (Village Voice)
Woody Allen, Match Point (Golden Globes)
PICTURE
2046 (Village Voice)
A History of Violence (Golden Globes, Village Voice)
Brokeback Mountain (Oscars, Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards)
Capote (Oscars, Independent Spirit Awards)
Crash (Oscars)
Good Night, and Good Luck (Oscars, Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards)
Grizzly Man (Village Voice)
Kings and Queen (Village Voice)
Match Point (Golden Globes)
Mrs. Henderson Presents (Golden Globes)
Munich (Oscars)
Pride & Prejudice (Golden Globes)
The Constant Gardener (Golden Globes)
The Producers (Golden Globes)
The Squid and the Whale (Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Independent Spirit Awards)
The World (Village Voice)
Walk the Line (Golden Globes)
— graphic by Derek Evernden (derek@ocellus.net)
