12th Critics' Choice Awards

12th Critics' Choice Awards
Date	January 20, 2007
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Best Film	The Departed

The 12th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 20, 2007, honoring the finest achievements of 2006 filmmaking. The event was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California and was broadcast on E!.

Top 10 films

(in alphabetical order)

Winners and nominees

Martin Scorsese, Best Director winner

Forest Whitaker, Best Actor winner

Helen Mirren, Best Actress winner

Eddie Murphy, Best Supporting Actor winner

Jennifer Hudson, Best Supporting Actress winner

Paul Dano, Best Young Actor winner

Abigail Breslin, Best Young Actress winner

Michael Arndt, Best Writer winner

Best Picture The Departed Babel Blood Diamond Dreamgirls Letters from Iwo Jima Little Children Little Miss Sunshine Notes on a Scandal The Queen United 93	Best Director Martin Scorsese – The Departed Bill Condon – Dreamgirls Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima Paul Greengrass – United 93 Stephen Frears – The Queen
Best Actor *Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland* as Idi Amin** Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond as Danny Archer Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed as Billy Costigan Peter O'Toole – Venus as Maurice Russell Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson as Dan Dunne Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness as Chris Gardner	Best Actress *Helen Mirren – The Queen* as Elizabeth II** Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett Kate Winslet – Little Children as Sarah Pierce Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada as Miranda Priestly Penelope Cruz – Volver as Raimunda
Best Supporting Actor *Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls* as James Early** Adam Beach – Flags of Our Fathers as Ira Hayes Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine as Grandpa Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland as George Reeves Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond as Solomon Vandy Jack Nicholson – The Departed as Frank Costello	Best Supporting Actress *Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls* as Effie White** Adriana Barraza – Babel as Amelia Hernandez Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal as Sheba Hart Catherine O'Hara – For Your Consideration as Marilyn Hack Emma Thompson – Stranger than Fiction as Karen Eiffel Rinko Kikuchi – Babel as Chieko Wataya
Best Young Actor *Paul Dano – Little Miss Sunshine* as Dwayne** Cameron Bright – Thank You for Smoking as Joey Naylor Freddie Highmore – A Good Year as Max Skinner Jaden Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness as Christopher Gardner Joseph Cross – Running with Scissors as Augusten Burroughs	Best Young Actress *Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine* as Olive** Dakota Fanning – Charlotte's Web as Fern Arable Ivana Baquero – Pan's Labyrinth as Ofelia/Princess Moanna Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee as Akeelah Anderson Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson as Drey
Best Cast Little Miss Sunshine Babel Bobby The Departed Dreamgirls A Prairie Home Companion	Best Writer Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt Babel – Guillermo Arriaga The Departed – William Monahan Little Children – Todd Field and Tom Perrotta The Queen – Peter Morgan Stranger than Fiction – Zach Helm
Best Animated Feature Cars Ice Age: The Meltdown Flushed Away Happy Feet Monster House Over the Hedge	Best Documentary Feature An Inconvenient Truth Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing This Film Is Not Yet Rated Who Killed the Electric Car? Wordplay
Best Family Film Charlotte's Web Akeelah and the Bee Flicka Lassie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Best Foreign Language Film Letters from Iwo Jima • United States Apocalypto • United States Days of Glory • Algeria Pan's Labyrinth • Mexico Volver • Spain Water • Canada / India
Best Comedy Movie Borat The Devil Wears Prada For Your Consideration Little Miss Sunshine Thank You for Smoking	Best Soundtrack Dreamgirls Babel Cars Happy Feet Marie Antoinette
Best Composer The Illusionist – Philip Glass Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla The Da Vinci – Hans Zimmer The Departed – Howard Shore The Fountain – Clint Mansell The Good German – Thomas Newman	Best Song "Listen" – Dreamgirls "I Need to Wake Up" – An Inconvenient Truth "My Little Girl" – Flicka "The Neighbor" – Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing "Never Gonna Break My Faith" – Bobby "Ordinary Miracle" – Charlotte's Web

Best Picture Made for Television

Elizabeth I

Statistics

Nominations	Film
7	Babel
	The Departed
	Dreamgirls
	Little Miss Sunshine
4	The Queen
3	Blood Diamond
	Charlotte's Web
	Letters from Iwo Jima
	Little Children
	Notes on a Scandal
2	Akeelah and the Bee
	An Inconvenient Truth
	Bobby
	Cars
	The Devil Wears Prada
	Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
	Flicka
	For Your Consideration
	Half Nelson
	Happy Feet
	Pan's Labyrinth
	The Pursuit of Happyness
	Stranger than Fiction
	Thank You for Smoking
	United 93
	Volver

Wins	Film
4	Dreamgirls
4	Little Miss Sunshine
2	The Departed

External links

12th Annual Critics' Choice Awards at E! Online
12th Annual Critics' Choice Awards at Fox News
12th Annual Critics' Choice Awards at BBC News

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