9th Golden Satellite Awards

9th Golden Satellite Awards
Date	January 23, 2005
Highlights
Best drama film	Hotel Rwanda
Best comedy/musical film	Sideways
Best director	Mel Gibson for The Passion of the Christ
Best television drama	Nip/Tuck
Best television comedy	Desperate Housewives

The 9th Golden Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 2004, were presented by the International Press Academy on January 23, 2005.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Actor - Drama

Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda

• Kevin Bacon - The Woodsman
• Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)
• Gael García Bernal - The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)
• Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
• Liam Neeson - Kinsey
• Sean Penn - The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Jamie Foxx - Ray

• Gerard Butler - The Phantom of the Opera
• Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Paul Giamatti - Sideways
• Kevin Kline - De-Lovely
• Bill Murray - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Best Actress - Drama

Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby

• Laura Linney - P.S.
• Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
• Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Uma Thurman - Kill Bill: Volume 2
• Sigourney Weaver - Imaginary Heroes

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Annette Bening - Being Julia

• Jena Malone - Saved!
• Natalie Portman - Garden State
• Emmy Rossum - The Phantom of the Opera
• Kerry Washington - Ray
• Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

The Incredibles

• The Polar Express
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
• Teacher's Pet
• Team America: World Police

Best Art Direction and Production Design

De-Lovely

• The Aviator
• House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
• Vanity Fair

Best Cast

Sideways

• Thomas Haden Church
• Paul Giamatti
• Virginia Madsen
• Sandra Oh

Best Cinematography

House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)

• A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
• The Aviator
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Spider-Man 2

Best Costume Design

Vanity Fair

• The Aviator
• De-Lovely
• House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Best Director

Mel Gibson - The Passion of the Christ

• Bill Condon - Kinsey
• Taylor Hackford - Ray
• Joshua Marston - Maria Full of Grace
• Alexander Payne - Sideways
• Martin Scorsese - The Aviator

Best Documentary Film

Super Size Me

• Born into Brothels
• The Fuente Family: An American Dream
• Lightning in a Bottle
• Touching the Void
• Tupac: Resurrection

Best Editing

Collateral

• The Aviator
• Closer
• House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Spider-Man 2

Best Film - Drama

Hotel Rwanda

• The Aviator
• Kill Bill: Volume 2
• Kinsey
• Maria Full of Grace
• Vera Drake

Best Film - Musical or Comedy

Sideways

• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• The Merchant of Venice
• Napoleon Dynamite
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Ray

Best Foreign Language Film

The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) • Spain

• Bad Education (La mala educación) • Spain
• Don't Move (Non ti muovere) • Italy
• House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) • China
• The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) • Argentina
• A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) • France

Best Original Score

"Napoleon Dynamite" - John Swihart

• "Alfie" - Mick Jagger, John Powell and David A. Stewart
• "The Aviator" - Howard Shore
• "Finding Neverland" - Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
• "The Incredibles" - Michael Giacchino
• "Spider-Man 2" - Danny Elfman

Best Original Song

"Million Voices" written by Jerry Duplessis, Andrea Guerra and Wyclef Jean - Hotel Rwanda

• "Believe" written by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri - The Polar Express
• "Blind Leading the Blind" written by Mick Jagger and David A. Stewart - Alfie
• "The Book of Love" written by Stephin Merritt - Shall We Dance
• "Learn to Be Lonely" written by Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Phantom of the Opera
• "Shine Your Light" written by Robbie Robertson - Ladder 49

Best Screenplay - Adapted

Million Dollar Baby - Paul Haggis

• Closer - Patrick Marber
• The Phantom of the Opera - Joel Schumacher
• Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

Best Screenplay - Original

Ray - James L. White

• The Aviator - John Logan
• Collateral - Stuart Beattie
• Hotel Rwanda - Terry George and Keir Pearson
• Kinsey - Bill Condon
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach

Best Sound (Editing and Mixing)

Collateral

• The Aviator
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Spider-Man 2
• Code 46

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

Christopher Walken - Around the Bend

• David Carradine - Kill Bill: Volume 2
• Jamie Foxx - Collateral
• Alfred Molina - Spider-Man 2
• Clive Owen - Closer
• Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey

Best Supporting Actor - Musical or Comedy

Thomas Haden Church - Sideways

• Joseph Fiennes - The Merchant of Venice
• Jeremy Irons - Being Julia
• Peter Sarsgaard - Garden State
• Mark Wahlberg - I ♥ Huckabees
• Patrick Wilson - The Phantom of the Opera

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

Gena Rowlands - The Notebook

• Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
• Daryl Hannah - Kill Bill: Volume 2
• Laura Linney - Kinsey
• Natalie Portman - Closer
• Kyra Sedgwick - The Woodsman

Best Supporting Actress - Musical or Comedy

Regina King - Ray

• Lynn Collins - The Merchant of Venice
• Minnie Driver - The Phantom of the Opera
• Cloris Leachman - Spanglish
• Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Sharon Warren - Ray

Best Visual Effects

The Aviator
House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)

• Collateral
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
• Spider-Man 2

Television

Best Actor - Drama Series

Matthew Fox - Lost

• Vincent D'Onofrio - Law & Order
• Anthony LaPaglia - Without a Trace
• James Spader - Boston Legal
• Treat Williams - Everwood

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series

Jason Bateman - Arrested Development

• Zach Braff - Scrubs
• Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Bernie Mac - The Bernie Mac Show
• Damon Wayans - My Wife and Kids

Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film

Jamie Foxx - Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

• Keith Carradine - Deadwood
• Mos Def - Something the Lord Made
• Alan Rickman - Something the Lord Made
• Geoffrey Rush - The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Best Actress - Drama Series

Laurel Holloman - The L Word

• Jennifer Garner - Alias
• Evangeline Lilly - Lost
• Joely Richardson - Nip/Tuck
• Amber Tamblyn - Joan of Arcadia

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy Series

Portia de Rossi - Arrested Development

• Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives
• Lauren Graham - Gilmore Girls
• Teri Hatcher - Desperate Housewives
• Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives
• Maya Rudolph - Saturday Night Live

Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Film

Dianne Wiest - The Blackwater Lightship

• Clea DuVall - Helter Skelter
• Angela Lansbury - The Blackwater Lightship
• Helen Mirren - Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness
• Miranda Richardson - The Lost Prince

Best Series - Drama

Nip/Tuck

• Boston Legal
• The L Word
• Lost
• The Shield

Best Series - Musical or Comedy

Desperate Housewives

• Arrested Development
• The Bernie Mac Show
• Gilmore Girls
• Scrubs

Best Miniseries

The Lost Prince

• The 4400
• American Family
• The Last King
• Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness
• The Second Coming

Best TV Film

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

• Helter Skelter
• Iron Jawed Angels
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
• Something the Lord Made

Best Supporting Actor - (Mini)Series or TV Film

Bill Nighy - The Lost Prince

• Brad Dourif - Deadwood
• Balthazar Getty - Traffic
• William H. Macy - Stealing Sinatra
• Keith McErlean - The Blackwater Lightship

Best Supporting Actress - (Mini)Series or TV Film

Anjelica Huston - Iron Jawed Angels

• Mary Stuart Masterson - Something the Lord Made
• Helen McCrory - Charles II: The Power and the Passion
• Gina McKee - The Lost Prince
• Emily Watson - The Life and Death of Peter Sellers