Brokeback Mountain leads Golden Globe nominees

The cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain led Golden Globe contenders today with seven nominations, among them best picture, best actors for Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams and best director for Ang Lee, positioning itself as a key Academy Awards competitor.

The nominations were revealed at a ceremony in Beverly Hills, California.

Other best drama picture contenders were murder thriller The Constant Gardener, Edward R Murrow tale Good Night And Good Luck, mobster story A History Of Violence and infidelity drama Match Point.

The Globes have a separate category for musical or comedy films.

Nominated there were theatre tale Mrs Henderson Presents, Jane Austen costume pageant Pride And Prejudice, Broadway musical The Producers, divorce story The Squid And The Whale and Johnny Cash film biography Walk The Line.