Best cast upset at major film awards

DRAMA Crash pulled off an upset win over previous Oscar-favourite Brokeback Mountain at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Reese Witherspoon as singer June Carter in Walk the Line and Philip Seymour Hoffman as author Truman Capote in Capote won lead actor awards in Sunday’s ceremony, while Rachel Weisz in murder-thriller The Constant Gardener and Paul Giamatti in boxing drama Cinderella Man received supporting actor honours.

Brokeback Mountain has been considered the best picture front-runner at the Oscars, whose nominations come out today with awards presented March 5.