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Lee's "Brokeback Mountain"

    LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- The gay cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" won four Golden Globes Mondya night, including best dramatic movie, while the Johnny Cash bio-pic "Walk the Line" swept the top musical film awards.

    In addition to its best dramatic film award, "Brokeback Mountain" earned Golden Globes for director Ang Lee and screenplay writers Larry Mc Murtry and Diana Ossana.

    The film also won best original song for "A Love that Will Never Grow Old," by songwriters Gustavo Santaolallo and Bernie Taupin.

    "This year, I have to say, I have seen and loved so many of my colleagues' films," Chinese director Lee said while accepting his directing award. "That makes this award from Hollywood Foreign Press so much more special because I think this has been an amazing year for American cinema."

    "So I want to give my first thanks to my fellow film makers for extending my faith in movies and in the power of movies to change the way we're thinking," Lee said.

    Meanwhile, "Walk the Line" was named best comedy or musical film at the 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

    Co-stars Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, who both did their own singing while portraying American country rock legendary Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter Cash, claimed the top acting prizes.

    "Brokeback Mountain" led all nominees going into the show, with seven nods including one for actor Heath Ledger, but he lost to Philip Seymour Hoffman, who claimed the prize for his dead-on performance as the title character in "Capote."

    Felicity Huffman won best dramatic acting honors for "Transamerican," in which she portrayed a male-to-female transsexual who learns she has a teenaged son.

    George Clooney, was also a big favorite heading into the ceremony, carrying a rare three nominations into the event. He won the first award of the evening -- a best supporting dramatic actor prize for his portrayal of an under-pressure CIA agent in "Syriana" -- but it would be his only victory of the night.

    Clooney's screenwriting and directing work on "Good Night, and Good Luck," an homage to newsman Edward R. Murrow, both lost out to "Brokeback Mountain."

    British actress Rachel Weisz took home supporting dramatic actress honors for her work in "The Constant Gardener."

    In the television categories, "Desperate Housewives" was honored as best television comedy series, while "Lost" won the prize for best television drama.

    During the three-hour ceremony, British actor Anthony Hopkins, an Oscar winner for "Silence of the Lambs," was honored with the Cecil B. De Mille Award for lifetime achievement. He has been nominated for six Golden Globes since 1978 but never won one.

    The Golden Globe awards, nominated and named by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, is bestowed every year for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment. Enditem