418439, The 2008 Awards Post (pre-Oscar/Globes) Posted by SoulHonky, Thu Dec-04-08 05:50 PM
Awards season is starting out with the National Board of Review announcing their winners. Anne Hathaway fans celebrate! Bignick and Zoo might not be very happy to see who won best original screenplay.
• Best Film: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE • Best Director: DAVID FINCHER, Benjamin Button • Best Actor: CLINT EASTWOOD, Gran Torino • Best Actress: ANNE HATHAWAY, Rachel Getting Married • Best Supporting Actor: JOSH BROLIN, Milk • Best Supporting Actress: PENELOPE CRUZ, Vicky Cristina Barcelona • Best Foreign Language Film: MONGOL • Best Documentary: MAN ON WIRE • Best Animated Feature: WALL-E • Best Ensemble Cast: DOUBT • Breakthrough Performance, Actor: DEV PATEL, Slumdog Millionaire • Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: VIOLA DAVIS, Doubt • Best Directorial Debut: COURTNEY HUNT, Frozen River • Best Original Screenplay: NICK SCHENK, Gran Torino • Best Adapted Screenplay: SIMON BEAUFOY, Slumdog Millionaire; ERIC ROTH, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Spotlight Award: MELISSA LEO, Frozen River; RICHARD JENKINS, The Visitor • The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression: TRUMBO
• Top Ten Films (in alphabetical order): BURN AFTER READING CHANGELING THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON THE DARK KNIGHT DEFIANCE FROST/NIXON GRAN TORINO MILK WALL-E THE WRESTLER
• TOP 10 INDEPENDENT FILMS OF THE YEAR (in alphabetical order) FROZEN RIVER IN BRUGES IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS MR. FOE RACHEL GETTING MARRIED SNOW ANGELS SON OF RAMBOW WENDY AND LUCY VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA THE VISITOR
• Top Five Foreign Language Films (in alphabetical order) EDGE OF HEAVEN LET THE RIGHT ONE IN ROMAN DE GARE A SECRET WALTZ WITH BASHIR
• Top Five Documentary Films (in alphabetical order): AMERICAN TEEN THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON) DEAR ZACHARY ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED
• William K. Everson Film History Award: MOLLY HASKELL and ANDREW SARRIS
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