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YEAR-END AWARDS 2007
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW AWARDS 2007
Best Film: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Top 10 Films: THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES, ATONEMENT, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, THE BUCKET LIST, INTO THE WILD, JUNO, THE KITE RUNNER, LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, MICHAEL CLAYTON, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, SWEENEY TODD
Best Foreign Film: THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Top 5 Foreign Films: 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS; THE BAND'S VISIT; THE COUNTERFEITERS; LA VIE EN ROSE; LUST, CAUTION
Best Documentary: BODY OF WAR
Top 5 Documentaries: DARFUR NOW, IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON; NANKING, TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE, TOOTS
Best Animated Feature: RATATOUILLE
Best Actor: GEORGE CLOONEY (MICHAEL CLAYTON)
Best Actress: JULIE CHRISTIE (AWAY FROM HER)
Best Supporting Actor: CASEY AFFLECK (ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES)
Best Supporting Actress: AMY RYAN (GONE BABY GONE)
Breakthrough Performances: Emile Hirsch (INTO THE WILD); Ellen Page (JUNO)
Best Director: TIM BURTON (SWEENEY TODD)
Best Directorial Debut: BEN AFFLECK (GONE BABY GONE)
Best Adapted Screenplay: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Best Original Screenplay: JUNO
EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2007
Best Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Romania)
European Director: Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
European Actor: Sasson Gabai (The Band's Visit)
European Actress: Helen Mirren (The Queen)
European Screenwriter: Fatih Akin (The Edge of Heaven)
European Cinematographer: Frank Griebe (Perfume)
European Composer: Alexandre Desplat (The Queen)
European Discovery: The Band's Visit
European Documentary: Paper Cannot Wrap Up Embers
People's Choice: La Sconoscuita (The Unknown) dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
LA FILM CRITICS AWARDS 2007
Best Picture: THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Runner-Up: THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY)
Best Director: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON (THERE WILL BE BLOOD)(Runner-Up: JULIAN SCHNABEL--THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY)
Best Actor: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS (THERE WILL BE BLOOD) (Runner-Up FRANK LANGELLA--STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING)
Best Actress: MARION COTILLARD (LA VIE EN ROSE) (Runner-Up
ANAMARIA MARINCA--4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS)
Best Supporting Actor: VLAD IVANOV (4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS) (Runner-Up HAL HOLBROOK--INTO THE WILD)
Best Supporting Actress: AMY RYAN(BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD, GONE BABY GONE) (Runner-up CATE BLANCHETT--I'M NOT THERE )
Best Screenplay: THE SAVAGES (TAMARA JENKINS) (Runner-Up
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON--THERE WILL BE BLOOD)
Best Music: GLEN HANSARD AND MARKET IRGLOVA (ONCE)
(Runner-Up JONNY GREENWOOD--THERE WILL BE BLOOD)
Best Foreign Film: 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS,AND 2 DAYS (Runner-Up THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY)
Best Documentary: NO END IN SIGHT (Runner-Up SICKO)
Best Animation:(tie) PERSEPOLIS and RATATOUILLE
Career Achievement: SIDNEY LUMET
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR 2007
BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
1. AMERICAN GANGSTER
2. ATONEMENT
3. EASTERN PROMISES
4. THE GREAT DEBATERS
5. MICHAEL CLAYTON
6. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
7. THERE WILL BE BLOOD
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS - DRAMA
1. CATE BLANCHETT (ELIZABETH)
2. JULIE CHRISTIE (AWAY FROM HER)
3. JODIE FOSTER (THE BRAVE ONE)
4. ANGELINA JOLIE (A MIGHTY HEART)
5. KEIRA KNIGHTLEY (ATONEMENT)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR - DRAMA
1. GEORGE CLOONEY (MICHAEL CLAYTON)
2. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS (THERE WILL BE BLOOD)
3. JAMES MCAVOY (ATONEMENT)
4. VIGGO MORTENSEN (EASTERN PROMISES)
5. DENZEL WASHINGTON (AMERICAN GANGSTER)
BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
1. ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
2. CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
3. HAIRSPRAY
4. JUNO
5. SWEENEY TODD
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Marion Cottillard (LA VIE EN ROSE)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Johnny Depp (SWEENEY TODD)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
RATATOUILLE
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett (I'M NOT THERE)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Javier Bardem (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN)
BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Julian Schnabel (THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY)
BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
ATONEMENT (Dario Marianelli)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"Guaranteed" (INTO THE WILD)
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YEAR-END AWARDS 2006
OSCAR NOMINATIONS
(THE ACADEMY AWARDS WERE HELD ON FEBRUARY 25, 2007)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD FACE.
1. Best Picture: "Babel,""The Departed,""Letters From Iwo Jima,""Little Miss Sunshine,""The Queen."
2. Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"; Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"; Peter O'Toole, "Venus"; Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"; Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland."
3. Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Volver"; Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"; Helen Mirren, "The Queen"; Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"; Kate Winslet, "Little Children."
4. Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children"; Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond"; Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"; Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed."
5. Supporting Actress: Adriana Barraza, "Babel"; Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"; Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"; Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel."
6. Directing: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"; Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"; Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima"; Stephen Frears, "The Queen"; Paul Greengrass, "United 93."
7. Foreign Language Film: "After the Wedding," Denmark; "Days of Glory (Indigenes)," Algeria; "The Lives of Others," Germany ; "Pan's Labyrinth," Mexico; "Water," Canada.
8. Adapted Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, "Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"; Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, "Children of Men"; William Monahan, "The Departed"; Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"; Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal."
9. Original Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"; Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, "Letters From Iwo Jima"; Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"; Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"; Peter Morgan, "The Queen."
10. Animated Feature Film: "Cars,""Happy Feet,""Monster House."
11. Art Direction: "Dreamgirls,""The Good Shepherd,""Pan's Labyrinth,""Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,""The Prestige."
12. Cinematography: "The Black Dahlia,""Children of Men,""The Illusionist,""Pan's Labyrinth,""The Prestige."
13. Sound Mixing: "Apocalypto,""Blood Diamond,""Dreamgirls,""Flags of Our Fathers,""Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
14. Sound Editing: "Apocalypto,""Blood Diamond,""Flags of Our Fathers,""Letters From Iwo Jima,""Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
15. Original Score: "Babel," Gustavo Santaolalla; "The Good German," Thomas Newman; "Notes on a Scandal," Philip Glass; "Pan's Labyrinth," Javier Navarrete; "The Queen," Alexandre Desplat.
16. Original Song: "I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth," Melissa Etheridge; "Listen" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven; "Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett; "Our Town" from "Cars," Randy Newman; "Patience" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Willie Reale.
17. Costume: "Curse of the Golden Flower,""The Devil Wears Prada,""Dreamgirls,""Marie Antoinette,""The Queen."
18. Documentary Feature: "Deliver Us From Evil,""An Inconvenient Truth,""Iraq in Fragments,""Jesus Camp,""My Country, My Country."
19. Documentary (short subject): "The Blood of Yingzhou District,""Recycled Life,""Rehearsing a Dream,""Two Hands."
20. Film Editing: "Babel,""Blood Diamond,""Children of Men," "The Departed,""United 93."
21. Makeup: "Apocalypto,""Click,""Pan's Labyrinth."
22. Animated Short Film: "The Danish Poet,""Lifted,""The Little Matchgirl,""Maestro,""No Time for Nuts."
23. Live Action Short Film: "Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea),""Eramos Pocos (One Too Many),""Helmer & Son,""The Saviour,""West Bank Story."
24. Visual Effects:"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,""Poseidon,""Superman Returns."
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE 2006
Best Picture: UNITED 93
Runners Up: THE QUEEN, THE DEPARTED
Best Actor: FOREST WHITAKER (LAST KING OF SCOTLAND)
Best Actress: HELEN MIRREN (THE QUEEN)
Best Supporting Actor: JACKIE EARLE HALEY (LITTLE CHILDREN)
Best Supporting Actress: JENNIFER HUDSON (DREAMGIRLS)
Best Director: MARTIN SCORSESE (THE DEPARTED)
Best Screenplay: PETER MORGAN (THE QUEEN)
LA FILM CRITICS AWARDS
Best Picture: LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (Runner-Up: THE QUEEN)
Best Director: PAUL GREENGRASS (UNITED 93)
Best Actor: SACHA BARON COHEN(BORAT)+ FOREST WHITAKER (LAST KING OF SCOTLAND)
Best Actress: HELEN MIRREN (THE QUEEN)
Best Supporting Actor: MICHAEL SHEEN (THE QUEEN)
Best Supporting Actress: LUMINITA GHEORGHIU (THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (Runner-up JENNIFER HUDSON, DREAMGIRLS)
Best Screenplay: PETER MORGAN (THE QUEEN)
Best Music: ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (THE QUEEN & THE PAINTED VEIL)
Best Foreign Film: THE LIVES OF OTHERS (GERMANY) (Runner-up: VOLVER)
Best Documentary: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (Runner-up: DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE)
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW AWARDS FOR 2006
Best Film: LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Best 10 Films: BABEL, BLOOD DIAMOND, THE DEPARTED, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, THE HISTORY BOYS, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, NOTES ON A SCANDAL, THE PAINTED VEIL
Best Foreign Film: VOLVER
Best 5 Foreign Films: VOLVER, CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER, DAYS OF GLORY, PAN'S LABYRINTH, WATER
Best 5 Documentaries: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, 51 BIRCH STREET, IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS, SHUT UP & SING, WORDPLAY
Best 10 Independent Films: AKEELAH AND THE BEE, BOBBY, CATCH A FIRE, COPYING BEETHOVEN, A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS, HALF NELSON, THE ILLUSIONIST, LONESOME JIM, SHERRYBABY, 10 ITEMS OR LESS, THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
Best Actor: FOREST WHITAKER (LAST KING OF SCOTLAND)
Best Actress: HELEN MIRREN (THE QUEEN)
Best Supporting Actor: DJIMON HOUNSOU (BLOOD DIAMOND)
Best Supporting Actress: CATHERINE O'HARA (FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION)
Breakthrough Performances: RYAN GOSLING (HALF NELSON), JENNIFER HUDSON (DREAMGIRLS) and RINKO KIKUCHI (BABEL)
Best Director: MARTIN SCORSESE (THE DEPARTED)
AFI TOP 10 OF 2006
(In alphabetical order):
BABEL
BORAT
DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
HAPPY FEET
HALF NELSON
INSIDE MAN
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
UNITED 93
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR 2006
(Winners in boldface)
BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
*1. BABEL
2. BOBBY
3. THE DEPARTED
4. LITTLE CHILDREN
5. THE QUEEN
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS - DRAMA
1. PENELOPE CRUZ — VOLVER
2. JUDI DENCH — NOTES ON A SCANDAL
3. MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL — SHERRYBABY
*4. HELEN MIRREN — THE QUEEN
5. KATE WINSLET — LITTLE CHILDREN
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR - DRAMA
1. LEONARDO DICAPRIO — BLOOD DIAMOND
2. LEONARDO DICAPRIO — THE DEPARTED
3. PETER O'TOOLE — VENUS
4. WILL SMITH — THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
*5. FOREST WHITAKER — THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
1. BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
2. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
*3. DREAMGIRLS
4. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
5. THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
1. ANNETTE BENING — RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
2. TONI COLLETTE — LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
3. BEYONCE KNOWLES — DREAMGIRLS
*4. MERYL STREEP — THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
5. RENEE ZELLWEGER — MISS POTTER
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
*1. SACHA BARON COHEN — BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
2. JOHNNY DEPP — PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
3. AARON ECKHART — THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
4. CHIWETEL EJIOFOR — KINKY BOOTS
5. WILL FERRELL — STRANGER THAN FICTION
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
*1. CARS
2. HAPPY FEET
3. MONSTER HOUSE
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. APOCALYPTO (USA)
*2. LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (USA/JAPAN)
3. THE LIVES OF OTHERS (GERMANY)
4. PAN'S LABYRINTH (MEXICO)
5. VOLVER (SPAIN)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. ADRIANA BARRAZA — BABEL
2. CATE BLANCHETT — NOTES ON A SCANDAL
3. EMILY BLUNT — THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
*4. JENNIFER HUDSON — DREAMGIRLS
5. RINKO KIKUCHI — BABEL
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. BEN AFFLECK — HOLLYWOODLAND
*2. EDDIE MURPHY — DREAMGIRLS
3. JACK NICHOLSON — THE DEPARTED
4. BRAD PITT — BABEL
5. MARK WAHLBERG — THE DEPARTED
BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
1. CLINT EASTWOOD — FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
2. CLINT EASTWOOD — LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
3. STEPHEN FREARS — THE QUEEN
4. ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU — BABEL
*5. MARTIN SCORSESE — THE DEPARTED
BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
1. GUILLERMO ARRIAGA — BABEL
2. TODD FIELD & TOM PERROTTA — LITTLE CHILDREN
3. PATRICK MARBER — NOTES ON A SCANDAL
4. WILLIAM MONAHAN — THE DEPARTED
*5. PETER MORGAN — THE QUEEN
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
*1. ALEXANDRE DESPLAT — THE PAINTED VEIL
2. CLINT MANSELL — THE FOUNTAIN
3. GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA — BABEL
4. CARLO SILIOTTO — NOMAD
5. HANS ZIMMER — THE DA VINCI CODE
BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
1. "A FATHER'S WAY" - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Music by: Seal and Christopher Bruce
Lyrics by: Seal
2. "LISTEN" - DREAMGIRLS
Music & Lyrics by: Henry Krieger, Anne Preven, Scott Cutler and Beyonce Knowles
3. "NEVER GONNA BREAK MY FAITH" - BOBBY
Music & Lyrics by: Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy and Andrea Remanda
*4. "THE SONG OF THE HEART" - HAPPY FEET
Music & Lyrics by: Prince Rogers Nelson
5. "TRY NOT TO REMEMBER" - HOME OF THE BRAVE
Music & Lyrics by: Sheryl Crow
DAVID ANSEN (NEWSWEEK) TOP TEN OF 2006
1. Army of Shadows
2. Little Miss Sunshine
3. The Queen
4. Letters from Iwo Jima
5. The Departed
6. Half Nelson
7. Borat
8. Dreamgirls
9. Venus
10. Volver
SAG (SCREEN ACTORS' GUILD) NOMINATIONS FOR 2006
ENSEMBLE ACTING
Dreamgirls
Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Little Miss Sunshine
BEST ACTRESS
Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Penelope Cruz (Volver)
Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal)
Meryl Streep (Devil Wears Prada)
Kate Winslet (Little Children)
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo Di Caprio ( Blood Diamond)
Forest Whitaker (Last King of Scotland)
Peter O'Toole (Venus)
Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)
Will Smith (Pursuit of Happyness)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adriana Barraza (Babel)
Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)
Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed)
Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine)
A.O. SCOTT (NY TIMES) BEST 21 OF 2006:
1. Letters from Iwo Jima
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. L'Enfant
4. Days of Glory (Indigenes)
5. Little Miss Sunshine
6. 3 Times
7. 51 Birch St.
8. Volver
9. Little Children
10. Prairie Home Companion
11. The Aura
12. Children of Men
13. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
14. Fast Food Nation
15. Flags of Our Fathers
16. Half Nelson
17. Iraq in Fragments
18. Marie Antoinette
19. Our Brand is Crisis
20. The Queen
21. Tristram Shandy
J. HOBERMAN (Village Voice) BEST 10 OF 2006
1. The Death of Mr. Lazrescu
2. Borat
3. The Decay of Fiction
4. A Scanner Darkly
5. The Science of Sleep
6. Climates
7. L'Enfant
8. When the Levees Broke
9. Inland Empire
10. Battle in Heaven
11+ Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth, Letters from Iwo Jima, United 93.
NATHAN LEE (Village Voice) BEST 10 OF 2006
1. Inland Empire
2. Army of Shadows
3. A Scanner Darkly
4. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
5. Jackass Number Two
6. Two Drifters
7. The Departed
8. Mutual Appreciation
9. Dave Chappelle's Block Party
10. The Descent
INDIE SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS:
BEST FEATURE
American Gun
The Dead Girl
Half Nelson
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan's Labyrinth
BEST DIRECTOR
Robert Altman (Prairie Home Companion)
Jonathan Drayton & Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine)
Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson)
Karen Moncrieff (The Dead Girl)
Steven Soderbergh (Bubble)
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Day Night Day Night
Man Push Cart
The Motel
Sweet Land
Wristcutters: A Love Story
BEST SCREENPLAY
Neil Burger (The Illusionist)
Nicole Holofcener (Friends With Money)
Ron Nyswander (The Painted Veil)
Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking)
Jeff Stanzler (Sorry, Haters)
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Shareeka Epps (Half Nelson)
Catherine O'Hara (For Your Consideration)
Elizabeth Reaser (Sweet Land)
Michelle Williams (Land of Plenty)
Robin Wright Penn (Sorry, Haters)
BEST MALE LEAD
Aaron Eckhart (Thank You For Smoking)
Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)
Edward Norton (The Painted Veil)
Ahmad Razvi (Man Push Cart)
Forest Whitaker (American Gun)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Arin Crumley (Four-Eyed Monsters)
Anthony Dod Mantle (Brothers of the Head)
Guillerma Navarro (Pan's Labyrinth)
Aaron Platt (Wild Tigers I Have Known)
Michael Simmonds (Man Push Cart)
BEST FOREIGH FILM
12:08 East of Bucharest
The Blossoming of Maxim
Chronicle of an Escape
Days of Glory
The Lives of Others
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YEAR-END AWARDS 2005
OSCAR NOMINATIONS
Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Director: Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain), Bennett Miller (Capote), George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck)
Best Actor: Heath Ledger, David Stathairn, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best Actress: Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents), Keira Knightly (Pride and Prejudice), Felicity Huffman (Transamerica)
Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain), Rachel Weisz (Constant Gardener), Catherine Keener (Capote), Amy Adams (June Bug), Frances McDormand (North Country)
Best Supporting Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain), George Clooney (Syriana), William Hurt (A History of Violence)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain, The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence, Munich, Capote
Best Original Screenplay: Good Night, and Good Luck, Match Point, The Squid and the Whale
Best Cinematography: Brokeback Mountain, Good Night, and Good Luck
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain
Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Non-Fiction Films: Werner Herzog for Grizzly Man and White Diamond
Best Foreign-Language Film: 2046, directed by Wong Kar Wai
Best First Film: Bennet Miller for Capote
Best Animated Feature: Hayao Miyazaki¹s Howl’s Moving Castle
Best Actor:Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon for Walk The Line
Best Supporting Actor:William Hurt, A History of Violence
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bello, A History of Violence
Best Cinematography:Chris Doyle, Kwan Pun Leung, Yiu-Fai Lai for 2046
Best Screenplay:Noah Baumbach for The Squid & The Whale
2005 GOLDEN GLOBES AWARDS NOMINATIONS
1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN * (WINNER)
b. THE CONSTANT GARDENER
c. GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
d. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
e. MATCH POINT
2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. MARIA BELLO (A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE)
b. FELICITY HUFFMAN (TRANSAMERICA) * (WINNER)
c. GWYNETH PALTROW (PROOF)
d. CHARLIZE THERON (NORTH COUNTRY)
e. ZIYI ZHANG (MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA)
3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
a. RUSSELL CROWE (CINDERELLA MAN)
b. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (CAPOTE) * (WINNER)
c. TERRENCE HOWARD (HUSTLE & FLOW)
d. HEATH LEDGER (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN)
e. DAVID STRATHAIRN (GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK)
4. BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a. MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
b. PRIDE & PREJUDICE
c. THE PRODUCERS
d. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
e. WALK THE LINE * (WINNER)
5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a. JUDI DENCH (MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS)
b. KEIRA KNIGHTLEY (PRIDE & PREJUDICE)
c. LAURA LINNEY (THE SQUID AND THE WHALE)
d. SARAH JESSICA PARKER (THE FAMILY STONE)
e. REESE WITHERSPOON (WALK THE LINE)* (WINNER)
6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE -MUSICAL OR COMEDY
a. PIERCE BROSNAN (THE MATADOR)
b. JEFF DANIELS (THE SQUID AND THE WHALE)
c. JOHNNY DEPP (CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY)
d. NATHAN LANE (THE PRODUCERS)
e. CILLIAN MURPHY (BREAKFAST ON PLUTO)
f. JOAQUIN PHOENIX (WALK THE LINE)* (WINNER)
7. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
a. KUNG FU HUSTLE (CHINA)
b. MASTER OF THE CRIMSON ARMOR aka THE PROMISE (CHINA)
c. JOYEUX NOEL (MERRY CHRISTMAS) (FRANCE)
d. PARADISE NOW (PALESTINE)*(WINNER)
e. TSOTSI (SOUTH AFRICA)
8. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
a. SCARLETT JOHANSSON (MATCH POINT)
b. SHIRLEY MacLAINE (IN HER SHOES)
c. FRANCES McDORMAND (NORTH COUNTRY)
d. RACHEL WEISZ (THE CONSTANT GARDENER)*(WINNER)
e. MICHELLE WILLIAMS (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN)
9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
a. GEORGE CLOONEY (SYRIANA)*(WINNER)
b. MATT DILLON (CRASH)
c. WILL FERRELL (THE PRODUCERS)
d. PAUL GIAMATTI (CINDERELLA MAN)
e. BOB HOSKINS (MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS)
10. BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
a. WOODY ALLEN (MATCH POINT)
b. GEORGE CLOONEY (GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK)
c. PETER JACKSON (KING KONG)
d. ANG LEE (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN)*(WINNER)
e. FERNANDO MEIRELLES (THE CONSTANT GARDENER)
f. STEVEN SPIELBERG (MUNICH)
11. BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
a. WOODY ALLEN (MATCH POINT)
b. GEORGE CLOONEY & GRANT HESLOV (GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK)
c. PAUL HAGGIS & BOBBY MORESCO (CRASH)
d. TONY KUSHNER & ERIC ROTH (MUNICH)
e. LARRY McMURTRY & DIANA OSSANA (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN)*(WINNER)
12. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
a. ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (SYRIANA)
b. JAMES NEWTON HOWARD (KING KONG)
c. GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN)
d. HARRY GREGSON (THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA)
e. JOHN WILLIAMS (MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA)
13. BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
a. “A LOVE THAT WILL NEVER GROW OLD” –- BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN * (WINNER)
b. “CHRISTMAS IN LOVE” — CHRISTMAS IN LOVE
c. “THERE’S NOTHING LIKE A SHOW ON BROADWAY” — THE PRODUCERS
d. “TRAVELIN’ THRU” — TRANSAMERICA
Music & Lyrics by: Dolly Parton
e. “WUNDERKIND” — THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Music & Lyrics by: Alanis Morissette
LA FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS 2005
BEST PICTURE: "Brokeback Mountain"--Runner up: "A History of Violence."
DIRECTOR: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"
- Runner-up: David Cronenberg, "A History of Violence"
ACTRESS: Vera Farmiga, "Down to the Bone"
- Runner-up: Judi Dench, "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
- Runner-up: Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"
SCREENPLAY: TIE:
"Capote" by Dan Futterman
“The Squid and the Whale” by Noah Baumbach
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Catherine Keener, "Capote", “Ballad of Jack and Rose”, “The 40 Year Old Virgin” and “The Interpreter”
- Runner-up: Amy Adams, "Junebug"
SUPPORTING ACTOR: William Hurt, "A History of Violence"
- Runner-up: Frank Langella, "Good Night, And Good Luck"
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "Caché" directed by Michael Haneke
- Runner-up: "2046" directed by Wong Kar Wai
DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM: "Grizzly Man" directed by Werner Herzog
- Runner-up: "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" directed by Alex Gibney
PRODUCTION DESIGN: William Chang, "2046"
- Runner-up: Jim Bissell, "Good Night, And Good Luck."
ANIMATION: "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (Nick Park and Steve Box)
MUSIC/SCORE: Joe Hisaishi, Youmi Kimura, "Howl’s Moving Castle"
- Runner-up: Ryuichi Sakamoto, "Tony Takitani"
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Robert Elswit, "Good Night, And Good Luck"
- Runner-up: Christopher Doyle, Kwan Pun Leung, & Yiu-Fai Lai, "2046"
NEW GENERATION: Terrence Howard
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: Richard Widmark
INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL: “La Commune (Paris, 1871)” directed by Peter Watkins
BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS 2005
Best Picture: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (runner up MUNICH)
Best Director: Ang Lee (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN) (runner up Stephen Spielberg MUNICH)
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman (CAPOTE) (runner up Heath Ledger, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN)
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon (WALK THE LINE)
(runner up Keira Knightly, PRIDE & PREJUDICE)
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Giametti (CINDERELLA MAN)
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener (CAPOTE, THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE)
Best Screenplay: CAPOTE
Best Foreign Film: KUNG FU HUSTLE (runner up 2046)
Best Cinematography: GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
New Filmmaker Award: Joe Wright (PRIDE & PREJUDICE)
CRITICS' BEST 10 LISTS:
Films are listed in order depending on the number of Best 10 Lists in which they appear.
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE 98
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN 76
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE 64
CAPOTE 62
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK 60
GRIZZLY MAN 55
2046 50
CACHÉ 45
KING KONG 44
KINGS AND QUEEN 42
THE WORLD 36
TROPICAL MALADY 36
MUNICH 33
SYRIANA 31
THE CONSTANT GARDENER 31
THE HOLY GIRL 30
LAST DAYS 29
CRASH 29
HEAD-ON 28
MYSTERIOUS SKIN 27
NOBODY KNOWS 26
WALLACE & GROMIT:
THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT 25
MATCH POINT 24
THE NEW WORLD 22
ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW 22
CAFÉ LUMIERE 19
JUNEBUG 19
SARABAND 18
MY SUMMER OF LOVE 18
OLDBOY 18
PARADISE NOW 18
WALK THE LINE 18
THE INTRUDER 17
PRIDE & PREJUDICE 17
SIN CITY 17
THE BEST OF YOUTH 16
BROKEN FLOWERS 16
LAND OF THE DEAD 16
LOOK AT ME 16
BATMAN BEGINS 16
KEANE 15
HUSTLE & FLOW 14
THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN 14
THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED 14
DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE 13
DOWNFALL 13
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE 12
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS 12
MEMORIES OF MURDER 12
PULSE (KAIRO) 11
THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA 11
THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES 10
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO 10
MURDERBALL 10
CINDERELLA MAN 9
WAR OF THE WORLDS 9
THE CENTURY OF THE SELF 8
THE WHITE DIAMOND 8
THE ARISTOCRATS 8
TURTLES CAN FLY 8
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YEAR-END AWARDS--2004--
OSCAR NOMINATIONS for films we have played/are playing/will play:
BEFORE SUNSET : BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND: BEST ACTRESS (Kate Winslet), BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
FINDING NEVERLAND: BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTOR (Johnny Depp), ART DIRECTION, FILM EDITING, MUSIC, COSTUME DESIGN, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (7)
HOTEL RWANDA : BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTOR (Don Cheadle), BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Sophie Okonedo), ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (4)
KINSEY: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Laura Linney)
MOTORCYCLE DIARIES: BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY, BEST SONG
RAY BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ACTOR (Jamie Foxx), FILM EDITING, SOUND MIXING, COSTUME DESIGN (6)
SIDEWAYS : BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR (Alexander
Payne), BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Thomas Haden Church), BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Virginia Madsen),ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (5)
VERA DRAKE : BEST DIRECTOR (Mike Leigh), BEST ACTRESS (Imelda Staunton), ORIGNAL SCREENPLAY (3)
VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT, A : BEST ART DIRECTION, CINEMATOGRAPHY (2)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM : AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, THE CHORUS, DOWNFALL, THE SEA INSIDE, YESTERDAY
OSCAR NOMINATIONS FOR ALL FILMS
BEST PICTURE: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Million Dollar Baby, Ray, Sideways
BEST DIRECTOR: The Aviator, Million Dollar Baby, Ray, Sideways, Vera Drake
New York Film Critics Circle:
Director - Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Best Picture - Sideways
Supporting Actor - Clive Owen, Closer
Supporting Actress - Virginia Madsen - Sideways
Best Actress - Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Best Actor - Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Best First Feature - Maria, Full of Grace
Screenplay - Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, Sideways
Animated Film - The Incredibles
Foreign Film - Bad Education
Documentary - Fahrenheit 9/11
Cinematography - Christopher Doyle, Hero
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards-2004
Best Picture: "Sideways"
Best Director: Alexander Payne -"Sideways"
Best Actor: Liam Neeson, Kinsey
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, "Sideways"
Runner-up: Morgan Freeman,
"Million Dollar Baby"
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen,
"Sideways"
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett,
"Coffee & Cigarettes",
& "The Aviator"
Best Screenplay: Alexander Payne &
Jim Taylor, "Sideways"
Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman,
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
Best Cinematography: Dion Beebe & Paul Cameron,
"Collateral"
Runner-up: Xiaoding Zhao, "House of Flying Daggers"
Best Production Design
Dante Ferretti, "The Aviator"
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW: TOP TEN FILMS OF 2004
1. Finding Neverland
2. The Aviator
3. Closer
4. Million Dollar Baby
5. Sideways
6. Kinsey
7. Vera Drake
8. Ray
9. Collateral
10. Hotel Rwanda
TOP FIVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS
1. The Sea Inside
2. Bad Education
3. Maria Full of Grace
4. Les Choristes
5. The Motorcycle Diaries
TOP FIVE DOCUMENTARIES OF 2004
1. Born into Brothels
2. Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
3. Paper Clips
4. Supersize Me
5. The Story of the Weeping Camel
Best Film: Finding Neverland
Best Foreign Language Film: The Sea Inside
Best Documentary: Born into Brothels
Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx, Ray
Best Actress: Annette Bening, Being Julia
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Chuch, Sideways
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Linney, Kinsey
Best Acting by an Ensemble: Closer
Breakthrough Performance Actor: Topher Grace, In Good Company and P.S.
Breakthrough Performance Actress: Emmy Rossum, The Phantom of the Opera
Best Director: Michael Mann, Collateral
Best Directorial Debut: Zack Braff, Garden State
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sideways, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Best Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Charlie Kaufman
Outstanding Production Design: House of Flying Daggers
Career Achievement: Jeff Bridges
Special Filmmaking Achievement: Clint Eastwood, for producing, directing, acting, and scoring Million Dollar Baby
Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking
(Listed alphabetically)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Before Sunset
Door in the Floor
Enduring Love
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Facing Windows
Garden State
A Home at the End of the World
Imaginary Heroes
Since Otar Left
Stage Beauty
Undertow
The Woodsman
OUR BEST TEN LISTS 2004
The following are 2004 Best Ten lists by Cinemapolis staff and friends:
NICK DAVIS' 10 (OR IS IT 14?) BEST FILMS OF 2004:
(Nick is a member of the 7th Art Board of Directors)
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Oasis
3. The Corporation
4. Maria Full of Grace and Osama
5. Code 46 and Notre Musique
6. Before Sunset and Since Otar Left
7. I Heart Huckabees
8. The Bourne Supremacy
9. Dawn of the Dead and Time of the Wolf
10. Birth and The Return
JASON MINNIX'S BEST OF 2004:
(Jason is a Cinemapolis/Fall Creek staff member)
0. Battle of Algiers (re-release)
1. Time of the Wolf
2. The Return
3. Dogville
4. Birth
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6. Million Dollar Baby
7 & 7 1/2. Bright Future and Doppelganger
8. A Very Long Engagement
9. The Aviator
10. I Heart Huckabees
plus: Collateral, Sideways
LYNNE COHEN'S 10 (or is it 14?)BEST OF 2004
(Lynne is a Cinemapolis/Fall Creek staff member)
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Before Sunset
3. The Return
4. Vera Drake
5. Bad Education
6. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring
7. Stage Beauty
8. Motorcycle Diaries
9. The Mother
10. The Aviator
Also: I Heart Huckabees, Sideways, A Very Long Engagement, Ray
JAREK MILLER'S TOP TEN AND TEN RUNNERS-UP
(Jarek is a Cinemapolis/Fall Creek staff member)
1. GOODBYE DRAGON INN
2. MILLION DOLLAR BABY
3. SIDEWAYS
4. CRIMSON GOLD
5. BEFORE SUNSET
6. BLIND SHAFT
7. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
8. BIRTH
9. TARNATION
10. ANATOMY OF HELL
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KILL BILL VOL. 2
BAD EDUCATION
VERA DRAKE
BUKOWSKI: BORN INTO THIS
THE AVIATOR
TWENTYNINE PALMS
COLLATERAL
TIME OF THE WOLF
THE LIFE AQUATIC with STEVE ZISSOU
DAWN OF THE DEAD
BOB SCHULTZ'S BEST OF 2004:
(Bob is a Cinemapolis/Fall Creek staff member)
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Dogville
3. Shaun of the Dead
4. Before Sunset
5. Kill Bill, Vol. 2
6. Team America: World Police
7. Sideways
8. Million Dollar Baby
9. A Very Long Engagement
10. Bukowski: Born Into this
11. I Heart Huckabees
TIM KNAUFF'S 19 BEST OF 2004
(Tim is a Cinemapolis/Fall Creek alumnus)
1. Sideways
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. The Door in the Floor
4. Hero
5. Garden State
6. Donnie Darko: Director's Cut
7. Vera Drake
8. House of Flying Daggers
9. Maria, Full of Grace
10. Motorcycle Diaries
11. Fahrenheit 9/11
12. Spider Man 2
13. Kill Bill Vol. 2
14. Tarnation
15. Stander
16. Infernal Affairs
17. The Woodsman
18. The Incredibles
19. Hotel Rwanda
OUR BEST TEN LISTS 2003
JASON MINNIX (Cinemapolis Staff)
Morvern Callar ('02)
The Secret Lives of Dentists
Spider
25th Hour ('02)
Lost in Translation
Mystic River
21 Grams
The Dancer Upstairs
Dirty Pretty Things
The Triplets of Belleville
(Runners-up: A Mighty Wind, School of Rock, Big Fish, 28 Days Later)
BOB SCHULTZ (Cinemapolis Staff)
Lost in Translation
American Splendor
School of Rock
28 Days Later
City of God
Secret Lives of Dentists
Kill Bill, Vol.1
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Spider
Spellbound
Finding Nemo
LYNNE COHEN (Cinemapolis Staff)
(alphabetical order)
21 Grams
American Splendor
City of God
The Company
Divine Intervention
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Lost in Translation
The Secret Lives of Dentists
Thirteen
The Triplets of Belleville
(Runners-up: Angels in America, Spellbound, Whale Rider)
TIM KNAUFF (Former Cinemapolis staff)
Top 10:
Lost in Translation
American Splendor
Station Agent
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Whale Rider
The Fog of War
In America
Spider
Spellbound
28 Days Later
Plus 11 more:
Magdalene Sisters
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pieces of April
Elephant
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
Pirates of the Caribbean
Finding Nemo
The Good Thief
Bubba Ho-Tep
The Triplets of Belleville
21 Grams
NATIONAL PRESS
21 GRAMS #4 on Top Ten List: National Board of Review. Best 10 List (#2): Elvis Mitchell, NYT.
AMERICAN SPLENDOR Best Actress (Hope Davis) and Best First Film: NY Film Critics Circle. Best Screenplay:
Boston Society of Film Critics. Breakthrough Male Actor(Paul Giammati): National Board of Review. BestSuporting Actress (Hope Davis): Golden Globe Nominee. Independent Spirit Nominations: Best Feature, Directors, Screenplay, Actor, Supporting Actor. Best 10 Lists: Elvis Mitchell and Stephen Holden (NYT); Roger Ebert
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS OSCAR WINNER: Best Foreign Film. #10 on Top Ten List: David Ansen, Newsweek; Best Foreign Film: National Board of Review. Best Foreign Film: Golden Globe Nominee. Best 10 Lists: A.O. Scott & Stephen Holden (NYT)
THE COOLER: Best Supporting Actress (Maria Bello): Golden Globe Nominee; Best Supporting Actor (Alec Baldwin) Oscar Nominee
ELEPHANT Independent Spirit Awards Nominations: Best Cinematography (Harris Savides), Best Director (Gus Van Sant). Best 10 List:Elvis Mitchell (NYT)
THE FOG OF WAR OSCAR WINNER: Best Documentary
INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS WINNER: Best Documentary
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking: National Board of Review. Best Actress (Scarlett Johansson): Golden Globe Nominee
IN AMERICA INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD WINNER: Best Supporting Actor (Djimon Hounsou), Best Cinematography (Declan Quinn. Top Ten List: National Board of Review; David Ansen, Newsweek; Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times . Best Screenplay: Golden Globe Nominee. Oscar Nominations: Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Samantha Morton), Best Supporting Actor (Djimon Hounsou).
LOST IN TRANSLATION OSCAR WINNER: Best Original Screenplay (Sofia Coppola); Oscar Nominations: Best Actor, Best Director. INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS WINNER: Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor. #6 on Top Ten List: National Board of Review; #3 on Top Ten: David Ansen, Newsweek; #2 on Best 10 List: Roger Ebert, Chi. Sun-Times. Best Director (Sofia Coppola) and Best Actor (Bill Murray):NY Film Critics Circle. Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress (Scarlett Johannson): Boston Society of Film Critics. GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER: Best Motion Picture--Musical or Comedy; Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy; Golden Globe Nominee Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical or Comedy: Golden Globe Nominee:Best Director; Golden Globe Winner Best Screenplay (Sofia Coppola). Best 10 Lists: Elvis Mitchell & Stephen Holden (NYT); Lisa Schwartzbaum (EW)
MONSTER OSCAR WINNER: Best Actress (Charlize Theron) INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD WINNER: Best Actress, Best First Film. #1 Best Ten List: Roger Ebert, Chi. Sun-Times. Winner Golden Globe: Best Actress in a Drama (Charlize Theron)
MYSTIC RIVER OSCAR WINNER: Best Actor(Sean Penn), Best Supporting Actor (Tim Robbins) Best Picture: National Board of Review. Best Actor [Sean Penn]: National Board of Review. #6 on Top Ten List: David Ansen, Newsweek and Roger Ebert, Chi. Sun-Times. Best Picture: Boston Society of Film Critics. Best Motion Picture Drama: Golden Globe Nominee. Best Actor-Drama [S.P.]: Golden Globe Winner. Best Supporting Actor[Tim Robbins]: Golden Globe Nominee. Best Director [Clint Eastwood]: Golden Globe Nominee. Best Screenplay [Brian Helgelund]: Golden Globe Nominee. Best 10 Lists: A.O. Scott & Stephen Holden (NYT)
PIECES OF APRIL Oscar Nominee: Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Clarkson) Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking: National Board of Review. Best Supporting Actress [Patricia Clarkson]: Golden Globe Nominee. Independent Spirit Awards Nominations: Best Screenplay (Peter Hedges), John Cassavetes Award (Best Feature made for under $500,000), Best Supporting Female (Patricia Clarkson)
RAISING VICTOR VARGAS Best 10 List: Elvis Mitchell (NYT)
SCHOOL OF ROCK #5 on Top Ten List: David Ansen, Newsweek. Best Actor--Musical or Comedy [Jack Black]: Golden Globe Nominee.
SHATTERED GLASS Special Mention for Excellence in
Filmmaking: National Board of Review. Best Supporting Actor [Peter Sarsgaard]:Golden Globe Nominee. Independent Spirit Awards Nominations: Best Picture, Screenplay, Best Supporting Male, Best Cinematography (Mandy Walker)
STATION AGENT #3on Top Ten List + Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Clarkson):National Board of Review.Independent Spirit Awards Nomination: John Cassavetes Award (Best Feature made for under $500,000), Best First Screenplay (Thomas McCarthy), Best Male Lead (Peter Dinklage)
THIRTEEN Best 10 List: Stephen Holden (NYT) Golden Globe Nominee: Best Actress in a drama: Evan Rachel Wood.
TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE Oscar Nominations: Best Animated Feature, Best Song. Best Animated Film: NY Film Critics Circle. Best Foreign-Language Film: Boston Society of Film Critics. Independent Spirit Awards Nominee: Best Foreign Film. Best 10 Lists: A.O. Scott & Elvis Mitchell (NYT)
WHALE RIDER Oscar Nominee: Best Actress (Keisha Castle-Hughes) INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD: Best Foreign Film. Best 10 List: Roger Ebert, Chi. Sun-Times.
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEES, BEST FOREIGN FILM: THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS, CITY OF GOD, GOODBYE LENIN, MONSIEUR IBRAHIM, THE RETURN, and OSAMA (THE WINNER).
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