Best Director: DAVID FINCHER, The Curious Case of 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 by an 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 and ERIC ROTH, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Spotlight Award: MELISSA LEO, Frozen River and 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 Five Foreign Language Films (In alphabetical order)
* Edge of Heaven * Let the Right One In * Roman de Guerre * 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
OSCARS 2009 Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis - Doubt/Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
I'm happy for Josh Brolin (I would like to see him be an Oscar nominee even if I thought Heath Ledger and Eddie Marsan were better), Penelope Cruz, "Wall-E", and especially "Man On Wire".
Posts: 17724 | Location: Phoenix, AZ | Registered: February 02, 2003
Anne Hathaway could be the big upset for lead actress this year...Gwyneth was the last one to win at such a young age the lead award but it could happen. Anne has the buzz...
Originally posted by Wellington Sludge: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
It's started already. Let the SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE backlash commence here. Who's with me?
I enjoyed "Slumdog" a lot but do not think it close to the best film this year. After I've seen most of the Oscar type movies ("Revolutionary Road", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", etc) and some highly acclaimed foreign flicks ("Hunger", "The Class", "Let the Right One In"- which I'm seeing tonight, etc) I doubt it would make my top ten list this year.
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Posts: 17724 | Location: Phoenix, AZ | Registered: February 02, 2003
Not crazy about their acting choices at all. Haven't seen Gran Torino but I hated Rachel Getting Married and Anne Hathaway, wasn't crazy about Penelope Cruz in VCB and Josh Brolin wasn't even the best performance in Milk let alone the best performance by a supporting actor all year even though I do like Josh Brolin. However I do love their Best Picture choice Slumdog Millionaire.
Posts: 1806 | Location: NYC | Registered: March 13, 2003
I like seeing the notices for "Frozen River", "The Visitor", Anne Hathaway for best actress, "The Dark Knight," "WALL-E", "Man on Wire," and Penelope Cruz for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" in supporting actress.
Congratulations, Primetime Emmy Winners!
Comedy Series: 30 ROCK Drama Series: MAD MEN Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Tina Fey, 30 ROCK Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, BREAKING BAD Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Glenn Close, DAMAGES Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Glynn Turman, IN TREATMENT Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Željko Ivanek, DAMAGES Writing in a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program: THE COLBERT REPORT
Posts: 19993 | Location: North Carolina, USA | Registered: April 11, 2005
I am very surprised with Anne Hathaway's win. I never expected that! I guess Meryl Streep better watch out, because her win is not a certain thing anymore...
And "Gomorrah" was snubbed on their top 5 foreign films list!!!
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Originally posted by Kams: I am very surprised with Anne Hathaway's win. I never expected that! I guess Meryl Streep better watch out, because her win is not a certain thing anymore...
And "Gomorrah" was snubbed on their top 5 foreign films list!!!
I think the snub of Cannes best picture winner "The Class" is an even bigger surprise.
Posts: 17724 | Location: Phoenix, AZ | Registered: February 02, 2003
BTW - off topic somewhat - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is eligible for FL film from the NY Film Critics - it did not open in NY until after January 1. It likely will be competitive for the award, and might win it.
Originally posted by Wellington Sludge: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
It's started already. Let the SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE backlash commence here. Who's with me?
I consider the film overrated, but have affection for it. If it romps all the way to Oscar, I won't be all that bothered. Not sure how much of a backlash you'll be able to spearhead.
"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
