The Results http://nyfcc.com/awards.php

BEST PICTURE: Milk

BEST DIRECTOR:
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky

BEST ACTOR:
Sean Penn - Milk

BEST ACTRESS:
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Josh Brolin - Milk

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona

BEST SCREENPLAY: Jenny Lumet - Rachel Getting Married

BEST FOREIGN FILM: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ANIMATION: Wall-E

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Man on Wire

BEST FIRST FILM: Frozen River

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This group does the awards rollout! Excellent.

Sally Hawkins took LAFCA and NYFCC! Hot damn. Congratulations to her and much-deserved! That should secure her Oscar spot now.

Rachel Getting Married wins Best Screenplay.

It's good to see Hawkins win some of these critics awards because there is no way in hell she is winning the Oscar.


I'll vomit if Penelope Cruz wins Supporting Actress. I think I am the only one not enamored with the performance or don't find it remotely Oscar worthy.

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Slumdog Millionaire wins Cinematography.

Brolin wins S. Actor.

I don't remember seeing these come in like this before. It's like a luncheon then? Or I guess a breakfast?

Being updated constantly here:

http://www.indiewire.com/biz/2008/12/awards_watch_08_18.html

Director: Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"

Go Penelope!

I think Penelope will = Amy Ryan last year.

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I think Penelope will = Amy Ryan last year.

Oh no.. don't say that

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Originally posted by Troy:
I think Penelope will = Amy Ryan last year.

Amy Ryan was hurt by the fact that she is not a household name. Penelope Cruz does not have that problem. I think if Kate Winslet is a double nominee than Cruz will have big competition (I find it hard to believe they would let Winslet lose twice in one night) but as she is far better known than Viola Davis she is a more likely Oscar winner than her. Viola Davis needed the critics' wins in ways Penelope Cruz did not.

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Amy Ryan was hurt by the fact that she is not a household name. Penelope Cruz does not have that problem. I think if Kate Winslet is a double nominee than Cruz will have big competition (I find it hard to believe they would let Winslet lose twice in one night) but as she is far better known than Viola Davis she is a more likely Oscar winner than her. Viola Davis needed the critics' wins in ways Penelope Cruz did not.

Well, Tilda Swinton certainly wasn't a household name either. And Swinton, if I recall, won very few, if any Critics awards. Sure, she was helped by her films multiple nominations, and between "Doubt" and "Vicky Christina Barcelona," I am betting that "Doubt" ends up with more nominations.

Not saying Davis will win, but I don't think Cruz will either.

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Amy Ryan was hurt by the fact that she is not a household name. Penelope Cruz does not have that problem. I think if Kate Winslet is a double nominee than Cruz will have big competition (I find it hard to believe they would let Winslet lose twice in one night) but as she is far better known than Viola Davis she is a more likely Oscar winner than her. Viola Davis needed the critics' wins in ways Penelope Cruz did not.

Well, Tilda Swinton certainly wasn't a household name either. And Swinton, if I recall, won very few, if any Critics awards. Sure, she was helped by her films multiple nominations, and between "Doubt" and "Vicky Christina Barcelona," I am betting that "Doubt" ends up with more nominations.

Not saying Davis will win, but I don't think Cruz will either.

Tilda Swinton's win was in some ways a prize for "Michael Clayton". With its mixed reviews I do not think "Doubt" will be a best picture nominee so Viola Davis does not likely have that edge. I also think relatively little known Viola Davis is more comparable to Amy Ryan than Penelope Cruz would be and yet Davis does not even have Ryan's critics wins to back her up for a win.

If Penelope Cruz wins the Oscar this year, I wonder if she will be nominated next year for Nine?

Sean Penn is really starting to steal Mickey Rourke's buzz.

Foreign Language Film - "4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days"

Best Actor - Sean Penn, "Milk"

Documentary - "Man on Wire"

Best Picture - "Milk"

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More frickin' garbage!! Yuck to Penelope Cruz as Supporting Actress. If she ends up winning the Oscar i will be puking all over the damn place!!

Only good thing about these awards are Sean Penn and Josh Brolin. Kate Winslet got screwed over big time once again.

NYFCC tallies:
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Best Picture: "Milk" won on ballot four with 29 points. "Rachel Getting Married" had 25 points while both "Happy-Go-Lucky" and "Slumdog Millionaire" had 20 points. LA champ "WALL-E" had to settle for a win as best animated picture.

Best Director: Mike Leigh ("Happy-Go-Lucky") won on ballot four with 31 points. LA winner Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire") had 30 points and David Fincher ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") had 26 points. (Ballot two had Boyle ahead by two and ballot three had Fincher up by one.)

Best Actor: LA pick Sean Penn ("Milk") won on ballot four with 59 points. Mickey Rourke ("The Wrestler") had 50 points and Clint Eastwood ("Gran Torino") had 17 points.

Best Actress: LA champ Sally Hawkins ("Happy-Go-Lucky") won on ballot two with 39 points. Melissa Leo ( "Frozen River") had 32 points while Anne Hathaway ("Rachel Getting Married") and Kate Winslet ("Revolutionary Road") each had 22 points.

Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin ("Milk") won on ballot three with 33 points. LA winner Heath Ledger ("The Dark Knight" ) had 26 points and Robert Downey, Jr. ("Tropic Thunder") had 24 points. (On ballot two, Brolin, Ledger, and Eddie Marsan ("Happy-Go-Lucky") were tied with 29 points each.)

Best Supporting Actress: LA victor Penelope Cruz ("Vicky Christina Barcelona") won on ballot two with 40 points. Viola Davis ("Doubt") had 31 points and both Rosemarie DeWitt & Debra Winger ("Rachel Getting Married") had 28 points.

Best Screenplay: Jenny Lumet ("Rachel Getting Married") won on ballot four with 44 points. LA winner Mike Leigh ("Happy-Go-Lucky") had 38 points and Robert Seigel ("The Wrestler") had 19 points.

Best Cinematography: "Slumdog Millionaire" won on ballot three with 37 points."The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" had 28 points and "The Dark Knight" had 16 points.

Best Animated Picture: LA best pic "WALL-E" won on ballot one with 17 points over LA animated pic "Waltz with Bashir" with 11 points.

Best Foreign Film: "4 Months, 3 Weeks, Two Days" won on ballot four with 45 points. Two French films followed - "A Christmas Tale" had 34 points and "The Class" had 23 points.

Best Documentary: LA pick " Man on Wire" won on ballot two with 45 points. "Waltz With Bashir" had 25 points and "Trouble The Water" had 22 points.

Best First Picture: "Frozen River" won on ballot two with 39 points. "Ballast" had 26 points and "Reprise" had 18 points.