Thursday, December 18, 2008

Las Vegas Film Critics Awards

Picture: 
“Frost/Nixon 

Actor: 
Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon” 

Actress: 
Kate Winslet, “Revolutionary Road,” “The Reader” 

Supporting Actor: 
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight” 

Supporting Actress: 
Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler” 

Director: 
Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon” 

Screenplay (Original or Adapted) : 
Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon” 

Cinematography: 
Claudio Miranda, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” 

Film Editing: 
Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill, “Frost/Nixon” 

Score: 
James Newton Howard, “Defiance” 

Song: 
“Another Way to Die,” “Quantum of Solace” 

Family Film: 
“The Spiderwick Chronicles” 

Documentary: 
“Man on Wire” 

Animated Film: 
“Wall-E” 

Foreign Film: 
“Mongol” (Russia) 

Costume Design: 
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” 

Art Direction: 
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” 

Visual Effects: 
“Iron Man” 

Youth in Film: 
David Kross, “The Reader” 

Who got a boost?:
  • Frost/Nixon. It seems to be getting better reception than this year's other high profile stage-to-screen adaptation (Doubt), but it had yet to pick up any significant wins until now.
  • Iron Man for visual effects.
  • Benjamin Button in the artistic categories.
  • Frank Langella for Best Actor.
  • Kate Winslet for Best Actress.
Who got snubbed?:
  • Slumdog Millionaire, though I doubt that this is a significant blow to its Best Picture chances.
  • Penelope Cruz for Supporting Actress. So long to the front-runner status. The race is now wide open.
  • Australia in the artistic categories.
  • Leonardo Di Caprio for Best Actor.
  • Sally Hawkins for Best Actress.

1 comment:

RJ said...

I dunno if I would call supporting actress WIDE OPEN. She's still clearly the favorite.