Tuesday, December 16, 2008

San Diego Critics Awards

Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire 
  • Runner-up: The Dark Knight 
Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In 
Best Documentary: Man on Wire 
Best Animated Film: WALL-E 
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire 
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader 
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler 
Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler 
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight 
Best Original Screenplay: Tom McCarthy, The Visitor 
Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire 
Best Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire 
Best Production Design: Donald Graham Burt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 
Best Editing: Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire 
Best Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire 
Best Ensemble Performance: Frost/Nixon 
Body of Work for 2008: Richard Jenkins for The Visitor, Burn After Reading, Step Brothers, and The Tale of Despereaux 

Who got a boost?:
  • Mickey Rourke for Best Actor. After several ties with Sean Penn, this is his second stand-alone win in the category.
  • Kate Winslet.
  • Marisa Tomei.
Who got snubbed?:
  • Doubt
  • Revolutionary Road
The awards are all starting to run together now that Slumdog Millionaire has taken the lead.

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