Thursday, December 3, 2009

National Board of Review (first major awards) winners!


Well these are certainly interesting, and even a bit shocking. Obviously they aren't an indicator of how awards season will go (Tim Burton won director for "Sweeney Todd" in 07, and they've been a bit Eastwood crazy the past few years), but there are shockers all the same.


Best Film: Up In The Air

Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Invictus

Best Actor: Morgan Freeman, Invictus and George Clooney, Up In The Air (tie)

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education

Best Supporting Actor: Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air

Best Foreign Film: A Prophet

Best Documentary: The Cove

Best Animated Feature: Up

Best Ensemble Cast: It’s Complicated

Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Spotlight Award for Best Directorial Debut: Duncan Jones, Moon, Oren Moverman, The Messenger and Marc Webb, 500 Days of Summer (tie)

Best Original Screenplay: Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man

Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up In The Air

Special Filmmaking Achievement Award: WES ANDERSON, The Fantastic Mr. Fox

William K. Everson Film History Award: JEAN PICKER FIRSTENBERG

NBR Freedom of Expression:
BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY
INVICTUS
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSEBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS

Ten Best Films
(in alphabetical order)
AN EDUCATION
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
INVICTUS
THE MESSENGER
A SERIOUS MAN
STAR TREK
UP
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Five Best Foreign-Language Films
(in alphabetical order)
THE MAID
REVANCHE
SONG OF SPARROWS
THREE MONKEYS
THE WHITE RIBBON

Five Best Documentaries
(in alphabetical order)
BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY
CRUDE
FOOD, INC.
GOOD HAIR
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS

Top Ten Independent Films:
(in alphabetical order)
AMREEKA
DISTRICT 9
GOODBYE SOLO
HUMPDAY
IN THE LOOP
JULIA
ME AND ORSON WELLES
MOON
SUGAR
TWO LOVERS

Oscar Meter: Up
- Jeremy Renner for Best Actor
- Woody Harrelson for Best Supporting Actor
- Anna Kendrick for Best Supporting Actress (watch out, Mo'nique)
- "Up in the Air" for Best Picture (the win)
- "Where the Wild Things Are," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds," "A Serious Man," and "Invictus" for Best Picture (the nomination)
- Morgan Freeman and George Clooney for Best Actor
- Clint Eastwood for Best Director (nomination. He's still not winning the damn thing)
- "A Serious Man" and "(500) Days of Summer" for Original Screenplay
- "It's Complicated" for...anything

Oscar Meter: Down
- "Nine," "Precious," "Avatar," and "The Lovely Bones" for Best Picture

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