Be Kind Rewind, the latest from Michel Gondry, starring Mos Def and Jack Black:
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
National Board of Review awards
The National Board of Review is known for basically one thing... announcing its year-end awards before every other critic organization. They are the Iowa of the movie award season.
Here are their choices for 2007:
Best Film:
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Best Director
TIM BURTON, Sweeney Todd
Best Actor
GEORGE CLOONEY, Michael Clayton
Best Actress
JULIE CHRISTIE, Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor
CASEY AFFLECK, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Best Supporting Actress
AMY RYAN, Gone Baby Gone
Best Foreign Film
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Best Documentary
BODY OF WAR
Best Animated Feature
RATATOUILLE
Best Ensemble Cast
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor
EMILE HIRSCH, Into The Wild
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress
ELLEN PAGE, Juno
Best Directorial Debut
BEN AFFLECK, Gone Baby Gone
Best Original Screenplay (tie)
DIABLO CODY, Juno and NANCY OLIVER, Lars and the Real Girl
Best Adapted Screenplay
JOEL COEN and ETHAN COEN, No Country For Old Men
Top Ten Films
(In alphabetical order)
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
ATONEMENT
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
THE BUCKET LIST
INTO THE WILD
JUNO
THE KITE RUNNER
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
MICHAEL CLAYTON
SWEENEY TODD
Top Five Foreign Films:
(In alphabetical order)
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS
THE BAND’S VISIT
THE COUNTERFEITERS
LA VIE EN ROSE
LUST, CAUTION
Top Five Documentary Films
(In alphabetical order)
DARFUR NOW
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
NANKING
TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE
TOOTS
Top Independent Films
(In alphabetical order)
AWAY FROM HER
GREAT WORLD OF SOUND
HONEYDRIPPER
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
A MIGHT HEART
THE NAMESAKE
ONCE
THE SAVAGES
STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
WAITRESS
Career Achievement
MICHAEL DOUGLAS
William K. Everson Film History Award
ROBERT OSBORNE
Career Achievement in Cinematography
ROGER DEAKINS
The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression
THE GREAT DEBATERS and PERSEPOLIS
Here are their choices for 2007:
Best Film: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Best Director
TIM BURTON, Sweeney Todd
Best Actor
GEORGE CLOONEY, Michael Clayton
Best Actress
JULIE CHRISTIE, Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor
CASEY AFFLECK, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Best Supporting Actress
AMY RYAN, Gone Baby Gone
Best Foreign Film
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Best Documentary
BODY OF WAR
Best Animated Feature
RATATOUILLE
Best Ensemble Cast
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor
EMILE HIRSCH, Into The Wild
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress
ELLEN PAGE, Juno
Best Directorial Debut
BEN AFFLECK, Gone Baby Gone
Best Original Screenplay (tie)
DIABLO CODY, Juno and NANCY OLIVER, Lars and the Real Girl
Best Adapted Screenplay
JOEL COEN and ETHAN COEN, No Country For Old Men
Top Ten Films
(In alphabetical order)
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
ATONEMENT
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
THE BUCKET LIST
INTO THE WILD
JUNO
THE KITE RUNNER
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
MICHAEL CLAYTON
SWEENEY TODD
Top Five Foreign Films:
(In alphabetical order)
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS
THE BAND’S VISIT
THE COUNTERFEITERS
LA VIE EN ROSE
LUST, CAUTION
Top Five Documentary Films
(In alphabetical order)
DARFUR NOW
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
NANKING
TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE
TOOTS
Top Independent Films
(In alphabetical order)
AWAY FROM HER
GREAT WORLD OF SOUND
HONEYDRIPPER
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
A MIGHT HEART
THE NAMESAKE
ONCE
THE SAVAGES
STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
WAITRESS
Career Achievement
MICHAEL DOUGLAS
William K. Everson Film History Award
ROBERT OSBORNE
Career Achievement in Cinematography
ROGER DEAKINS
The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression
THE GREAT DEBATERS and PERSEPOLIS
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