3 Dec
National Board Of Review Awards!
Much more than the Golden Globe, the real precursors to the Oscar Nominations are the National Board of Review Awards which were announced today with some surprising results.
Here’s the official list of awards:
Best Picture- Up in the Air
Top 10 Films
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
Best Director Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Best Actor George Clooney, Up in the Air, and Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Best Actress Carey Mulligan, An Education
Best Supporting Actor Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Best Supporting Actress Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Best Original Screenplay Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Best Adapted Screenplay Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Breakthrough Actor Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Breakthrough Actress Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Best Foreign-Language Film A Prophet
Top Five Foreign-Language Films
The Maid
Revanche
Song of Sparrows
Three Monkeys
The White Ribbon
Best Documentary The Cove
Top Five Documentaries
Burma VJ
Crude
Food, Inc.
Good Hair
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Best Animated Film Up
Best Ensemble Cast It’s Complicated
Best Directorial Debut Duncan Jones, Moon; Oren Moverman, The Messenger; Marc Webb, (500) Days of Summer
BVLGARI Award for Freedom of Expression Burma VJ, Invictus
Top 10 Independent Films
Amreeka
Goodbye Solo
Humpday
In the Loop
Julia
Me and Orson Welles
Moon
Sugar
Two Lovers
Ok so things I’m psyched about- Basterds, Wild Things, 500 Days and Star Treck being included in the top 10. Surprised that An Education and The Messenger was included and that Precious was not. The other big omissions was the musical Nine-hinting that a repeat of Chicago is no in the cards for Rob Marshall and the Weinsteins; and no Lovely Bones-which seems very odd. Still, its very unlikely that the Academy will match the 10 nominations with this list.
What do you think? What movies make up your 2009 best list?
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