Thursday, December 04, 2008

National Board of Review 2008

Film: Slumdog Millionaire
Director: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Actor: Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, Milk
Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Foreign Language Film: Mongol
Documentary: Man On Wire
Animated Feature: WALL-E
Ensemble Cast: Doubt
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: Viola Davis, Doubt
Directorial Debut: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Original Screenplay: Nick Schenk, Gran Torino
Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Spotlight Award: Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression: Trumbo

TOP TEN FILMS

  • Burn After Reading
  • Changeling
  • The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  • The Dark Knight
  • Defiance
  • Frost/Nixon
  • Gran Torino
  • Milk
  • WALL-E
  • The Wrestler

TOP FIVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS

  • Edge Of Heaven
  • Let The Right One In
  • Roman De Guerre
  • A Secret
  • Waltz With Bashir

TOP FIVE DOCUMENTARY FILMS

  • American Teen
  • The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
  • Dear Zachary
  • Encounters At The End Of The World
  • Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired

WILLIAM K. EVERSON FILM HISTORY AWARD:
Molly Haskell And Andrew Sarris

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