"NO COUNTRY" TOPS NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW AWARDS
And the winners are....
Best Film
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
(I TOTALLY AGREE!!!)
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
(I CAN'T ARGUE WITH THAT LIST, BUT I WOULD HAVE OMITTED A COUPLE)
Best Foreign Film
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
(YES -- BUT I ENJOYED 4 MONTHS BETTER!!!)
Top Five Foreign Films
(In alphabetical order) 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS, THE BAND'S VISIT, THE COUNTERFEITERS, LA VIE EN ROSE, LUST, CAUTION
(GREAT LIST!!!)
Best Documentary
BODY OF WAR
(I WOULD HAVE PUT "SICKO")
Top Five Documentaries
(In alphabetical order) DARFUR NOW, IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON, NANKING, TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE, TOOTS
(AGAIN...WHERE'S "SICKO"?)
Top Independent Films
(In alphabetical order) AWAY FROM HER, GREAT WORLD OF SOUND, HONEYDRIPPER, IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, A MIGHTY HEART, THE NAMESAKE, ONCE, THE SAVAGES, STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING, WAITRESS
(WHERE'S "JUNO"?)
Best Actor
GEORGE CLOONEY, Michael Clayton
(IT'S THE YEAR OF THE CLOONEY)
Best Actress
JULIE CHRISTIE, Away From Her
(LOVE JULIE CHRISTIE, BUT I WOULD HAVE WANTED MARION COTILLARD FOR "LA VIE EN ROSE")
Best Supporting Actor
CASEY AFFLECK, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
(HUH? LOVE CASEY AFFLECK, BUT JAVIER BARDEM SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS!!!)
Best Supporting Actress
AMY RYAN, Gone Baby Gone
(GREAT CHOICE!!!)
Best Ensemble Cast
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
(ANOTHER GREAT CHOICE!!!)
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor
EMILE HIRSCH, Into The Wild
(YES!!!)
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress
ELLEN PAGE, Juno
(ANOTHER YES!!! NIKKI BLONSKY FROM "HAIRSPRAY" COMES VERY CLOSE)
Best Director
TIM BURTON, Sweeney Todd
(LOVE TIM BURTON, BUT I THINK THE COEN BROTHERS DID A FAR BETTER JOB!!!)
Best Directorial Debut
BEN AFFLECK, Gone Baby Gone
(I TOTALLY AGREE)
Best Adapted Screenplay
JOEL COEN and ETHAN COEN, No Country For Old Men
(UM...YES!!!)
Best Original Screenplay
DIABLO CODY, Juno and NANCY OLIVER, Lars and the Real Girl
(TRULY ORIGINAL, ALTHOUGH I ENJOYED "THE SAVAGES'" SCRIPT BY TAMARA JENKINS)
Best Animated Feature
RATATOUILLE
(WHY, OF COURSE!!!)
Career Achievement Award
MICHAEL DOUGLAS
(GO MICHAEL GO!!!)
William K. Everson Award For Film History
ROBERT OSBORNE
(CONGRATULATIONS MISTER ROBERT)
Career Achievement in Cinematography
ROGER DEAKINS
(...AND MISTER ROGER)
The Bvlgari Award for NBR Freedom of Expression
THE GREAT DEBATERS and PERSEPOLIS
(BULGARI? HHHMMM....LOVE "PERSEPOLIS" THOUGH!!!)
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