Thursday, December 3, 2009

National Board of Review

Today the NBR announced its top 10 films of 2009 and their choices for Best in the film industry. The NBR is composed of film educators, students and historians and is a key player in the award seaon. Here is the complete list of winners:

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 (shared): George Clooney - Up in the Air & 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 Coen & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman & 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 5 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS
The Maid
Revanche
Song of Sparrows
Three Monkeys
The White Ribbon

Best Documentary: The Cove

TOP 5 DOCUMENTARIES
Burma VJ
Crude
Food, Inc.
Good Hair
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Best Animated Feature Film: Up
Best Ensemble: It's Complicated
Best Directorial Debut (shared): Duncan Jones - Moon, Oren Moverman - The Messenger & Marc Webb - (500) Days of Summer
BVLGARI Award for Freedom of Expression (shared): Burma VJ & Invictus

TOP 10 INDEPENDENT FILMS
Amreeka
Goodbye Solo
Humpday
In the Loop
Julia
Me and Orson Welles
Moon
Sugar
Two Lovers

The big winner is of course Jason Reitman's Up in the Air, taking home 4 awards and will figure to become a big favorite come Oscar night. Woody Harrelson is starting to look like a serious contender for Best Supporting Actor. Will Clint pick up another nomination for directing this decade? This would be his 4th nomination in that span so we'll pay attention. Carey Mulligan looks to be the favorite for Best Actress, and we might be surprised in the Supporting category. What do you think?

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