Oscars 2008 - Awards Wrap
Awards Wrap
Handicapping the Oscars is a whole lot easier when you know which films, actors and directors the critics think are the best of the best. Here’s a handy summary of Oscar-worthy candidates, as chosen by critics from across North America.
Toronto Film Critics Association
• Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
• Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
• Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
• Best Actress: (tie) Julie Christie, Away from Her and Ellen Page, Juno
• Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
• Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
New York Film Critics Circle
• Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
• Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
• Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
• Best Actress: Julie Christie, Away from Her
• Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
• Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
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Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men.
Above: George Clooney in Michael Clayton
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association
• Best Picture: There Will Be Blood
• Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
• Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
• Best Actress: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en rose
• Best Supporting Actor: Vlad Ivanov, 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
• Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
National Board of Review
• Best Picture: 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
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Boston Society of Film Critics
• Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
• Best Director: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Best Actor: Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening
• Best Actress: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en rose
• Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
• Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
• Best Picture: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
• 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
Chicago Film Critics Association
• Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
• Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
• Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
• Best Actress: Ellen Page, Juno
• Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
• Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Washington Film Critics Association
• Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
• Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
• Best Actor: George Clooney, Michael Clayton
• Best Actress: Julie Christie, Away from Her
• Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
• Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
National Society of Film Critics
• Best Picture: There Will Be Blood
• Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
• Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
• 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: Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
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Atonement's Keira Knightley
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The Golden Globes
The writers’ strike landed a body blow to the Hollywood Foreign
Press Association’s annual Golden Globes, although it didn’t knock the
awards show off the air entirely. Reduced from a three-hour,
celebrity-filled glitzy dinner and prize giveaway to a half-hour
televised news conference, the GGs were a muted affair. However, that
doesn’t change the fact they kick-start the awards season, and people
pay very close attention to the Golden Globes when it comes time to
picking Oscar winners.
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Here are this year’s winners.
• Best Picture (Drama): Atonement
• Best Picture (Comedy or Musical): Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Best Director: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Best Actor (Drama): Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
• Best Actor (Comedy or Musical): Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Best Actress (Drama): Julie Christie, Away from Her
• Best Actress (Comedy or Musical): Marion Cotillard, La Vie en rose
• Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
• Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There