Julie Christie in Away From Her (Lions Gate)
Sarah Polley's drama about a couple dealing with Alzheimer's, Away From Her , won honors for best first film with Julie Christie taking home best actress. Daniel Day-Lewis won best actor for Paul Thomas Anderson's oil saga There Will Be Blood , which also won a best cinematography award for Robert Elswit. Charles Ferguson's investigation into the Iraq War, No End in Sight, took home best nonfiction film.
The BFCA, the largest film critics' organization in the United States and Canada, boasts almost 200 members from television, radio and online critics. The Critics' Choice Awards were created by the BFCA to recognize excellence in cinematic achievement. Eligible films were released in 2007.
And the nominees are...
BEST PICTURE:
American Gangster
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTOR:
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
BEST ACTRESS:
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page - Juno
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Catherine Keener - Into the Wild
Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE:
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Gone Baby Gone
Hairspray
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
BEST DIRECTOR:
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright - Atonement
BEST WRITER:
Diablo Cody - Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson's War
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
BEST YOUNG ACTOR:
Michael Cera - Juno
Michael Cera - Superbad
Freddie Highmore - August Rush
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada - The Kite Runner
Edward Sanders - Sweeney Todd
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS:
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Dakota Blue Richards - The Golden Compass
AnnaSophia Robb - Bridge to Terabithia
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
BEST COMEDY MOVIE:
Dan in Real Life
Hairspray
Juno
Knocked Up
Superbad
BEST FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION):
August Rush
Enchanted
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
The Company
Tin Man
The War
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage
BEST SONG:
Come So Far - Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley - Hairspray
Do You Feel Me - Anthony Hamilton - American Gangster
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Once
Guaranteed - Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
That's How You Know - Amy Adams - Enchanted
BEST COMPOSER:
Marco Beltrami - 3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat - Lust, Caution
Clint Eastwood - Grace Is Gone
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Alan Menken - Enchanted
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End In Sight
Sharkwater
Sicko
The awards season madness is now in full swing.
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