National Board of Review Awards 2009 |
The first precursor results of the season have arrived and they are courtesy of the National Board of Review (NBR) but will their results be matched next February when the Academy gives out theirs. The NBR have recently been better at predicting the Best Adapted Screenplay and the Best Documentary categories so either Slumdog Millionaire or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button are real contenders for the screenplay. The NBR is actually the best of all the 25 precursors in the study at predicting the Best Documentary so Man on Wire now goes into the favourites spot already for the Best Doc. The NBR have recently been poor at predicting Best Actress, Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress so although winners here we will get better indicators as we go along. The categories not so far mentioned, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Animated Feature Film, have winners where the NBR have been ok at predicting the Oscars and so these should not be discarded but again better indicators will be revealed as time goes by. |
Best Film: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Best Director: DAVID FINCHER , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Best Actor: CLINT EASTWOOD, Gran Torino Best Actress : ANNE HATHAWAY, Rachel Getting Married Best Supporting Actor : JOSH BROLIN , Milk Best Supporting Actress: PENELOPE CRUZ , Vicky Cristina Barcelona Best Foreign Language Film : MONGOL Best Documentary : MAN ON WIRE Best Animated Feature: WALL-E Best Ensemble Cast: DOUBT Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: DEV PATEL, Slumdog Millionaire Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: VIOLA DAVIS , Doubt Best Directorial Debut: COURTNEY HUNT, Frozen River Best Original Screenplay: NICK SCHENK, Gran Torino Best Adapted Screenplay : SIMON BEAUFOY , Slumdog Millionaire and ERIC ROTH , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Spotlight Award: MELISSA LEO , Frozen River and RICHARD JENKINS , The Visitor The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression: TRUMBO Top Ten Films:( In alphabetical order) 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 :( In alphabetical order) EDGE OF HEAVEN
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN ROMAN DE GUERRE A SECRET WALTZ WITH BASHIR Top Five Documentary Films ( In alphabetical order) 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 Website: http://www.nbrmp.org/ Announced December 4th 2008 |
