Wednesday 5 December 2007

National Board of Review announce!!


Picture: No Country For Old Men

Top ten is:
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


Director: Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd

Actor: George Clooney - Michael Clayton

Actress: Julie Christie - Away From Her

Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone

Foreign Film: The Diving Bell and Butterfly

Breathrough Performance: Actress: Ellen Page - Juno

Breakthrough Performance: Actor: Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild

Directorial Debut: Ben Affleck - Gone Baby Gone

Original Screenplay (tie) Lars and the Real Girl & Juno

Adapted Screenplay: No Country For Old Men

Ensemble Cast: No Country For Old Men

Animated Feature: Ratatouille

Documentary: Body of War

Could this be the beginning of the "No Country for Old Men" juggernaut? It cleans up with three big awards.
The other categories are just as interesting, but the NBR do sometimes pick strange ones for Directors (remember Edward Zwick for "The Last Samurai"? What was that about?

We shall see what occurs. Nice boost for Julie Christie, Amy Ryan, Casey Affleck, George Clooney and especially Tim Burton. But take this all with a grain of salt though. Considering some of the films in the top ten!!!

Also the much expected nomination for Cate Blanchet did not happen........YAY

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