National Board of Review names 2009 winners
In case you have somehow blacked out, it’s awards season! Today’s big awards announcement are the results for the National Board of Review’s winners for the 2009 year in film. Every year, the board, consisting of film professionals, educators, historians, and students, picks their favorites in all the standard categories. The Board also does something a little different, too – they issue Top Ten or Five lists in a variety of areas, such as Top Ten Indies and Five Best Documentaries.
The Board’s nominees and winners often go on to Oscar glory – their last two Best Picture winners (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN and SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE) both won the Best Picture Oscar for their respective years. That said, the National Board of Review has chosen Jason Reitman’s UP IN THE AIR as their Best Picture of 2009 (George Clooney also won for Best Actor, along with Anna Kendrick for Best Supporting Actress). Get your tux ready, Jason.
Hit the jump to see the full list of winners, including exciting news for THE HURT LOCKER’s Jeremy Renner, a little love for MOON’s Duncan Jones, and a couple of interesting ties.
BEST PICTURE
UP IN THE AIR by Jason Reitman
TEN BEST FILMS
(in alphabetical order)
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
Morgan Freeman, INVICTUS
and George Clooney, UP IN THE AIR (tie)
BEST ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Woody Harrelson, THE MESSENGER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anna Kendrick, UP IN THE AIR
BEST FOREIGN FILM
A PROPHET
BEST DOCUMENTARY
THE COVE
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
UP
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
IT’S COMPLICATED
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Jeremy Renner, THE HURT LOCKER
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Gabourey Sidibe, PRECIOUS
SPOTLIGHT AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Duncan Jones, MOON
Oren Moverman, THE MESSENGER
Marc Webb, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER (tie)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Joel & Ethan Coen, A SERIOUS MAN
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, UP IN THE AIR
SPECIAL FILMMAKING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Wes Anderson, for FANTASTIC MR. FOX
WILLIAM K. EVERSON FILM HISTORY AWARD
Jean Picker Firstenberg
NBR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY
INVICTUS
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSEBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
FIVE BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILMS
(in alphabetical order)
THE MAID
REVANCHE
SONG OF SPARROWS
THREE MONKEYS
THE WHITE RIBBON
FIVE BEST DOCUMENTARIES
(in alphabetical order)
BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY
CRUDE
FOOD, INC.
GOOD HAIR
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
TOP TEN INDEPENDENT FILMS
(in alphabetical order)
AMREEKA
DISTRICT 9
GOODBYE SOLO
HUMPDAY
IN THE LOOP
JULIA
ME AND ORSON WELLES
MOON
SUGAR
TWO LOVERS
Source National Board of Review
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