Monday, December 14, 2009

Awards Watch: Coast to Coast

The 2009 movie awards season kicked into high gear the past two days with the announcements from four major kudos groups of the results of their annual cinematic honors.

In a rare instance of solidarity, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Circle both chose Kathryn Bigelow's gritty war drama The Hurt Locker for Best Picture and Best Director.

They also agreed on the supporting acting races, bestowing honors on Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) and Mo'Nique (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire). In the lead categories, LA went for Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) and Yolande Moreau (Séraphine), while their Gotham counterparts chose George Clooney (for both Up in the Air and his vocal turn in Fantastic Mr. Fox) and Meryl Streep (for Julie & Julia but not It's Complicated).


The Hurt Locker also placed strongly in the nominations for the Broadcast Film Critics Association's Critics' Choice Awards with eight nods. But it was Inglourious Basterds and Nine that lead the pack with ten nominations apiece. Joining these three in the Best Picture race is Avatar, An Education, Invictus, Precious, A Serious Man, Up and Up in the Air. Winners will be announced on January 15 in a live ceremony scheduled to be broadcast on VH1 with Kristin Chenoweth hosting.

Meanwhile, the American Film Institute has revealed their own top ten for '09. The AFI Awards for film go to Coraline, The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, The Messenger, Precious, A Serious Man, A Single Man, Sugar, Up and Up in the Air. On the TV side, such Movie Dearest faves as The Big Bang Theory, Glee, Modern Family and True Blood were recognized. Click here for a special video tribute to all the AFI Award winners.

For a quick look at all the winners/nominees, see the comments section below. And the gold derby will continue to race on later this week with the nominations for the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively.

5 comments:

Kirby Holt said...

Los Angeles Film Critics Association:

Picture:
The Hurt Locker

Actor:
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart

Actress:
Yolande Moreau in Séraphine

Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

Supporting Actress:
Mo'Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Director:
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker

Screenplay:
Up in the Air

Cinematography:
The White Ribbon

Production Design:
District 9

Music Score:
Crazy Heart

Animated Feature:
Fantastic Mr. Fox

Foreign Language Film:
Summer Hours

Documentary:
The Beaches of Agnés
The Cove

New Generation Award:
Neill Blomkamp for District 9

Kirby Holt said...

New York Film Critics Circle:

Picture:
The Hurt Locker

Actor:
George Clooney in Up in the Air and Fantastic Mr. Fox

Actress:
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

Supporting Actress:
Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Director:
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker

Screenplay:
In the Loop

Cinematography:
The White Ribbon

Animated Feature:
Fantastic Mr. Fox

Foreign Language Film:
Summer Hours

Documentary:
Of Time and the City

First Film:
Steve McQueen for Hunger

Kirby Holt said...

Broadcast Film Critics Association's Critics' Choice Awards:

Best Picture:
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Nine
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Best Actor:
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Viggo Mortensen in The Road
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Best Actress:
Emily Blunt in The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Saoirse Ronan in The Lovely Bones
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor:
Matt Damon in Invictus
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
Christian McKay in Me and Orson Welles
Alfred Molina in An Education
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress:
Marion Cotillard in Nine
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Julianne Moore in A Single Man
Samantha Morton in The Messenger

Best Young Actor/Actress:
Jae Head in The Blind Side
Bailee Madison in Brothers
Max Records in Where the Wild Things Are
Saoirse Ronan in The Lovely Bones
Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Road

Best Acting Ensemble:
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Star Trek
Up in the Air

Best Director:
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
James Cameron for Avatar
Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Clint Eastwood for Invictus
Jason Reitman for Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds

Best Original Screenplay:
(500) Days of Summer
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up

Best Adapted Screenplay:
District 9
An Education
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
A Single Man
Up in the Air

Best Cinematography:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Lovely Bones
Nine

Best Art Direction:
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
The Lovely Bones
Nine
A Single Man

Best Costume Design:
Bright Star
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Where the Wild Things Are
The Young Victoria

Best Score:
The Informant!
The Princess and the Frog
Sherlock Holmes
Up
Where the Wild Things Are

Best Song:
"All is Love" from Where the Wild Things Are
“Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog
“Cinema Italiano" from Nine
"(I Want to) Come Home" from Everybody's Fine
“The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart

Best Editing:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Up in the Air

Best Sound:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Nine
Star Trek

Best Visual Effects:
Avatar
District 9
The Lovely Bones
Star Trek
2012

Best Makeup:
Avatar
District 9
Nine
The Road
Star Trek

Best Animated Feature:
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
Up

Best Action Movie:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek

Best Comedy Movie:
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
The Proposal
Zombieland

Best Foreign-Language Film:
Broken Embraces
Coco Before Chanel
Red Cliff
Sin Nombre
The White Ribbon

Best Documentary:
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Michael Jackson's This Is It

Best Picture Made for Television:
Gifted Hands
Grey Gardens
Into the Storm
Taking Chance

Kirby Holt said...

AFI Awards 2009:

AFI Movies of the Year:

Coraline
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
The Messenger
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
A Serious Man
A Single Man
Sugar
Up
Up in the Air

AFI TV Programs of the Year:
The Big Bang Theory
Big Love
Friday Night Lights
Glee
Mad Men
Modern Family
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Nurse Jackie
Party Down
True Blood

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