As heard yesterday on the podcast, we announced the NBP Film Community Award Winners for 2008. For those who did not hear the winners read out loud on the show, we have provided a complete list below for you to check out. We cannot thank you enough for all the support you’ve shown us throughout our 2008 retrospective!
Congratulations on your winners!
BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight (WINNER)
Doubt
In Bruges
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Slumdog Millionaire
Tropic Thunder
The Wrestler
WALL-E (RUNNER-UP)
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight (WINNER)
Gus Van Sant – Milk
Andrew Stanton – WALL-E (RUNNER-UP)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Bolt
Horton Hears A Who!
Kung Fu Panda (RUNNER-UP)
WALL-E (WINNER)
Waltz with Bashir
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Encounters At The End Of The World
Man On Wire (WINNER)
Trouble The Water
Waltz With Bashir
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Class
Departures
Let The Right One In (WINNER)
Revanche
Waltz With Bashir (RUNNER-UP)
BEST ACTION FILM
The Dark Knight (WINNER)
Iron Man
Speed Racer (RUNNER-UP)
Taken
Wanted
BEST COMEDY FILM
Burn After Reading
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
In Bruges (WINNER)
Pineapple Express
Tropic Thunder (RUNNER-UP)
BEST HORROR/SCI-FI FILM
Cloverfield
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Let The Right One In (RUNNER-UP)
The Strangers
WALL-E (WINNER)
BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
Gran Torino (RUNNER-UP)
Hunger
Nick And Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Synecdoche, New York (WINNER)
Wendy And Lucy
BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married (WINNER)
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road (RUNNER-UP)
BEST ACTOR
Colin Farrell – In Bruges (RUNNER-UP)
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk (WINNER)
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Doubt
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona (RUNNER-UP)
Viola Davis – Doubt (WINNER)
Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin – Milk
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt (RUNNER-UP)
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (WINNER)
Brad Pitt – Burn After Reading
BEST ENSEMBLE
Burn After Reading
The Dark Knight (WINNER)
Doubt (RUNNER-UP)
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Viola Davis – Doubt (RUNNER-UP)
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire (WINNER)
Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire
Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE
Jack Black – Kung Fu Panda (WINNER)
Ben Burtt – WALL-E (RUNNER-UP)
Dustin Hoffman – Kung Fu Panda
Elissa Knight – WALL-E
John Travolta – Bolt
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Dakota Fanning – The Secret Life Of Bees
Elle Fanning – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (RUNNER-UP)
Kåre Hedebrant – Let The Right One In
David Kross – The Reader
Lina Leandersson – Let The Right One In (WINNER)
Kristen Stewart – Twilight
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
Charlie Kaufman – Synecdoche, New York (RUNNER-UP)
Phyllida Lloyd – Mamma Mia!
Martin McDonagh – In Bruges (WINNER)
Steve McQueen – Hunger
Nicholas Stoller – Forgetting Sarah Marshall
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight (WINNER)
Doubt (RUNNER-UP)
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Burn After Reading
In Bruges (RUNNER-UP)
Milk
Synecdoche, New York
WALL-E (WINNER)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (RUNNER-UP TIE)
The Dark Knight (WINNER)
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire (RUNNER-UP TIE)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Australia
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (RUNNER-UP)
The Dark Knight (WINNER)
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
BEST FILM EDITING
The Dark Knight (WINNER)
In Bruges
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire (RUNNER-UP)
WALL-E
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (WINNER)
The Dark Knight (RUNNER-UP)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Synecdoche, New York
Tropic Thunder
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Changeling
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (RUNNER-UP)
The Dark Knight (WINNER)
Revolutionary Road
Speed Racer
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight (WINNER)
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E (RUNNER-UP)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Quantum Of Solace – “Another Way to Die”
Slumdog Millionaire – “Jai Ho” (WINNER)
Slumdog Millionaire – “O Saya”
WALL-E – “Down To Earth” (RUNNER-UP)
The Wrestler – “The Wrestler”
BEST SOUND EDITING
Cloverfield
The Dark Knight (WINNER)
Iron Man
Speed Racer
WALL-E (RUNNER-UP)
BEST SOUND MIXING
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight (WINNER)
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E (RUNNER-UP)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Cloverfield
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (WINNER)
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight (RUNNER-UP)
Iron Man
WIN TALLY
The Dark Knight – 13
WALL-E – 3
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – 2
In Bruges – 2
Let The Right One In – 2
Slumdog Millionaire – 2
Doubt – 1
Kung Fu Panda – 1
Man On Wire – 1
Milk – 1
Rachel Getting Married – 1
Synecdoche, New York – 1
