In preparation for this weekend’s Golden Globe Awards, the not-so-foreign press handed out awards at the 14th Annual Critic’s Choice Awards on Thursday. The Danny Boyle directed critical darling Slumdog Millionaire took the most awards (five for those counting), including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay for writer Simon Beaufoy, Best Young Actor/Actress (Under 21) for Dev Patel and Best Composer for A.R. Rahman.
Actor Heath Ledger won Best Supporting Actor for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight. The film’s director, Christopher Nolan accepted the award for the deceased star. “Anyone who’s seen any of the extraordinary work that Heath did knows that I can’t presume to speak for him in any way, because his voice was as unique as it was original,” said Nolan. “But…I know that I speak for all of us when I say that working with him was one of the greatest experiences any of us ever had or probably ever will have.” The Dark Knight also took the award for Best Action Movie.
The Best Actress Award came down to a tie with Anne Hathaway winning for Rachel Getting Married and her Devil Wears Prada co-star Meryl Streep winning for Doubt.
Check out the entire list below:
• Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
• Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
• Actress: (tie) Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married; Meryl Streep, Doubt
• Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
• Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
• Ensemble: Milk
• Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
• Screenwriter: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
• Animated Feature: WALL-E
• Young Actor/Actress (Under 21): Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
• Action Movie: The Dark Knight
• Comedy: Tropic Thunder
• Picture Made for Television: John Adams
• Foreign-Language Film: Waltz With Bashir
• Documentary: Man on Wire
• Song (Performer/Composer): “The Wrestler,” Bruce Springsteen/Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler
• Composer: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
• Joel Siegel Award: Richard Gere
January 9th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
It was an all around good night. Some very predictable things happened as well as some true surprises. Seeing Hathaway giving that speech was truly a picture perfect moment. She sounded genuinely grateful to get the award. Slumdog got some well deserved awards as well. I was really impressed with the movie. Hopefully it does this well at all the award shows.