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New York Film Critics Award Winners

http://nyfcc.com/awards.php

BEST PICTURE: Milk

BEST DIRECTOR: Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky

BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn - Milk

BEST ACTRESS: Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Josh Brolin - Milk

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona

BEST SCREENPLAY: Jenny Lumet - Rachel Getting Married

BEST FOREIGN FILM: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ANIMATION: Wall-E

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Man on Wire

BEST FIRST FILM: Frozen River

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Boston Society of Film Critics Award Winners

http://www.thebsfc.org/CurrWin.html

Best Picture

Tie: Slumdog Millionaire and WALL-E

Best Actor

Tie: Sean Penn for Milk and Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

Best Actress

Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress

Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Director

Gus Van Sant for Milk and Paranoid Park

Best Screenplay

Dustin Lance Black for Milk

Best Cinematography

Christopher Doyle and Rain Kathy Li¹ for Paranoid Park

Best Documentary

Man on Wire

Best Foreign-Language Film

Let the Right One In

Best Animated Film

WALL·E

Best Film Editing

Chris Dickens for Slumdog Millionaire

Best New Filmmaker

Martin McDonagh for In Bruges

Best Ensemble Cast

Tropic Thunder

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New York Online Film Critics Award Winners

http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_articl...d=1983&cs=1

BEST PICTURE

"Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST DIRECTOR

Danny Boyle w/ Loveleen Tandan, "Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST ACTOR

Sean Penn, "Milk"

BEST ACTRESS

Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Anthony Dod Mantle, "Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST SCREENPLAY

Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST FOREIGN PICTURE

"4 Months, 3 Weeks, & 2 Days" (Romania)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

"Man on Wire"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

"Wall-E"

BEST SCORE

A.R. Rahman, "Slumdog Millionaire"

BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE

Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky"

BEST DEBUT AS DIRECTOR

Martin McDonagh, "In Bruges"

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

"Milk"

BEST PICTURES (alphabetical)

"Che"

"A Christmas Tale"

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

"The Dark Knight"

"Happy-Go-Lucky"

"Milk"

"Rachel Getting Married"

"Slumdog Millionaire"

"Wall-E"

"The Wrestler"

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EDA ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

http://awfj.org/2008/12/14/2008-eda-awards-winners/

Best Film

Slumdog Millionaire

Best Direction

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Screenplay Original

Wall-E - Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon

Best Screenplay Adapted

Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan

Best Documentary (Tie)

Man On Wire - James Marsh

Trouble The Water - Tia Lessen, Carl Deal

Best Actress (Tie)

Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky

Kate Winslet - The Reader and Revolutionary Road

Best Actress In Supporting Role

Viola Davis - Doubt

Best Actor

Sean Penn - Milk

Best Actor in Supporting Role

Heath Ledger - Dark Knight

Best Ensemble Cast

Rachel Getting Married

Best Editing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall

Best Foreign Film

Tell No One

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Golden Satellite Award Winners

http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2008.shtml

Motion Picture, Drama: "Slumdog Millionaire"

Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: "Happy-Go-Lucky"

Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"

Actor in a Drama: Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"

Actor in a Comedy or Musical: Ricky Gervais, "Ghost Town"

Actress in a Drama: Angelina Jolie, "Changeling"

Actress in a Comedy or Musical: Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky"

Supporting Actor: Michael Shannon, "Revolutionary Road"

Supporting Actress: Rosemarie Dewitt, "Rachel Getting Married"

Foreign Language Film: "Gomorrah" (Italy)

Animated or Mixed-Media Film: "WALL-E"

Documentary: "Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer" & "Man on Wire"

Original Screenplay: Thomas McCarthy, "The Visitor"

Adapted Screenplay: Peter Morgan, "Frost/Nixon"

Original Song: "Another Way to Die" from "Quantum of Solace"

Cinematography: Mandy Walker, "Australia"

Visual Effects: Chris Godfrey, James E. Price, & Diana Giorgiutti, "Australia"

Editing: Dan Lebental, "Iron Man"

Score: A.R. Rahman, "Slumdog Millionaire"

Sound (editing and mixing): Richard King, "The Dark Knight"

Art Direction and Production Design: Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, Karen Murphy, and Beverly Dunn, "Australia"

Costume Design: Michael O'Connor, "The Duchess"

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Revolutionary Road is cutting it pretty close. Won't even be in wide release by the end of the year, but I guess that doesn't really matter.

Anyway, saw Benji Button. I really thought Brad Pitt did a good job. I usually take everything he does with a grain of salt just because people are so ga-ga over his looks. But he really did well in that movie, IMO.

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