79th NBR Awards January 15, 2008
Best Film: No Country for Old Men The 79th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2007, were given on 15 January 2008.
Top 10 Films No Country for Old MenThe NBR names a Best Film, and then lists the rest of the top ten films alphabetically The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Atonement The Bourne Ultimatum The Bucket List Into the Wild Juno The Kite Runner Lars and the Real Girl Michael Clayton Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Winners
Best Film: No Country for Old Men
Best Director: Tim Burton – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Actor: George Clooney – Michael Clayton
Best Actress: Julie Christie – Away from Her
Best Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
Best Screenplay – Original (tie): Diablo Cody – Juno Nancy Oliver – Lars and the Real Girl
Best Screenplay – Adapted: Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille
Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, France
Best Documentary Film: Body of War
Best Cast: No Country for Old Men
Breakthrough Male Performances: Emile Hirsch – Into the Wild
Breakthrough Female Performances: Elliot Page – Juno
Best Directorial Debut: Ben Affleck – Gone Baby Gone
Career Achievement Award: Michael Douglas
Career Award for Cinematography: Roger Deakins
William K. Everson Award for Film History: Robert Osborne
Freedom of Expression Award: The Great Debaters Persepolis
Top Foreign Films The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, France4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days The Band's Visit The Counterfeiters La Vie en Rose Lust, Caution
Top DocumentariesBody of War Darfur Now In the Shadow of the Moon Nanking Taxi to the Dark Side Toots
Top Independent Films Away from Her Great World of Sound Honeydripper In the Valley of Elah A Mighty Heart The Namesake Once The Savages Starting Out in the Evening Waitress
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