5th SLGFCA Awards December 15, 2008
Best Film: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Director: Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire The 5th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were awarded on December 15, 2008.
Winners and nominees
Best Actor Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon Richard Jenkins – The Visitor Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road
Best Actress Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler and The Reader as Hanna Schmidtz Angelina Jolie – Changeling Cate Blanchett – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Best Animated Film WALL-E Kung Fu Panda Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Bolt Chicago 10 Waltz With Bashir
Best cinematography Australia – Mandy Walker The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister Revolutionary Road – Roger Deakins Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle Milk – Harris Savides
Best Director Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon David Fincher – The Curious Case of BenjaminButton Gus Van Sant – Milk Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
Best Documentary Film Man on Wire Body of War Pray the Devil Back to Hell Shine a Light Standard Operating Procedure
Best Film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Milk Slumdog Millionaire The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon
Best Film – Comedy Burn After Reading Zack and Miri Make a Porno Tropic Thunder Forgetting Sarah Marshall Role Models
Best Foreign Language Film Slumdog Millionaire • India/UK/United States Let the Right One In • Sweden The Class • France I've Loved You So Long • France Tell No One • France
Best Music The Visitor Gran Torino WALL-E Cadillac Records The Dark Knight
Best Screenplay Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth and Robin Swicord Gran Torino – Nick Schenk Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy Milk – Dustin Lance Black
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker posthumous win Josh Brolin – Milk Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road Jeffrey Wright – Cadillac Records John Malkovich – Burn After Reading
Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis – Doubt as Mrs. Miller Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading Amy Adams – Doubt
Best Visual Effects The Dark Knight The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Iron Man Speed Racer WALL-E Synecdoche, New York
Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Wall-E Speed Racer Waltz With Bashir Slumdog Millionaire Synecdoche, New York
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