20th CFCA Awards December 18, 2008
Best Film: WALL-E
The 21st Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 18, 2008, honored the best in film for 2008. Disney/Pixar's WALL-E was the most successful film in the ceremony, winning four awards, including Best Film, out of five nominations. Slumdog Millionaire won three awards, and Let the Right One In won two awards.
Winners and nominees
Best Actor Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler Clint Eastwood – Gran Torino Richard Jenkins – The Visitor Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon Sean Penn – Milk
Best Actress Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky Angelina Jolie – Changeling Melissa Leo – Frozen River Meryl Streep – Doubt
Best Animated Film WALL-E Bolt Kung Fu Panda The Tale of Despereaux Waltz with Bashir
Best Cinematography Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle Australia – Mandy Walker The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister The Fall – Colin Watkinson
Best DirectorDanny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight Andrew Stanton – WALL-E Gus Van Sant – Milk
Best Documentary Film Man on Wire American Teen Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father I.O.U.S.A. Standard Operating Procedure
Best Film WALL-E The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Milk Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in), Sweden The Band's Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret), Israel Che, France, Spain, & USA A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël), France I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime), France
Best Original ScoreWALL-E – Thomas Newman The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard Milk – Danny Elfman Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman
Best Screenplay – AdaptedSlumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth The Dark Knight – Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan Doubt – John Patrick Shanley Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
Best Screenplay – OriginalWALL-E – Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon In Bruges – Martin McDonagh Milk – Dustin Lance Black Rachel Getting Married – Jenny Lumet Synecdoche, New York – Charlie Kaufman
Best Supporting ActorHeath Ledger – The Dark Knight (posthumously) Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt Bill Irwin – Rachel Getting Married Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road
Best Supporting Actress Kate Winslet – The Reader Amy Adams – Doubt Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona Viola Davis – Doubt Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married
Most Promising Filmmaker Tomas Alfredson – Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) Lance Hammer – Ballast Courtney Hunt – Frozen River Martin McDonagh – In Bruges Steve McQueen – Hunger
Most Promising Performer Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire Russell Brand – Forgetting Sarah Marshall David Kross – The Reader Lina Leandersson – Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) Brandon Walters – Australia
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