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‘Slumdog Millionaire’ named Best film
The National Board of Review, that somewhat shadowy group that is usually first to announce its year-end awards, has named Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire as the best film of 2008.
The other winners are:
Best Director: David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Very anxious to see.)
Best Actor: Clint Eastwood, “Gran Torino” (Interesting. Is this Eastwood love or is the film not as bad as some say?)
Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married” (Yay!)
Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, “Milk” (Continuing his assent)
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (Solidifies her chances)
Best Foreign Film: “Mongol” (So I’ve heard)
Best Documentary: “Man on Wire” (Well deserved)
Best Animated Feature: “WALL-E” (Ultra well deserved)
Best Ensemble Cast: “Doubt” (Ibid)
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: Dev Patel, “Slumdog Millionaire”(Building buzz)
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: Viola Davis, “Doubt” (Breakthrough? Really? She’s been working for quite awhile.)
Best Directorial Debut: Courtney Hunt, “Frozer River” (Meh. Overrated.)
Best Original Screenplay: Nick Schenk, “Gran Torino”
Best Adapted Screenplay (tie): Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire” and Eric Roth, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
The top ten (in alphabetical order):
“Burn After Reading” (Wow!)
“Changeling” (Really liked it, but not THAT much)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight” (Deserved. Now if the Academy will take it seriously …)
“Defiance” (Hmm. Not according to the iffy reviews I’ve read thus far.)
“Frost/Nixon” (Anxious to see)
“Gran Torino”
“Milk” (Also anxious to see)
“WALL-E” (Absitively!)
“The Wrestler” (I’ll see anything by Darren Aronofsky)
Interesting omissions: Zip for Revolutionary Road, the Sam Mendes film that reunites Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. But then again, these are the same folks who put The Bucket List in their top 10 last year, ignoring There Will Be Blood. Um … yeah). Take it with a grain of salt.
At any rate, it’s nice timing: Slumdog Millionaire opens in Dayton next Friday.)
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By SRCputt
December 7, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this
Sadly, no mention for Saw V.By Kim S.
December 4, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this
“Slumdog” deserves every accolade it gets. It’s my 2nd best of the year, only behind “TDK”. What a shame that Bollywood becomes more prevalent and more popular just as they basically shut down due to the current issues in India. (at least accd to imdb - hope it’s incorrect)