2007 National Board of Review Awards

2007 National Board of Review Award winners: Dec. 5, 2007

2007 National Board of Review winners

Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men

Best Film: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen

Runners-up (Top Ten Films in alphabetical order):

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

Best Foreign Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel

Runners-up (Top Five Foreign Films in alphabetical order):

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
The Band’s Visit
The Counterfeiters
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution

Top Independent Films in alphabetical order:
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

Best Documentary: Body of War by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro

Runners-up (Top Five Documentary Films in alphabetical order):

Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
Nanking
Taxi to the Dark Side
Toots

Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille

Best Director: TIM BURTON, Sweeney Todd

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 Ensemble Cast: No Country for Old Men

Best Original Screenplay (tie): DIABLO CODY, Juno, and NANCY OLIVER, Lars and the Real Girl

Best Adapted Screenplay: JOEL COEN and ETHAN COEN, No Country for Old Men

Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: EMILE HIRSCH, Into the Wild

Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: ELLEN PAGE, Juno

Best Directorial Debut: BEN AFFLECK, Gone Baby Gone

Career Achievement: MICHAEL DOUGLAS

William K. Everson Film History Award: ROBERT OSBORNE

Career Achievement in Cinematography: ROGER DEAKINS

The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression: The Great Debaters by Denzel Washington and Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud

2 Responses to “National Board of Review Awards 2007”

1. Chris on February 18th, 2009

   Allow me to just say, Into The Wild is one of the best and most underrated movies I’ve seen in a very very long time. Bravo Emile Hirsch!

2. Pauline on May 19th, 2009

   Hey, i’m french and i just want to say Into The wild is the best movie i’ve seen in my life. I love the cinema and Into The Wild is amazing.It’s my favorite movie. Emile Hirsch play like nobody. To my mind, a good movie is a movie with a good screenplay and this screenplay is fantastic. Thank You Emile Hirsch and thank you Sean Penn for this movie. Most of all Thank you.

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