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National Board of Review Awards 2009




2009 National Board of Review Awards

2009 National Board of Review Award winners: Dec. 3, 2009

 

George Clooney, Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
George Clooney, Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air

 

Best Film
Up In The Air by Jason Reitman

Ten Best Films (in alphabetical order)
An Education
(500) Days of Summer
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Star Trek
Up
Where the Wild Things Are

Best Foreign Film
A Prophet

Five Best Foreign Language Films (in alphabetical order)
The Maid
Revanche
Song of Sparrows
Three Monkeys
The White Ribbon

Best Documentary
The Cove

Five Best Documentaries (in alphabetical order)
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
Crude
Food, Inc.
Good Hair
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Best Animated Feature
Up

Top Ten Independent Films (in alphabetical order)
Amreeka
District 9
Goodbye Solo
Humpday
In the Loop
Julia
Me and Orson Welles
Moon
Sugar
Two Lovers

Best Director
Clint Eastwood, Invictus

Best Actor (tie)
Morgan Freeman, Invictus, and George Clooney, Up In The Air

Best Actress
Carey Mulligan, An Education

Best Supporting Actor
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

Best Supporting Actress
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air

Best Ensemble Cast
It’s Complicated

Breakthrough Performance by an Actor
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Breakthrough Performance by an Actress
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Best Original Screenplay
Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up In The Air

Spotlight Award for Best Directorial Debut (three-way tie)
Duncan Jones, Moon; Oren Moverman, The Messenger; and Marc Webb, (500) Days of Summer

Special Filmmaking Achievement Award
Wes Anderson, Fantastic Mr. Fox

NBR Freedom of Expression
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
Invictus
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

William K. Everson Film History Award
Jean Picker Firstenberg

 

National Board of Review Site

National Board of Review Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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