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
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
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