2009 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
2009 St. Louis Film Critics nominations: Dec. 14, 2009
2009 St. Louis Film Critics winners: Dec. 21, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount)
Best Film
(500) Days of Summer
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Invictus
Precious
Up
* Up in the Air
Best Foreign Language Film
The Baader-Meinhof Complex
Coco Before Chanel
The Maid
* Red Cliff
Sin Nombre
Treeless Mountain
Best Documentary
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
* Capitalism: A Love Story
Food, Inc.
Good Hair
Tyson
Best Animated Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
* Up
Best Director
Wes Anderson – Fantastic Mr. Fox
* Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Oren Moverman – The Messenger
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
* George Clooney – Up in the Air
Ben Foster – The Messenger
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Patton Oswald – Big Fan
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Best Actress
* Carey Mulligan – An Education
Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones
Maya Rudolph – Away We Go
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall – The Road
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Alfred Molina – An Education
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
* Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress
Marion Cotillard – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Melanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds
* Mo’Nique – Precious
Samantha Morton – The Messenger
Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
* (500) Days of Summer – Scott Neustadter/Michael H. Weber
An Education – Nick Hornby
The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best Cinematography
The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
* Nine – Dion Beebe
Red Cliff – Yue Lü and Li Zhang
A Single Man – Eduard Grau
Where the Wild Things Are – Lance Acord
Best Music
Crazy Heart
* Nine
Pirate Radio
The Princess and the Frog
Up
Best Visual Effects
* Avatar
District 9
The Lovely Bones
Star Trek
Where the Wild Things Are
Best Comedy
(500) Days of Summer
Away We Go
* The Hangover
Pirate Radio
Zombieland
Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film (“Most Artistic Film”)?
(500) Days of Summer
* Avatar
District 9
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Lovely Bones
Special Merit (“Favorite Scene”)
(500) Days of Summer – Expectations vs. reality splitscreen sequence
(500) Days of Summer – Morning after dance number
Inglourious Basterds – The opening farm house scene
Precious – Mo’Nique’s at social worker office scene
* Up – Opening marriage montage at beginning
Source: TheWrap
St. Louis Film Critics Association Site