THE HURT LOCKER, George Clooney, Meryl Streep Win in Oklahoma
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment)
The Hurt Locker has won another critics’ award for best picture, this time from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (full list below). The Iraq War drama’s director, Kathryn Bigelow, received top honors as well, though screenwriter Mark Boal was once again bypassed by somebody else:
Scott Neustadtler and Michael H. Weber’s (500) Days of Summer won the best original screenplay award, while Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner won for their Up in the Air adaptation.
There were few surprises among winners, unless you count another Mo’Nique (for Precious), Christoph Waltz (for Inglourious Basterds), George Clooney (for Up in the Air), or (to a lesser extent) Meryl Streep (for Julie & Julia) win as a surprise.
One real surprise was the choice of Anne Fontaine’s Coco Before Chanel, starring Audrey Tautou, as the year’s best foreign film. So far, the Coco Chanel biopic has been all but ignored by US-based film critics’ groups — at least when it comes to their awards lists. It got a nod from the St. Louis and Broadcast critics, but that’s about it.
OFCC members are Oklahoma-based movie critics who write for print and online outlets that publish or post reviews of current film releases. Among the media outlets represented are The Oklahoman, The Tulsa World, The Oklahoma Gazette, Edmond Life & Leisure, 411mania.com and others.
More info at the OFCC Web site.
2009 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Film of 2009: The Hurt Locker
Runners-up: Up in the Air, Inglourious Basterds, (500) Days of Summer, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up, District 9, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Avatar
Best Foreign Film: Coco Before Chanel, dir. Anne Fontaine
Best Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil, dir. Sacha Gervasi
Best Animated Film: Fantastic Mr. Fox, dir. Wes Anderson
Best First Feature (tie): Neill Blomkamp, District 9 & Marc Webb, (500) Days of Summer
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Best Actor: George Clooney, Up in the Air
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Screenplay (Original): Scott Neustadtler & Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer
Best Screenplay (Adaptation): Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Obviously Worst Film: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Not-So-Obviously Worst Film: Amelia
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