THE HURT LOCKER, Jeremy Renner, Melanie Laurent: Online Film Critics Winners
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment)
Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker has just won another best picture award, this one from the Online Film Critics Society. The other nominees in that category were Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Joel and Ethan Coen’s A Serious Man, Pete Docter’s Up, and Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air.
Additionally, The Hurt Locker won for Best Director (Bigelow), Best Actor (Jeremy Renner), and Best Editing (Chris Innis and Bob Murawski). The Iraq War drama about a bomb-squad team is one of the favorites for the 2010 Academy Awards.
Quentin Tarantino’s World War II revenge fantasy Inglourious Basterds also won four OFCS awards: Best Actress (Melanie Laurent), Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz), Best Original Screenplay (Tarantino), and Best Cinematography (Robert Richardson). Mo’Nique was the Best Supporting Actress for Lee Daniels‘ urban drama Precious.
Sacha Gervasi’s Anvil!: The Story of Anvil was named Best Documentary, Pete Docter’s Up was the Best Animated Feature, and Michael Haneke’s European Film Award winner The White Ribbon was the Best Picture Not in the English Language.
The complete winners of the 2009 OFCS Awards:
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Best Actress: Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Best Adapted Screenplay: Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on a book by Roald Dahl
Best Documentary: Anvil!: The Story of Anvil
Best Picture Not in the English Language: The White Ribbon
Best Animated Feature: Up
Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds
Best Score: Michael Giacchino, Up
Best Editing: Chris Innis and Bob Murawski, The Hurt Locker
Source: OFCS
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Tags: Christoph Waltz, Film Awards, Inglourious Basterds, Jeremy Renner, Kathryn Bigelow, Mélanie Laurent, Mo'Nique, Online Film Critics Awards, Quentin Tarantino, The Hurt Locker, The White Ribbon, Up
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