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 [...]
by Anna Robinson | December 23, 2009
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Oklahoma Film Critics Awards 2007
2007 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
2007 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle award winners: December 23, 2007
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
Best Film: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Runners-up:
Juno
Zodiac
Atonement
Michael Clayton
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Gone Baby Gone
Once
Eastern Promises
Best Foreign Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Best Documentary: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters by Seth Gordon
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille by Brad Bird
Best First Feature: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
Best Directors: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Actress: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Actor: George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Best [...]