2007 Golden Globes Winners

Everything — at least as far as the winners were concerned — went according to plan at the 2007 Golden Globe awards ceremony. That is, until the very last winner of the evening was announced: Babel.
Babel??
Set in multiple countries, in multiple time frames, and with dialogue in multiple languages, Babel (above, with Rinko Kikuchi) was a multiple Golden Globe nominee (7 nods in all, more than any other film) and a multiple loser. As the evening progressed, Babel lost to Dreamgirls (best supporting actress Jennifer Hudson and best supporting actor Eddie Murphy), The Departed (best director Martin Scorsese), The Queen (best screenplay, Peter Morgan), and even The Painted Veil (best music, Alexandre Desplat).
And then, just like one [...]

by Andre Soares | January 15, 2007   
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Austin Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 Austin Film Critics Association Awards
2007 Austin Film Critics Association award winners: January 2, 2007
 

 

Best Film: United 93 by Paul Greengrass
Runners-up: The Departed, Pan’s Labyrinth, Children of Men, Brick, Borat, Little Children, The Queen, The Prestige, The Fountain
Best Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
Best Documentary: This Film Is Not Yet Rated directed by Kirby Dick
Best Animated Film: Cars by John Lasseter and Joe Ranft
Best First Film: Rian Johnson, Brick
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Best Actress: Ellen Page, Hard Candy
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel [...]

by Andre Soares | January 2, 2007   
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Utah Film Critics Awards 2006

2006 Utah Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Utah Film Critics Association award winners: December 28, 2006
 

 

Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Runner-up: The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese
Best Foreign-Language Film: Letters from Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood
Runner-up: Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Runner-up: Paul Greengrass, United 93
Best Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Runner-up: None (Sacha Baron Cohen was the unanimous choice)
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Runner-up: Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen, The Queen
Runner-up: Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Runner-up: Maggie Gyllenhaal, World Trade Center and Stranger Than Fiction
Best Screenplay: Rian Johnson, Brick
Runner-up: [...]

by Andre Soares | December 28, 2006   
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Chicago Film Critics Awards 2006

2006 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Chicago Film Critics Association Award nominations: December 19, 2006
2006 Chicago Film Critics Association Award winners: December 28, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Matt Damon in The Departed
 

Best Picture
Babel
* The Departed
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
United 93
Best Foreign Language Film
Apocalypto
* Letters from Iwo Jima
Pan’s Labyrinth
Tsotsi
Volver
Best Director
Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears for The Queen
Paul Greengrass for United 93
Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel
* Martin Scorsese for The Departed
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio for The Departed
Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson
Peter O’Toole for Venus
Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness
* Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress
Penélope Cruz for Volver
Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhaal for Sherrybaby
* Helen Mirren for The Queen
Meryl Streep for The [...]

by Andre Soares | December 28, 2006   
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