Ryan McNeil
It is officially awards season my little chickadees, and today a handful of films were tapped as the year’s best by The National Board of Review. Sometimes they manage to forecast the Oscar for Best Picture (as was the case last year, with NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN). Other years…not so much (FINDING NEVERLAND won in 2004).
Here’s the NBR’s Best-Of for 2008…
Best Film: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Director: David Fincher, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Best Original Screenplay: Nick Schenk, GRAN TORINO
Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE and Eric Roth, BENJAMIN BUTTON
Best Actor: Clint Eastwood, GRAN TORINO
Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, MILK
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA
Top Ten Films (in alphabetical order): BURN AFTER READING, CHANGELING, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, THE DARK KNIGHT, DEFIANCE, FROST/NIXON, GRAN TORINO, MILK, WALL-E, THE WRESTLER