Critics Choice Awards 2009

Yes its awards season! Today the critics give gongs to Slumdog Millionaire and Heath Ledger.

The Critics Choice Awards have taken place in California with Brit-flick Slumdog Millionaire winning five prizes.

Danny Boyle (of Trainspotting fame) picked up Best Film and Best Director at the ceremony.

The late Heath Ledger won Best Supporting Actor for playing The Joker in The Dark Knight. Director Christopher Nolan picked up the award.

Best Actor went to Sean Penn for his role as a gay politician in Milk.

Best Actress was shared between Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) and Meryl Streep (Doubt). British actress Kate Winslet won Best Supporting Actress for The Reader while Richard Gere picked up a special award for his charity work.

Critics Choice Awards 2009 | Full List Of Nominees & Winners:

BEST PICTURE
* Slumdog Millionaire
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Wrestler

BEST ACTOR
* Sean Penn - Milk
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS - TIE
* Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
* Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Beckinsale - Nothing But the Truth
Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
James Franco - Milk

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
* Kate Winslet - The Reader
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Vera Farmiga - Nothing But the Truth
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
* Milk
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Rachel Getting Married

BEST DIRECTOR
* Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant - Milk

BEST WRITER (Original or Adapted Screenplay)
* Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

* Wall-E

Bolt

Kung Fu Panda

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Waltz With Bashir

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21)

* Dev Petal - Slumdog Millionaire

Dakota Fanning - The Secret Life of Bees

David Kross - The Reader

Brandon Walters - Australia

BEST ACTION MOVIE

* The Dark Knight

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Iron Man

Quantum of Solace

Wanted

BEST COMEDY

* Tropic Thunder

Burn After Reading

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Role Models

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

* John Adams

Recount

Coco Chanel

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

* Waltz With Bashir

A Christmas Tale

Gomorrah

I've Loved You So Long

Let the Right One In

Mongol

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

* Man On Wire

I.O.U.S.A.

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Standard Operating Procedure

Young At Heart

BEST SONG

* "The Wrestler" - Bruce Springsteen/Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler

"Another Way to Die" - Jack White and Alicia Keys/Jack White - Quantum of Solace

"Down to Earth" - Peter Gabriel/Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman - Wall-E

"I Thought I Lost You" - Miley Cyrus and John Travolta/Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele - Bolt

"Jaiho" - Sukhwinder Singh/A.R. Rahman and Gulzar - Slumdog Millionaire

BEST COMPOSER

* A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire

Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Clint Eastwood - Changeling

Danny Elfman - Milk

Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - The Dark Knight

 

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