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Assuming the lists are correct, it looks like somebody goofed. They seem to be counting ten, five and five in addition to the wins in each of those categories. I wonder if they're going to fix the lists and drop one each or leave it as is to save face for the last placement in each category.OscarGuy wrote:3 sets of tie votes? Seems even more unusual to me. I've never seen this many...and why not in numerical order as they have in years past?
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The Clooney win may be simply a desire to have his star power at their presentations.
Bourne making the list may be baffling to all the He-Man-Greengrass-Haters-Club members here, but out in the real world, it was considered a pretty sensational, critically-acclaimed action movie. Not an Oscar movie, but NBR almost always picks one audience fave along with the award fodder.
Bourne making the list may be baffling to all the He-Man-Greengrass-Haters-Club members here, but out in the real world, it was considered a pretty sensational, critically-acclaimed action movie. Not an Oscar movie, but NBR almost always picks one audience fave along with the award fodder.
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These can't be right. There are 11 films in their top 10, 6 in top foreign and 6 in docu. They always list them in preferential order...
I'm a little skeptical of the second list...it seems odd to me.
I'm a little skeptical of the second list...it seems odd to me.
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Slightly fuller list, from OscarWatch.
They bumped Away from Her to the secondary list. May we have a Socratic dialogue over why it and A Mighty Heart are independent films, while Juno is not?
Best Film: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Best Director: TIM BURTON, Sweeney Todd
Best Actor: GEORGE CLOONEY, Michael Clayton
Best Actress: JULIE CHRISTIE, Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor: CASEY AFFLECK, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Best Supporting Actress: AMY RYAN, Gone Baby Gone
Best Foreign Film: THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Best Documentary: BODY OF WAR
Best Animated Feature: RATATOUILLE
Best Ensemble Cast: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: EMILE HIRSCH, Into The Wild
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: ELLEN PAGE, Juno
Best Directorial Debut: BEN AFFLECK, Gone Baby Gone
Best Original Screenplay (tie):
DIABLO CODY, Juno and NANCY OLIVER, Lars and the Real Girl
Best Adapted Screenplay: JOEL COEN and ETHAN COEN, No Country For Old Men
Top Ten Films:
(In alphabetical order)
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
ATONEMENT
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
THE BUCKET LIST
INTO THE WILD
JUNO
THE KITE RUNNER
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
MICHAEL CLAYTON
SWEENEY TODD
Top Five Foreign Films:
(In alphabetical order)
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS
THE BAND’S VISIT
THE COUNTERFEITERS
LA VIE EN ROSE
LUST, CAUTION
Top Five Documentary Films
(In alphabetical order)
DARFUR NOW
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
NANKING
TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE
TOOTS
Top Independent Films
(In alphabetical order)
AWAY FROM HER
GREAT WORLD OF SOUND
HONEYDRIPPER
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
A MIGHT HEART
THE NAMESAKE
ONCE
THE SAVAGES
STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
WAITRESS
Career Achievement – MICHAEL DOUGLAS
William K. Everson Film History Award – ROBERT OSBORNE
Career Achievement in Cinematography – ROGER DEAKINS
The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression – THE GREAT DEBATERS and PERSEPOLIS
They bumped Away from Her to the secondary list. May we have a Socratic dialogue over why it and A Mighty Heart are independent films, while Juno is not?
Best Film: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Best Director: TIM BURTON, Sweeney Todd
Best Actor: GEORGE CLOONEY, Michael Clayton
Best Actress: JULIE CHRISTIE, Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor: CASEY AFFLECK, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Best Supporting Actress: AMY RYAN, Gone Baby Gone
Best Foreign Film: THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Best Documentary: BODY OF WAR
Best Animated Feature: RATATOUILLE
Best Ensemble Cast: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: EMILE HIRSCH, Into The Wild
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: ELLEN PAGE, Juno
Best Directorial Debut: BEN AFFLECK, Gone Baby Gone
Best Original Screenplay (tie):
DIABLO CODY, Juno and NANCY OLIVER, Lars and the Real Girl
Best Adapted Screenplay: JOEL COEN and ETHAN COEN, No Country For Old Men
Top Ten Films:
(In alphabetical order)
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
ATONEMENT
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
THE BUCKET LIST
INTO THE WILD
JUNO
THE KITE RUNNER
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
MICHAEL CLAYTON
SWEENEY TODD
Top Five Foreign Films:
(In alphabetical order)
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS
THE BAND’S VISIT
THE COUNTERFEITERS
LA VIE EN ROSE
LUST, CAUTION
Top Five Documentary Films
(In alphabetical order)
DARFUR NOW
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
NANKING
TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE
TOOTS
Top Independent Films
(In alphabetical order)
AWAY FROM HER
GREAT WORLD OF SOUND
HONEYDRIPPER
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
A MIGHT HEART
THE NAMESAKE
ONCE
THE SAVAGES
STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
WAITRESS
Career Achievement – MICHAEL DOUGLAS
William K. Everson Film History Award – ROBERT OSBORNE
Career Achievement in Cinematography – ROGER DEAKINS
The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression – THE GREAT DEBATERS and PERSEPOLIS
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The Bucket List over Away From Her? I guess the old geezers are in denial, they'd rather see their future as leaving their deathbeds for one last fling as opposed to slowly succumbigng to Alzheimers. The real wtf headscratcher, though, is The Bourne Ultimatum.
Nice to see they started the ball rolling for Julie Christie's sublime career capping achievement. Take that all you internet bloggers who kept insisting they would go for Marion Cotillard's histionics in La Vie en Rose.
I guess There Will Be Blood is not going to be as easy a ridethrough for Daniel Day-Lewis as we were led to believe. I think, however, that it is Clooney's personal charm rather than his acting chops that led to his victory here. We'll have to see if it holds up through the Golden Globe nominations. If so, he may well be looking at another Oscar nod.
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Nice to see they started the ball rolling for Julie Christie's sublime career capping achievement. Take that all you internet bloggers who kept insisting they would go for Marion Cotillard's histionics in La Vie en Rose.
I guess There Will Be Blood is not going to be as easy a ridethrough for Daniel Day-Lewis as we were led to believe. I think, however, that it is Clooney's personal charm rather than his acting chops that led to his victory here. We'll have to see if it holds up through the Golden Globe nominations. If so, he may well be looking at another Oscar nod.
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The Bucket List is the only odd choice in this list.
The only other odd thing about this list is that they don't have foreign film or documentary top 5 lists.
The only other odd thing about this list is that they don't have foreign film or documentary top 5 lists.
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So...
It's Bourne and (probably) Bucket List as the Oscar no-hopers, rather than 3:10.
Clooney and Affleck are the most vulnerable to the one-NBR-acting-winner-won't-get-nominated curse. It's obviously a positive for Affleck to get a nod, but many around here won't be happy wth the category.
No Country seems an unusually tough choice to top an NBR list -- but it might be just another LA Confidential, which also won NBR (and all the critics) but never seriously contended for the best picture Oscar.
I can imagine all this year's best picture nominees coming from this top ten -- and, some sight unseen, it wouldn't be a loathsome list (except for Kite Runner).
I thought this was Julie Christie's toughest track; she might now indeed run the critics' table (to mix my sport metaphors).
Good sign for Sweeney Todd to have won over such a group of fuddy-duddys. I presume this is Burton's first "major' award for directing anything?
It's Bourne and (probably) Bucket List as the Oscar no-hopers, rather than 3:10.
Clooney and Affleck are the most vulnerable to the one-NBR-acting-winner-won't-get-nominated curse. It's obviously a positive for Affleck to get a nod, but many around here won't be happy wth the category.
No Country seems an unusually tough choice to top an NBR list -- but it might be just another LA Confidential, which also won NBR (and all the critics) but never seriously contended for the best picture Oscar.
I can imagine all this year's best picture nominees coming from this top ten -- and, some sight unseen, it wouldn't be a loathsome list (except for Kite Runner).
I thought this was Julie Christie's toughest track; she might now indeed run the critics' table (to mix my sport metaphors).
Good sign for Sweeney Todd to have won over such a group of fuddy-duddys. I presume this is Burton's first "major' award for directing anything?
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Well, it looks like the love for Sweeney Todd is beginning to build. Affleck is going supporting. Is Clooney the odd man out come Oscar nod day? And might The Bucket List become a small competitor in here?
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Thanks, cam. From Variety:
NBR picks 'No Country'
Tim Burton picks up directing award
By MICHAEL SPEIER
Posted: Wed., Dec. 5, 2007, 11:56am PT
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The National Board of Review has announced that "No Country for Old Men" has won top honors as best film.
The other winners:
Director: Tim Burton, "Sweeney Todd"
Actor: George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Actress: Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Foreign Film: "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"
Documentary: "Body Of War"
Animated Feature: "Ratatouille"
Ensemble Cast: "No Country For Old Men"
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: Emile Hirsch, "Into The Wild"
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: Ellen Page, "Juno"
Best Directorial Debut: Ben Affleck, "Gone Baby Gone"
Best Original Screenplay (tie):
Diablo Cody, "Juno" and Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country For Old Men"
Besides "No Country," here's NBR's top ten, in alphabetical order:
"The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford"
"Atonement"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"The Bucket List"
"Into The Wild"
"Juno"
"The Kite Runner"
"Lars And The Real Girl"
"Michael Clayton"
"Sweeney Todd"
NBR picks 'No Country'
Tim Burton picks up directing award
By MICHAEL SPEIER
Posted: Wed., Dec. 5, 2007, 11:56am PT
More News
The National Board of Review has announced that "No Country for Old Men" has won top honors as best film.
The other winners:
Director: Tim Burton, "Sweeney Todd"
Actor: George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Actress: Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Foreign Film: "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"
Documentary: "Body Of War"
Animated Feature: "Ratatouille"
Ensemble Cast: "No Country For Old Men"
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: Emile Hirsch, "Into The Wild"
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: Ellen Page, "Juno"
Best Directorial Debut: Ben Affleck, "Gone Baby Gone"
Best Original Screenplay (tie):
Diablo Cody, "Juno" and Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country For Old Men"
Besides "No Country," here's NBR's top ten, in alphabetical order:
"The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford"
"Atonement"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"The Bucket List"
"Into The Wild"
"Juno"
"The Kite Runner"
"Lars And The Real Girl"
"Michael Clayton"
"Sweeney Todd"