34th NSFC Awards
January 8, 2000
Best Film (tie):
Being John Malkovich
and
Topsy-Turvy
The 34th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 8 January 2000, honored the best filmmaking of 1999. [1] [2] [3] [4]
1. Being John Malkovich
1. Topsy-Turvy
3. Election
1. Mike Leigh – Topsy-Turvy
2. David O. Russell – Three Kings
3. Sam Mendes – American Beauty
1. Russell Crowe – The Insider
2. Jim Broadbent – Topsy-Turvy
3. Kevin Spacey – American Beauty
1. Reese Witherspoon – Election
2. Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry
3. Kate Winslet – Holy Smoke
1. Christopher Plummer – The Insider
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman – Magnolia and The Talented Mr. Ripley
3. Haley Joel Osment – The Sixth Sense
1. Chloë Sevigny – Boys Don't Cry
2. Julianne Moore – Magnolia , Cookie's Fortune , A Map of the World and An Ideal Husband
3. Samantha Morton – Sweet and Lowdown
1. Charlie Kaufman – Being John Malkovich
2. Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Election
3. Alan Ball – American Beauty
1. Conrad L. Hall – American Beauty
2. Emmanuel Lubezki – Sleepy Hollow
3. Freddie Francis – The Straight Story
1. Autumn Tale (Conte d'automne)
2. The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges)
3. All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)
1. Buena Vista Social Club
2. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
3. American Movie
The Straight Story is a 1999 biographical road drama film directed by David Lynch. It was edited and produced by Mary Sweeney, Lynch's longtime partner and collaborator, who also co-wrote the script with John E. Roach. It is based on the true story of Alvin Straight's 1994 journey across Iowa and Wisconsin on a lawn mower.
Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Kimberly Peirce, and co-written by Peirce and Andy Bienen. The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena, an American trans man who attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska but falls victim to a brutal hate crime perpetrated by two male acquaintances. The film co-stars Chloë Sevigny as Brandon's girlfriend, Lana Tisdel.
Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 British musical period drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh, starring Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert and Allan Corduner as Sir Arthur Sullivan, along with Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville and Ron Cook. The story concerns the 15-month period in 1884 and 1885 leading up to the premiere of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. The film focuses on the creative conflict between playwright and composer, and their decision to continue their partnership, which led to their creation of several more Savoy operas.
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