2004 National Society of Film Critics Awards

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39th NSFC Awards

January 9, 2005

Best Film:
Million Dollar Baby

The 39th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 9 January 2005, honored the best in film for 2004. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Winners

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Zhang Yimou, Best Director winner
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Jamie Foxx, Best Actor winner
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Imelda Staunton, Best Actress co-winner
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Hilary Swank, Best Actress co-winner
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Thomas Haden Church, Best Supporting Actor winner
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Virginia Madsen, Best Supporting Actress winner
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Alexander Payne, Best Screenplay co-winner

Best Picture

1. Million Dollar Baby (50)
2. Sideways (44)
3. Before Sunset (28)

Best Director

1. Zhang Yimou – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) and Hero (Ying xiong) (33)
2. Alexander Payne – Sideways (31)
3. Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby (30)

Best Actor

1. Jamie Foxx – Ray and Collateral (31)
2. Paul Giamatti – Sideways (29)
3. Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby (26)

Best Actress

1. Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake (TIE) (52)
1. Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby (TIE) (52)
3. Julie Delpy – Before Sunset (40)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Thomas Haden Church – Sideways (55)
2. Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby (54)
3. Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey (19)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Virginia Madsen – Sideways (58)
2. Cate Blanchett – The Aviator and Coffee and Cigarettes (37)
3. Laura Linney – Kinsey (18)

Best Screenplay

1. Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Sideways (60)
2. Charlie Kaufman – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (55)
3. Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke – Before Sunset (29)

Best Cinematography

1. Zhao Xiaoding – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (39)
2. Christopher Doyle – Hero (Ying xiong) (31)
3. Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron – Collateral (18)

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Moolaadé (29)
2. House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (27)
3. Notre musique (15)

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. Tarnation (27)
2. The Story of the Weeping Camel (Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel) (25)
3. Bright Leaves (16)

Special Citation

Film Heritage Awards (to new DVDs)

  1. The Leopard (The Criterion Collection) – for assembling a stunning edition for the home video debut of Visconti's masterpiece.
  2. John Cassavetes – Five Films (Criterion) – for bringing together a core collection of work from America's most influential independent filmmaker
  3. Fritz Lang Epic Collection (Kino) and M (Criterion) – for the ongoing, revelatory work of the German Film Archives and making it available to Kino and Criterion for excellent editions.
  4. "More Treasures from American Film Archives" (National Film Preservation Foundation) – for drawing much deserved attention to the excellent work of America's national and regional film archives.

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References

  1. ↑ King, Susan (9 January 2005). "Critics Are in 'Baby's' Corner". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Eastwood film captures critics' votes". Eugene Register-Guard. 9 January 2005. Retrieved 2 January 2018– via Google News Archive.
  3. ↑ Wilmington, Michael (11 January 2005). "Film critics pick gritty 'Baby' as top film in 2004". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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