2007 National Society of Film Critics Awards

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42nd NSFC Awards

January 5, 2008


Best Film:
There Will Be Blood

The 42nd National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 5 January 2008, honored the best in film for 2007. [1] [2] [3]

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Winners

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Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Director winner
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Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor winner
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Julie Christie, Best Actress winner
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Casey Affleck, Best Supporting Actor winner
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Cate Blanchett, Best Supporting Actress winner
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Tamara Jenkins, Best Screenplay winner

Best Picture

1. There Will Be Blood
2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
3. No Country for Old Men

Best Director

1. Paul Thomas Anderson There Will Be Blood
2. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men
2. Julian Schnabel The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)

Best Actor

1. Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood
2. Frank Langella Starting Out in the Evening
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and The Savages

Best Actress

1. Julie Christie Away from Her
2. Marion Cotillard La Vie en Rose (La Môme)
3. Anamaria Marinca 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Casey Affleck The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2. Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman Charlie Wilson's War

Best Supporting Actress

1. Cate Blanchett I'm Not There
2. Amy Ryan Gone Baby Gone and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
3. Tilda Swinton Michael Clayton

Best Screenplay

1. Tamara Jenkins The Savages
2. Paul Thomas Anderson There Will Be Blood
3. Ronald Harwood The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)

Best Cinematography

1. Robert Elswit There Will Be Blood
2. Janusz Kamiński The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
3. Roger Deakins No Country for Old Men

Best Foreign Language Film

1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zile)
2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
3. Persepolis

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. No End in Sight
2. Sicko
3. Terror's Advocate (L'avocat de la terreur)

Best Experimental Film

Film Heritage Awards

  1. "Ford at Fox", a 21-disc box set from Fox Home Video.
  2. Ross Lipman of the UCLA Film and Television Archive for the restoration of Charles Burnett's Killer of Sheep (1978) and other independent films.

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References

  1. Oldham, Stuart (5 January 2008). "National Society draws 'Blood'". Variety. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  2. King, Susan (6 January 2008). "Critics name 'Blood' best picture". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 January 2008.
  3. Hernandez, Eugene (5 January 2008). "AWARDS WATCH | "There Will Be Blood" Leads National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Picture, Di". IndieWire. Retrieved 5 January 2008.