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9th FFCC Awards
December 22, 2004
Best Film:
Sideways
The 9th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were held on 22 December 2004.
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9th FFCC Awards
December 22, 2004
Best Film:
Sideways
The 9th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were held on 22 December 2004.
Sandra Miju Oh is a Canadian-American actress. She is best known for her starring roles as Rita Wu on the HBO comedy Arliss (1996–2002), Cristina Yang on the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2005–2014) and Eve Polastri in the spy thriller series Killing Eve (2018–2022). She has received numerous accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and twelve Primetime Emmy Award nominations. In 2019, Time magazine named Oh one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Constantine Alexander Payne is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for the films Citizen Ruth (1996), Election (1999), About Schmidt (2002), Sideways (2004), The Descendants (2011), Nebraska (2013) and Downsizing (2017). He is noted for his dark humor and satirical depictions of contemporary American society. Payne is a two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and a three-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director. In 2017, Metacritic ranked Payne 2nd on its list of the 25 best film directors of the 21st century.
Thomas Haden Church is an American actor. After appearing in the 1990s sitcom Wings and playing the lead for two seasons in Ned & Stacey (1995–1997), Church became known for his film work, including his Academy Award-nominated performance in Sideways (2004), his role as the Marvel Comics villain Sandman in the superhero films Spider-Man 3 (2007) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and his role of Lyle van de Groot in George of the Jungle (1997). He also made his directorial debut with Rolling Kansas (2003).
Sideways is a 2004 American comedy-drama road movie directed by Alexander Payne and written by Jim Taylor and Payne. A film adaptation of Rex Pickett's 2004 novel of the same name, Sideways follows two men in their forties, Miles Raymond, a depressed teacher and unsuccessful writer, and Jack Cole, a past-his-prime actor, who take a week-long road trip to Santa Barbara County wine country to celebrate Jack's upcoming wedding. Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen also star. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2004, and was released in the United States on October 22, 2004. Sideways received widespread acclaim from critics and won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 77th Academy Awards. It was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress (Madsen).
The 9th Golden Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2004, were presented by the International Press Academy on January 23, 2005.
The 3rd San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were given on December 13, 2004.
The San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC), formerly known as San Francisco Film Critics Circle, was founded in 2002 as an organization of film journalists and critics from San Francisco, California based publications.
The 70th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were announced on 13 December 2004 and presented on 9 January 2005.
The 9th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, given by the San Diego Film Critics Society, honored the best in film for 2004.
The 25th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2004, were given on 13 December 2004.
The 10th Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association on 4 January 2005, honored the best in film for 2004. The organization, founded in 1990, includes 63 film critics for print, radio, television, and internet publications based in north Texas.
The 17th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, presented in 2005, honored the best in film for 2004.
The 30th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, announced on 11 December 2004 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, honored the best in film for 2004.
The 8th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were held on 16 December 2004.
The 76th (US) National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were given on 11 January 2005.
The 3rd Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2004, were given on December 17, 2004.
The 5th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2004, were given on 20 February 2005.
Sideways is a 2004 novel by Rex Pickett. The novel is the first in the Sideways Trilogy.
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Nebraska is a 2013 American black-and-white comedy-drama road film directed by Alexander Payne, written by Bob Nelson, and starring Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb and Bob Odenkirk. It follows an elderly Montana resident and his son as they try to claim a million-dollar sweepstakes prize on a long trip to Nebraska.