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Friday 11 January 2008

Awards season front-runners?

So, Screen International has listed all the winners for the 19 regional critics circles in the US.
The film that was named Best Film by most circles was... No Country For Old Men (by 14 of the 19 circles). Next best was There Will Be Blood, named by four circles.
Best Director: The Coens (14 again) for No Country, followed by Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood (four again).
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (named by 14 circles), followed by George Clooney in Michael Clayton (three).
Best Actress: Julie Christie for Away From Her (10) followed by Ellen Page in Juno (eight).
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men (16) followed by Casey Affleck in Jesse James (three).
Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone (12) followed by Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There (five).
Best Foreign Film: The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (11) followed by 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (four).
Best Screenplay: Juno (10) followed by No Country (seven).

Do these serve as an indicator of who will win at the Golden Globes and the Oscars? Er, probably not, as the voters in both "reach very different conclusions", as Screen drily notes. Intriguing though.

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