NBR Names ‘Up In The Air’ Best Film Of The Year
First Published: December 3, 2009 2:34 PM EST Credit: Paramount
Caption George Clooney ponders his next destination in “Up in the Air”NEW YORK, N.Y. -- “Up In the Air” is the National Board of Review’s pick for best film of the year.
Jason Reitman’s film stars George Clooney as a perpetually jet-set contractor who fires people for a living. The National Board of Review also chose Clooney as best actor, an honor he shares with Morgan Freeman of “Invictus.”
Long a harbinger of the Academy Awards, the last two winners — “No Country for Old Men” and “Slumdog Millionaire” — have gone on to win best picture at the Oscars.The National Board of Review, which is composed of film historians, students and educators, was founded in 1909. The awards will be handed out Jan. 12 in a New York gala hosted by Meredith Vieira.
Below is a full list of the awards given by the National Board of Review:
Best Film: UP IN THE AIR Best Director: CLINT EASTWOOD, Invictus Best Actor(s): GEORGE CLOONEY, Up In The AirMORGAN FREEMAN, InvictusBest Actress: CAREY MULLIGAN, An Education Best Supporting Actor: WOODY HARRELSON, The Messenger Best Supporting Actress: ANNA KENDRICK, Up In The Air Best Foreign Language Film: A PROPHET Best Documentary: THE COVE Best Animated Feature: UP Best Ensemble Cast: IT’S COMPLICATED Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: JEREMY RENNER, The Hurt Locker Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: GABOUREY SIDIBE, Precious Spotlight Award for Best Directorial Debut: DUNCAN JONES, MoonOREN MOVERMAN, The MessengerMARC WEBB, (500) Days of SummerBest Original Screenplay: JOEL AND ETHAN COEN, A Serious Man Best Adapted Screenplay: JASON REITMAN and SHELDON TURNER, Up In The Air Special Filmmaking Achievement Award: WES ANDERSON, The Fantastic Mr. Fox William K. Everson Film History Award: JEAN PICKER FIRSTENBERG NBR Freedom of Expression: BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRYINVICTUSTHE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSEBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
Ten Best Films (in alphabetical order)
AN EDUCATION
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
INVICTUS
THE MESSENGER
A SERIOUS MAN
STAR TREK
UP
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Five Best Foreign-Language Films (in alphabetical order)
THE MAID
REVANCHE
SONG OF SPARROWS
THREE MONKEYS
THE WHITE RIBBON
Five Best Documentaries (in alphabetical order)
BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY
CRUDE
FOOD, INC.
GOOD HAIR
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
Top Ten Independent Films: (in alphabetical order)
AMREEKA
DISTRICT 9
GOODBYE SOLO
HUMPDAYIN THE LOOP
JULIA
ME AND ORSON WELLES
MOON
SUGAR
TWO LOVERS
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