Slumdog Millionaire continued its inexorable winning streak at The National Board of Review (NBR) Awards 2008 gala at Cipriani in New York City on Wednesday, January 14. Photo Credit: AFP / Splash NewsJanuary 15, 2009, (Sawf News) - Slumdog Millionaire continued its inexorable winning streak at The National Board of Review (NBR) Awards 2008 gala at Cipriani in New York City on Wednesday, January 14.
The Danny Boyle helmed and Simon Beaufoy penned film won three awards: Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay and Breakthrough performance by an Actor (Dev Patel).
Clint Eastwood won the best actor award for his role in Gran Torino while Anne Hathaway was named Best Actress for her role in Rachel Getting Married.
The event was attended by leading stars including Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Josh Brolin.
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, after New York City Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr. revoked moving-picture exhibition licenses on Christmas Eve 1908.
To protest against the Mayor's decision and assert their constitutional freedom of expression, theatre owners led by Marcus Loew and film distributors (Edison, Biograph, Pathe and Gaumont) joined John Collier of The People's Institute at Cooper Union and established the New York Board of Motion Picture Censorship.
The name was subsequently changed to the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures to avoid the taint of the word "censorship."
A complete list of winners is given below:
Best Film
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Top Ten Films
(In alphabetical order)
BURN AFTER READING
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
DEFIANCE
FROST/NIXON
GRAN TORINO
MILK
WALL-E
THE WRESTLER
Best Foreign Language Film
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MONGOL
Top Five Foreign Films
(In alphabetical order)
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
ROMAN DE GARE
A SECRET
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Best Documentary
MAN ON WIRE
Top Five Documentaries
(In alphabetical order)
AMERICAN TEEN
THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON)
DEAR ZACHARY
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED
Top Independent Films
(In alphabetical order)
FROZEN RIVER
IN BRUGES
IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS
MR. FOE
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
SNOW ANGELS
SON OF RAMBOW
WENDY AND LUCY
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
THE VISITOR
Best Actor
CLINT EASTWOOD, Gran Torino
Best Actress
ANNE HATHAWAY, Rachel Getting Married
Best Supporting Actor
JOSH BROLIN, Milk
Best Supporting Actress
PENELOPE CRUZ, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Ensemble Cast
DOUBT
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor
DEV PATEL, Slumdog Millionaire
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress
VIOLA DAVIS, Doubt
Best Director
DAVID FINCHER, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Directorial Debut
COURTNEY HUNT, Frozen River
Best Adapted Screenplay
SIMON BEAUFOY, Slumdog Millionaire and ERIC ROTH, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Spotlight Award
MELISSA LEO, Frozen River and RICHARD JENKINS, The Visitor
Best Original Screenplay
NICK SCHENK, Gran Torino
Best Animated Feature
WALL-E
William K. Everson Award For Film History
MOLLY HASKELL and ANDREW SARRIS
The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression
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