MAIN Art & ... Pop Culture 2008 Critics Choice Awards

Sure, everybody's a critic.

The opinons that pull the most weight, however, are from the 200 film critics that make up the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the largest film critics organization in the U.S. and Canada.

This year, nominees for best picks in moving acting and directing were announced on December 11, 2007. "Into The Wild," led the pack with seven nominations including Best Picture, as well as a Best Actor nod for Emile Hirsch.

"Atonement," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "Sweeney Todd" and "Hairspray" tied with five nominations each.

In prior years, the awards ceremony was taped for later viewing, but in 2008, viewers watched the live presentation for the first time ever, airing on January 7, 2008 on VHI from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.

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Broadcast Film Critics Association - The official site of the Critics Choice Awards featuring complete coverage, lists of nominees and winners, current movie ratings, pictures of red carpet arrivals, association news and background information.

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2008 Critics Choice Awards Nominees & * Winners

BEST PICTURE:
* No Country for Old Men
American Gangster
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTOR:
* Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

BEST ACTRESS:
* Julie Christie - Away From Her
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page - Juno

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
* Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
* Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Catherine Keener - Into the Wild
Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE:
* Hairspray
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
Gone Baby Gone
Before the Devil Knows You are Dead

BEST DIRECTOR:
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Sidney Lumet - Before the Devil Knows You are Dead
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright - Atonement

BEST WRITER:
* Diablo Cody - Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson's War

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
* Ratatouille
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Persepolis
The Simpsons Movie

BEST YOUNG ACTOR:
* Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada - The Kite Runner
Michael Cera - Juno
Michael Cera - Superbad
Freddie Highmore - August Rush
Edward Sanders - Sweeney Todd

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS:
* Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Dakota Blue Richards - The Golden Compass
AnnaSophia Robb - Bridge to Terabithia
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement

BEST COMEDY MOVIE:
* Juno
Dan in Real Life
Hairspray
Knocked Up
Superbad

BEST FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION):
* Enchanted
August Rush
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
* Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
The Company
Tin Man
The War

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage

BEST SONG:
* Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Once
Come So Far - Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley - Hairspray
Do You Feel Me - Anthony Hamilton - American Gangster
Guaranteed - Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
That's How You Know - Amy Adams - Enchanted

BEST COMPOSER:
* Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
Marco Beltrami - 3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat - Lust, Caution
Clint Eastwood - Grace Is Gone
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Alan Menken - Enchanted

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
* Sicko
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End In Sight
Sharkwater

also see -> Golden Globes | Cannes | Oscar Awards | People's Choice Awards