2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The 74th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were announced on 10 December 2008 and presented on 5 January 2009.[1][2][3]
74th NYFCC Awards
January 5, 2009
Best Picture:
Milk
Winners
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Best Actor
1. Sean Penn – Milk
2. Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
3. Clint Eastwood – Gran Torino
Best Actress
1. Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
2. Melissa Leo – Frozen River
3. Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
3. Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
Best Animated Film
Best Cinematography
1. Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire
2. Claudio Miranda – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Wally Pfister – The Dark Knight
Best Director
1. Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
2. Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
3. David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Film
1. Milk
2. Rachel Getting Married
3. Happy-Go-Lucky
3. Slumdog Millionaire
Best First Film
1. Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
2. Lance Hammer – Ballast
3. Joachim Trier – Reprise
Best Foreign Language Film
1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile) • Romania
2. A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël) • France
3. The Class (Entre les murs) • France
Best Non-Fiction Film
1. Man on Wire
2. Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir)
3. Trouble the Water
Best Screenplay
1. Jenny Lumet – Rachel Getting Married
2. Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
3. Robert D. Siegel – The Wrestler
Best Supporting Actor
1. Josh Brolin – Milk
2. Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
3. Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Best Supporting Actress
1. Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2. Viola Davis – Doubt
3. Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married
3. Debra Winger – Rachel Getting Married
References
- "'Milk,' Sean Penn and Sally Hawkins win New York Film Critics Circle awards". Los Angeles Times. 10 December 2008. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- Itzkoff, Dave (10 December 2008). "New York Goes for "Milk"". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- Karger, Dave (10 December 2008). "New York critics get 'Milk'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 23 December 2017.