The National Board of Review has announced that No Country for Old Men has won its top honors as Best Film this year. The Joel and Ethan Coen crime thriller, based on Cormac McCarthy's book, leads an impressive list of honorees, including George Clooney as Best Actor for his role in Michael Clayton, Julie Christie as Best Actress for the indie film Away From Her, and Tim Burton as Best Director for his adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
The National Board of Review precedes the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Circle and the Hollywood Foreign Press Assocation in name winners each year, ushering in the awards season. National Board of Review Awards will be given out in New York City on January 15th.
The winners of the 2007 National Board of Review are as follows:
Best Film: No Country for Old Men
Best Director: Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd
Best Actor: George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Best Actress: Julie Christie, Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Best Foreign Film: The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Best Documentary: Body Of War
Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille
Best Ensemble Cast: No Country For Old Men
Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: Emile Hirsch, Into The Wild
Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Directorial Debut: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
Best Original Screenplay (tie): Diablo Cody, Juno and Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl
Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
Besides No Country For Old Men, here are NBR's Top 10, in alphabetical order:
"The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford"
"Atonement"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"The Bucket List"
"Into The Wild"
"Juno"
"The Kite Runner"
"Lars And The Real Girl"
"Michael Clayton"
"Sweeney Todd"
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