Wednesday 4 December 2013

NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW DEFIES NYFCC WITH WINS FOR HER, AMERICAN HUSTLE SHUT OUT COMPLETELY



After it appeared yesterday that American Hustle was potentially on the verge of storming into the lead this Oscar race, along comes the NBR to shake things up. Back when the NBR announced first, their picks could more easily be isolated as early, and thus less relevant, choices. But now that the NYFCC has embroiled them into the thick of the race, they seem to bear more influence. And their utter shut out of American Hustle (not even featuring in their Top 11 flms of the year, being beaten by Lone Survivor and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - typical oddball NBR picks, those) and embrace of Spike Jonze's Her, itself shut out of the NYFCC's choices, is surely going to make them highly popular with onlookers this year. One thing currently looks clear, if nothing else does: this year ain't gonna be shit like last year.

Best Picture
       Her
·          12 Years a Slave
·          Fruitvale Station
·          Gravity
·          Inside Llewyn Davis
·          Lone Survivor
·          Nebraska
·          Prisoners
·          Saving Mr. Banks
·          The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
·          The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Director
       Spike Jonze (Her)
Best Actor
       Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Best Actress
       Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)
Best Supporting Actor
       Will Forte (Nebraska)
Best Supporting Actress
       Octavia Spencer (Fruitvale Station)
Best Original Screenplay
       Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Best Adapted Screenplay
       Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Best Ensemble
       Nebraska
Best Animated Feature
       The Wind Rises
Best Documentary
       Stories We Tell
·          20 Feet from Stardom
·          The Act of Killing
·          After Tiller
·          Casting By
·          The Square
Best Foreign Language Film
       The Past
·          Beyond the Hills
·          The Grandmaster
·          Gloria
·          A Hijacking
·          The Hunt
Best Independent Film
·          Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
·          Dallas Buyers Club
·          In a World…
·          Mother of George
·          Much Ado About Nothing
·          Mud
·          The Place Beyond the Pines
·          Short Term 12
·          Sightseers
·          The Spectacular Now
Best Directorial Debut
       Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station)
Best Breakthrough Actor
       Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station)
Best Breakthrough Actress
       Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour)
Creative Innovation in Filmmaking Award
       Gravity
Freedom of Expression Award
       Wadjda
William K. Everson Film History Award
       George Stevens Jr.
Spotlight Award
       Career collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio

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