39th NSFC Awards
January 9, 2005
Best Film:
Million Dollar Baby
The 39th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 9 January 2005, honored the best in film for 2004.[1][2][3]
Winners
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Best Picture
edit1. Million Dollar Baby (50)
2. Sideways (44)
3. Before Sunset (28)
Best Director
edit1. Zhang Yimou – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) and Hero (Ying xiong) (33)
2. Alexander Payne – Sideways (31)
3. Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby (30)
Best Actor
edit1. Jamie Foxx – Ray and Collateral (31)
2. Paul Giamatti – Sideways (29)
3. Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby (26)
Best Actress
edit1. Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake (TIE) (52)
1. Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby (TIE) (52)
3. Julie Delpy – Before Sunset (40)
Best Supporting Actor
edit1. Thomas Haden Church – Sideways (55)
2. Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby (54)
3. Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey (19)
Best Supporting Actress
edit1. Virginia Madsen – Sideways (58)
2. Cate Blanchett – The Aviator and Coffee and Cigarettes (37)
3. Laura Linney – Kinsey (18)
Best Screenplay
edit1. Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Sideways (60)
2. Charlie Kaufman – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (55)
3. Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke – Before Sunset (29)
Best Cinematography
edit1. Zhao Xiaoding – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (39)
2. Christopher Doyle – Hero (Ying xiong) (31)
3. Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron – Collateral (18)
Best Foreign Language Film
edit1. Moolaadé (29)
2. House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (27)
3. Notre musique (15)
Best Non-Fiction Film
edit1. Tarnation (27)
2. The Story of the Weeping Camel (Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel) (25)
3. Bright Leaves (16)
Special Citation
edit- Richard Schickel, Brian Jamieson, and Warner Home Video for their reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One
- Turner Classic Movies for the breadth and intelligence of its film programming and its commitment to film history
Film Heritage Awards (to new DVDs)
edit- The Leopard (The Criterion Collection) – for assembling a stunning edition for the home video debut of Visconti's masterpiece.
- John Cassavetes – Five Films (Criterion) – for bringing together a core collection of work from America's most influential independent filmmaker
- Fritz Lang Epic Collection (Kino) and M (Criterion) – for the ongoing, revelatory work of the German Film Archives and making it available to Kino and Criterion for excellent editions.
- "More Treasures from American Film Archives" (National Film Preservation Foundation) – for drawing much deserved attention to the excellent work of America's national and regional film archives.
References
edit- ^ King, Susan (9 January 2005). "Critics Are in 'Baby's' Corner". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Eastwood film captures critics' votes". Eugene Register-Guard. 9 January 2005. Retrieved 2 January 2018 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ Wilmington, Michael (11 January 2005). "Film critics pick gritty 'Baby' as top film in 2004". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 2 January 2018.