February 5, 2009

London Critics Honor The Wrestler

Yes indeed, the flick took the top prize across the pond, and here's the whole list:
LONDON CRITICS CIRCLE FILM AWARD WINNERS

FILM OF THE YEAR- The Wrestler
THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR -Slumdog Millionaire
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR- Waltz With Bashir
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR- David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BRITISH DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR- Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
ACTOR OF THE YEAR- Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR- Kate Winslet - The Reader and Revolutionary Road
BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR- Michael Fassbender - Hunger
BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR- Kristin Scott Thomas - I’ve Loved You So Long
BRITISH ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE- Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky
BRITISH ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE- Tilda Swinton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR- Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
THE NSPCC AWARD: YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR- Thomas Turgoose - Somers Town and Eden Lake
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER- Steve McQueen - writer-director: Hunger
DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA- Dame Judi Dench
-Nice to see some love for The Wrestler, perhaps the rather large British voting block will carry this over to Rourke and/or Tomei at the Oscars...time will tell

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