BFCA Announces Critics Choice Award Nominees

(released 12/12/2007)


On behalf of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, Marisa Tomei announced the nominations for the 13th Annual Critics' Choice Awards on Tuesday morning. Joining Marisa were New York BFCA Chairman Neil Rosen and Executive VP of VH1 Tom Calderone. The nominations were read at the VH1 headquarters in Times Square in New York City.

The actual awards show will air live on VH1 on Monday, January 7, 2008 at 9pm. The show will be broadcast from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The show will be hosted by D.L. Hughley. The red carpet arrivals will also be broadcast on VH1 starting at 8pm.

The nominees are:

BEST PICTURE:
American Gangster
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTOR:
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

BEST ACTRESS:
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page - Juno

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Catherine Keener - Into the Wild
Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE:
Hairspray
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
Gone Baby Gone
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

BEST DIRECTOR:
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright - Atonement

BEST WRITER:
Diablo Cody - Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson's War

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

BEST YOUNG ACTOR:
Michael Cera - Juno
Michael Cera - Superbad
Freddie Highmore - August Rush
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada - The Kite Runner
Edward Sanders - Sweeney Todd

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS:
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Dakota Blue Richards - The Golden Compass
AnnaSophia Robb - Bridge to Terabithia
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement

BEST COMEDY MOVIE:
Dan in Real Life
Hairspray
Juno
Knocked Up
Superbad

BEST FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION):
August Rush
Enchanted
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:
The Company
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Tin Man
The War

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage

BEST SONG:
Come So Far - Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley -- Hairspray
Do You Feel Me - Anthony Hamilton - American Gangster
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Once
Guaranteed - Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
That's How You Know - Amy Adams - Enchanted

BEST COMPOSER:
Marco Beltrami - 3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat - Lust, Caution
Clint Eastwood - Grace Is Gone
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Alan Menken - Enchanted

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End In Sight
Sharkwater
Sicko

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