2008 St. Louis Film Critics Awards Winners!

The ballots are in and the results have been counted…….

Arguements and battles have subsided………

And St. Louis has it’s say in what is the best of 2008.

The 2008 St. Louis Film Critics Award winners are:

  BEST PICTURE:  Ã‚  Ã‚   The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

BEST ACTOR:  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Sean Penn (Milk)

  BEST ACTRESS:  Ã‚  Ã‚   Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)

  BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:  Ã‚   Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

  BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:   Viola Davis (Doubt)

BEST DIRECTOR:  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:Â   Slumdog Millionaire – U.K./U.S.A/India

BEST DOCUMENTARY:Â   Man On Wire

BEST COMEDY:  Ã‚   Burn After Reading

BEST ANIMATED FILM:  Ã‚   Wall-E

MOST ORIGINAL, INNOVATIVE OR CREATIVE FILM:Â   The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:Â   Mandy Walker (Australia)

BEST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED):  Ã‚   Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon)

BEST MUSIC (SOUNDTRACK OR SCORE, ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED):Â   The Visitor

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:Â   The Dark Knight

The big winners The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire and front runner for an Oscar this year ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’.  Ã‚  Do you agree???   There was much debate over several catagories including Foreign Film, and Music.   No love for ‘The Wrestler’ or ‘Gran Torino’. Let me know how you would have voted.  Ã‚