Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2007
1st Houston Film Critics Society Awards | ||||
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Date | January 3, 2008 (2008-01-03) | |||
Location | Houston, Texas | |||
Country | United States | |||
Presented by | Houston Film Critics Society | |||
Website | houstonfilmcritics.com/awards | |||
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The 1st Houston Film Critics Society Awards were announced on January 3, 2008. The awards are presented annually by the Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) based in Houston, Texas.[1][2][3] In addition to the category awards, the HFCS named filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen as "honorary Texans" for their work on No Country for Old Men.[4] This is the only year to date that the HFCS has presented an award in the "Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast" category.
Top 10 Films
- No Country for Old Men
- Juno
- Atonement
- Michael Clayton
- Into the Wild
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
- Charlie Wilson's War
- I'm Not There
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface
Best Picture | Best Foreign Language Film |
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No Country for Old Men Atonement Juno Into the Wild Michael Clayton | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) • France/United States La Vie en rose • France Lust, Caution • China Persepolis • France The Kite Runner • Afghanistan |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood Casey Affleck - Gone Baby Gone George Clooney - Michael Clayton Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild | Julie Christie - Away from Her Amy Adams - Enchanted Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart Laura Linney - The Savages Elliot Page[a] - Juno |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton | Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There Catherine Keener - Into the Wild Kelly Macdonald - No Country for Old Men Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton |
Best Direction of a Motion Picture | Best Cinematography |
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men Sidney Lumet - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Sean Penn - Into the Wild | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Roger Deakins Atonement - Seamus McGarvey Into the Wild - Éric Gautier No Country for Old Men - Roger Deakins Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Dariusz Wolski |
Best Animated Feature Film | Best Documentary Film |
Ratatouille Beowulf Persepolis | The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters In the Shadow of the Moon Lake of Fire War Dance |
Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
Atonement - Dario Marianelli 3:10 to Yuma - Marco Beltrami Into the Wild - Michael Brook, Kaki King & Eddie Vedder Lust, Caution - Alexandre Desplat Once - Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová | "Falling Slowly" - Once "Baby Don't You Cry" - Waitress "Happy Working Song" - Enchanted "If You Want Me" - Once "Pop! Goes My Heart" - Music and Lyrics "Walk Hard" - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story |
Best Screenplay | Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast |
Juno - Diablo Cody Atonement - Christopher Hampton No Country for Old Men - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen The Savages - Tamara Jenkins Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy | Hairspray 3:10 to Yuma Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Into the Wild Michael Clayton No Country for Old Men |
Notes
- ^ Credited as Ellen Page; Juno was released before Page came out as transgender.[5]
References
- ^ "Houston Critics Select No Country for Old Men". ComingSoon.net. 4 January 2008. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "2007 Official Awards Ballot with Winner in bold" (PDF). Houston Film Critics Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "HFCS Top Films of 2007". Free Press Houston. January 3, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Trophy Case: Houston Has No Problem With Coens, Cody". St. Paul Pioneer Press. January 5, 2008. p. A7. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
- ^ Shoard, Catherine (December 1, 2020). "Elliot Page: star of Juno and X-Men announces he is transgender". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
External links
- Houston Film Critics Society: Awards