Critics’ Choice Awards 2009

The Broadcast Film Critics Association held the 14th annual Critics’ Choice Awards ceremony last night with all A-listers show up for the event.

Critics’ Choice Awards is one of the most prestigious awards in movie industry and it previews the main winners of Golden Globes and Oscar.

This year The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Milk were nominated for eight awards, while Doubt, Slumdog Millionaire, and The Dark Knight all had six nods.

Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner of the night. It was awarded in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writer, Best Yong Actor/Actress, and Best Composer.

The Dark Knight was named the Best Action Movie, Milk was honored as the Best Acting Ensemble, while The Curious Case of Benjamin Button didn’t receive any awards at all.

At the ceremony Pretty Woman star Richard Gere was awarded special Joel Siegel award that pays homage to Good Morning America film critic and BFCA member Joel Siegel, who died of cancer in June, 2007.

We consider the Joel Siegel Award to be the highest honor we bestow,” said BFCA President Joey Berlin. “From his days as a student activist in the civil rights movement, to co-founding Gilda’s Club to support cancer patients and their friends and family and to writing Lessons for Dylan inspired by his own illness, Joel strived mightily to make the world a better place. Richard personifies the qualities this award was created to celebrate.”

Complete list of Critics’ Choice Awards winners:

BEST PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn – Milk

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Maryl Streep – Doubt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet – The Reader

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Milk

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

BEST WRITER (Original or Adapted Screenplay)
Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Wall-E

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Dev Petal – Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTION MOVIE
The Dark Knight

BEST COMEDY
Tropic Thunder

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
John Adams

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Waltz With Bashir

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Man On Wire

BEST SONG
‘The Wrestler’ – Bruce Springsteen/Bruce Springsteen – The Wrestler

BEST COMPOSER
A.R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire

JOEL SIEGEL AWARD
Richard Gere

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1. Anonimous Says:
   January 9th, 2009 at 10:25 am

   i used to like Richard Gere so much when he was younger! he was so handsome. i’ll always admire his starring in Pretty Woman! he was gorgeous! And i feel glad he’s still with us.

2. Erin Says:
   January 9th, 2009 at 7:01 pm

   I have to disagree. Where did Richard Gere come from? He hasn’t been around (anywhere worth noting) for a while now. But anyways, I liked that Millionaire won big. That and the picture perfect tie between Hathaway and Streep. Interesting night to say the least.