Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2007

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.

1st Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Date	January 3, 2008
Location	Houston, Texas
Country	United States
Presented by	Houston Film Critics Society
Website	houstonfilmcritics.com/awards

Top 10 Films

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Juno
3. Atonement
4. Michael Clayton
5. Into the Wild
6. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
8. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
9. Charlie Wilson's War
10. I'm Not There

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface

Best Picture	Best Foreign Language Film
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 Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises	Julie Christie - Away from Her Amy Adams - Enchanted Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart Laura Linney - The Savages Ellen Page - 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 Bee Movie Beowulf Persepolis The Simpsons Movie	The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters In the Shadow of the Moon Lake of Fire No End in Sight Sicko 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 There Will Be Blood - Jonny Greenwood	"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

References

1. "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.
2. "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.
3. "HFCS Top Films of 2007". Free Press Houston. January 3, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
4. "Trophy Case: Houston Has No Problem With Coens, Cody". St. Paul Pioneer Press. January 5, 2008. p. A7. Retrieved December 15, 2010.

External links

• Houston Film Critics Society: Awards