National Board of Review Awards 2007

The 79th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2007, were given on 15 January 2008.

79th NBR Awards

January 15, 2008

---

Best Film:
No Country for Old Men

Top 10 Films

• No Country for Old Men (Best Film)[1]
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Atonement
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• The Bucket List
• Into the Wild
• Juno
• The Kite Runner
• Lars and the Real Girl
• Michael Clayton
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Top Foreign Films

• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile)
• The Band's Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret)
• The Counterfeiters (Die Fälscher)
• La Vie En Rose (La môme)
• Lust, Caution (Se, jie)

Top Five Documentaries

• Darfur Now
• In the Shadow of the Moon
• Nanking
• Taxi to the Dark Side
• Toots

Top Independent Films

• Away from Her
• Great World of Sound
• Honeydripper
• In the Valley of Elah
• A Mighty Heart
• The Namesake
• Once
• The Savages
• Starting Out in the Evening
• Waitress

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • George Clooney - Michael Clayton
• Best Actress:
  • Julie Christie - Away from Her
• Best Animated Film:
  • Ratatouille
• Best Cast:
  • No Country for Old Men
• Best Director:
  • Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Best Directorial Debut:
  • Ben Affleck - Gone Baby Gone
• Best Documentary Film:
  • Body of War
• Best Film:
  • No Country for Old Men (Academy Award for Best Picture)
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) • France
• Best Screenplay - Adapted:
  • No Country for Old Men - Joel and Ethan Coen
• Best Screenplay - Original (tie):
  • Juno - Diablo Cody
  • Lars and the Real Girl - Nancy Oliver
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
• Breakthrough Male Performances:
  • Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
• Breakthrough Female Performances:
  • Elliot Page[lower-alpha 1] - Juno
• Freedom of Expression Award (tie):
  • The Great Debaters
  • Persepolis
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Michael Douglas
• William K. Everson Award for Film History:
  • Robert Osborne
• Career Award for Cinematography
  • Roger Deakins

Notes

1. Credited as Ellen Page

References

1. The NBR names a Best Film, and then lists the rest of the top ten films alphabetically

External links