Best in film in 2009: St. Louis Film Critics’ nominations
These are the nominations for the St. Louis Film Critics’ awards. The winners will be announced on December 20.
BEST FILM
(500) Days of Summer
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Invictus
Precious
Up
Up in the Air
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, for Crazy Heart
George Clooney, for Up in the Air
Ben Foster, for The Messenger
Morgan Freeman, for Invictus
Patton Oswalt, for Big Fan
Jeremy Renner, for The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan, for An Education
Saoirse Ronan, for The Lovely Bones
Maya Rudolph, for Away We Go
Gabourey Sidibe, for Precious
Meryl Streep, for Julie and Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Duvall, for The Road
Woody Harrelson, for The Messenger
Alfred Molina, for An Education
Stanley Tucci, for The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, for Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, for Nine
Vera Farmiga, for Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, for Up in the Air
Melanie Laurent, for Inglourious Basterds
Mo’Nique, for Precious
Samantha Morton, for The Messenger
BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, for The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Kathryn Bigelow, for The Hurt Locker
Oren Moverman, for The Messenger
Jason Reitman, for Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, for Inglourious Basterds
BEST SCREENPLAY
Scott Neustadlter/Michael H. Weber, for (500) Days of Summer
Nick Hornby, for An Education
Mark Boal, for The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, for Inglourious Basterds
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, for Up in the Air
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Barry Ackroyd, for The Hurt Locker
Robert Richardson, for Inglourious Basterds
Dion Beebe, for Nine
Yue Lü and Li Zhang, for Red Cliff
Eduard Grau, for A Single Man
Lance Acord, for Where the Wild Things Are
BEST MUSIC
Crazy Heart
Nine
Pirate Radio
Princess and the Frog
Up
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
District 9
The Lovely Bones
Star Trek
Where the Wild Things Are
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Baader-Meinhof Complex
Coco Before Chanel
The Maid
Red Cliff
Sin Nombre
Treeless Mountain
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
Food, Inc.
Good Hair
Tyson
BEST COMEDY
(500) Days of Summer
Away We Go
The Hangover
Pirate Radio
Zombieland
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coraline
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
Up
MOST ORIGINAL, INNOVATIVE OR CREATIVE FILM
(500) Days of Summer
Avatar
District 9
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Lovely Bones
FAVOURITE SCENE
(500) Days of Summer – ‘Expectations vs. reality’ split-screen sequence
(500) Days of Summer – ‘Morning after’ dance number
Inglourious Basterds – The opening farmhouse scene
Precious – Mo’Nique’s scene at social worker office
Up – Opening marriage montage
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