February 10, 2008–“Atonement” won best film at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, and Daniel Day-Lewis took the best actor prize. Joel and Ethan Coen were named best director, and Marion Cotillard best actress for “La Vie En Rose.”
Oscar 2007: No Country for Old Men Wins the WGA Award
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February 9, 2008–Diablo Cody won the WGA's original screenplay award for Fox Searchlight's “Juno” and Ethan and Joel Coen have taken the adapted screenplay trophy for Miramax‚Äôs “No Country for Old Men.”
Oscar 2007: London Film Critics Honor No Country, Anderson and Day-Lewis
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February 9, 2008–Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis, both in Berlin for the Competition screening of “There Will Be Blood,” scooped best director and best actor at the London Critics Circle Awards on Friday.
Oscar 2007: Ratatouille Sweeps Animation Annie Awards
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February 9, 2008–Ratatouille won nine awards, including best animated feature, Friday night at the 35th annual Annie Awards. In a sweep, Pixar's popular parable shut out every bigscreen contender except Sony Animation's “Surf's Up,” which scored two achievement awards, while Oscar nominee “Persepolis” left empty-handed.
Oscar Movies: Crying Game, The (1992)
February 8, 2008 by
“The Crying Game” was nominated for six Oscars, winning one, for Neil Jordan's Original Screenplay.
