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LA Lauds Sideways
Adding another notch to its awards season belt, Sideways takes Best
Picture from the LA Film Critics.
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
By Mark Umbach
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Sideways scoops another honor
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Yet another critics group has shown favor for Alexander Payne's Sideways.
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) named the Fox Searchlight comedy
the Best Picture of the Year with Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby taking
the runner up spot. Henry Sheehan, president of the LAFCA, made the announcement
Saturday night.
In addition to Best Picture, Sideways earned Payne directing honors
and the award for Best Screenplay, which he shared with co-writer Jim Taylor.
The film's Thomas Haden Church was recognized as the Best Supporting Actor,
and the film's Virginia Madsen was named the Best Supporting Actress. Paul Giamatti
was the runner up on the Best Actor side.
On the helming front, The Aviator's Martin Scorsese landed just behind
Payne, while Charlie Kaufman also was a runner up to Payne for his screenplay
to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Vera Drake's Imelda Stuanton took the award for playing the title role
in the Mike Leigh abortion drama, and Julie Delpy from Before Sunset
was named the runner up. Liam Neeson also was honored for a title role, Professor
Alfred Kinsey in Fox Searchlight's Kinsey. Morgan Freeman of Million
Dollar Baby finished as runner up to Church in the supporting actor category,
and Cate Blanchett came in behind Madsen for her work in The Aviator and
Coffee & Cigarettes.
The critcially acclaimed House of Flying Daggers from Chinese helmer
Zhang Yimou won the foreign language prize followed by Walter Salles' The
Motorcycle Diaries. Born into Brothels, from Zana Briski and Ross
Kauffman, landed just ahead of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 in the
documentary category. This year's animated favorite was once again the Disney/Pixar
collaboration The Incredibles.
The special New Generation award was given to Maria Full of Grace's
writer-director Joshua Marston and the film's star, Catalina Sandino Moreno.
The LAFCA's 30th annual achievement awards ceremony will be held on January
13 at the St. Regis Hotel in Los Angeles.
A complete list of winners follows:
DIRECTOR:
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Runner-up: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
ACTRESS:
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Runner-up: Julie Delpy, Before Sunset
ACTOR:
Liam Neeson, Kinsey
Runner-up: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
SCREENPLAY:
Sideways by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Runner-up: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, The Aviator and Coffee & Cigarettes
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Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Runner-up: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
House of Flying Daggers directed by Zhang Yimou
Runner-up: The Motorcycle Diaries directed by Walter Salles
DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM:
Born into Brothels written and directed by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
Runner-up: Fahrenheit 9/11 directed by Michael Moore
PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Dante Ferretti, The Aviator
Runner-up: Huo Tingxiao, House of Flying Daggers
MUSIC/SCORE:
Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, Birth
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron, Collateral
Runner-up: Xiaoding Zhao, House of Flying Daggers
ANIMATION:
Brad Bird, The Incredibles
THE DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL/INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO AWARD:
Star-Spangled to Death by Ken Jacobs
NEW GENERATION:
Joshua Marston, writer/director, Maria Full of Grace
Catalina Sandino Moreno, actress, Maria Full of Grace
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CAREER ACHIEVEMENT:
Jerry Lewis
SPECIAL CITATION:
Brian Jamieson of Warner Bros.
Richard Schickel for the reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One.
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