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Houston Film Critics Society - 2008 HFCS Awards

Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS)
HFCS Awards (2nd)
Nominations: N/A
Awards: December 20, 2008

Below are the nominations & winners for the 2nd Annual HFCS Awards.

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Best Picture
WINNER "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) A Kennedy/Marshall Production
"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Syncopy
"Milk" (Focus Features) A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production
"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight, Warner Independent) A Celador Films, Film 4, Production
"WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Pixar Animation Studios

Best Director
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) David Fincher
"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Christopher Nolan
"Frost/Nixon" (Universal) Ron Howard
"Milk" (Focus Features) Gus Van Sant
WINNER "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight, Warner Independent) Danny Boyle

Best Actor
Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor" (Overture Films)
Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon" (Universal)
WINNER Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features)
Bradd Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)
Leonardo DiCaprio in "Revolutionary Road" (Paramount Vantage)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
WINNER Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Angelina Jolie in "Changeling" (Universal)
Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Meryl Streep in "Doubt" (Miramax)
Kate Winslet in "Revolutionary Road" (Paramount Vantage)

Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin in "Milk" (Focus Features)
Tom Cruise in "Tropic Thunder" (DreamWorks/Paramount)
Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder" (DreamWorks/Paramount)
WINNER Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
Brad Pitt in "Burn After Reading" (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams in "Doubt" (Miramax)
Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company, MGM)
WINNER Viola Davis in "Doubt" (Miramax)
Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)

Best Ensemble
"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Syncopy
WINNER "Doubt" (Miramax) Scott Rudin Productions
"Milk" (Focus Features) A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production
"Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics) Clinica Estetico, Marc Platt Productions
"Tropic Thunder" (DreamWorks/Paramount) DreamWorks SKG, Red Hour Films
"Valkyrie" (MGM) United Artists, Bad Hat Harry

Best Screenplay
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Eric Roth
"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
"Doubt" (Miramax) John Patrick Shanley
"Milk" (Focus Features) Dustin Lance Black
WINNER "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight, Warner Independent) Simon Beaufoy

Best Animated Film
"Bolt" (Walt Disney)
"Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!" (20th Century Fox)
"Kung Fu Panda" (DreamWorks Animation) DreamWorks Animation
WINNER "WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Pixar Animation Studios
"Waltz With Bashir" (Sony Pictures Classics) A Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films D'Ici, Razor Films, Arte France, ITVS International Production

Best Cinematography
WINNER "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Claudio Miranda
"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
"Milk" (Focus Features) Harris Savides
"Revolutionary Road" (Paramount Vantage) Roger Deakins
"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight, Warner Independent) Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Documentary
"Bigger, Stronger, Faster" (Magnolia Pictures)
"Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson" (Magnolia Pictures) HDNet
"I.O.U.S.A." (Roadside Attractions)
WINNER "Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures) A Wall to Wall in association with Red Box Films
"Standard Operating Procedure" (Sony Pictures Classics) Participant Productions
"Young at Heart" (Fox Searchlight)

Best Foreign Film
"Che" (IFC Films) Spain, France, U.S.A.
"Gomorrah" (IFC Films, 01 Distribuzione) Italy
"I've Loved You So Long" (Sony Pictures Classics) UGC YM, Integral Film, France, Germany
"Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)" (Magnet Releasing) Sweden
WINNER "Mongol" (Picturehouse) A Kinokompaniya CTB/Eurasia Film Production, Kazakhstan

Best Original Score
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Alexandre Desplat
"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
WINNER "Miracle at St. Anna" (Walt Disney) Terence Blanchard
"Revolutionary Road" (Paramount Vantage) Thomas Newman
"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight, Warner Independent) A.R. Rahman

Best Original Song
"Another Way to Die" from "Quantum of Solace" (MGM)
WINNER "Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" (Walt Disney)
"I Thought I Lost You" from "Bolt" (Walt Disney)
"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight, Warner Independent)
"Rock Me Sexy Jesus" from "Hamlet 2" (Focus Features)
"The Wrestler" from "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)

Outstanding Achievement in Film Critiquing
WINNER Roger Ebert

Outstanding Film Programming
WINNER Marian Luntz & the MFAH

Outstanding Achievement in Cinema
WINNER Andrea Grover & The Aurora Picture Show

2012 HFCS Awards

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