Carey Mulligan Nabs Two Chicago Film Critics Awards
This morning, the recipients of the Chicago Film Critics Awards were announced and theater's Carey Mulligan walked away with two honors, one for Best Actress in a Feature Film and the other for Most Promising Performer. As previously reported, the nominees also included some theatrical favorites including Meryl Streep for Julia & Julia, and Michael Stuhlbarg for A Serious Man. Jason Reitman's "Up in the Air" and Spike Jonze' "Where the Wild Things Are" each scored six nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. For the full list of nominees, click here.
The big winner was undoubtedly The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow's incendiary action drama following the lives of the members of a bomb disposal unit stationed in Iraq. The film swept all five awards that it was nominated for, taking home prizes for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay (for Mark Boal), Best Actor (Jeremy Renner) and Best Cinematography (Barry Ackroyd).
The final round of voting for the CFCA awards concluded at 6:00 PM CST on December 20. For more information visit www.chicagofilmcritics.org.
The 2009 Chicago Film Critics Recipients Are:BEST PICTURE: The Hurt Locker
BEST DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow--The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTOR: Jeremy Renner--The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTRESS: Carey Mulligan--An Education
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz--Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo'nique--Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Mark Boal--The Hurt Locker
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner--Up in the Air
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: The White Ribbon
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Up
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Anvil: The Story of Anvil
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Barry Ackroyd--The Hurt Locker
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Up--Michael Giacchino
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER: Carey Mulligan--An Education
MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER: Neill Blomkamp--District 9
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