2004 National Society of Film Critics Awards

39th NSFC Awards

January 9, 2005


Best Film:
Million Dollar Baby

The 39th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 9 January 2005, honored the best filmmaking of 2004. (see 2004 National Society of Film Critics Awards nominees).

Winners

Best Picture

1. Million Dollar Baby (50)
2. Sideways (44)
3. Before Sunset (28)

Best Director

1. Zhang Yimou House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) and Hero (Ying xiong) (33)
2. Alexander Payne Sideways (31)
3. Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby (30)

Best Actor

1. Jamie Foxx Ray and Collateral (31)
2. Paul Giamatti Sideways (29)
3. Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby (26)

Best Actress

1. Imelda Staunton Vera Drake (52)
1. Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby (52)
3. Julie Delpy Before Sunset (40)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Thomas Haden Church Sideways (55)
2. Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby (54)
3. Peter Sarsgaard Kinsey (19)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Virginia Madsen Sideways (58)
2. Cate Blanchett The Aviator and Coffee and Cigarettes (37)
3. Laura Linney Kinsey (18)

Best Screenplay

1. Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways (60)
2. Charlie Kaufman Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (55)
3. Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke Before Sunset (29)

Best Cinematography

1. Zhao Xiaoding House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (39)
2. Christopher Doyle Hero (Ying xiong) (31)
3. Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron Collateral (18)

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Moolaadé (29)
2. House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (27)
3. Notre Musique (15)

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. Tarnation (27)
2. The Story of the Weeping Camel (Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel) (25)
3. Bright Leaves (16)

Special Citation

Film Heritage Awards (to new DVDs)

  1. The Leopard (Criterion) – for assembling a stunning edition for the home video debut of Visconti’s masterpiece.
  2. John Cassavetes – Five Films (Criterion) – for bringing together a core collection of work from America’s most influential independent filmmaker
  3. Fritz Lang Epic Collection (Kino) and M (Criterion) – for the ongoing,revelatory work of the German Film Archives and making it available to Kino and Criterion for excellent editions
  4. “More Treasures from American Film Archives” (National Film Preservation Foundation) – for drawing much deserved attention to the excellent work of America’s national and regional film archives.

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