28th London Film Critics' Circle Awards:
Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie continue
their march to Oscar Glory
Daniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie won major awards at the 28th London Film Critics’ Circle Awards, held in aid of the NSPCC, to continue their march to Oscar glory.
Daniel Day-Lewis won the Actor of the Year award for ‘There Will Be Blood’ while Julie Christie won the British Actress of the Year Award for ‘Away From Her’. Overall ‘Control’ was the big winner on the night taking three awards – the Breakthrough Awards for Acting (Sam Riley) and Film Making (Anton Corbijn) as well as the prestigious Attenborough Film of the Year Award.
Epic British drama ‘Atonement’ came home with two awards – the British Actor of the Year Award for James McAvoy and Actress in a Supporting Role for Vanessa Redgrave, which in a surprise twist, was shared with Kelly Macdonald who also won for her role in ‘No Country For Old Men’. French star Marion Cotillard took the award for Actress of the Year for her portrayal of singer Edith Piaf in ‘La Vie en Rose’.
The overall Film of the Year went to ‘No Country For Old Men’ and there was also recognition for Hollywood blockbuster ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ with Paul Greengrass taking the award for British Director of the Year. Foreign Language Film of the Year went to ‘The Lives of Others’.
The Dilys Powell Award for outstanding contribution to cinema was presented to actress Julie Walters. Her work includes classic British comedy films Educating Rita, Billy Elliot and Calendar Girls. Julie Walters will soon be on screen in the eagerly anticipated film version of Mamma Mia.
Chairman of the London Film Critics’ Circle, Marianne Gray said: “It has been another wonderful year for both British and international film and its actors. Daniel Day-Lewis is utterly convincing as a ruthless oil baron, while Julie Christie is extremely moving in her role as an Alzheimer’s patient.
“I am particularly glad that the Critics’ Circle have rewarded James McAvoy, one of Britain’s leading young actors, and Julie Walters, who in many people’s eyes is a national treasure.”
The awards were hosted by broadcasters Mariella Frostrup and Paul Gambaccini at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel and are the only film awards that raise money for charity.
Full list of winners for the 28th Critics’ Circle Film Awards:
Film of the Year
No Country For Old Men
Joel and Ethan Coen
Attenborough Film of the Year
Control
Anton Corbijn
Director of the Year
Paul Thomas Anderson
There Will Be Blood
British Director of the Year
Paul Greengrass
The Bourne Ultimatum
Actor of the Year
Daniel Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood
Actress of the Year
Marion Cotillard
La Vie En Rose
British Actor of the Year
James McAvoy
Atonement
British Actress of the Year
Julie Christie
Away From Her
Actor in a Supporting Role
Tom Wilkinson
Michael Clayton
Actress in a Supporting Role
Kelly Macdonald
No Country For Old Men
Actress in a Supporting Role
Vanessa Redgrave
Atonement
Screenwriter of the Year
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
The Lives of Others
Breakthrough Award – Acting
Sam Riley
Control
Breakthrough Award – Film-making
Anton Corbijn
Control
Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Lives of Others
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Dilys Powell Award
Julie Walters
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