2009 Marathon Awards
by George Watches Things
Today, I’ll be naming a few bests from my/our festival of 2009 films. I didn’t get around to seeing all of them (Precious, Avatar, and Sin Nombre are among my regrets), but you get what you get and you can’t throw a fit. At least according to my kindergarten teacher.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Up in the Air
Runners-up: An Education, Brothers, In the Loop
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Inglourious Basterds
Runners-up: The Hurt Locker, Mary and Max, A Serious Man, Somers Town
Best Editing
Winner: Inglorious Bastards
Runners-up: The Hurt Locker, Star Trek
Best Cinematography
Winner: Inglorious Bastards
Runners-up: Everlasting Moments, The Hurt Locker, Police, Adj., A Serious Man
Best Ensemble Cast
Winner: Up in the Air
Runners-up: Inglourious Basterds, In the Loop, A Serious Man
Best Animated Film
Winner: Mary and Max
Runners-up: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, A Town Called Panic, Up
Best Documentary
Winner: Mine
Runners-up: The Band That Wouldn’t Die, Objectified
Best Foreign Film
Winner: Everlasting Moments
Runners-up: Police, Adj., A Town Called Panic
Best Director
Winner: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Runners-up: Jan Troell, Everlasting Moments; Ramin Bahrani, Goodbye Solo; Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds; The Coen Brothers, A Serious Man
Best Performance by a Female in a Supporting Role
1. Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
2. Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
3. Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
4. Taylor Geare/Bailee Madison, Brothers
5. Emily Mortimer, City Island
Best Performance by a Male in a Supporting Role
1. Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
2. Peter Capaldi, In the Loop
3. Red West, Goodbye Solo
4. Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
5. Denis Menochet, Inglourious Basterds
Best Performance by a Female in a Leading Role
1. Maria Heiskanen, Everlasting Moments
2. Carey Mulligan, An Education
3. Katie Jarvis, Fish Tank
4. Natalie Portman, Brothers
5. Ellie Kendrick, The Diary of Anne Frank
Best Performance by a Male in a Leading Role
1. Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
2. Dragos Bucur, Police, Adj.
3. Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
4. Souleymane Sy Savane, Goodbye Solo
5. George Clooney, Up in the Air
Best Film of 2009
10. Goodbye Solo
9. Up
8. Objectified
7. Mary and Max
6. Mine
5. A Serious Man
4. Up in the Air
3. Everlasting Moments
2. Inglourious Basterds
1. The Hurt Locker
The scene from The Hurt Locker that decided my mind on what the best film of 2009 was.
Agree with your choices. The Hurt Locker was my favorite of the year too.
Brilliant choice. Loved both The Hurt Locker and Inglorius Basterds.
inglourious basterds is a very under-rated film . . . it really showed how much differently tarantino can make movies
You picked some winners here!
I loved Inglourious Basterd; it was an instant classic!
I agree about that scene in the hurt locker, hit home for me as well. I preferred Inglorious Basterds though, the first scene in the house and the scene in the underground bar are two instant classics. I wouldn’t worry too much about missing Sin Nombre, I was quite disappointed by it.
Great list :)