"No Country for Old Men" again strove as the big winner, scoring four honor in total, including the Best Picture.
- Dec 19, 2007
AceShowbiz - Enables "No Country for Old Men" to continue its winning streak during this award season, the Toronto Film Critics Association granted the crime thriller drama four honors of its 2007 TFCA Awards on Tuesday, December 18, making the flick come out as top winner in the competition.
Deemed the Best Picture, the Miramax Films release also picked up Best Director and Screenplay for brothers Joel and Ethan Coen while bringing star Javier Bardem the best supporting actor trophy for his portrayal of Anton Chigurh.
Pic was followed by Sarah Polley's romantic drama "Away from Her" which won three kudos in total, notably Best Canadian Film and Best First Feature. Another of best actress went to female lead Julie Christie, thanks to her lauded performance as a married woman suffering from Alzheimer.
Complete lineup of the 2007 TFCA Awards winners is as follows:
- Best Picture: "No Country for Old Men"; Runners-up: "Eastern Promises" and "Zodiac"
- Best Performance, Male: Viggo Mortensen ("Eastern Promises"); Runners-up: George Clooney ("Michael Clayton") and Gordon Pinsent ("Away from Her")
- Best Performance, Female - Tie: Julie Christie ("Away from Her") and Ellen Page ("Juno"); Runner-up: Laura Dern ("Inland Empire")
- Best Supporting Performance, Male: Javier Bardem ("No Country for Old Men"); Runners-up: Casey Affleck ("The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford") and Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Charlie Wilson's War")
- Best Supporting Performance, Female: Cate Blanchett ("I'm Not There"); Runners-up: Amy Ryan ("Gone Baby Gone") and Tilda Swinton ("Michael Clayton")
- Best Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen ("No Country for Old Men"); Runners-up: David Cronenberg ("Eastern Promises") and David Fincher ("Zodiac")
- Best Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen ("No Country for Old Men"); Runners-up: Diablo Cody ("Juno") and Tony Gilroy ("Michael Clayton")
- Best Canadian Film: "Away from Her"; Runners-up: "Eastern Promises" and "Radiant City"
- Best First Feature: "Away from Her"; Runners-up: "Gone Baby Gone," and "Michael Clayton"
- Best Animated Feature: "Ratatouille"; Runners-up: "Paprika" and "The Simpsons Movie"
- Best Foreign-Language Film: "4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days"; Runners-up: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and "The Lives of Others"
- Best Documentary Feature: "No End in Sight"; Runners-up: "Iraq in Fragments" and "My Kid Could Paint That"