Winners Announced for the 2007 LVFCS Sierra Awards

"No Country for Old Men" tied with "There Will Be Blood" for scoring most kudos by landing three honors apiece.

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Rivalry between two lauded features of "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" takes a notch higher as both made a tie at Las Vegas Film Critics Society's Sierra Awards this year.

Each film gloriously collected three honors with "Country" snatching top prize of Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem, and Best Director for brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. "Blood", in the meantime, won leading star Daniel Day-Lewis the Best Actor while bringing Robert Elswit and Jonny Greenwood the Best Cinematography and Score trophy, respectively.

Also scoring multiple kudos was teen pregnancy drama "Juno", which drew Best Actress title for Ellen Page while its scribe Diablo Cody landed the Best Screenplay (Original of Adapted) prize. Elsewhere, remaining acting honor of Best Supporting Actress went to Cate Blanchett for her performance in "I'm Not There."

The rest of the 2007 LVFCS Sierra Awards champs are as follows:

• Best Animated Film: "Ratatouille"
• Best Family Film: "Ratatouille "
• Best Documentary: "Sicko"
• Best Foreign Film: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
• Youth in Film Award (Male): Ed Sanders, "Sweeney Todd"
• Youth in Film Award (Female): Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
• Best Film Editing: Christopher Rouse, "The Bourne Ultimatum"
• Best Costume Design: Colleen Atwood, "Sweeney Todd"
• Best Art Direction: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
• Best Visual Effects: "Transformers"
• Best Song: "Walk Hard" by Marshall Crenshaw, John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan; Performed by John C. Reilly
• Best DVD (Packaging, Design and Content): "Blade Runner Ultimate Edition" (Warner Home Entertainment)
• William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award: James Hong

Top Ten Films for 2007 (in alphabetical order):

• "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
• "Eastern Promises"
• "Into the Wild"
• "Juno"
• "The Lookout"
• "No Country for Old Men"
• "Sunshine"
• "Sweeney Todd"
• "3:10 to Yuma"
• "Zodiac"

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