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Leading the pack are 'Up in the Air' and 'Where the Wild Things Are' which grab six nominations each and will be up against each other in three categories.

• Dec 17, 2009

AceShowbiz - On Wednesday, December 16, Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) has announced their nominees for the best of 2009, unraveling the dominations of "Up in the Air" and "Where the Wild Things Are". Scoring six nominations each, the two movies will compete in three categories, Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Beside those three nods, the Jason Reitman-directed drama lands Best Actor count for George Clooney and Best Supporting Actress gongs for Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick. Meanwhile, the Forest Whitaker-starring film places Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers among the nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay. This Warner Bros. Pictures' drama is additionally nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Original Score.

Other movies which are also among the nominees are "Inglourious Basterds" and "The Hurt Locker". The Iraq-set movie about an Army bomb squad and Quentin Tarantino-directed action drama will up against each other in three categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay.

The final round of voting for the 2009 CFCA Awards has begun and will conclude at 6:00 P.M. (CST) on December 20. Then, the winners will be announced in the morning of December 21.

Full nominees list of the 2009 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards:

Best Picture:

• "The Hurt Locker"
• "Inglourious Basterds"
• "A Serious Man"
• "Up in the Air"
• "Where the Wild Things Are"

• Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "A Serious Man"
• Spike Jonze, "Where the Wild Things Are"
• Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"
• Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"

• Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
• George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
• Matt Damon, "The Informant!"
• Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"
• Michael Stuhlbarg, "A Serious Man"

• Abbie Cornish, "Bright Star"
• Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
• Maya Rudolph, "Away We Go"
• Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"
• Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"

• Peter Capaldi, "In the Loop"
• Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
• Christian McKay, "Me and Orson Welles"
• Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
• Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"

• Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
• Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
• Mo'Nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"
• Julianne Moore, "A Single Man"
• Natalie Portman, "Brothers"

• Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, "Away We Go"
• Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker"
• Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "A Serious Man"
• Bob Peterson, "Up"

• Nick Hornby, "An Education"
• Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, "In the Loop"
• Scott Z. Burns, "The Informant!"
• Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air"
• Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers, "Where the Wild Things Are"

• "Anvil! The Story of Anvil"
• "Capitalism: A Love Story"
• "The Cove"
• "Food, Inc."
• "Tyson"

• "Broken Embraces"
• "Red Cliff"
• "Sin Nombre"
• "Summer Hours"
• "The White Ribbon"

• "Coraline"
• "The Fantastic Mr. Fox"
• "Ponyo"
• "The Princess and the Frog"
• "Up"

• Mauro Fiore, "Avatar"
• Greig Fraser, "Bright Star"
• Barry Ackroyd, "The Hurt Locker"
• Robert Richardson, "Inglourious Basterds"
• Lance Acord, "Where the Wild Things Are"

• James Horner, "Avatar"
• Alexandre Desplat, "The Fantastic Mr. Fox"
• Marvin Hamlisch, "The Informant!"
• Michael Giacchino, "Up"
• Carter Burwell and Karen Orzolek , "Where the Wild Things Are"

• Sharlto Copley, "District 9"
• Christian McKay, "Me and Orson Welles"
• Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
• Max Records, "Where the Wild Things Are"
• Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"

• Neill Blomkamp, "District 9"
• Scott Cooper, "Crazy Heart"
• Cary Fukunaga, "Sin Nombre"
• Duncan Jones, "Moon"
• Marc Webb, "500 Days of Summer"