On Friday, January 11, the Coen brothers' drama has been chosen to be the winner of the 2007 Best Film by the Central Ohio Film Critics Association adding another Best Film awards to its shelf.
- Jan 14, 2008
AceShowbiz - Once again, "No Country for Old Men" brought home another kudo for best film and several other prizes given away by film critics. On Friday, January 11, the Coen brothers' adventure drama film has been hailed as the 2007 Central Ohio Film Critics Association's Best Film beating its toughest contenders "Juno", "There Will Be Blood" and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly".
The adaptation film from Cormac McCarthy's novel has garnered five awards and become a runner up for the category of Best Cinematography losing from "The Orphanage". Apart from the Best Picture, it nailed praises for Joel and Ethan Coen who won Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay as well as for Javier Bardem who earned Best Supporting Actor. It also landed the award for Best Ensemble.
Following "No Country", "Juno" became the next huge winner bringing home two awards, one is the Best Actress given to Ellen Page and another is the Best Original Screenplay for Diablo Cody. The prize for Best Actor went to Daniel Day-Lewis for "There Will Be Blood", while Cate Blanchett was honored with Best Supporting Actress kudo for her performance in "I'm Not There.
On the occasion, the Central Ohio Film Critics Association also named "The Lives of Others", "The King of Kong" and "Ratatouille" as Best Foreign Language Film, Best Documentary and Best Animated Film respectively. The group also recognized Philip Seymour Hoffman as Actor of the Year for his exemplary body of work in"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead", "Charlie Wilson's War" and "The Savages".
The complete list of 2007 COFCA Awards' winners:
- Best Film: "No Country for Old Men" by Joel and Ethan Coen; Runners-up: "The Lives of Others", "Juno", "Once", "There Will Be Blood", "Lars and the Real Girl", "3:10 to Yuma", "The Savages", "Sweeney Todd" and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
- Best Foreign Language Film: "The Lives of Others" by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; Runner-Up: "The Orphanage"
- Best Documentary: "The King of Kong" by Seth Gordon: Runners-Up (tie): "In the Shadow of the Moon" and "No End in Sight"
- Best Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"; Runner-Up: Ryan Gosling, "Lars and the Real Girl"
- Best Actress: Ellen Page, "Juno"; Runner-Up: Amy Adams, "Enchanted"
- Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"; Runner-Up: Ben Foster, "3:10 to Yuma"
- Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"; Runner-Up: Emily Mortimer, "Lars and the Real Girl"
- Best Ensemble: "No Country for Old Men"; Runner-Up: "3:10 to Yuma"
- Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work): Philip Seymour Hoffman for "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead", "Charlie Wilson's War" and "The Savages"; Runner-Up: Josh Brolin for "American Gangster", "Grindhouse", "In the Valley of Elah" and "No Country for Old Men"
- Breakthrough Film Artist: Sarah Polley for directing and screenwriting in "Away from Her"; Runner-Up: Ellen Page for acting in "Juno"
- Best Screenplay - Original: Diablo Cody, "Juno"; Runner-Up: Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages"
- Best Screenplay - Adapted: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"
- Best Animated Film: "Ratatouille" by Brad Bird; Runner-Up: "Paprika"
- Best Cinematography: Oscar Faura, "The Orphanage"; Runner-Up: Roger Deakins, "No Country for Old Men"
- Best Score: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova¡, "Once", Runner-Up: Dario Marianelli, "Atonement"
- Best Overlooked Film: "Air Guitar Nation" by Alexandra Lipsitz; Runner-Up: "The Lookout"
