The National Board Of Review 2007
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES
Best Film
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Best Director
TIM BURTON
Sweeney Todd
Best Actor
GEORGE CLOONEY
Michael Clayton
Best Actress
JULIE CHRISTIE
Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor
CASEY AFFLECK
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Best Supporting Actress
AMY RYAN
Gone Baby Gone
Best Foreign Film
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Best Documentary
BODY OF WAR
Best Animated Feature
RATATOUILLE
Best Ensemble Cast
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor
EMILE HIRSCH
Into The Wild
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress
ELLEN PAGE
Juno
Best Directorial Debut
BEN AFFLECK
Gone Baby Gone
Best Original Screenplay (tie)
DIABLO CODY
Juno
and
NANCY OLIVER
Lars and the Real Girl
Best Adapted Screenplay
JOEL COEN and ETHAN COEN
No Country For Old Men
Top Ten Films
(In alphabetical order)
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
ATONEMENT
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
THE BUCKET LIST
INTO THE WILD
JUNO
THE KITE RUNNER
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
MICHAEL CLAYTON
SWEENEY TODD
Top Five Foreign Films:
(In alphabetical order)
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS
THE BAND’S VISIT
THE COUNTERFEITERS
LA VIE EN ROSE
LUST, CAUTION
Top Five Documentary Films
(In alphabetical order)
DARFUR NOW
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
NANKING
TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE
TOOTS
Top Independent Films
(In alphabetical order)
AWAY FROM HER
GREAT WORLD OF SOUND
HONEYDRIPPER
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
A MIGHT HEART
THE NAMESAKE
ONCE
THE SAVAGES
STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
WAITRESS
Career Achievement
MICHAEL DOUGLAS
William K. Everson Film History Award
ROBERT OSBORNE
Career Achievement in Cinematography
ROGER DEAKINS
The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression
THE GREAT DEBATERS and PERSEPOLIS