Lots of news to pass along this week ... first up though, two critics organizations announced their choices for the best of 1999 this week, and here's a look at who and what they honored from the Boston Film Critics and the Los Angeles Film Critics.
Los Angeles Film Critics Results
LA Film Critics Association Awards, December 11, 1999
And now a look at who the Boston Film Critics selected, some different choices and some of the same ones the L.A. critics honored ...
Boston Film Critics Awards
December 13, 1999
Los Angeles Film Critics Results
LA Film Critics Association Awards, December 11, 1999
- Best Picture: The Insider / Runner Up: American Beauty
- Best Director: Sam Mendes - American Beauty / Runner Up: Michael Mann - The Insider
- Best Actor: Russell Crowe - The Insider / Runner Up: Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story
- Best Actress: Hilary Swank - Boys Don’t Cry / Runner Up: Reese Witherspoon - Election
- Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer - The Insider / Runner Up: John Malkovich - Being John Malkovich
- Best Supporting Actress: Chloe Sevigny - Boys Don’t Cry / Runner Up: Samantha Morton - Sweet and Lowdown
- Best Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman - Being John Malkovich / Runner Up: Alan Ball - American Beauty
- Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar, Spain) / Runner Up: The Dreamlife of Angels (Erick Zonca, France)
- Best Documentary Film: Buena Vista Social Club (Wim Wenders & Ry Cooper) / Runner Up: Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr (Errol Morris)
- Best Cinematography: Dante Spinotti - The Insider / Runner Up: Conrad L. Hall - American Beauty
- Best Production Design: Rick Heinrichs - Sleepy Hollow / Runner Up: Dante Ferretti - Titus
- Best Music Score: Trey Parker & Marc Shaiman - South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut / Runner Up: Gabriel Yared - The Talented Mr Ripley
- Best Animated Feature: The Iron Giant (Brad Bird) / Runner Up: Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki)
- New Generation Award: Alexander Payne - Election
And now a look at who the Boston Film Critics selected, some different choices and some of the same ones the L.A. critics honored ...
Boston Film Critics Awards
December 13, 1999
- Best Picture: Three Kings
- Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Spain)
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