Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood", an epic tale of the oil business in early 20th century California, won four awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. on Sunday, including best picture, director and actor honors.
Anderson was selected as best director, while Daniel Day-Lewis' performance as a rapacious oil man in "Blood" won as best actor. The group also gave its production design honor to "Blood"'s Jack Fisk, whose early California design won over Dante Ferretti's re-creation of late 19th century London for "Sweeney Todd".
The other multiple-award winner was Cristian Mungiu's Romanian film "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" -- the Palme d'Or winner at this year's Festival de Cannes -- which won best foreign-language film honors and best supporting actor for Vlad Ivanov, who played the abortionist in the film.
The film that finished runner-up in the best picture and director categories was Julian Schnabel's French-language "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly."
Best actress went to France Marion's Cotillard as Edith Piaf in the biopic "La Vie en Rose".
Tamara Jenkins won best screenplay for "The Savages", her comic drama about two quarreling siblings trying to settle their mentally failing father, beating out "Blood", Anderson's adaptation of Upton Sinclair's novel.
Anderson was selected as best director, while Daniel Day-Lewis' performance as a rapacious oil man in "Blood" won as best actor. The group also gave its production design honor to "Blood"'s Jack Fisk, whose early California design won over Dante Ferretti's re-creation of late 19th century London for "Sweeney Todd".
The other multiple-award winner was Cristian Mungiu's Romanian film "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" -- the Palme d'Or winner at this year's Festival de Cannes -- which won best foreign-language film honors and best supporting actor for Vlad Ivanov, who played the abortionist in the film.
The film that finished runner-up in the best picture and director categories was Julian Schnabel's French-language "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly."
Best actress went to France Marion's Cotillard as Edith Piaf in the biopic "La Vie en Rose".
Tamara Jenkins won best screenplay for "The Savages", her comic drama about two quarreling siblings trying to settle their mentally failing father, beating out "Blood", Anderson's adaptation of Upton Sinclair's novel.
- 12/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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