St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2008

The 5th St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards were awarded on 15 December 2008.

Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1.1 Best Actor 1.2 Best Actress 1.3 Best Animated Film 1.4 Best cinematography 1.5 Best Director 1.6 Best Documentary Film 1.7 Best Film 1.8 Best Film - Comedy 1.9 Best Foreign Language Film 1.10 Best Music 1.11 Best Screenplay 1.12 Best Supporting Actor 1.13 Best Supporting Actress 1.14 Best Visual Effects 1.15 Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

• • Sean Penn - Milk as Harvey Milk
• Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
• Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
• Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
• Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road

Best Actress

• • Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler and The Reader as Hanna Schmidtz
• Angelina Jolie - Changeling
• Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married

Best Animated Film

• • WALL-E
• Kung Fu Panda
• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
• Bolt
• Chicago 10
• Waltz With Bashir

Best cinematography

• • Australia - Mandy Walker
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
• The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
• Revolutionary Road - Roger Deakins
• Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle
• Milk - Harris Savides

Best Director

• • Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
• Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
• David Fincher - Frost/Nixon
• Gus Van Zant - Milk
• Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight

Best Documentary Film

• • Man on Wire
• Body of War
• Pray the Devil Back to Hell
• Shine a Light
• Standard Operating Procedure

Best Film

• • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Milk
• Slumdog Millionaire
• The Dark Knight
• Frost/Nixon

Best Film - Comedy

• • Burn After Reading
• Zack and Miri Make a Porno
• Tropic Thunder
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall
• Role Models

Best Foreign Language Film

• • Slumdog Millionaire • India/UK/USA
• Let the Right One In • Sweden
• The Class • France
• I've Loved You So Long • France
• Tell No One • France

Best Music

• • The Visitor
• Gran Torino
• WALL-E
• Cadillac Records
• The Dark Knight

Best Screenplay

• • Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
• Gran Torino - Nick Schenk
• Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
• Milk - Dustin Lance Black

Best Supporting Actor

• • Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight as The Joker posthumous win
• Josh Brolin - Milk
• Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
• Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
• Jeffrey Wright - Cadillac Records
• John Malkovich - Burn After Reading

Best Supporting Actress

• • Viola Davis - Doubt as Mrs. Miller
• Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Penélope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona
• Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
• Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading
• Amy Adams - Doubt

Best Visual Effects

• • The Dark Knight
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Iron Man
• Speed Racer
• WALL-E
• Synecdoche, New York

Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film

• • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Wall-E
• Speed Racer
• Waltz With Bashir
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Synecdoche, New York

St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Current Awards Actor • Actress • Animated Film • Director • Picture • Screenplay • Supporting Actor • Supporting Actress Ceremonies 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011