Awards Page Index * OSCAR coverage here
'04 National Board of Review

by Nathaniel R

 

Big pushes for Finding Neverland, The Aviator, and Million Dollar Baby. Noticeable snubs of Spanglish and Phantom of the Opera. Otherwise it's their annual "share the wealth" game.


Best Picture
1. Finding Neverland
runners up:
2.
The Aviator
3.
Closer
4.
Million Dollar Baby
5.
Sideways
6.
Kinsey
7.
Vera Drake
8.
Ray
9.
Collateral
10.
Hotel Rwanda
 Best Documentary

Born into Brothels

runners up:
2. Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
3. Paper Clips
4. Super Size Me
5. The Story of the Weeping Camel
Best Director
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Michael Mann
Collateral
Annette Bening
Being Julia
Jamie Foxx
Ray
Laura Linney
Kinsey
Thomas Haden Church
Sideways
Best Foreign Language Film
1. The Sea Inside
Runners-Up:
2.
Bad Education
3.
Maria Full of Grace
4.
Les Choristes
5.
The Motorcycle Diaries
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Production Design
Best Animated Feature
Best Ensemble Acting
Charlie Kaufman,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor,
Sideways
House of Flying Daggers
The Incredibles
Closer
Breakthrough Performance (Female)
Breakthrough Performance (Male)
Directorial Debut
Career Achievement
Special Achievement in Filmmaking
Emmy Rossum
The Phantom of the Opera
Topher Grace
P.S. and In Good Company
Zach Braff
Garden State
Jeff Bridges
Clint Eastwood
Million Dollar Baby
Freedom of Expression Awards
Everson Award for Film History
Producers Award
Fahrenheit 9/11
The Passion of the Christ
Conspiracy of Silence
Richard Schickel
Jerry Bruckheimer
Music Composition for Film
Special Award
Finding Neverland
director, Milos Forman
Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Before Sunset
The Door in the Floor
Enduring Love
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Facing Windows
Garden State
A Home at the End of the World
Imaginary Heroes
Since Otar Left
Stage Beauty
Undertow
The Woodsman