'AMERICAN SPLENDOR' WINS IN L.A. LOCAL FILM CRITICS' GIVE TOP ACTING HONORS TO MURRAY, WATTS.Byline: Bob Strauss Film Writer ``American Splendor'' was crowned best picture Wednesday night - and also won for best screenplay - during the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Film Critics Association 2003 movie awards. The best actor award went to Bill Murray
William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. for his performance in ``Lost in Translation.'' Naomi Watts was chosen best actress for her role in ``21 grams,'' and the best supporting actor supporting actor n → attore m non protagonista was Britain's Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy (IPA: /naɪ/; born December 12, 1949) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA-award winning English actor. , who was cited for four films, ``Love Actually,'' ``The Lawless Heart,'' ``I Capture the Castle'' and ``AKA.'' The best supporting actress winner was Shohreh Aghdashloo, who appeared in ``House of Sand and Fog.'' ``Lord of the Rings: Return of the King'' director Peter Jackson won as best director, and the movie also won the production-design award. Another film that won multiple awards was the French cartoon ``The Triplets of Belleville,'' honored for best animation and best music. The documentary winner was the ``The Fog of War,'' about former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. The foreign-language film winner was France's `'The Man on the Train.'' The cinematography cinematography: see motion picture photography. cinematography Art and technology of motion-picture photography. It involves the composition of a scene, lighting of the set and actors, choice of cameras, camera angle, and integration of special award went to the ``Girl with A Pearl Earring The Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Het meisje met de parel) is one of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's masterworks and as the name implies, uses a pearl earring for a focal point. .'' And the New Generation award was given to actress Scarlett Johansson, who appeared in ``Girl with a Pearl Earring'' and ``Lost in Translation.'' The independent/experimental film award was shared by two features, ``Los Angeles Plays Itself'' and ``The Decay of Fiction.'' The Los Angeles critics' choice of ``American Splendor'' for best picture matches the recent opinion of the National Society of Film Critics. In December, the nation's third major film critics group, the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Film Critics Circle, chose ``Lord of the Rings: Return of the King'' for best picture. The Los Angeles critics organization, usually the first major group to vote on year-end awards, is the last to do so this season. The organization decided to cancel its 2003 voting after the Motion Picture Association of America tried to ban the distribution of home video screeners to movie awards-voting groups last year. A federal judge later struck down the ban, which prompted LAFCA LAFCA Los Angeles Film Critics Association to reinstate its awards. Those decisions came too late for the group to vote when it traditionally does, on the second Saturday in December. After several weeks of trying to accommodate as many members' holiday schedules as feasible, the Wednesday voting date was agreed upon. Bob Strauss, (818) 713-3670 bob.strauss(at)dailynews.com |
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