Boston Favors The Departed
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The Boston Society of Film Critics is with the majority on who the best actor and actress of 2006 are. It named Forest Whitaker and Helen Mirren in those respective categories for its annual awards on Sunday night. But, the rest of the group's choices are another matter. The Departed, which had so far been unrecognized by the AFI, the NYFCO and the LAFCA (it is expected to do better with the NYFCC), won four awards, including best picture, director, supporting actor (not the one you'd think, though) and screenplay. Other surprising picks were Half Nelson's Shareeka Epps for best supporting actress and its director, Ryan Fleck, for best new filmmaker. In giving so much love to The Departed, the Boston critics come off as simply favoring the film's setting and shooting locations. But, they can't really be that obvious. Besides, they didn't give so much to Mystic River (only best picture and best ensemble) back in 2003, and that film was just as good and just as representative of Beantown.
Check out the whole list of winners after the jump.
- Picture - The Departed
- runner up - United 93
- runner up - United 93
- Lead Actor - Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)
- runner up - Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)
- Lead Actress - Helen Mirren (The Queen)
- runner up - Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal)
- Supporting Actor - Mark Wahlberg (The Departed)
- runners up - (tie) Michael Sheen (The Queen) and Alec Baldwin (The Departed; The Good Shepherd; Running With Scissors)
- Supporting Actress - Shareeka Epps (Half Nelson)
- runner up - Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada)
- Director - Martin Scorsese (The Departed)
- runner up - Paul Greengrass (United 93)
- Screenplay - William Monahan (The Departed)
- runner up - Peter Morgan (The Queen)
- David Brudnoy New Filmmaker Award - Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson)
- runners up - Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine)
- Documentary Feature - (tie) - Shut Up & Sing and Deliver Us From Evil
- runner up - 51 Birch Street
- runner up - 51 Birch Street
- Foreign Language Feature - Pan's Labyrinth
- runner up - Volver
- runner up - Volver
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-11-2006 @ 4:28PM
fearlessweaver said...
I live in Boston, and I have to say that the positive response to The Departed was amazing. Citizens responded to it on a very personal level, as if to say, "Finally, here's a movie about us." I wasn't here when Mystic River was released, but I get the feeling that that film is seen as much less "authentic."
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12-12-2006 @ 5:34AM
Benjamin said...
Wahlberg was the one I'd think actually; he was often singled out for praise in the UK. So... who was the one you'd think?
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12-28-2006 @ 2:18PM
Blake said...
Even though Dreamgirls shows up in (5) separate categories for the Golden Globe awards, I also believe that Eddie Murphy nominated for “Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture” will have real competition from Mark Wahlberg and Jack Nicholson in “The Departed” for the Supporting Roll Poll.
See for yourself: http://todayspolls.googlepages.com/gg_awards_polls8
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