National Society of Film Critics Awards 2004

39th NSFC Awards

January 9, 2005

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Best Film:
Million Dollar Baby

The 39th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 9 January 2005, honored the best filmmaking of 2004. (see 2004 National Society of Film Critics Awards nominees).

Winners

Best Picture

1. Million Dollar Baby
2. Sideways
3. Before Sunset

Best Director

1. Zhang Yimou – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) and Hero (Ying xiong)
2. Alexander Payne – Sideways
3. Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby

Best Actor

1. Jamie Foxx – Ray and Collateral
2. Paul Giamatti – Sideways
3. Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby

Best Actress

1. Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
1. Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
3. Julie Delpy – Before Sunset

Best Supporting Actor

1. Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
2. Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby
3. Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey

Best Supporting Actress

1. Virginia Madsen – Sideways
2. Cate Blanchett – The Aviator and Coffee and Cigarettes
3. Laura Linney – Kinsey

Best Screenplay

1. Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Sideways
2. Charlie Kaufman – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke – Before Sunset

Best Cinematography

1. Zhao Xiaoding – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
2. Christopher Doyle – Hero (Ying xiong)
3. Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron – Collateral

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Moolaadé
2. House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
3. Notre Musique

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. Tarnation
2. The Story of the Weeping Camel (Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel)
3. Bright Leaves

Special Citation

• Richard Schickel, Brian Jamieson, and Warner Bros. Home Video for their reconstruction of Samuel Fuller’s The Big Red One
• Turner Classic Movies for the breadth and intelligence of its film programming and its commitment to film history

Film Heritage Awards (to new DVDs)

1. The Leopard (Criterion) – for assembling a stunning edition for the home video debut of Visconti’s masterpiece.
2. John Cassavetes – Five Films (Criterion) – for bringing together a core collection of work from America’s most influential independent filmmaker
3. Fritz Lang Epic Collection (Kino) and M (Criterion) – for the ongoing,revelatory work of the German Film Archives and making it available to Kino and Criterion for excellent editions
4. “More Treasures from American Film Archives” (National Film Preservation Foundation) – for drawing much deserved attention to the excellent work of America’s national and regional film archives.

External links

• Past Awards

References

• Critics Are in 'Baby's' Corner Los Angeles Times
• Film critics pick gritty 'Baby' as top film in 2004 The San Diego Union-Tribune
• Eastwood Film Captures Critics' Votes Eugene Register-Guard