2003 National Society of Film Critics Awards
38th NSFC Awards
January 3, 2004
Best Film:
American Splendor
The 38th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 2004, honored the best in film for 2003.[1][2][3]
Winners
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Best Picture
[edit]1. American Splendor
2. Mystic River
3. Lost in Translation
Best Director
[edit]1. Clint Eastwood – Mystic River
2. Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3. Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation
Best Actor
[edit]1. Bill Murray – Lost in Translation
2. Sean Penn – Mystic River
3. Paul Giamatti – American Splendor
Best Actress
[edit]1. Charlize Theron – Monster
2. Hope Davis – American Splendor and The Secret Lives of Dentists
3. Naomi Watts – 21 Grams
Best Supporting Actor
[edit]1. Peter Sarsgaard – Shattered Glass
2. Tim Robbins – Mystic River
3. Alec Baldwin – The Cooler
Best Supporting Actress
[edit]1. Patricia Clarkson – Pieces of April and The Station Agent
2. Maria Bello – The Cooler
3. Shohreh Aghdashloo – House of Sand and Fog
Best Screenplay
[edit]1. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini – American Splendor
2. Brian Helgeland – Mystic River
3. Craig Lucas – The Secret Lives of Dentists
Best Cinematography
[edit]1. Russell Boyd – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2. Lance Acord – Lost in Translation
3. Harris Savides – Elephant
Best Foreign Language Film
[edit]1. The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä)
2. The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville)
3. Unknown Pleasures (Rèn xiāo yáo)
Best Non-Fiction Film
[edit]1. To Be and to Have (Être et avoir)
2. The Fog of War
3. Spellbound
Film Heritage Awards
[edit]- Kino on Video for its excellent DVD collections of F. W. Murnau, Erich von Stroheim, and the American Film Theatre Series
- Milestone Film & Video for its exemplary theatrical and/or DVD presentations of Michael Powell's The Edge of the World, Rupert Julian's The Phantom of the Opera, E. A. Dupont's Piccadilly, André Antoine's La Terre, and Mad Love, the films of Yevgeni Bauer.
References
[edit]- ^ Rooney, David (4 January 2004). "'Splendor' in awards mix". Variety. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ King, Susan (4 January 2004). "Critics Group Names 'American Splendor' Top Film". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Hernandez, Eugene (5 January 2004). "National Film Critics Group Names "American Splendor" Top Film of '03". IndieWire. Retrieved 2 January 2018.