St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2008



5th SLGFCA Awards December 15, 2008

Best Film: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Director: Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire The 5th St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards were awarded on December 15, 2008.

Best Actor

 * Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk
 * Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
 * Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
 * Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
 * Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road

Best Actress

 * Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler and The Reader as Hanna Schmidtz
 * Angelina Jolie – Changeling
 * Cate Blanchett – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
 * Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married

Best Animated Film

 * WALL-E
 * Kung Fu Panda
 * Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
 * Bolt
 * Chicago 10
 * Waltz With Bashir

Best cinematography

 * Australia – Mandy Walker
 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda
 * The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
 * Revolutionary Road – Roger Deakins
 * Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle
 * Milk – Harris Savides

Best Director

 * Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
 * Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
 * David Fincher – The Curious Case of BenjaminButton
 * Gus Van Sant – Milk
 * Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight

Best Documentary Film

 * Man on Wire
 * Body of War
 * Pray the Devil Back to Hell
 * Shine a Light
 * Standard Operating Procedure

Best Film

 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
 * Milk
 * Slumdog Millionaire
 * The Dark Knight
 * Frost/Nixon

Best Film – Comedy

 * Burn After Reading
 * Zack and Miri Make a Porno
 * Tropic Thunder
 * Forgetting Sarah Marshall
 * Role Models

Best Foreign Language Film

 * Slumdog Millionaire • India/UK/United States
 * Let the Right One In • Sweden
 * The Class • France
 * I've Loved You So Long • France
 * Tell No One • France

Best Music

 * The Visitor
 * Gran Torino
 * WALL-E
 * Cadillac Records
 * The Dark Knight

Best Screenplay

 * Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
 * Gran Torino – Nick Schenk
 * Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy
 * Milk – Dustin Lance Black

Best Supporting Actor

 * Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker posthumous win
 * Josh Brolin – Milk
 * Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
 * Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road
 * Jeffrey Wright – Cadillac Records
 * John Malkovich – Burn After Reading

Best Supporting Actress

 * Viola Davis – Doubt as Mrs. Miller
 * Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
 * Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
 * Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
 * Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading
 * Amy Adams – Doubt

Best Visual Effects

 * The Dark Knight
 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
 * Iron Man
 * Speed Racer
 * WALL-E
 * Synecdoche, New York

Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film

 * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
 * Wall-E
 * Speed Racer
 * Waltz With Bashir
 * Slumdog Millionaire
 * Synecdoche, New York