The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures

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Awards for 2003:

Best Film
Mystic River, Clint Eastwood, presented by Laura Linney

Top Ten Films
Mystic River, The Last Samurai, The Station Agent, 21 Grams, House of Sand and Fog, Lost in Translation, Cold Mountain, In America, Seabiscuit, Master and Commander

Best Foreign Language Film
Barbarian Invasions, Denys Arcand, presented by Dan Aykroyd

Best Documentary
The Fog of War, Errol Morris, presented by Tom Brokaw

Top Five Documentaries
The Fog of War, Capturing the Friedmans, My Architect, Winged Migration, Spellbound

Top Foreign Films
Barbarian Invasions, Best of Youth, Monsieur Ibrahim, Autumn Spring, Man on the Train

Best Actor
Sean Penn, Mystic River and 21 Grams, presented by Robert De Niro

Best Actress
Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give, presented by Candice Bergen

Best Supporting Actor
Alec Baldwin, The Cooler, presented by Christopher Plummer

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April and The Station Agent, presented by Bobby Cannavale

Best Acting By An Ensemble
The cast of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Billy Boyd, Andy Serkis, and Bernard Hill, presented by Lauren Bacall

Breakthrough Performance Actor
Paul Giamatti, American Splendor,
presented by Stanley Tucci

Breakthrough Performance Actress
Charlize Theron, Monster, presented by Gary Sinise

Best Director
Edward Zwick, The Last Samurai, presented by Claire Danes

Outstanding Directorial Debut
Vadim Perelman, House of Sand and Fog, presented by Shohreh Aghdashloo

Best Screenplay
Adapted - Cold Mountain, Anthony Minghella, presented by Kathy Baker
Original - In America, Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, and Kirsten Sherdian, presented by Salma Hayek

Best Animated Feature
Finding Nemo, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, & Graham Walters, presented by John Ratzenberger

Best Film or Mini-Series Made for Cable TV
Angels in America, Jeffrey Wright, presented
by Charles Busch

Career Achievement Award
Morgan Freeman, presented by Clint Eastwood

Billy Wilder Award For Excellence In Directing
Norman Jewison, presented by John Patrick Shanley

Special Filmmaking Achievement
Sofia Coppola, for writing, directing, and producing Lost in Translation, presented by Frances McDormand

Career Achievement - Music Composition
Hans Zimmer, presented by Barry Levinson

Career Achievement - Cinematography
John Toll, presented by Edward Zwick

William K. Everson Award For Film History
A Decade Under the Influence, Richard LaGravenese and Ted Demme, presented by Denis Leary

Producers Award
Gale Anne Hurd, presented by Josh Lucas

Kathleen Kennedy, presented by Sigourney Weaver

Christine Vachon, presented by John Waters

Freedom Of Expression
Capturing the Friedmans, Dirty Pretty Things, The Magdalene Sisters, September 11, presented by Samantha Morton

Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking
(Listed alphabetically)
American Splendor, Bend It Like Beckham, The Cooler, Dirty Pretty Things, Girl With A Pearl Earring, Pieces of April, The Secret Lives of Dentists, Shattered Glass, The Statement, Thirteen, Whale Rider, presented by Hope Davis


 

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