National Board of Review heavily rewards “Manchester by the Sea”
The precursors are coming in hot and heavy folks. Yesterday, the National Board of Review chimed in with their picks. Also, the Satellite nominations came out, so I’ll share them with you as well. First up, as you’ll see below, NBR basically crowned Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea in as many places as they could. This more or less continues to solidify it as a Best Picture nominee when the Oscars come around. As expected, Casey Affleck took Best Actor for the film as well, with Lonergan getting Best Original Screenplay, while Lucas Hedges was Breakthrough Male. Barry Jenkins got a Best Director prize for Moonlight, which also saw Naomie Harris win Best Supporting Actress. Also of note was Amy Adams getting Best Actress for Arrival, Jeff Bridges winning Best Supporting Actor for Hell or High Water, as well as Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese scoring in Best Adapted Screenplay for Silence. As for the Satellites, they nominated La La Land over a dozen times, so expect that one to do very well there…
Here now are the full results from the National Board of Review’s announcement:
Best Film: Manchester by the Sea
Best Director: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Best Actor: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Best Actress: Amy Adams, Arrival
Best Supporting Actor: Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Best Supporting Actress: Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Best Original Screenplay: Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese, Silence
Best Animated Feature: Kubo and the Two Strings
Breakthrough Performance (Male): Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Breakthrough Performance (Female): Royalty Hightower, The Fits
Best Directorial Debut: Trey Edward Shults, Krisha
Best Foreign Language Film: The Salesman
Best Documentary: O.J.: Made in America
Best Ensemble: Hidden Figures
Spotlight Award: Creative Collaboration of Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Cameraperson
Top Films:
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hail, Caesar!
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Moonlight
Patriots Day
Silence
Sully
Top 5 Foreign Language Films:
Elle
The Handmaiden
Julieta
Land of Mine
Neruda
Top 5 Documentaries:
De Palma
The Eagle Huntress
Gleason
Life, Animated
Miss Sharon Jones!
Top 10 Independent Films:
20th Century Women
Captain Fantastic
Creative Control
Eye in the Sky
The Fits
Green Room
Hello, My Name is Doris
Krisha
Morris from America
Sing Street
Here now are the Satellite nominations, though only their film centric ones:
Special Achievement Award Recipients
Mary Pickford Award: Edward James Olmos
Tesla Award: John Toll
Auteur Award: Tom Ford
Humanitarian Award: Patrick Stewart
Best First Feature: Russudan Glurjidze for “House of Others”
Best Ensemble: (Motion Picture) Hidden Figures
Actress in a Motion Picture
Annette Bening – 20th Century Woman
Emma Stone – La La Land
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Ruth Negga – Loving
Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Amy Adams – Nocturnal Animals
Actor in a Motion Picture
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Snowden
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Joel Edgerton – Loving
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Tom Hanks – Sully
Denzel Washington – Fences
Actress in a Supporting Role
Helen Mirren – Eye in the Sky
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
Naomi Harris – Moonlight
Viola Davis – Fences
Actor in a Supporting Role
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Dev Patel – Lion
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
Eddie Murphy – Mr. Church
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Motion Picture
La La Land
Moonlight
Manchester by the Sea
Lion
Jackie
Hacksaw Ridge
Loving
Hell or High Water
Nocturnal Animals
Captain Fantastic
Hidden Figures
Fences
Motion Picture, International Film
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (Finland)
Toni Erdmann (Germany)
Julieta (Spain)
A Man Called Ove (Sweden)
The Salesman (Iran)
The Ardennes (Belgium)
Ma’ Rosa (Philippines)
The Handmaiden (South Korea)
Elle (France)
Paradise (Russia)
Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media Title of Film
Zootopia
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
Finding Dory
My Life As a Zucchini
The Jungle Book
The Red Turtle
Miss Hokusai
Trolls
Your Name
Motion Picture, Documentary
Gleason
Life Animated
O.J.: Made in America
13th
The Ivory Game
The Eagle Huntress
Tower
Fire at Sea
Zero Days
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week
Director
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Pablo Larrain – Jackie
Denzel Washington – Fences
Screenplay, Original
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water
Matt Ross – Captain Fantastic
Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou – The Lobster
Screenplay, Adapted
Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan – Hacksaw Ridge
Luke Davis – Lion
Kieran Fitzgerald, Oliver Stone – Snowden
Justin Marks – The Jungle Book
Allison Schroeder – Hidden Figures
Todd Komarnicki – Sully
Original Score
Rupert Gregson Williams – Hacksaw Ridge
Justin Hurwitz – La La Land
Lesley Barber – Manchester by the Sea
John Williams – The BFG
John Debney – The Jungle Book
Hans Zimmer – Hidden Figures
Original Song
“Audition” – La La Land
“City of Stars” – La La Land
“Dancing with Your Shadow ” – Po
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Trolls
“I’m Still Here” – Miss Sharon Jones
“Running” – Hidden Figures
Cinematography
John Toll – Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Linus Sandgren – La La Land
James Laxton – Moonlight
Simon Duggan – Hacksaw Ridge
Jani-Petteri Passi – The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki
Bill Pope – The Jungle Book
Visual Effects
The Jungle Book
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Doctor Strange
The BFG
Sully
Deadpool
Film Editing
Tom Cross – La La Land
Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders – Moonlight
Tim Squyres – Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Alexandre de Francheschi – Lion
John Gilbert – Hacksaw Ridge
Steven Rosenblum – The Birth of a Nation
Sound (Editing and Mixing)
La La Land
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Hacksaw Ridge
The Jungle Book
Allied
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Art Direction and Production Design
David Wasco – La La Land
Barry Robinson – Hacksaw Ridge
Jean Rabasse – Jackie
Christophe Glass – The Jungle Book
Gary Freeman – Allied
Dan Hennah – Alice Through the Looking Glass
Costume Design
Colleen Atwood – Alice Through the Looking Glass
Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Love & Friendship
Courtney Hoffman – Captain Fantastic
Madeline Fontaine – Jackie
Mary Zophres – La La Land
Alexandra Byrne – Doctor Strange
As always, be sure to stay tuned for more precursors!
