Uh Huh, it's "Her" for the NBR 
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 2:26PM
NATHANIEL R in Her, NBR, Oscars (13), precursor awards

 

The National Board of Review didn't even split their Picture/Director prizes. They're all in for Spike Jonze's Her melancholy sci-fi tinged meditation on romance starring a man (Joaquin Phoenix) and his operating system (Scarlett Johansson). Because I love variety, I'm thrilled to report that only three major prizes (except animated, first feature and documentary) went the same way as the NYFCC yesterday, though the groups are not exactly correlative in anyway apart from happening within 24 hours of each other. Complete list of winners after the jump...

Best Film: Her
Best Director: Spike Jonze (Her)
Best Actor: Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Best Actress: Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)
Best Supporting Actor: Will Forte (Nebraska)
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer (Fruitvale Station)

Best Original Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Best Animated Feature: The Wind Rises
Breakthrough Performance: Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station)
Breakthrough Performance: Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color)
 

Best Directorial Debut: Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station)
Best Foreign Language Film: The Past
Best Documentary: Stories We Tell
William K. Everson Film History Award: George Stevens, Jr.Best Ensemble: Prisoners

Spotlight Award: Career Collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Wadjda
Creative Innovation in Filmmaking Award: Gravity

Top Films (in alphabetical order)

Top 5 Foreign Language Films (in alphabetical order)

Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)

Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order)

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