MTV Movie Awards 2008 - Winners
Here’s the list:
BEST MOVIE
Transformers (DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures)
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Will Smith- I Am Legend (Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Ellen Page- Juno (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Zac Efron- Hairspray (New Line Cinema)
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Johnny Depp- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Walt Disney Pictures)
BEST KISS
Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman- Step Up 2 The Streets (Touchstone Pictures)
BEST VILLAIN
Johnny Depp- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (DreamWorks SKG/ Warner Bros. Pictures)
BEST FIGHT
Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet- Never Back Down (Summit Entertainment, LLC)
BEST SUMMER MOVIE SO FAR
Iron Man (Paramount Pictures/Marvel Entertainment)
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BAFTA - Winners
The Orange British Academy Film Awards, Britain’s answer to the Oscars, chosen by the 6,000 voting members of the British Academy of Film and Television, have been regarded as a barometer of who might win at the Oscars since they were brought forward by several weeks in 2001. Last night’s prizes for Day-Lewis and Cotillard are significant pointers towards possible glory in Hollywood next month. Both of them, and Christie, have been nominated for Oscars.
Daniel Day-Lewis, 50, hailed as the Laurence Olivier of his generation, boosted his chance of Oscar glory next month by winning the Best Actor award for his role as a tyrannical oil prospector in There Will be Blood. But Julie Christie, 66, left empty-handed, even though it was assumed widely that her portrayal of an Alzheimer’s sufferer in Away From Her would earn her the Best Actress prize.
Instead, the award went to a 32-year-old French actress, Marion Cotillard, for her portrayal of Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose. Critics had described Cotillard’s depiction of the singer, from the age of 19 through to her harrowing death at 47, and her delivery of Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, as “goosebump-inducing”, but few had predicted her win because Baftas, Oscars and Golden Globes tend to relegate foreign films to their own categories.
Keira Knightley’s omission from the winners’ list was among several disappointments for the makers of Atonement. Although the period drama about a doomed wartime romance won Best Film, as well as Production Design, it had been showered with 14 nominations, including Best British Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Music, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Costume Design, and Make-up and Hair.
Bafta believed that it was the first time a French actress had won. Although Audrey Tautou was nominated for Amélie in 2002, she did not win.
McAvoy lost out to Day-Lewis, who was singled out for his towering performance, hailed by one critic as the greatest that he had seen.
Day-Lewis, said that there had been some fantastic English films this year, adding: “I am quite pleased to be part of the circus . . . because it is a good year.”
The Best Director prize went to the Hollywood film-maker Joel Coen who, with his brother Ethan, directed No Country for Old Men. Javier Bardem received the Best
Supporting Actor award.
The winners:
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