Golden Globes - The Winners

Written by Ivan Radford

Monday, 12 January 2009 08:37

Well, Kate did it for the Foreign Press Association. Old SS Winslet beat Ange to the Best Serious Actress award - not for The Reader (where her performance was a far more understated form of Oscar-baiting, with no screaming or wailing) but for Revolutionary Road. What is surprising, though, is that she got the Best Supporting Serious Actress for The Reader as well. In other categories, Danny Boyle did as I predicted and swept Clint Eastwood clean away with his vibrant, sassy and overall British, direction. Nice one, Danny. And Slumdog naturally picked up screenplay and soundtrack awards - is there any other score that could compete? Hardly Changeling's melodramatic slush. Slumdog is so full of crack-a-lacking components, in fact, that it won Best Serious Film too. Well done the Brits! Speaking of which, Sally Hawkins got her recognition (as I did indeed pray for), trumping Penelope Cruz for her winning, winsome and whimsical portrayal of Happy-Go-Lucky teacher Polly. If you're up there, Morgan Freeman, thank you. And whilst on the topic, congratulations to Heath Ledger. Was there ever any doubt? Anyway, enough of that. Here are the winners: Best Motion Picture - Drama The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon The Reader Revolutionary Road Slumdog Millionaire Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married Angelina Jolie – Changeling Meryl Streep – Doubt Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon Sean Penn – Milk Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy Burn After Reading Happy-Go-Lucky In Bruges Mamma Mia! Vicky Cristina Barcelona Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia! Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy Javier Bardem – Vicky Cristina Barcelona Colin Farrell – In Bruges James Franco – Pineapple Express Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges Dustin Hoffman – Last Chance Harvey Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Amy Adams – Doubt Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona Viola Davis – Doubt Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler Kate Winslet – The Reader Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Tom Cruise – Tropic Thunder Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight Best Animated Feature Film Bolt Kung Fu Panda Wall-E Best Foreign Language Film The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany) Everlasting Moments (Sweden, Denmark) Gomorrah (Italy) I've Loved You So Long (France) Waltz With Bashir (Israel) Best Director - Motion Picture Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire Stephen Daldry – The Reader David Fincher – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road Best Screenplay - Motion Picture The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth Doubt - John Patrick Shanley Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan The Reader - David Hare Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy Best Original Score - Motion Picture The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat Changeling - Clint Eastwood Defiance - James Newton Howard Slumdog Millionaire - A. R. Rahman Frost/Nixon - Hans Zimmer Best Original Song - Motion Picture "Down To Earth" – Wall-E "Gran Torino" – Gran Torino "I Thought I Lost You" – Bolt "Once In A Lifetime" – Cadillac Records "The Wrestler" – The Wrestler I've been saying for a whlie that Slumdog would clean up this year - it's one of those stories that everyone can enjoy, a rags-to-torture-to-riches tale. Forrest Gump on a gameshow. But, naturally, far far better than Forrest ever could be. It's time for Danny Boyle to recognised as a stalwart of the British industry (compare that to Shallow Grave and tell me he's not a genius), and maybe, just maybe, it's time for another director's comeback. The countdown to Vicky Cristina Barcelona begins...

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