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December 11, 2006

New York Film Critics: United 93 Edges The Queen

by Steve Mason

United 93 (Universal) was a Spring release and met with a box office thud – just $31 million – despite some of the best reviews of the year. I love the movie, but it was harrowing to sit through. From Director Paul Greengrass, this documentary-style telling of the heroic passengers that brought down the fourth 9/11 plane in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania feels as real as the events that inspired it. The New York Film Critics have thrust United 93 into the Oscar race today by naming it the Best Picture of 2006.

In what was described as a “dogfight,” United 93 edged The Queen (Miramax) for the top award with The Departed (Warner Bros) finishing 3rd. The Queen still managed 2 wins: Best Actress Helen Mirren and Best Screenplay Peter Morgan. Martin Scorsese won Best Director for The Departed, Forest Whitaker was named Best Actor for The Last King of Scotland (Fox Searchlight), Jennifer Hudson picked up Best Supporting Actress for Dreamgirls (Paramount/Dreamworks) and Jackie Earle Haley scored Best Supporting Actor for his pedophile role in Todd Field’s Little Children (New Line).

Here is the complete list of New York Film Critics Winners:

Best Picture
United 93 (Universal)
Runners-up
The Queen (Miramax)
The Departed (Warner Bros)

Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Departed (Warner Bros)
Runners-up
Stephen Frears, The Queen (Miramax)
Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima (Paramount/Warner Bros)

Best First Film
Half Nelson (ThinkFilm)
Runners-up
Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight)
A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints (First Look)

Best Actress
Helen Mirren, The Queen (Miramax)
Runners-up
Judi Dench, Notes On A Scandal (Fox Searchlight)
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada (Fox)

Best Actor
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland (Fox Searchlight)
Runners-up
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson (ThinkFilm)
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat (Fox)

Best Foreign Film
Army of Shadows (Rialto Pictures)
Runners-up
Volver (Sony Classics)
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Tartan)

Best Non-Fiction Film
Deliver Us From Evil (Lions Gate)
Runners-up
49UP (First Run Features)
Borat (Fox)
An Inconvenient truth (Paramount Vantage)

Best Animated Film
Happy Feet (Warner Bros)
Runners-up
A Scanner Darkly (Warner Independent)
Cars (Buena Vista)

Best Supporting Actor
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children (New Line)
Runners-up
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls (Paramount/Dreamworks)
Steve Carell, Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight)

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls (Paramount/Dreamworks)
Runners-up
Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson (ThinkFilm)
Catherine O’Hara, For Your Consideration (Warner Independent)

Best Screenplay
The Queen (Miramax)
Runners-up
The Departed (Warner Bros)
Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight)

Best Cinematography
Pan’s Labrynth (Picturehouse)
Runners-up
Curse of the Golden Flower (Sony Classics)
Children of Men (Universal)

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