Ah, it almost seems cruel to name the winners of the executioner's awards for film excellence in 2008 just days before the Oscars - kind of makes the golden guy irrelevant for most people! - but here we are. After much delay this year's recipients of the coveted Golden Axes are:Best Picture: Waltz With Bashir.
Runner-up: WALL-E
Best Animated Film: Waltz With Bashir.
Runner-up: WALL-E
Runner-up: WALL-E
Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz With Bashir
Runner-up: I've Loved You So Long
Best Director: Ari Folman, Waltz With Bashir
Runner-up: Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Runner-up: Sean Penn, Milk
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Runner-up: Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
(Special shout-out Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona - the heart of the film and the best Woody-stand-in character yet!)
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Runner-up: Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
(so many overlooked by Oscar: James Franco, Milk; David Kross, The Reader; Mark Strong, Body Of Lies; Sam Rockwell, Frost/Nixon; Aaron Eckhart, The Dark Knight)
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Runner-up: Amy Adams, Doubt
Best Visual Effects: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Runner-up: Iron Man
Best Sound Design: WALL-E
Runner-up: Iron Man
Best Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
Runner-up: Rachel Getting Married
(special shout-out to WALL-E)
Best Costume Design: Revolutionary Road
Runner-up: Changeling
Best Production Design: The Dark Knight
Runner-up: Revolutionary Road
Best Documentary Feature: Man On Wire
Runner-up: Of Time And The City
(Special shout-outs to Taxi To The Dark Side and My Winnipeg)
Best Make-up: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Runner-up: The Dark Knight
Best music: Revolutionary Road
Runner-up: The Dark Knight
Best Adapted Screenplay: Revolutionary Road
Runner-up: The Dark Knight
Best Original Screenplay: Rachel Getting Married
Runner-up: I've Loved You So Long
And so, there they are. Congratulations to all are winners and runners-up you are the chosen few. There were many great films, efforts and performances this year and i wish so many more could win but this wasn't possible.
Enjoy the second-most prestigious awards on Sunday night and come Monday let's look ahead to next year!
