The WORKING TITLE Awards 2008

WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED SPORADICALLY BEFORE NEW YEAR. KEEP CHECKING BACK

all results to be displayed in order of preference: (2) signifies second place and so on.

Actor In A Lead Role:

Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood - WINNER
Just.. just watch it, okay?

Colin Farrell - In Bruges (2)

Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (3)
Robert Downey Jr. - Iron Man (4)
John Malkovich - Burn After Reading (5)

Actor In A Supporting Role:

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight - WINNER
Who else could we possibly have picked?

Gary Oldman - The Dark Knight (2)
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men (3)
George Clooney - Burn After Reading (4)
Robert Downer Jr. - Tropic Thunder (5)

Actress In A Lead Role:

Ellen Page - Juno - WINNER
The Cautionary Whale is one of Page's best roles yet. Fun yet believable.

Mila Kunis - Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Angelina Jolie - The Changeling
Thandie Newton - RocknRolla
Selma Blair - Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Actress In A Supporting Role:

Téa Leoni - Ghost Town - WINNER
Peculiar choice, we know. But it's our choice

Olga Kurylenko - Quantum Of Solace (2)
Lizzy Caplan - Cloverfield (3)
Tilda Swinton - Burn After Reading (4)
Elizabeth Banks - W. (5)

Best Soundtrack:

In Bruges - WINNER
Dark, ominous and foreboding. Fits perfectly with the tone of the film and tugs at the heartstrings.

Wall-E (2)
The Dark Knight (3)
Sweeney Todd (4)
Twilight (5)

Best Animated Film:

Wall-E - WINNER
The little robot binman with the huge heart bags the big one

Waltz With Bashir (2)
Persepolis (3)
Horton Hears a Who! (4)
Bolt (5)

Best Summer Blockbuster:

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - WINNER
Too much bad press for what was a worthy inclusion to the franchise. CGI monkeys aside, a brilliant film by objective standards.
[this award not to be confused with Best Film]

Iron Man
The Dark Knight
Pineapple Express
Tropic Thunder
Speed Racer
Sex and the City
The Incredible Hulk
The Happening
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
nb. No criteria was used for shortlist, so even low-rated films were included for this category

The Buried Treasure Award (small budget, small release films):

Slumdog Millionaire - WINNER
Tense, tragic and beautiful. Your preconceptions of this film only scratch the surface of what waits in this masterpiece.

Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist (2)
The Signal (3)
Funny Games (4)
Eden Lake (5)


Best Hero:

One Two (RocknRolla) - WINNER
Gerard Butler's One-Two is the hardest and most fun Hero we think we've seen this year.

Iron Man (Iron Man) (2)
Batman (The Dark Knight) (3)
Horton (Horton Hears a Who!) (4)
Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) (5)

Best Villain:

The Joker (The Dark Knight) - WINNER
terrifying, hilarious, awe inspiring villain.

Harry Waters (In Bruges) (2)
Batman's Voice (The Dark Knight) (3)
Trees (The Happening) (4)
Apathy (Wall-E) (5)

Best Moment:

"I am Iron Man" (Iron Man) - WINNER
Still makes me smile every time I see it. The perfect ending.

Mark Wahlberg begs a plastic plant for mercy (The Happening) (2)
A Bottle! (In Bruges) (3)
Can't Smile Without You (Hellboy II: The Golden Army) (4)

The birth of the batpod (The Dark Knight) (5)


Most Pleasantly Surprising Film:

Step Brothers - WINNER
the title says it all. Bravo!

RocknRolla (2)
Wanted (3)*
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (3)*
The Incredible Hulk (5)


Most Disappointing Film:

The Spirit - WINNER
:(

The Happening (2)
Jumper (3)
Righteous Kill (4)
The Tracey Fragments (5)

Worst Film (To be decided on votes):

The Happening - 17 - WINNER
Shyamalan sh**s a shocker of a film. And not in a good way

Sex and the City: The Movie - 13
10,000 BC - 7

Jumper - 6
88 Minutes - 3

Best Film:

In Bruges - WINNER
A perfectly formed, dialogue driven, black-as-the-night comedy with all the right undertones of tragedy. A masterpiece.

The Dark Knight (2)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (3)
RocknRolla (4)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (5)
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