The St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association is a professional association for St. Louis area film
critics. The goal of the organization is serve the interests of local film critics, and also to
promote an appreciation for cinema as art form and its societal, cultural and historical context
and impact. The organization hopes to encourage film appreciation in the St. Louis area, raise
St. Louis’ profile as an area that appreciates cinema, foster communication between film critics
and film educators and historians, and to raise the profile of film art in the St. Louis area.
Membership is composed of film critics from all media outlets and includes film critics at the St.
Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis American, Playback, and other media outlets. St. Louis Gateway
Film Critics was founded in late 2004.
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Film Critics Organization Announces WINNERS For Annual Awards
ST. LOUIS December 21, 2007
The St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association, a professional organization of area film critics, announced today
the Winners for the 2007 St. Louis Gateway Film Awards, an annual award honoring the best films and
performances for the year.
The 2007 Winners and Nominees for the St. Louis Gateway Film Awards
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
BEST PICTURE
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN WINNER
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford RUNNER UP (TIED)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly RUNNER UP (TIED)
Into The Wild
Juno RUNNER UP (TIED)
The Kite Runner
Sweeney Todd
Atonement
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTRESS
ELLEN PAGE - JUNO WINNER
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose RUNNER UP
Jodie Foster - The Brave One
Laura Linney - The Savages
BEST ACTOR
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS - THERE WILL BE BLOOD WINNER
Don Cheadle - Talk To Me RUNNER UP
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Ryan Gosling - Lars And The Real Girl
Tommy Lee Jones - In The Valley Of Elah
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY RYAN - GONE BABY GONE WINNER
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There RUNNER UP
Katherine Heigl - Knocked Up
Taraji P. Henson - Talk To Me
Saorise Ronan - Atonement
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
CASEY AFFLECK - THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD WINNER
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men
Josh Brolin - No Country For Old Men
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson’s War RUNNER UP
Tommy Lee Jones - No Country For Old Men
Michael Sheen - Music Within
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
BEST DIRECTOR
ETHAN COEN AND JOEL COEN - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN WINNER
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood RUNNER UP
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Ethan and Joel Coen - No Country For Old Men
Mike Nichols - Charlie Wilson’s War
Sean Penn - Into The Wild
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD - ROGER DEAKINS WINNER
Atonement - Seamus McGarvey RUNNER UP
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly - Janusz Kaminski
Into The Wild - Eric Gautier
The Kite Runner - Roberto Schaefer
No Country For Old Men - Roger Deakins
There Will Be Blood - Robert Elswit
BEST SCREENPLAY (Original or Adapted)
JUNO - DIABLO CODY WINNER
Atonement - Ian McEwan and Christopher Hampton
Into The Wild - Sean Penn and Jon Krakauer
Lars And The Real Girl - Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy
No Country For Old Men - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and Cormac McCarthy RUNNER UP
Persepolis - Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY WINNER
The Host
The Kite Runner RUNNER UP
La Vie En Rose
Lust, Caution
Persepolis
BEST DOCUMENTARY
SICKO WINNER
In The Shadow Of The Moon
King of Kong – A Fist Full of Quarters RUNNER UP
Manufactured Landscapes
No End In Sight
BEST COMEDY
JUNO WINNER
Knocked Up
Lars And The Real Girl
The Simpsons Movie
Superbad RUNNER UP
Waitress
Walk Hard
BEST ANIMATED OR FAMILY FILM
RATATOUILLE WINNER
Bridge To Terabithia
Enchanted
The Golden Compass
Persepolis
The Simpsons Movie RUNNER UP
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS (CGI/Special Effects)
300 WINNER
The Golden Compass
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix RUNNER UP (TIED)
I Am Legend
Stardust
Sweeney Todd RUNNER UP (TIED)
BEST SCORE
SWEENEY TODD WINNER
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
There Will Be Blood
Juno
La Vie En Rose RUNNER UP (TIED)
Once RUNNER UP (TIED)
MOST ORIGINAL OR INNOVATIVE FILM
I'M NOT THERE WINNER
Across The Universe
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly RUNNER UP
Into Great Silence
Juno
Persepolis
WORST FILM OF THE YEAR
THE BROTHERS SOLOMON WINNER
NORBIT RUNNER UP
Questions about the awards or St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association can be directed to the organization’s
founders and officers, Sandra Olmsted (Director), Catherine Marquis-Homeyer (Assistant Director) and Mark
Glass (Recorder), at gatewaycritics@yahoo.com.
AWARDS
2006
2006