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.    
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