Into The Wild Leads Critics Choice Awards

12 December 2007

Into The Wild, from actor turned director Sean Penn, leads the way in this years Critics' Choice Awards with seven nominations.The film, which follows Christopher McCandless, played by Emile Hirsch, as he walks out on his privileged life to hitchhike to Alaska, earned a nomination for best picture, and best director and writer for Sean Penn.Another film to do well ws Juno, which concentrates on a teenager's unplanned pregnancy, earned six nominations including best picture.Atonement, Hairspray, Michael Clayton, No Country For Old Men and Sweeney Todd all earned five nods each.Cate Blanchett managed to secure two seperate acting nominations: Best Actress for the reprisal of her role as elizabeth I and a Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Bob Dylan Biopic I'm Not There.Juno's Ellen Page joins Blanchett for Best Actress alongside Angelina Jolie, Amy Adams, Julie Chritsie and Marion Cotillard.Four of the six nominated acors are all previous Oscar nominess: George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Daniel Day Lewis and Ryan Gosling. They are joined by Emile Hirsch and Viggo Mortensen.But it is Best Picture that is the most fiercely fought category with ten film making the shortlist, making it one of the largest contender pools for any major awards show.

Best Picture

American Gangster, Atonement, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Into The Wild, There Will Be Blood, The Kite Runner, Michael Clayton, No Country For Old Men, Juno, Sweeney Todd

Best Actor

George Clooney - Michael Clayton, Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood, Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd, Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl, Emile Hirsch - Into The Wild, Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Supporting Actor

Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James, Javier Bardern - No Country For Old Men, Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War, Hal Holbrook - In to The Wild, Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Best Actress

Amy Adams - Enchanted, Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Julie Christie - Away From Her, Marion Cotillard - La Via en Rose, Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart, Ellen Page - Juno

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There, Catherine Keener - Into The Wild, Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement, Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone, Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Director

Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men, Sidney Lumet - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Sean Penn - Into the Wild, Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Joe Wright - Atonement