‘Boyhood’ and ‘Birdman’ win big at 2015 Critics’ Choice Awards

‘Boyhood’ and ‘Birdman’ win big at 2015 Critics’ Choice Awards

Boyhood garners acting wins for its on-screen mother-son duo of Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane, and the coveted Best Director and Best Picture awards for auteur Richard Linklater. From its 13 nominations, Birdman shone as well as it led the winners with seven awards from acting, writing and technical categories. Other films with multiple wins are The Grand Budapest Hotel, which banked on its visual production magnificence, and The Guardians of the Galaxy. Special distinction were also given to the following members of the industry:
Louis XIII Genius Award Ron Howard
Lifetime Achievement Award Kevin Costner
Critics’ Choice MVP Award Jessica Chastain (for A Most Violent Year, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Interstellar, and Miss Julie)

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) awarded its winners in the 20th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, at the Hollywood Palladium on January 15, 2015 at 9pm ET. The full list of awardees and nominees are as follows:

BEST PICTURE
BOYHOOD

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BEST ACTOR
MICHAEL KEATON, BIRDMAN

  • Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
  • Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
  • Michael Keaton, Birdman
  • David Oyelowo, Selma
  • Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

BEST ACTRESS
JULIANNE MOORE, STILL ALICE

  • Jennifer Aniston, Cake
  • Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
  • Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
  • Julianne Moore, Still Alice
  • Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
  • Reese Witherspoon, Wild

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
J.K. SIMMONS, WHIPLASH

  • Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
  • Robert Duvall, The Judge
  • Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
  • Edward Norton, Birdman
  • Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
  • J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
PATRICIA ARQUETTE, BOYHOOD

  • Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
  • Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
  • Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
  • Emma Stone, Birdman
  • Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
  • Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
ELLAR COLTRANE, BOYHOOD

  • Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
  • Ansel Elgort, The Fault in Our Stars
  • Mackenzie Foy, Interstellar
  • Jaeden Lieberher, St. Vincent
  • Tony Revolori, The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Quvenzhane Wallis, Annie
  • Noah Wiseman, The Babadook

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BIRDMAN

  • Birdman
  • Boyhood
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Imitation Game
  • Into the Woods
  • Selma

BEST DIRECTOR
RICHARD LINKLATER, BOYHOOD

  • Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Ava DuVernay, Selma
  • David Fincher, Gone Girl
  • Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman
  • Angelina Jolie, Unbroken
  • Richard Linklater, Boyhood

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
ALEJANDRO G. INNARITU, NICOLAS GIACOBONE, ALEXANDER DINELARIS, Jr., ARMANDO BO, BIRDMAN

  • Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo, Birdman
  • Richard Linklater, Boyhood
  • Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
  • Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
GILLIAN FLYNN, GONE GIRL

  • Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
  • Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
  • Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
  • Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything
  • Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson, Unbroken
  • Nick Hornby, Wild

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
EMMANUEL LUBEZKI, BIRDMAN

  • Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
  • Robert Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Hoyte Van Hoytema, Interstellar
  • Dick Pope, Mr. Turner
  • Roger Deakins, Unbroken

BEST ART DIRECTION
ADAM STOCKHAUSEN, ANNA PINNOCK, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

  • Kevin Thompson (Production Designer), George DeTitta Jr. (Set Decorator), Birdman
  • Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock, The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • David Crank, Amy Wells, Inherent Vice
  • Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis, Interstellar
  • Dennis Gassner, Anna PinnockInterstellar
  • Ondrej Nekvasil, Beatrice Brentnerova, Snowpiercer

BEST EDITING
DOUGLAS CRISE & STEPHEN MIRRIONE, BIRDMAN

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
MILENA CANONERO, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

  • Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Mark Bridges, Inherent Vice
  • Colleen Atwood, Into the Woods
  • Anna B. Sheppard, Maleficent
  • Jacqueline Durran, Mr. Turner

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
ELIZABETH YIANNI-GEORGIOU & DAVID WHITE, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
JOE LETTERI, DAN LEMMON, DANIEL BARRET & ERIK WINQUIST, DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
THE LEGO MOVIE

BEST ACTION MOVIE
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
BRADLEY COOPER, AMERICAN SNIPER

  • Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
  • Tom Cruise, Edge of Tomorrow
  • Chris Evans, Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  • Brad Pitt, Fury
  • Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
EMILY BLUNT, EDGE OF TOMORROW

BEST COMEDY
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

  • Birdman
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • St. Vincent
  • Top Five
  • 22 Jump Street

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
MICHAEL KEATON, BIRDMAN

  • Jon Favreau, Chef
  • Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Michael Keaton, Birdman
  • Bill Murray, St. Vincent
  • Chris Rock, Top Five
  • Channing Tatum, 22 Jump Street

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
JENNY SLATE, OBVIOUS CHILD

  • Rose Byrne, Neighbors
  • Rosario Dawson, Top Five
  • Melissa McCarthy, St. Vincent
  • Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
  • Kristen Wiig, The Skeleton Twins

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
INTERSTELLAR

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
FORCE MAJEURE

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
LIFE ITSELF

  • Citizenfour
  • Jodorowsky’s Dune
  • Last Days in Vietnam
  • Life Itself
  • The Overnighters

BEST SONG
GLORY, COMMON/JOHN LEGEND, JOHN STEPHENS & LONNIE LYNN, SELMA

  • Big Eyes, Lana Del Rey (singer), Lana Del Rey & Dan Heath (Music and Lyric), Big Eyes
  • Everything Is Awesome, Jo Li and the Lonely Island, Shawn Patterson, The Lego Movie
  • Glory, Common/John Legend, John Stephens & Lonnie Lynn, Selma
  • Lost Stars, Keira Knightley, Gregg Alexander & Danielle Brisebois, Begin Again
  • Yellow Flicker Beat, Lorde, Ella Yelich-O’Connor & Joel Little, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

BEST SCORE
ANTONIO SANCHEZ, BIRDMAN

  • Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
  • Johann Johannsson, The Theory of Everything
  • Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Gone Girl
  • Antonio Sanchez, Birdman
  • Hans Zimmer, Interstellar

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