2009 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

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<big>6th SLGFCA Awards</big><br> <div style="padding-left: 2px"> December 21, 2009 </div>

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Best Film: <br> <big>Up in the Air</big>

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Best Director: <br> <big>Kathryn Bigelow</big><br> The Hurt Locker </div> The 6th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on 15 December and awarded on December 21, 2009.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

• George Clooney &ndash; Up in the Air
• Jeff Bridges &ndash; Crazy Heart
• Ben Foster &ndash; The Messenger
• Morgan Freeman &ndash; Invictus
• Patton Oswalt &ndash; Big Fan
• Jeremy Renner &ndash; The Hurt Locker

Best Actress

• Carey Mulligan &ndash; An Education
• Saoirse Ronan &ndash; The Lovely Bones
• Maya Rudolph &ndash; Away We Go
• Gabourey Sidibe &ndash; Precious
• Meryl Streep &ndash; Julie and Julia

Best Animated Film

• Up
• Coraline
• The Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Ponyo
• The Princess and the Frog

Best Cinematography

• Nine &ndash; Dion Beebe
• The Hurt Locker &ndash; Barry Ackroyd
• Inglourious Basterds &ndash; Robert Richardson
• Red Cliff (Chi bi) &ndash; Lü Yue and Zhang Li
• A Single Man &ndash; Eduard Grau
• Where the Wild Things Are &ndash; Lance Acord

Best Director

• Kathryn Bigelow &ndash; The Hurt Locker
• Wes Anderson &ndash; The Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Oren Moverman &ndash; The Messenger
• Jason Reitman &ndash; Up in the Air
• Quentin Tarantino &ndash; Inglourious Basterds

Best Documentary Film

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• Anvil! The Story of Anvil
• Food, Inc.
• Good Hair
• Tyson

Best Film

• Up in the Air
• (500) Days of Summer
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Invictus
• Precious
• Up

Best Comedy

• The Hangover
• (500) Days of Summer
• Away We Go
• Pirate Radio
• Zombieland

Best Foreign Language Film

• Red Cliff (Chi bi) • China
• The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) • Germany
• Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel) • France
• The Maid (La nana) • Chile
• Treeless Mountain • South Korea
• Without Name (Sin nombre) • Spain

Best Music

• Nine
• Crazy Heart
• Pirate Radio
• The Princess and the Frog
• Up

Best Screenplay

• (500) Days of Summer &ndash; Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
• An Education &ndash; Nick Hornby
• The Hurt Locker &ndash; Mark Boal
• Inglourious Basterds &ndash; Quentin Tarantino
• Up in the Air &ndash; Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Best Supporting Actor

• Christoph Waltz &ndash; Inglourious Basterds
• Robert Duvall &ndash; The Road
• Woody Harrelson &ndash; The Messenger
• Alfred Molina &ndash; An Education
• Stanley Tucci &ndash; The Lovely Bones

Best Supporting Actress

• Mo'Nique &ndash; Precious
• Marion Cotillard &ndash; Nine
• Vera Farmiga &ndash; Up in the Air
• Anna Kendrick &ndash; Up in the Air
• Mélanie Laurent &ndash; Inglourious Basterds
• Samantha Morton &ndash; The Messenger

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar
• District 9
• The Lovely Bones
• Star Trek
• Where the Wild Things Are

Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film

• Avatar
• (500) Days of Summer
• District 9
• The Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Lovely Bones

Favorite Scene

• Up &ndash; "Opening marriage montage"
• (500) Days of Summer &ndash; "'Expectations vs. reality' split-screen sequence"
• (500) Days of Summer &ndash; "'Morning after' dance number"
• Inglourious Basterds &ndash; "The opening farmhouse scene"
• Precious &ndash; "Mo'Nique's scene at social worker office"

References