‘The Artist’ Big Winner in the Desert with 9 PFCS Awards
Elizabeth Olsen Surprise Best Actress Winner
Saoirse Ronan wins 3rd PFCS Award in 5 years.
“The Artist” won 9 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay. The black and white silent film is currently in limited release.
Elizabeth Olsen took the Best Actress award for her performance in the independent film “Martha Marcy May Marlene”. The newcomer was the long shot in a category that included veterans Meryl Streep and Glenn Close.
Saorise Ronan, a PFCS favorite, won her third Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female Award in the last 5 years for her performance in “Hanna”. She had previously won for “Atonement” in 2007 and “The Lovely Bones” in 2009.
Other films winning multiple awards included “Drive” with Best Supporting Actor, Best Stunts and Top Ten film; “Hugo”, also a Top Ten film, won Best Production Design and Best Visual Effects; and “The Muppet” took both Best Song and Best Live Action Family Film - for films rated G or PG.
Last year the PFCS was the only critics group to name “The King’s Speech” as Best Picture correctly predicting the Academy Awards. The Phoenix Film Critics Society membership is comprised of print and broadcast film critics in Arizona.
Phoenix Film Critics Society 2011 Awards
BEST PICTURE
"The Artist"
TOP TEN FILMS OF 2011 (in alphabetical order)
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Drive"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"Moneyball"
"My Week With Marilyn"
"Super 8"
"The Tree of Life"
BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jean Dujardin, "TheArtist
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Elizabeth Olsen, "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Albert Brooks, "Drive"
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Berenice Bejo, "The Artist"
BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING
"Super 8"
BEST SCREENPLAY - ORIGINAL
"The Artist"
BEST SCREENPLAY - ADAPTATION
"The Help"
BEST LIVE ACTION FAMILY FILM (Rated G or PG)
"The Muppets"
THE OVERLOOKED FILM OF THE YEAR
"A Better Life"
BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Rango"
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"The Skin I Live In"
BEST DOCUMENTARY
"Page One: Inside the New York Times"
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Life's a Happy Song, "The Muppets"
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
"The Artist"
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Tree of Life"
BEST FILM EDITING
"The Artist"
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
"Hugo"
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"The Artist"
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"Hugo"
BEST STUNTS
"Drive"
BREAK THROUGH PERFORMANCE ON CAMERA
Thomas Horn,"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
BREAK THROUGH PERFORMANCE BEHIND THE CAMERA
Michael Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH IN A LEAD OR SUPPORTING ROLE - MALE
Thomas Horn, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH IN A LEAD OR SUPPORTING ROLE - FEMALE
Saoirse Ronan, "Hanna"
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