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| Spike Jonze's Her takes top award from National Board of Review | Spike Jonze's Her takes top award from National Board of Review |
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| Spike Jonze's Her joined American Hustle as one of the unexpected early frontrunners in the awards race after being named as best film of the year by the National Board of Review. | Spike Jonze's Her joined American Hustle as one of the unexpected early frontrunners in the awards race after being named as best film of the year by the National Board of Review. |
| The long-established educational organisation also gave Jonze its best director award, for the film starring Joaquin Phoenix as an office worker who falls in love with his computer system (voiced by Scarlett Johannson). Jonze also wrote the script, but the NPR's best original screenplay award went to the Coen brothers for Inside Llewyn Davis. The Martin Scorsese-directed The Wolf of Wall Street took the award for best adapted screenplay. | The long-established educational organisation also gave Jonze its best director award, for the film starring Joaquin Phoenix as an office worker who falls in love with his computer system (voiced by Scarlett Johannson). Jonze also wrote the script, but the NPR's best original screenplay award went to the Coen brothers for Inside Llewyn Davis. The Martin Scorsese-directed The Wolf of Wall Street took the award for best adapted screenplay. |
| There was another surprise in the acting section, with Emma Thompson scooping the best actress gong for Saving Mr Banks, playing crotchety Mary Poppins author PL Travers; so far she has not been on many awards-season radars. Bruce Dern took the best actor prize for black-and-white road movie Nebraska, to add to his best actor award at Cannes. | There was another surprise in the acting section, with Emma Thompson scooping the best actress gong for Saving Mr Banks, playing crotchety Mary Poppins author PL Travers; so far she has not been on many awards-season radars. Bruce Dern took the best actor prize for black-and-white road movie Nebraska, to add to his best actor award at Cannes. |
| But another big winner was Fruitvale Station, the low-budget indie film about the shooting death of a black youth by a transit policeman. Having taken the grand prize at Sundance, the National Board of Review gave it three awards: breakthrough performance (Michael B Jordan), best directorial debut (Ryan Coogler) and best supporting actress (Octavia Spencer). | But another big winner was Fruitvale Station, the low-budget indie film about the shooting death of a black youth by a transit policeman. Having taken the grand prize at Sundance, the National Board of Review gave it three awards: breakthrough performance (Michael B Jordan), best directorial debut (Ryan Coogler) and best supporting actress (Octavia Spencer). |
| However, heavily tipped films such as 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle were largely shut out, with the latter not ever making its top 10 list of the year's films. | However, heavily tipped films such as 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle were largely shut out, with the latter not ever making its top 10 list of the year's films. |
| For a full list of NBR awards and its films of the year lists, click here. | For a full list of NBR awards and its films of the year lists, click here. |
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