2006 National Society of Film Critics Awards

41st NSFC Awards

January 6, 2007

Best Film:
Pan's Labyrinth

The 41st National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 6 January 2007, honored the best in film for 2006.[1][2][3]

Winners

Paul Greengrass, Best Director winner
Forest Whitaker, Best Actor winner
Helen Mirren, Best Actress winner
Mark Wahlberg, Best Supporting Actor winner
Meryl Streep, Best Supporting Actress winner
Peter Morgan, Best Screenplay winner

Best Picture

1. Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
2. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lăzărescu)
3. Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Director

1. Paul Greengrass – United 93
2. Guillermo del Toro – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
2. Martin Scorsese – The Departed

Best Actor

1. Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
2. Peter O'Toole – Venus
3. Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson

Best Actress

1. Helen Mirren – The Queen
2. Laura Dern – Inland Empire
3. Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal

Best Supporting Actor

1. Mark Wahlberg – The Departed
2. Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
3. Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress

1. Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada and A Prairie Home Companion
2. Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
3. Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson

Best Screenplay

1. Peter Morgan – The Queen
2. William Monahan – The Departed
3. Eric Roth – The Good Shepherd

Best Cinematography

1. Emmanuel Lubezki – Children of Men
2. Guillermo Navarro – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
3. Zhao Xiaoding – Curse of the Golden Flower (Mǎnchéngjìndàihuángjīnjiǎ)

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. An Inconvenient Truth
2. Deliver Us from Evil
3. Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

Best Experimental Film

Film Heritage Awards

  1. Jean-Pierre Melville's Army of Shadows (1969), released by Rialto Pictures for the first time in the United States.
  2. Museum of the Moving Image for presenting the first complete U.S. retrospective of French filmmaker Jacques Rivette, including the premiere American showing of the director's legendary Out 1.

References

  1. ^ Zeitchik, Steven (6 January 2007). "'Labyrinth' wins National Society of Film Critics award". Variety. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
  2. ^ King, Susan (7 January 2007). "National film critics select 'Pan's Labyrinth' as best picture". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 January 2007.
  3. ^ Hernandez, Eugene (7 January 2007). "The Critics Have Spoken (Again); National Society Chooses "Pan's Labyrinth" As Best Film of 2006". IndieWire. Retrieved 7 January 2007.