34th NSFC Awards
January 8, 2000
Best Film (tie):
Being John Malkovich
and
Topsy-Turvy
The 34th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 8 January 2000, honored the best filmmaking of 1999.[1][2][3][4]
Winners
[edit]Best Picture
[edit]1. Being John Malkovich
1. Topsy-Turvy
3. Election
Best Director
[edit]1. Mike Leigh – Topsy-Turvy
2. David O. Russell – Three Kings
3. Sam Mendes – American Beauty
Best Actor
[edit]1. Russell Crowe – The Insider
2. Jim Broadbent – Topsy-Turvy
3. Kevin Spacey – American Beauty
Best Actress
[edit]1. Reese Witherspoon – Election
2. Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry
3. Kate Winslet – Holy Smoke
Best Supporting Actor
[edit]1. Christopher Plummer – The Insider
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman – Magnolia and The Talented Mr. Ripley
3. Haley Joel Osment – The Sixth Sense
Best Supporting Actress
[edit]1. Chloë Sevigny – Boys Don't Cry
2. Julianne Moore – Magnolia, Cookie's Fortune, A Map of the World and An Ideal Husband
3. Samantha Morton – Sweet and Lowdown
Best Screenplay
[edit]1. Charlie Kaufman – Being John Malkovich
2. Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Election
3. Alan Ball – American Beauty
Best Cinematography
[edit]1. Conrad L. Hall – American Beauty
2. Emmanuel Lubezki – Sleepy Hollow
3. Freddie Francis – The Straight Story
Best Foreign Language Film
[edit]1. Autumn Tale (Conte d'automne)
2. The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges)
3. All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre)
Best Non-Fiction Film
[edit]1. Buena Vista Social Club
2. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
3. American Movie
Experimental Film Award
[edit]Special Citation
[edit]Film Heritage Awards
[edit]- The U.S. theatrical release of the rediscovered camera-negative print of Jean Renoir’s Grand Illusion by Rialto Pictures.
- The newly preserved fiftieth-anniversary re-release of Carol Reed’s The Third Man by Rialto Pictures.
- The U.S. video and DVD release of Gaumont’s original version of Carl Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc by Home Vision and Criterion.
- The television premiere of the four-hour expanded version of Erich von Stroheim’s Greed on Turner Classic Movies.
References
[edit]- ^ McKinley, Jesse (10 January 2000). "'Malkovich' and 'Topsy-Turvy' Tie for Critics' Prize". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ King, Susan (9 January 2000). "'Malkovich,' 'Topsy-Turvy' Tie for Best Film Honors". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Errico, Marcus (8 January 2000). "National Critics Pick "Malkovich," "Topsy"". E! News. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Carr, Jay (10 January 2000). "`Topsy-Turvy' ties with `Malkovich'". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.