Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2008 Explained

2nd Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Presenter:	Houston Film Critics Society
Location:	Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas
Country:	United States
Website:	houstonfilmcritics.com/awards
Previous:	2007
Main:	HFCSA
Next:	2009

The 2nd Houston Film Critics Society Awards were given out at a ceremony held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on December 17, 2008. The awards are presented annually by the Houston Film Critics Society based in Houston, Texas.^{[1] [2]}

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface

Best Picture	Best Foreign Language Film
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Milk Slumdog Millionaire WALL-E	Mongol • Kazakhstan Che • Spain Gomorra • Italy I've Loved You So Long • France Let the Right One In • Sweden
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Sean Penn - Milk as Harvey Milk Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road as Frank Wheeler Richard Jenkins - The Visitor as Walter Vale Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler as Randy "The Ram" Robinson	Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married as Kym Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Daisy Fuller Angelina Jolie - Changeling as Christine Collins Melissa Leo - Frozen River as Ray Eddy Meryl Streep - Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight as The Joker Josh Brolin - Milk as Dan White Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder as Les Grossman Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading as Chad Feldheimer	Viola Davis - Doubt as Mrs. Miller Amy Adams - Doubt as Sister James Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Queenie Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler as Pam / Cassidy
Best Director	Best Cinematography
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon Gus Van Sant - Milk	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister Milk - Harris Savides Revolutionary Road - Roger Deakins Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Animated Feature Film	Best Documentary Feature
WALL-E Bolt Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! Waltz with Bashir	Man on Wire Bigger, Stronger, Faster* I.O.U.S.A. Standard Operating Procedure Young@Heart
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Miracle at St. Anna - Terence Blanchard The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard Revolutionary Road - Thomas Newman Slumdog Millionaire - A. R. Rahman	"Down to Earth" - WALL-E "Another Way to Die" by The White Stripes - Quantum of Solace "I Thought I Lost You" by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele - Bolt "Jai Ho" by A. R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" by Ralph Sall - Hamlet 2 "The Wrestler" by Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler
Best Screenplay	Best Cast
Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth The Dark Knight - Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan Doubt - John Patrick Shanley Milk - Dustin Lance Black	Doubt The Dark Knight Milk Rachel Getting Married Tropic Thunder Valkyrie

External links

• Houston Film Critics Society: Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Russ. Daniel. Houston Film Critics Society Names Films for 2008. TheCelebrityCafe. 27 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20130724163035/http://thecelebritycafe.com/features/22798.html. 24 July 2013. 22 December 2008. dead.
2. Web site: 2008 Official Awards Ballot with winners in bold. Houston Film Critics Society. 27 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20110712223446/http://www.houstonfilmcritics.com/files/HFCS%202008%20Awards%20Ballot.pdf. 12 July 2011. dead.