St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2011 Explained

8th SLGFCA Awards

December 12, 2011

----Best Film:
The Artist----Best Director:
Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist

The nominees for the 8th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 12, 2011.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

George Clooney  - The Descendants as Matt King

• Jean Dujardin  - The Artist as George Valentin
• Michael Fassbender  - Shame as Brandon Sullivan
• Ryan Gosling  - Drive as The Driver (Runner-up)
• Gary Oldman  - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
• Brad Pitt  - Moneyball as Billy Beane

Best Actress

Rooney Mara  - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander

• Viola Davis  - The Help as Aibileen Clarke
• Elizabeth Olsen  - Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
• Saoirse Ronan  - Hanna as Hanna
• Meryl Streep  - The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher (Runners-up)
• Michelle Williams  - My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe (Runners-up)

Best Animated Film

• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Puss in Boots
• Rango (Runner-up)
• Rio

Best Cinematography

• The Artist  - Guillaume Schiffman
• Drive  - Newton Thomas Sigel
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  - Jeff Cronenweth (Runners-up)

The Tree of Life  - Emmanuel Lubezki

• War Horse  - Janusz Kamiński (Runners-up)

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius  - The Artist

• David Fincher  - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Terrence Malick  - The Tree of Life (Runner-up)
• Alexander Payne  - The Descendants
• Nicolas Winding Refn  - Drive

Best Documentary Film

• Buck
• Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
• The Interrupters
• Tabloid (Runner-up)

Best Film

The Artist

• The Descendants (Runner-up)
• Drive
• My Week with Marilyn
• The Tree of Life

Best Comedy

Bridesmaids

• Crazy, Stupid, Love
• Midnight in Paris (Runner-up)
• The Muppets
• Paul
• Rango

Best Foreign Language Film

13 Assassins (Jūsannin no Shikaku) • Japan

• I Saw the Devil (Akmareul boattda) • South Korea
• Point Blank (À bout portant) • France
• Trollhunter (Trolljegeren) • Norway
• Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter) • Netherlands (Runner-up)

Best Music

The Artist

• Drive (Runner-up)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• The Muppets
• The Tree of Life

Best Original Screenplay

The Artist  - Michel Hazanavicius

• 50/50  - Will Reiser (Runner-up)
• Hanna  - Seth Lochhead and David Farr
• Midnight in Paris  - Woody Allen
• The Tree of Life  - Terrence Malick
• Win Win  - Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Descendants  - Nat Faxon, Jim Rash and Alexander Payne

• Drive  - Hossein Amini
• The Help  - Tate Taylor
• Moneyball  - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (Runner-up)
• The Muppets  - Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller

Best Supporting Actor

Albert Brooks  - Drive as Bernie Rose

• John Goodman  - The Artist as Al Zimmer
• John Hawkes  - Martha Marcy May Marlene as Patrick
• Jonah Hill  - Moneyball as Peter Brand
• Alan Rickman  - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as Severus Snape (Runner-up)

Best Supporting Actress

Bérénice Bejo  - The Artist as Peppy Miller

• Cate Blanchett  - Hanna as Marissa
• Jessica Chastain  - The Tree of Life as Mrs. O'Brien
• Octavia Spencer  - The Help as Minny Jackson (Runners-up)
• Shailene Woodley  - The Descendants as Alexandra King (Runners-up)

Best Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Runner-up)
• Super 8
• The Tree of Life

Best Art-House or Festival Film

• Beginners
• Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Tucker & Dale vs Evil

We Need to Talk About Kevin

• Win Win (Runner-up)

Best Scene (favorite movie scene or sequence)

• The Artist

dance scene finale (Runner-up)

• Drive

the elevator beating scene

• Drive

opening get-away sceneThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

opening credits

• Hanna

Hanna’s escape from captivity sequence

• Melancholia

the last scene

References

• St Louis Film Critics AwardsDaily

External links

• Official website