Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. back There Will Be Blood

The Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. championed one of their own in Paul Thomas Andersons' There Will Be Blood. The Paramount Vantage epic is proving to have a filming-lot base full of supporters with Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly proving to be a popular second place choice. The anomaly here is: where is NCFOM among the list of winners and noms? What the last 24 hours is telling curious award season onlookers is the Coens and PTA are canceling each other's film out: each year-end critic associations are compelled to go with one or the other and rarely are we seeing both films part of the same list of season kudos. 

What this list below tells us is that Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone has a legitimate shot at bigger awards – her huge amount of support means that Cate's chances are dwindling little by little – the Best animation category is hotter than ever: Pixar is going to be going to war against an import with plenty of heart in Persepolis. the Oscar popularity contest means that rats should win over an Iranian girl's journey, but it would be nice to see traditional anime showcased once again. Finally two great notes from LAFCA's winners is the recognition for lead actress (runner-up) Anamaria Marinca and surprise winner in supporting actor category Vlad Ivanov for the brilliant 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days.

Complete list of winners are:

PICTURE: “There Will Be Blood”
RUNNER-UP: “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”

 
DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson, “There Will Be Blood”
RUNNER-UP: Julian Schnabel, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”

 
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood”
RUNNER-UP: Frank Langella, “Starting Out in the Evening”

 ACTRESS: Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en rose”
RUNNER-UP: Anamaria Marinca, “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”

 SUPPORTING ACTOR: Vlad Ivanov, “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”
RUNNER-UP: Hal Holbrook, “Into the Wild”

 
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Ryan, “Gone Baby Gone” and “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”
RUNNER-UP: Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”

 SCREENPLAY: Tamara Jenkins, “The Savages”
RUNNER-UP: Paul Thomas Anderson, “There Will Be Blood”

 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”
RUNNER-UP: “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”

 DOCUMENTARY: “No End in Sight”
RUNNER-UP: “Sicko”

ANIMATION: “Ratatouille” and “Persepolis” (tie)

 MUSIC: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, “Once”
RUNNER-UP: Jonny Greenwood, “There Will Be Blood”

 PRODUCTION DESIGN: Jack Fisk, “There Will Be Blood”
RUNNER-UP: Dante Ferretti, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

 CINEMATOGRAPHY: Janusz Kaminski, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
RUNNER-UP: Robert Elswit, “There Will Be Blood”

 
NEW GENERATION: Sarah Polley, “Away From Her”

INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL: Pedro Costa’s “Colossal Youth”

SPECIAL CITATION: New Crowned Hope series commissioned by director Peter Sellars to honor the anniversary of Mozart’s 250th birthday

LEGACY AWARDS: Milestone Film and Video and the Outfest Legacy Project