THE LOS ANGELES CRITICS WERE OUT FOR ANDERSON'S ‘BLOOD’

Director Paul Thomas Anderson struck a gusher at the recent meeting of the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. “There Will Be Blood,” his adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s 1927 novel about greed, corruption and lust for oil, swept away not one but four awards, including that for Best Picture of 2007. Details on this and other winners are listed below.

BEST PICTURE
THERE WILL BE BLOOD

BEST DIRECTOR
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

BEST ACTOR
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
JACK FISK, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

BEST ACTRESS
MARION COTILLARD, LA VIE EN ROSE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
VLAD IVANOV, 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY RYAN, GONE BABY GONE and BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD

BEST SCREENPLAY
TAMARA JENKINS, THE SAVAGES

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS

BEST DOCUMENTARY
NO END IN SIGHT

BEST ANIMATION
RATATOUILLE and PERSEPOLIS

BEST MUSIC
GLEN HANSARD and MARKETA IRGLOVA, ONCE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
JANUSZ KAMINSKI, THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

NEW GENERATION
SARAH POLLEY, AWAY FROM HER

INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL
PEDRO COSTA, 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

FOR THE 2006 LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS AWARDS, CLICK HERE; FOR THE 2005 AWARDS, CLICK HERE; FOR 2004, CLICK HERE; FOR 2003, CLICK HERE.