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NEW YORK Up in the Air was named best picture from the National Board of Review and won a total of four awards Directed by Jason Reitman Juno Thank You for Smoking the film stars George Clooney as a perpetually traveling contractor who fires people for a living The National Board of Review which announced its awards Thursday also chose Clooney as best actor an honor he shares with Morgan Freeman who plays Nelson Mandela in Invictus Up in the Air also won best supporting actress for Anna Kendrick and best adapted screenplay penned by Reitman and Sheldon Turner working from Walter Kirns book of the same name Already an Oscar favorite the win boosts the awards prospects of Up in the Air which opens Friday The last two NBR winners No Country for Old Men and Slumdog Millionaire have gone on to win best picture at the Academy Awards Im simply overwhelmed with gratitude forthe many honors the National Board of Review has bestowed upon Up in the Air Reitman said in a statement Im thrilled for George Im thrilled for Anna and of course most thrilled for my father Reitmans father Ivan Reitman is the famous director of Stripes and other films Hes also a producer of Up in the Air Added Reitman The day before your movie comes out is usually one of anxiety and Id like to thank the NBR for making today perfect Best director went to Clint Eastwood for Invictus the story of Mandelas embrace of the South African national rugby team Carey Mulligan was chosen best actress for her lead performance in An Education a story set in 1960s London Woody Harrelson won best supporting actor for The Messenger In the film the actor plays Captain Tony Stone who is tasked to inform the families of fallen soldiers Best animated film went to Pixars Up an adventure about anelderly man who has always yearned for adventure and finds it when he flies away in his house with a boy who has stowed away The Cove about the slaughter of dolphins in a Japanese village won best The prison drama A Prophet won best foreign film NBR President Annie Schulhof noted the large number of films from The Cove to Up in the Air that reflected social conscience The group cited Invictus and the Burma VJ Reporting from a Closed Country and The Most Dangerous Man in America for its freedom of expression award Joel and Ethan Coen won best original screenplay for their script to A Serious Man a black comedy set in the 1960s The NBR also singled out Wes Anderson for a special filmmaking achievement award for his stopmotion animated The Fantastic Mr Fox which Anderson cowrote directed lent his voice to and deeply involved himself in the arduous minutia of the animation poszedłem do jego komedii Obsada Meryl Streep Alec Baldwin Steve Martin i John Krasinski nagrody również osób przez Jeremy Renner The Hurt Lockera i Sidibe Gabourey And National Board przeglądu cytowane directorial debuts Duncan Jones Moon Oren Moverman The Messenger i Marc Webb 500 dni Letnich National Board of przeglądu składa się z folii historycy studentów i nauczycieli została założona w 1909 stypendia będą poza Jan 12 w gala New York przez http Meredith Vieira On the net