Thursday
Feb052009
Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 4:41AM 'The Wrestler' and Rourke Win Big in London
The London
Film Critics Circle has announced its winners, and Slumdog
Millionaire took home the most awards, including the Richard Attenborough award for Best
British Film, but it was The
Wrestler that was the big winner, earning Film of the Year honors and naming Mickey Rourke its Actor of the Year.

Because the London critics split the winnings between films and performances in general and British films and performances,
the results can be kind of confusing. Kate Winslet was named Actress of the Year, and even though she's British,
she lost British Actress of the Year to Kristin Scott-Thomas, whose award-winning film, I've Loved You So
Long, is in French.
Tilda Swinton won British Actress in a Supporting Role, for the all-American Curious Case of Benjamin Button. How do
they keep it all straight?
Here are the winners:
Film of The Year
The Wrestler Richard Attenborough Film of The Year
Slumdog Millionaire Director of The Year
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button British Director of The Year
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire Actor of The Year
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler Actress of The Year
Kate Winslet - The Reader and Revolutionary Road British Actor of The Year
Michael Fassbender - Hunger British Actress of The Year
Kristin Scott-Thomas - I've Loved You So Long British Actor in a Supporting Role
Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky British Actress in a Supporting Role
Tilda Swinton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenwriter of The Year
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire Young British Performer of The Year
Thomas Turgoose - Somers Town and Eden Lake Breakthrough British Filmmaker
Steve McQueen - Hunger Foreign Language Film of The Year
Waltz With Bashir The Dilys Powell Award
Dame Judi Dench

The Wrestler Richard Attenborough Film of The Year
Slumdog Millionaire Director of The Year
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button British Director of The Year
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire Actor of The Year
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler Actress of The Year
Kate Winslet - The Reader and Revolutionary Road British Actor of The Year
Michael Fassbender - Hunger British Actress of The Year
Kristin Scott-Thomas - I've Loved You So Long British Actor in a Supporting Role
Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky British Actress in a Supporting Role
Tilda Swinton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenwriter of The Year
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire Young British Performer of The Year
Thomas Turgoose - Somers Town and Eden Lake Breakthrough British Filmmaker
Steve McQueen - Hunger Foreign Language Film of The Year
Waltz With Bashir The Dilys Powell Award
Dame Judi Dench


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