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Press Release: Winners Announced in First Annual Seattle Film Critics Awards December 19, 2002 Contact: Tom Keogh, (425) 771-0663, tomwkeogh@yahoo.com Kathleen Murphy, (206) 285-6484, Evleen@aol.com Alarmed by the dearth of year-end movie awards, the film critics of the Puget Sound area have raised their voices in unison for the first time. Twenty-four of the area's top critics have been polled for the first annual Seattle Film Critics Awards, and the results are in. Todd Haynes' FAR FROM HEAVEN proved close to critics' hearts, winning in six categories, including best picture. The homage to the 1950s melodramas of director Douglas Sirk also won for Julianne Moore as best actress and two awards for Haynes, for best director and best original screenplay. The Seattle critics also created a special annual category, the "Living Legend" award, which honors some long-cherished movie notable deserving of career recognition. This year's award went to Maureen O'Hara, the Irish-born, flame-haired Hollywood star whose long career included her many collaborations with both John Wayne (THE QUIET MAN) and John Ford (HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY). The awards were organized by a new Seattle organization, Parallax View: A Film Society, a group of film enthusiasts, professionals, and critics. The members of Parallax View are NOT the voters in the awards. A committee formed by Parallax View polled the area's leading critics. Herewith, the results of the 2002 Seattle Film Critics Awards: 2002 Seattle Film Critics Awards – Winners Best Picture Far From Heaven Runner-up: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Best Director Todd Haynes, Far From Heaven Runner-up: Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Best Actress Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven Runner-up: Nicole Kidman, The Hours Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York Runner-up: Michael Caine, The Quiet American Best Supporting Actress Bebe Neuwirth, Tadpole Runner-up: Toni Collette, About a Boy Best Supporting Actor Chris Cooper, Adaptation Runner-up: Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven Original Screenplay Far From Heaven, Todd Haynes Runner-up: Y Tu Mama Tambien; Alfonso Curaon, Carlos Curaon Adapted Screenplay The Hours, David Hare Runner-up: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair Documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture Runner-up: Standing in the Shadows of Motown Foreign-Language Film Y Tu Mama Tambien Runner-up: The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) Cinematography Far From Heaven, Edward Lachman Runner-up: Gangs of New York, Michael Ballhaus Music Far From Heaven, Elmer Bernstein Runner-up: Punch-Drunk Love, Jon Brion Editing Femme Fatale, Bill Pankow Runner-up: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, D. Michael Horton Production Design Gangs of New York, Gabriel Ferretti Runner-up: Far From Heaven, Mark Friedberg Living Treasure Maureen O'Hara PARALLAX VIEW: A FILM SOCIETY is a newly-formed group of Seattle film professionals, enthusiasts, teachers, and critics. Our goal is to champion the cause of film literacy, foster public discussion of the place of movies in society, and promote the serious, sometimes delirious cause of film as art. To that end, we sponsor public events featuring filmmakers and critics, publish provocative writing about film, and present the annual Seattle Film Critics Awards, voted on each December. Critics polled in the 2002 Seattle Film Critics Awards:
William Arnold – Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker – freelance/Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sheila Benson – freelance/Seattle Weekly Jim Emerson – freelance/cinepad.com Gillian Gaar – freelance/Tablet Shannon Gee – freelance/Seattle Weekly John Hartl – freelance/Seattle Times Robert Horton – Everett Herald/KUOW-FM Richard T. Jameson – freelance/Pacific Press Newspapers Moira Macdonald – Seattle Times Derich Mantonela (Mike Anderton) – Seattle Gay News Michael Medved – freelance/syndicated Brian Miller – Seattle Weekly Kathleen Murphy – freelance/SteadyCam Paula Nechak – freelance/Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Nelson – The Stranger Mark Rahner – Seattle Times Bruce Reid – freelance Jeff Shannon – freelance/Amazon.com Steven Shaviro – freelance/shaviro.com Keith Simanton – Internet Movie Database Andy Spletzer – freelance Tom Tangney – KIRO-AM |
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