The ongoing Writers Guild strike put a real damper on the 2008 Golden Globes event. Instead of the normal star-studded ceremony, winners were announced at a news conference. Unless something drastic happens in the next few weeks, the Academy Awards ceremony could suffer the same fate as the Golden Globes.
The dramatic period piece Atonement went into the night with the most nominations, however the voting members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association decided to spread the love around. Eight-time Golden Globe nominee Johnny Depp picked up his first win for his performance in Sweeney Todd, which captured the Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical award (a surprise win over favorites Juno and Hairspray). Four films tied with two wins each, while the rest of the awards in the motion picture categories were spread out amongst six other movies. In other words, no clear winner emerged from the most bizarre Golden Globes event in history.
Motion Picture Nominees and Winners
Best Motion Picture - Drama
American Gangster
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Winner: Atonement
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Jodie Foster, The Brave One
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley, Atonement
Winner: Julie Christie, Away From Her
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
James McAvoy, Atonement
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington, American Gangster
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Across the Universe
Charlie Wilson's War
Hairspray
Juno
Winner: Sweeney Todd
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Amy Adams – Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray
Helena Bonham Carter – Sweeney Todd
Ellen Page – Juno
Winner: Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Ryan Gosling – Lars and the Real Girl
Tom Hanks – Charlie Wilson's War
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Savages
John C Reilly – Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Winner: Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd
Best Animated Feature Film
Bee Movie
The Simpsons Movie
Winner: Ratatouille
Best Foreign Language Film
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Romania)
The Kite Runner (USA)
Lust, Caution (Taiwan)
Persepolis (France)
Winner: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France and USA)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Julia Roberts, Charlie Wilson's War
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Winner: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
John Travolta, Hairspray
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Winner: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Director - Motion Picture
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men
Ridley Scott, American Gangster
Joe Wright, Atonement
Winner: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Diablo Cody, Juno
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Aaron Sorkin, Charlie Wilson's War
Winners: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder, Into the Wild
Clint Eastwood, Grace Is Gone
Alberto Iglesias, The Kite Runner
Howard Shore, Eastern Promises
Winner: Dario Marianelli, Atonement
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Despedida" from Love in the Time of Cholera
"Grace Is Gone" from Grace Is Gone
"That's How You Know" from Enchanted
"Walk Hard" from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Winner: "Guaranteed" from Into the Wild
Continued: Television Nominees
