2004 National Society of Film Critics Awards nominees

List of the 2004 National Society of Film Critics Awards nominees:

Winners in bold:

Feature films

Best Picture

Before Sunset

Million Dollar Baby

Sideways

Acting

Best Actor

Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby

Jamie Foxx – Collateral and Ray

Paul Giamatti – Sideways

Best Actress

Julie Delpy – Before Sunset

Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake (TIE) Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby (TIE)

Best Supporting Actor

Thomas Haden Church – Sideways

Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby

Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett – The Aviator and Coffee and Cigarettes

Laura Linney – Kinsey

Virginia Madsen – Sideways

Directing / Writing

Best Director

Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby

Alexander Payne – Sideways

Yimou Zhang – Shi mian mai fu (also known as House of Flying Daggers)

Best Screenplay

Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Sideways

References

Critics Are in 'Baby's' Corner Los Angeles Times

Eastwood Film Captures Critics' Votes Eugene Register-Guard

Film critics pick gritty 'Baby' as top film in 2004 The San Diego Union-Tribune

National Society Of Film Critics Awards Nominees, 2004