I just read that the National Board of Review has given Elmer Bernstein a Career Achievement Award for Film Music.
James
Here's their complete list of 2002 winners:
List of National Board of Review 2002 film prizes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures announced its annual film awards Wednesday. The film appreciation society's prizes kick off the film awards season, culminating in the Academy Awards next year:
TOP TEN FILMS OF 2002
1. "The Hours" Best Film
2. "Chicago"
3. "Gangs of New York"
4. "The Quiet American"
5. "Adaptation"
6. "Rabbit-Proof Fence"
7. "The Pianist"
8. "Far From Heaven"
9. "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing"
10. "Frida"
TOP FIVE FOREIGN FILMS OF 2002
1. "Talk to Her" Best Foreign Film
2. "Y Tu Mama Tambien"
3. "8 Women"
4. "City of God"
5. "El Crimen del Padre Amaro"
BEST ACTOR: Campbell Scott, "Roger Dodger"
BEST ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, "Far From Heaven"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Chris Cooper, "Adaptation"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kathy Bates, "About Schmidt"
BEST ACTING BY AN ENSEMBLE: "Nicholas Nickleby"
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE ACTOR: Derek Luke, "Antwone Fisher"
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE ACTRESS: Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Secretary"
BEST DIRECTOR: Phillip Noyce, "The Quiet American" and "Rabbit-Proof Fence"
BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT: Rob Marshall, "Chicago"
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR: Charlie Kaufman, "Adaptation," "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," "Human Nature"
BEST DOCUMENTARY: "Bowling for Columbine"
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away"
BEST FILM MADE FOR CABLE TV: "The Laramie Project"
SPECIAL AWARD FOR VISIONARY CINEMATIC ACHIEVEMENT: George Lucas
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: Christopher Plummer
SPECIAL FILMMAKING ACHIEVEMENT: George Clooney, director, producer and star of "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT FILM MUSIC COMPOSITION: Elmer Bernstein
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT CINEMATOGRAPHY: Conrad Hall
HUMANITARIAN AWARD: Sheila Nevins
WILLIAM K. EVERSON AWARD FOR FILM HISTORY: Annette Insdorf for her book "Indelible Shadows: Films and the Holocaust"
SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF FILMS THAT REFLECT THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: "Ararat," "Bloody Sunday," "The Grey Zone," "Rabbit-Proof Fence."
SPECIAL MENTION FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILMMAKING:
"Frailty"
"The Good Girl"
"The Guys"
"Heaven"
"Igby Goes Down"
"Max"
"Personal Velocity"
"Real Women Have Curves"
"Roger Dodger"
"Sunshine State"
"Tadpole"
"Tully"