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*Best Film (TIE):
**''Slumdog Millionaire''
**''WALL-E''
**Runner-up: ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk''
*Best Actor (TIE):
**Sean Penn – ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk''
**Mickey Rourke – ''The Wrestler (2008 film), The Wrestler''
**Runner-up (TIE): Richard Jenkins – ''The Visitor (2007 drama film), The Visitor'' and Frank Langella – ''Frost/Nixon (film), Frost/Nixon''
*Best Actress:
**Sally Hawkins – ''Happy-Go-Lucky (2008 film), Happy-Go-Lucky''
**Runner-up: Anne Hathaway – ''Rachel Getting Married''
*Best Supporting Actor:
**Heath Ledger – ''The Dark Knight''
**Runner-up: Robert Downey Jr. – ''Tropic Thunder''
*Best Supporting Actress:
**Penélope Cruz – ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona''
**Runner-up: Viola Davis – ''Doubt (2008 film), Doubt''
*Best Director:
**Gus Van Sant – ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk'' and ''Paranoid Park (film), Paranoid Park''
*Best Screenplay:
**Dustin Lance Black – ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk''
**Runner-up: Mike Leigh – ''Happy-Go-Lucky (2008 film), Happy-Go-Lucky''
*Best Cinematography:
**Christopher Doyle and Rain Kathy Li – ''Paranoid Park (film), Paranoid Park''
**Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantle – ''Slumdog Millionaire''
*Best Documentary:
**''Man on Wire''
**Runner-up: ''Young@Heart (film), Young @ Heart''
*Best Foreign-Language Film:
**''Let the Right One In (film), Let the Right One In'' (''Låt den rätte komma in'') • Sweden
**Runner-up: ''Waltz with Bashir'' (''Vals Im Bashir'') • Israel
*Best Animated Film:
**''WALL-E''
**Runner-up: ''Waltz with Bashir'' (''Vals Im Bashir'')
*Best Editing:
**Chris Dickens – ''Slumdog Millionaire''
*Best New Filmmaker:
**Martin McDonagh – ''In Bruges''
*Best Ensemble Cast:
**''Tropic Thunder''
**Runner-up: ''The Visitor (2007 drama film), The Visitor''
Past Winners
Boston critics hand out honors
''Variety''
Pair tops Boston critics' list
''Boston Globe'' {{DEFAULTSORT:29th Boston Society Of Film Critics Awards Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 2008 2008 film awards, Boston Society Of Film Critics Awards 2008 awards in the United States, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2008 in Boston, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards December 2008 events in the United States
29th BSFC Awards
Slumdog Millionaire
and
WALL-E
The 29th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2008 in film, 2008, were given on December 14, 2008.
December 14, 2008
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Best Film (TIE): Slumdog Millionaire
and
WALL-E
Winners
*Best Film (TIE):
**''Slumdog Millionaire''
**''WALL-E''
**Runner-up: ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk''
*Best Actor (TIE):
**Sean Penn – ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk''
**Mickey Rourke – ''The Wrestler (2008 film), The Wrestler''
**Runner-up (TIE): Richard Jenkins – ''The Visitor (2007 drama film), The Visitor'' and Frank Langella – ''Frost/Nixon (film), Frost/Nixon''
*Best Actress:
**Sally Hawkins – ''Happy-Go-Lucky (2008 film), Happy-Go-Lucky''
**Runner-up: Anne Hathaway – ''Rachel Getting Married''
*Best Supporting Actor:
**Heath Ledger – ''The Dark Knight''
**Runner-up: Robert Downey Jr. – ''Tropic Thunder''
*Best Supporting Actress:
**Penélope Cruz – ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona''
**Runner-up: Viola Davis – ''Doubt (2008 film), Doubt''
*Best Director:
**Gus Van Sant – ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk'' and ''Paranoid Park (film), Paranoid Park''
*Best Screenplay:
**Dustin Lance Black – ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk''
**Runner-up: Mike Leigh – ''Happy-Go-Lucky (2008 film), Happy-Go-Lucky''
*Best Cinematography:
**Christopher Doyle and Rain Kathy Li – ''Paranoid Park (film), Paranoid Park''
**Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantle – ''Slumdog Millionaire''
*Best Documentary:
**''Man on Wire''
**Runner-up: ''Young@Heart (film), Young @ Heart''
*Best Foreign-Language Film:
**''Let the Right One In (film), Let the Right One In'' (''Låt den rätte komma in'') • Sweden
**Runner-up: ''Waltz with Bashir'' (''Vals Im Bashir'') • Israel
*Best Animated Film:
**''WALL-E''
**Runner-up: ''Waltz with Bashir'' (''Vals Im Bashir'')
*Best Editing:
**Chris Dickens – ''Slumdog Millionaire''
*Best New Filmmaker:
**Martin McDonagh – ''In Bruges''
*Best Ensemble Cast:
**''Tropic Thunder''
**Runner-up: ''The Visitor (2007 drama film), The Visitor''
External links
Past Winners
References
Boston critics hand out honors
''Variety''
Pair tops Boston critics' list
''Boston Globe'' {{DEFAULTSORT:29th Boston Society Of Film Critics Awards Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, 2008 2008 film awards, Boston Society Of Film Critics Awards 2008 awards in the United States, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2008 in Boston, Boston Society of Film Critics Awards December 2008 events in the United States