St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2009
Introduction '''6th SLGFCA Awards'''December 21, 2009----Best Film: '''''Up in the Air'''''----Best Director: '''Kathryn Bigelow'''''The Hurt Locker''The '''6th St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards''' were announced on 15 December and awarded on December 21, 2009.
Winners and nominees ===Best Actor===*'''George Clooney''' – '''''Up in the Air'''''*Jeff Bridges – ''Crazy Heart''*Ben Foster – ''The Messenger''*Morgan Freeman – ''Invictus''*Patton Oswalt – ''Big Fan''*Jeremy Renner – ''The Hurt Locker''===Best Actress===*'''Carey Mulligan''' – '''''An Education'''''*Saoirse Ronan – ''The Lovely Bones''*Maya Rudolph – ''Away We Go''*Gabourey Sidibe – ''Precious''*Meryl Streep – ''Julie and Julia''===Best Animated Film===*'''''Up'''''*''Coraline''*''The Fantastic Mr. Fox''*''Ponyo''*''The Princess and the Frog''===Best Cinematography===*'''''Nine''''' – '''Dion Beebe'''*''The Hurt Locker'' – Barry Ackroyd*''Inglourious Basterds'' – Robert Richardson*''Red Cliff (Chi bi)'' – Lü Yue and Zhang Li*''A Single Man'' – Eduard Grau*''Where the Wild Things Are'' – Lance Acord===Best Director===*'''Kathryn Bigelow''' – '''''The Hurt Locker'''''*Wes Anderson – ''The Fantastic Mr. Fox''*Oren Moverman – ''The Messenger''*Jason Reitman – ''Up in the Air''*Quentin Tarantino – ''Inglourious Basterds''===Best Documentary Film===*'''''Capitalism: A Love Story'''''*''Anvil! The Story of Anvil''*''Food, Inc.''*''Good Hair''*''Tyson''===Best Film===*'''''Up in the Air'''''*''(500) Days of Summer''*''An Education''*''The Hurt Locker''*''Invictus''*''Precious''*''Up''===Best Comedy===*'''''The Hangover'''''*''(500) Days of Summer''*''Away We Go''*''Pirate Radio''*''Zombieland''===Best Foreign Language Film===*'''''Red Cliff (Chi bi)''''' • China*''The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)'' • Germany*''Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel)'' • France*''The Maid (La nana)'' • Chile*''Treeless Mountain'' • South Korea*''Without Name (Sin nombre)'' • Spain===Best Music===*'''''Nine'''''*''Crazy Heart''*''Pirate Radio''*''The Princess and the Frog''*''Up''===Best Screenplay===*'''''(500) Days of Summer''''' – '''Scott Neustadter''' and '''Michael H. Weber'''*''An Education'' – Nick Hornby*''The Hurt Locker'' – Mark Boal*''Inglourious Basterds'' – Quentin Tarantino*''Up in the Air'' – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner===Best Supporting Actor===*'''Christoph Waltz''' – '''''Inglourious Basterds'''''*Robert Duvall – ''The Road''*Woody Harrelson – ''The Messenger''*Alfred Molina – ''An Education''*Stanley Tucci – ''The Lovely Bones''===Best Supporting Actress===*'''Mo'Nique''' – '''''Precious'''''*Marion Cotillard – ''Nine''*Vera Farmiga – ''Up in the Air''*Anna Kendrick – ''Up in the Air''*Mélanie Laurent – ''Inglourious Basterds''*Samantha Morton – ''The Messenger''===Best Visual Effects===*'''''Avatar'''''*''District 9''*''The Lovely Bones''*''Star Trek''*''Where the Wild Things Are''===Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film===*'''''Avatar'''''*''(500) Days of Summer''*''District 9''*''The Fantastic Mr. Fox''*''The Lovely Bones''===Favorite Scene===*'''''Up''''' – '''"Opening marriage montage"'''*''(500) Days of Summer'' – "'Expectations vs. reality' split-screen sequence"*''(500) Days of Summer'' – "'Morning after' dance number"*''Inglourious Basterds'' – "The opening farmhouse scene"*''Precious'' – "Mo'Nique's scene at social worker office"