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2006 National Board of Review Awards
The National Board of Review includes teachers, actors, writers and
movie-production workers. The organization publishes the magazine Films
in Review. Find out which movies were given top honors in film—including Best Picture, Best Actor & Actress, and Best Director—for 2006.
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Best Picture:
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Letters from Iwo Jima
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Best Foreign Language Film:
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Volver (Spain) |
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Best Actor:
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Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland |
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Best Actress:
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Helen Mirren, The Queen |
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Best Supporting Actor:
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Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond |
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Best Supporting Actress:
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Catherine O'Hara, For Your Consideration |
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Best Ensemble:
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The Departed
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Breakthrough Performances:
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Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson; Rinko Kikuchi, Babel; and
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls |
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Best Director:
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Martin Scorcese, The Departed |
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Best Directorial Debut:
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Jason Reitman, Thank You for Smoking |
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Screenplay of the Year:
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The Painted Veil (Best Adapted) and Stranger Than
Fiction (Best Original) |
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Best Documentary:
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An Inconvenient Truth
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Best Animated Feature:
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Cars
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Career Achievement Award:
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Eli Wallach and Irwin Winkler |
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Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing:
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Jonathan Demme |
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William K. Everson Award for Film History:
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Donald Krim |
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Special Recognition of Films That Reflect Freedom of
Expression:
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Water and World Trade Center |
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