2004 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. The winners were announced Dec. 1, 2004.

Best Picture:	Finding Neverland
Best Foreign Film:	The Sea Inside (Spain)
Best Actor:	Jamie Foxx, Ray
Best Actress:	Annette Bening, Being Julia
Best Supporting Actor:	Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Best Supporting Actress:	Laura Linney, Kinsey
Best Ensemble:	Closer
Breakthrough Performances:	Topher Grace, Good Company and P.S.; and Emmy Rossum, The Phantom of the Opera
Best Director:	Michael Mann, Collateral
Best Directorial Debut:	Zach Braff, Garden State
Screenplay of the Year:	Sideways (Best Adapted) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Best Original)
Best Documentary:	Born into Brothels
Best Animated Feature:	The Incredibles
Special Filmmaking Achievement:	Clint Eastwood, for producing, directing, acting, and scoring Million Dollar Baby
Career Achievement Award:	Jeff Bridges
Production Design:	House of Flying Daggers
William K. Everson Award for Film History:	Richard Schickel
Producers Award:	Jerry Bruckheimer
Special Recognition of Films that Reflect the Freedom of Expression:	Fahrenhein 9/11, The Passion of the Christ, and Conspiracy of Silence
Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking:	The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Before Sunset, Door in the Floor, Enduring Love, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Facing Windows, Garden State, A Home at the End of the World, Imaginary Heroes, Since Otar Left, Stage Beauty, Undertow, and The Woodsman