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L.A. Film Critics Toast Sideways
12 December 2004 (IMDb News Flash)
Was it all that wine? Drunk on something, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association toasted Sideways with five awards, including Best Film and Best Director. In addition to those honors, the indie comedy swept the supporting acting awards (for Thomas Haden Church, who picks up his second award this season, and Virginia Madsen) and gave its screenplay award to director Alexander Payne and his longtime co-writer Jim Taylor. The critics group went all serious, however, for its lead acting honors, citing Liam Neeson (Kinsey), who bested Sideways' Paul Giamatti, and Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) for Best Actor and Actress. Other winners included House of Flying Daggers (Foreign Language Film), Born Into Brothels (Documentary/Nonfiction Film), and The Incredibles (Animated Film and Score). Here's the entire list of winners:

Best Film: Sideways

Best Actor: Liam Neeson, Kinsey

Best Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake

Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways

Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen, Sideways

Best Director: Alexander Payne, Sideways

Best Screenplay: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, Sideways

Best Foreign-Language Film: House of Flying Daggers

Best Documentary/Nonfiction Film: Born into Brothels

Best Production Design: Dante Ferretti, The Aviator

Best Animation: Brad Bird, The Incredibles

Best Cinematography: Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron, Collateral

Career Achievement: Jerry Lewis

New Generation Award: Joshua Marston, writer and director of Maria Full of Grace

Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video: Star-Spangled to Death, Ken Jacobs

Special Citation: Brian Jamieson of Warner Brothers and Richard Schickel for the reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's 1980 The Big Red One