National
Board of Review of Motion Pictures

December 6, 2000

The
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures named Philip Kaufman's
Quills the top film of 2000. Starring Geoffrey Rush and Kate
Winslet, the film is a story about the life of the Marquis de Sade.
The award for best foreign film went to Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger
Hidden Dragon (out in US theatres this week), and the Best Director
went to Steven Soderberg for Traffic. Girlfight's
Michelle Rodriguez won the Breakthrough award, and Javier Bardem
won the best actor award for Before Night Falls. The awards
will be presented Jan. 16 at Tavern on the Green restaurant in New
York City.

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Best
Director

Steven Soderbergh for Traffic

Best
Writing

Ted Tally for All the Pretty Horses

Best
Documentary

Aviva Kempner's The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

Best
Foreign Film

Ang Lee's Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Tiger



Best Actor

Javier Bardem for Before
Night Falls

Best
Supporting Actor

Joaquin Phoenix for his role in Quills

Best
Actress

Julia Roberts for Erin
Brockovich

Best
Supporting Actress

Lupe Ontiveros for
Chuck and Buck

Breakthrough
Performance

Michelle Rodriguez for Girlfight

Outstanding
Young Actor

Jamie Bell for Billy
Elliot

Outstanding
Dramatic Musical Performance by an Actress

Actress Björk, star of Dancer
in the Dark

The
National Board of Review of Films

Ten Best Films of 2000

1.
Quills

2. Traffic

3. Croupier

4. You
Can Count on Me

5. Billy
Eliot

6. Before
Night Falls

7. Gladiator

8. Wonder Boys

9. Sunshine

10. Dancer
in the Dark

Ten
films were given "special mention for excellence in filmmaking."




American Psycho

Best
in Show

Girlfight

Hamlet

Nurse
Betty

Requiem
for a Dream

Shower

Snatch

Two
Family House

Chuck
and Buck