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	...Best Film
	...Best Actor
	...Breakthrough Actor
	...Best Actress
	...Breakthrough Actress
	...Best Supporting Actor
	...Supporting Actress
	...Best Director
	...Best Debut Director
	...Screenplay - Original
	...Screenplay - Adapted
	...Film Music Composition
	...Best Documentary
	...Foreign Language Film
	...Production Design
	...Acting by an Ensemble
	...Best Animated Feature
	Special Recognition
	Freedom of Expression...
	Billy Wilder Award
	Producers Award
	Special Achievement Award
	Career Achievement Award
	William K. Everson Film...



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National Board of Review, USA: 2004

NBR Award

Date:

11 January 2005 (announced: 1 December)

Best Film


Winner:
	Finding Neverland (2004)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Ray (2004/I) - Jamie Foxx

Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor


Winner:
	In Good Company (2004) - Topher Grace - Also for P.S. (2004).

Best Actress


Winner:
	Being Julia (2004) - Annette Bening

Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress


Winner:
	Phantom of the Opera, The (2004) - Emmy Rossum

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Sideways (2004) - Thomas Haden Church

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Kinsey (2004) - Laura Linney

Best Director


Winner:
	Collateral (2004) - Michael Mann (I)

Best Debut Director


Winner:
	Garden State (2004) - Zach Braff

Best Screenplay - Original


Winner:
	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Charlie Kaufman

Best Screenplay - Adapted


Winner:
	Sideways (2004) - Alexander Payne (I); Jim Taylor (III)

Outstanding Film Music Composition


Winner:
	Finding Neverland (2004) - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Mar adentro (2004/I) - Spain/France/Italy.

Outstanding Production Design


Winner:
	Shi mian mai fu (2004) - Tingxiao Huo

Best Acting by an Ensemble


Winner:
	Closer (2004/I) - Jude Law; Clive Owen; Natalie Portman; Julia Roberts (I)

Best Animated Feature


Winner:
	Incredibles, The (2004)

Special Recognition


Winners:
	Assassination of Richard Nixon, The (2004) - For excellence in filmmaking. Before Sunset (2004) - For excellence in filmmaking. Depuis qu'Otar est parti... (2003) - For excellence in filmmaking. Door in the Floor, The (2004) - For excellence in filmmaking. Enduring Love (2004) - For excellence in filmmaking. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - For excellence in filmmaking. Finestra di fronte, La (2003) - For excellence in filmmaking. Garden State (2004) - For excellence in filmmaking. Home at the End of the World, A (2004) - For excellence in filmmaking. Imaginary Heroes (2004) - For excellence in filmmaking. Stage Beauty (2004) - For excellence in filmmaking. Undertow (2004) - For excellence in filmmaking. Woodsman, The (2004) - For excellence in filmmaking.

Freedom of Expression Award


Winners:
	Conspiracy of Silence (2003) Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Passion of the Christ, The (2004)

Billy Wilder Award


Awarded to:
	Milos Forman

Producers Award


Awarded to:
	Jerry Bruckheimer

Special Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Million Dollar Baby (2004) - Clint Eastwood - For producing, directing, acting and composing the score.

Career Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Jeff Bridges (I) Caleb Deschanel - For excellence in cinematography.

William K. Everson Film History Award


Awarded to:
	Richard Schickel