“La La Land” capped an incredible 2016-17 Awards Season by winning eight categories, including Best Picture and Best Director (Damien Chazelle), at the annual LCJ Movie Awards on Sunday. The win total by the musical romance ties it with “Birdman” and “Saving Mr. Banks” for the most in the history of the awards. “La La Land” received 14 nominations, and now shares that all-time record with “Lincoln” and “Banks”. Composer Justin Hurwitz was this year’s lone double-winner, capturing top honors for both Best Original Score and Best Original Song (“Audition”). “La La Land” becomes the first film to win both the Score and Song categories.
The Ray Kroc biopic “The Founder” earned two wins: Best Production Design and Best Actor for star Michael Keaton. This marks Keaton’s second Best Actor win, the other being for “Birdman” honor in 2015. Indie musical “Sing Street” picked-up two awards: Best Comedy and Best Original Screenplay. Drama “A Monster Calls” and the Mel Gibson’s war film “Hacksaw Ridge” also received two wins each.
“La Land Land” becomes the fourth Best Picture winner in the six years of the LCJ Movie Awards to also be announced for the equivalent honor at the Academy Awards (“La La Land” held Oscar’s top honor this year for 2-and-a-half minutes).
This year’s Roger Ebert Actor of the Year Award was given to actress Amy Adams for her standout work in a trio of 2016 films: “Arrival”, “Nocturnal Animals” and “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice”. The prestigious award was first presented at Feb. 2013 ceremony and was re-named a year later in honor of late film critic Roger Ebert. Adams is the first female to be honored with this award.
In the Best Animated Film category, “The Little Prince” upset award season favorites “Zootopia” and “Kubo and the Two Strings” for top honors, making Netflix the first streaming service to receive an LCJ Movie Awards nomination and win. This was also the first year two documentaries – “Tower” and “O.J.: Made in America” were nominated for Best Picture. The epic ESPN’s doc captured the award for Best Documentary Feature.
Included in the record 32 categories were three new additions: Best Stunt Ensemble, Best Suspense Thriller and Best Voice Performance. That category’s winner, Matthew McConaughey (“Sing”), also received a Best Actor nomination for his performance in “Gold”.
In winning Best Supporting Actress, Viola Davis (“Fences”) became the first person to take home both an LCJ Movie Award and Best Supporting Actress Oscar in the same year.
Eddie Murphy (Best Supporting Actor – “Mr. Church”) and Rebecca Hall (Best Actress – “Christine”) join Ewan McGregor (Best Actor – “The Impossible” – 2013) as the only actors to take home an LCJ Movie Award for a performance that was not nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG Award or BAFTA.
Lionsgate captured studio bragging rights with 10 wins, followed by The Weinstein Co. with 5 and Focus Features with 4.
Below is the full list of 2017 LCJ Movie Awards nominees and winners.
Best Picture
“The Accountant”
“Christine”
“The Founder”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“The Little Prince”
“Me Before You”
“O.J.: Made in America”
“Sing Street”
“Tower”
Best Director
Antonio Campos – “Christine”
John Carney – “Sing Street”
Damien Chazelle – “La La Land”
Garth Davis – “Lion”
Ezra Edelman – “O.J.: Made in America”
John Lee Hancock – “The Founder”
Best Actor
Casey Affleck – “Manchester by the Sea”
Andrew Garfield – “Hacksaw Ridge”
Ryan Gosling – “La La Land”
Michael Keaton – “The Founder”
Matthew McConaughey – “Gold”
Denzel Washington – “Fences”
Best Actress
Emily Blunt – “The Girl on the Train”
Jessica Chastain – “Miss Sloane”
Emilia Clarke – “Me Before You”
Rebecca Hall – “Christine”
Natalie Portman – “Jackie”
Susan Sarandon – “The Meddler”
Emma Stone – “La La Land”
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali – “Moonlight”
Jeff Bridges – “Hell or High Water”
Kevin Costner – “Hidden Figures”
Eddie Murphy – “Mr. Church”
Nick Offerman – “The Founder”
Dev Patel – “Lion”
Best Supporting Actress
Lucy Boynton – “Sing Street”
Viola Davis – “Fences”
Nicole Kidman – “Lion”
Janelle Monae – “Hidden Figures”
Margot Robbie – “Suicide Squad”
Sigourney Weaver – “A Monster Calls”
Best Original Screenplay
Craig Shilowich – “Christine”
Robert D. Siegel – “The Founder”
Damien Chazelle – “La La Land”
Lorene Scafaria – “The Meddler”
John Carney – “Sing Street”
Jared Bush and Phil Johnston – “Zootopia”
Best Adapted Screenplay
August Wilson – “Fences”
Alison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi – “Hidden Figures”
Luke Davies – “Lion”
Irene Brignull and Bob Persichetti – “The Little Prince”
Patrick Ness – “A Monster Calls”
Todd Komarnicki – “Sully”
Best Young Actor/Actress
Ruby Barnhill – “The BFG”
Lucas Hedges – “Manchester by the Sea”
Lewis MacDougall – “A Monster Calls”
Sunny Pawar – “Lion”
Angourie Rice – “The Nice Guys”
Hailee Steinfeld – “The Edge of Seventeen”
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo – “Sing Street”
Best Acting Ensemble
“The Accountant”
“Christine”
“Don’t Think Twice”
“Eye in the Sky”
“The Founder”
“Hidden Figures”
Best Animated Feature
“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“The Little Prince”
“My Life as a Zucchini”
“Sing”
“Trolls”
“Zootopia”
Best Director of an Animated Feature
Alessandro Carloni and Jennifer Yuh Nelson – “Kung Fu Panda 3”
Byron Howard and Rich Moore – “Zootopia”
Garth Jennings – “Sing”
Travis Knight – “Kubo and the Two Strings”
Mark Osborne – “The Little Prince”
Best Vocal Performance in a Motion Picture
Ginnifer Goodwin – “Zootopia”
Sir Ben Kingsley – “The Jungle Book”
Rachel McAdams – “The Little Prince”
Matthew McConaughey – “Sing”
Liam Neeson – “A Monster Calls”
Mark Rylance – “The BFG”
Best Animated Short Film
“Blind Vaysha”
“Borrowed Time”
“Mower Minions”
“Pear Cider and Cigarettes”
“Pearl”
Best Action Film
“The Accountant”
“Captain America: Civil War”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Inferno”
“Patriots Day”
Best Stunt Ensemble
“Captain America: Civil War”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Jason Bourne”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
“Star Trek Beyond”
Best Comedy
“Don’t Think Twice”
“Elvis & Nixon”
“Ghostbusters”
“The Meddler”
“Sing Street”
Best Drama
“Christine”
“The Founder”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Me Before You”
Best Documentary Feature
“The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years”
“Gleason”
“Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids”
“Life, Animated”
“O.J.: Made in America”
“Tower”
Best Family Film
“The Jungle Book”
“Miracles from Heaven”
“Pete’s Dragon”
Best Suspense Thriller
“Eye in the Sky”
“The Infiltrator”
“Money Monster”
Best Film Editing
“Christine”
“The Founder”
“Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids”
“La La Land”
“O.J.: Made in America”
“Sing Street”
Best Costume Design
“Alice Through the Looking Glass”
“Florence Foster Jenkins”
“Hail, Caesar!”
“The Huntsman: Winter’s War”
“La La Land”
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
“Alice Through the Looking Glass”
“Jackie”
“Star Trek Beyond”
“Suicide Squad”
“X-Men: Apocalypse”
Best Production Design
“The Founder”
“Hail, Caesar!”
“Jackie”
“La La Land”
“The Nice Guys”
Best Cinematography
“Arrival”
“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“La La Land”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
“Sully”
Best Visual Effects
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“The Finest Hours”
“The Jungle Book”
“A Monster Calls”
“Star Trek Beyond”
Best Sound Editing/Mixing
“Deepwater Horizon”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“La La Land”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
“Sully”
Best Original Score
“Christine”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Jackie”
“La La Land”
”The Light Between Oceans”
Best Original Song
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” – “La La Land”
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” – “Trolls”
“Drive It Like You Stole It” – “Sing Street”
“Let’s Hurt Tonight” – “Collateral Beauty”
“Runnin’” – “Hidden Figures”
“Try Everything” – “Zootopia”
Best Cameo
Dan Aykroyd – “Ghostbusters”
Melissa McCarthy – “Central Intelligence”
Martha Stewart – “Bad Moms”
Ben Stiller – “Don’t Think Twice”
T-Pain – “The Boss”
The Roger Ebert Actor of the Year Award
Amy Adams – “Arrival”, “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice”, “Nocturnal Animals”
Elle Fanning – “20th Century Women”, “Live By Night”
Felicity Jones – “Inferno”, “A Monster Calls”, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
Anna Kendrick – “The Accountant”, “The Hollars”, “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates”, “Trolls”
Michael Shannon – “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice”, “Elvis & Nixon”, “Loving”, “Midnight Special”, “Nocturnal Animals”
J.K. Simmons – “The Accountant”, “Kung Fu Panda 3”, “La La Land”, “The Meddler”, “Patriots Day”, “Zootopia”
Watch: The 2017 LCJ Movie Awards
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