“American Sniper,” Clint Eastwood’s mesmerizing look at the life of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, earned the Denver Film Critics Society’s Best Picture award today.
The Colo.-based group spread the honors liberally through 2014’s best films, with “Birdman” scoring the most awards (Best Original Screenplay, Best Score and Best Cinematography).
Bradley Cooper’s performance as Kyle tied with Ralph Fiennes’ comic turn in “The Grand Budapest Hotel” for Best Actor honors.
In the supporting actor categories, J.K. Simmons won for “Whiplash” while Patricia Arquette’s conflicted matriarch gave “Boyhood” one of its two honors.
The full list of DFCS Award Winners:
Best Picture: “American Sniper”
Best Director: Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Best Actor: (tie) Ralph Fiennes, “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”
Best Actress: Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”
Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
Best Animated Film: “The Lego Movie”
Best Science Fiction/Horror Film: “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”
Best Comedy: “Guardians of the Galaxy”
Best Original Screenplay: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, “Birdman”
Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”
Best Documentary: “The Overnighters”
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman”
Best Original Song: “Everything Is Awesome,” Tegan and Sara, “The Lego Movie”
Best Score: Antonio Sanchez, “Birdman”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Two Days, One Night”
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