The winners of the 13th annual Satellite Awards were announced on Sunday and taking the top nods where Slumdog Millionaire for Best Motion Picture (Drama) and Happy-Go-Lucky for Best Motion Picture (Comedy). The Happy-Go-Lucky win is no major surprise, but the Slumdog pull is just one more piece of hardware as it is slowly rising to the top of the pile in terms of becoming the Oscar Best Picture front-runner.
Slumdog Millionaire also took home prizes for Danny Boyle for Director and A.R. Rahman for his score. Happy-Go-Lucky also went home with two awards with Sally Hawkins continuing her impressive run as of late taking Best Actress. Richard Jenkins didn’t hurt his chances at becoming an Oscar nominee by upping his cred with a Best Actor win.
Rosemarie Dewitt took hom Best Supporting Actress for Rachel Getting Married and Michael Shannon got a well deserved award for Best Supporting Actor from Revolutionary Road.
You can check out the complete list of film winners below and The Hollywood Reporter has all the TV winners right here.
Best Motion Picture (Drama): Slumdog Millionaire
Best Motion Picture (Comedy): Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Actor: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Best Supporting Actress: Rosemarie Dewitt, Rachel Getting Married
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Foreign-language film: Gomorrah
Animated or mixed-media film: WALL•E
Documentary: Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer and Man on Wire
Original screenplay: Thomas McCarthy, (The Visitor)
Adapted screenplay: Peter Morgan, (Frost/Nixon)
Original song: “Another Way to Die” from Quantum of Solace
Cinematography: Mandy Walker, (Australia)
Visual effects: Chris Godfrey, James E. Price and Diana Giorgiutti, (Australia)
Editing: Dan Lebental, (Iron Man
Sound (editing and mixing): Richard King, (The Dark Knight)
Art direction and production design: Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, Karen Murphy and Beverly Dunn (Australia)
Costume design: Michael O’Connor (The Duchess)