Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" won the top prize at the Utah Film Critics Association awards. The hunt for Osama bin Laden took the Best Movie of 2012 award but Bigelow was just a runner-up. Wes Anderson won the Best Director award for his fantastic "Moonrise Kingdom."
Here's the complete list of winners; for nominees/winners of other award-giving bodies,click here:
Best Picture • "Zero Dark Thirty" (runner-up: "Looper")
Directing • Wes Anderson, "Moonrise Kingdom" (runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty")
Lead Actor • Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master" (runners-up: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln," and John Hawkes, "The Sessions")
Lead actress • Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook," and Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty" (tie)
Supporting Actor • Dwight Henry, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (runner-up: Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master")
Supporting Actress • Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables" (runner-up: Ann Dowd, "Compliance")
Original Screenplay • Rian Johnson, "Looper" (runner-up: Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard, "The Cabin in the Woods")
Adapted Screenplay • Stephen Chbosky, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (runner-up: David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook")
Cinematography • Roger Deakins, "Skyfall" (runner-up: Claudio Miranda, "Life of Pi")
Documentary Feature • "Indie Game: The Movie" (runner-up: "The Invisible War")
Non-English Language Feature • "Headhunters" (runner-up: "Amour")
Animated Feature • "ParaNorman" (runners-up: "Frankenweenie" and "Wreck-It Ralph")
"Zero Dark Thirty" Tops Utah Film Critics Association
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