As the first reactions to the upcoming Steven Spielberg film, The Post have been released, the film has already received the first big award of the season. The National Board of Review announced yesterday its 2017 award winners, naming The Post as year’s best film. The Steven Spielberg film about the Pentagon Papers saga also received awards for Best Actor and Actress for its lead performances by Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep. The accolades are the first major awards for the Fox and DreamWorks film, which is set to be released December 22nd in limited release.
A complete list of this year’s winners follows:
Best film: The Post
Best director: Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Best actor: Tom Hanks, The Post
Best actress: Meryl Streep, The Post
Best supporting actor: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Best supporting actress: Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Best original screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
Best adapted screenplay: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist
Best animated feature: Coco
Breakthrough performance: Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Best directorial debut: Jordan Peele, Get Out
Best foreign language film: Foxtrot
Best documentary: Jane
Best ensemble: Get Out
Spotlight Award: Wonder Woman, Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: First They Killed My Father
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
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