Atonement scoops top prize at Attenborough awards
Sam Riley won the rising star award for his role in Control. The 28-year-old actor impressed the critics with his performance as Ian Curtis, the troubled frontman of the post-punk band Joy Division.”The last year has shown the cinema to be both resilient and innovative,” Lord Attenborough said in a statement. “It has also brought a superb crop of terrific films with compelling performances from both experienced and fresh talents.”Atonement has seven nominations for this year’s Academy Awards, which take place on February 24. The Coen brothers‘ No Country For Old Men and Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will be Blood are tied in first place on eight nominations apiece.
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