Pat's Halfway Through The Year Awards

Top Ten Baits (with 5 Honorable Mentions)
1. River City Blue
2. Recoil
3. The Counterfeit King
4. Green River
5. Negatives
6. Lucky Clover
7. Abroad
8. Postality
9. Imagine
10. Rivalry At 6 PM

Honorable Mentions: Sandstorm, Bootleg, Standardized Test, Jackrabbit, The Jungle

Best Plot/Synopsis
Abroad
Green River
Postality
Recoil
**River City Blue**

Best Awards Campaign
**Bloodshed**
Fatally Yours
Jackrabbit
Louisa
Recoil

Best Online Awards Campaign
**Bootleg**
A Child Of Shame
Dinah Was...
Jackrabbit
Running Miles

Best Title
Australia
A Child Of Shame
His Or Hers?
**River City Blue**
Sandstorm

Most Likely To Become A Box Office Hit
25 Billion
**Imagine**
Mom Is 80
Negatives
Sandstorm

Most Likely To Become A Cult Film
The 27th Victim
The Awards Ceremony
**Dark Night Of The Soul**
Sixty Days
Sweet Black And Blue

Most Original Bait
25 Billion
**The 27th Victim**
The Island Of The Day Before
Postality
Recoil

Most Original Character
Edward Cutrone (Clive Owen) in Midnight
Paul Finkel (Woody Allen) in Postality
Ace Headlee (Denis Leary) in Around The Horn
**Grant Rosella (Jake Gyllenhaal) in Louisa**
Julianne Wolf-Stevens (Glenn Close) in The Last Page

Best Cast
Abroad
**Captain Scott**
Recoil
River City Blue
Standardized Test

Best Casting Choice
Alec Baldwin as George in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Annette Bening as Jeanette Rankin in Defiant Soul
**Vera Farmiga as Sheryl Crowe in Livestrong**
Anika Noni Rose as Dinah Washington in Dinah Was...
Billy Bob Thornton as Buck Redding

Best Crew
Jackrabbit
Imagine
**La Ventana**
Oil
River City Blue

Best Tagline
Around The Horn
Glass
Green River
**Imagine**
Postality

Funniest Bait
Around The Horn
Negatives
**Postality**
Standardized Test
Sweden Day

Best Poster Design
Abroad
Big Brown Bag
Diary Of A Sociopath
Lucky Clover
**Short To Long**

Best Author
D.W. Dillon
Harry
Maia
Ross
**Zgamer**

Best Picture
The Counterfeit King
Green River
Negatives
Recoil
**River City Blue**

Best Director
Stephen Gaghan-River City Blue
Robert Towne-Fatally Yours
**Jim Sheridan-Lucky Clover**
Walter Salles-Altamont
Peter Weir-Jackrabbit

Best Actor
George Clooney-River City Blue
Paul Giamatti-Diary Of A Sociopath
**Clive Owen-Midnight**
Billy Bob Thornton-Recoil
Vince Vaughn-Negatives

Best Actress
Patricia Arquette-How It Ends
Cate Blanchett-The Counterfeit King
Alexis Bleidel-Sixty Days
**Glenn Close-The Last Page**
Diane Lane-Portait Of A Woman

Best Supporting Actor
Larry David-Postality
Shia LaBeouf-Abroad
**Denis Leary-Around The Horn**
Paul Newman-Recoil
Forest Whitaker-River City Blue

Best Supporting Actress
**Drea De Matteo-Bootleg**
Sophia Loren-Recoil
Jane Lynch-Standardized Test
Helen Mirren-Love Now, Laugh Later
Rachel Weisz-Faded Red

Best Adapted Screenplay
As I Lay Dying
The Counterfeit King
The End Of The Alphabet
The Island Of The Day Before
**The Jungle**

Best Original Screenplay
Abroad
**Postality**
Recoil
River City Blue
Sandstorm