14th Empire Awards

The 14th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2008 and took place on 29 March 2009 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.^[1][2] During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 12 categories as well as four honorary awards. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Empire magazine a special honorary award was presented, the Actor of our Lifetime and to mark the loss of Heath Ledger, he was awarded the special honorary Heath Ledger Tribute Award. The Sony Ericsson Soundtrack Award was renamed to "Best Soundtrack" and the Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy award was renamed this year only to "Best Sci-Fi/Superhero". The Best Newcomer and Best Soundtrack awards were presented for the last time. Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain hosted the show for the first time.^[1][2][3] The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the first time.^[1][4][5][6]

14th Empire Awards
The logo for the 14th Empire Awards
Date	29 March 2009 (2009-03-29)^[1]
Site	Grosvenor House Hotel, London, England^[1]
Hosted by	Dara Ó Briain^[1]
Highlights
Best Film	The Dark Knight
Best British Film	RocknRolla
Most awards	The Dark Knight (3)
Most nominations	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (5)
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The Dark Knight won the most awards with three including Best Film and Best Director for Christopher Nolan. Other winners included Eden Lake, Mamma Mia!, Quantum of Solace, RocknRolla, Son of Rambow, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Wanted with one. Viggo Mortensen received the Empire Icon Award, Danny Boyle received the Outstanding Contribution to British Film award, Russell Crowe received the Actor of our Lifetime award and Heath Ledger received a special post-mortem tribute. Stephen Power and Conal O'Meara from the United Kingdom won the Done In 60 Seconds Award for their 60-second film version of Jerry Maguire.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The shortlisted nominees were revealed on 2 March 2009^[1][2][7] and finale voting ended on 12 March 2009.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Best Film^[11] The Dark Knight Iron Man No Country for Old Men There Will Be Blood WALL-E	Best British Film^[12] RocknRolla Eden Lake Hunger In Bruges Son of Rambow
Best Director^[13] Christopher Nolan — The Dark Knight Andrew Stanton — WALL-E Joel and Ethan Coen — No Country for Old Men Paul Thomas Anderson — There Will Be Blood Tim Burton — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Actor^[14] Christian Bale — The Dark Knight Daniel Craig — Quantum of Solace Daniel Day-Lewis — There Will Be Blood Johnny Depp — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Robert Downey Jr. — Iron Man	Best Actress^[15] Helena Bonham Carter — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Angelina Jolie — Changeling Elliot Page^[a] — Juno Olga Kurylenko — Quantum of Solace Sally Hawkins — Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Comedy^[17] Son of Rambow Burn After Reading Ghost Town In Bruges Tropic Thunder	Best Horror^[18] Eden Lake The Mist The Orphanage The Strangers Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Sci-Fi/Superhero^[19] Wanted Hellboy II: The Golden Army Iron Man The Dark Knight WALL-E	Best Thriller^[20] Quantum of Solace Changeling Eagle Eye Gone Baby Gone No Country for Old Men
Best Newcomer^[21] Gemma Arterton Hayley Atwell Jim Sturgess Robert Pattinson Toby Kebbell	Best Soundtrack^[22] Mamma Mia! Quantum of Solace RocknRolla Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street There Will Be Blood
Done In 60 Seconds Award^[23] United Kingdom: Jerry Maguire by Stephen Power & Conal O'Meara^[2009 DISS 1] Finalists:^[24] United Kingdom: Cloverfield by Ewan Smith^[2009 DISS 2] United Kingdom: Pearl Harbor by Mark Wong^[2009 DISS 3] United Kingdom: Se7en by Ewan Warburton^[2009 DISS 4] United Kingdom: The Dark Knight by Steven Seller^[2009 DISS 5] The other shortlisted films:^[24] United Kingdom: American Psycho by Mike Doxford^[2009 DISS 6] United Kingdom: Forrest Gump by Unknown director^[2009 DISS 7] United Kingdom: Requiem for a Dream by Charlie Lyne^[2009 DISS 8] United Kingdom: Reservoir Dogs by Harry Lindley^[2009 DISS 9] United Kingdom: Terminator 2: Judgment Minute (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) by Katie Child^[2009 DISS 10] United Kingdom: The Fugitive by Martin Selby & Tom Marshall^[2009 DISS 11] United Kingdom: WALL-E by Melanie Keyzor^[2009 DISS 12]	Honorary Awards Empire Icon Award: Viggo Mortensen^[25] Outstanding Contribution to British Film: Danny Boyle^[26] Actor of our Lifetime: Russell Crowe^[27] Heath Ledger Tribute: A special tribute award was dedicated to acknowledge the outstanding work of Heath Ledger.^[3]

Multiple awards

The following film received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
3	The Dark Knight

Multiple nominations

The following 12 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
5	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
4	Quantum of Solace
	The Dark Knight
	There Will Be Blood
3	Iron Man
	No Country for Old Men
	WALL-E
2	Changeling
	Eden Lake
	In Bruges
	RocknRolla
	Son of Rambow

Done In 60 Seconds films

1. Done In 60 Seconds: Jerry Maguire by Stephen Power & Conal O'Meara on YouTube
2. Done In 60 Seconds: Cloverfield by Ewan Smith on YouTube
3. Done In 60 Seconds: Pearl Harbor by Mark Wong on YouTube
4. Done In 60 Seconds: Se7en by Ewan Warburton on YouTube
5. Done In 60 Seconds: The Dark Knight by Steven Seller on YouTube
6. Done In 60 Seconds: American Psycho by Mike Doxford on YouTube
7. Unknown director (2009). Done In 60 Seconds: Forrest Gump.
8. Done In 60 Seconds: Requiem for a Dream by Charlie Lyne on YouTube
9. Done In 60 Seconds: Reservoir Dogs by Harry Lindley on YouTube
10. Katie Child (2009). Done In 60 Seconds: Terminator 2: Judgment Minute.
11. Done In 60 Seconds: The Fugitive by Martin Selby & Tom Marshall on YouTube
12. Done In 60 Seconds: WALL-E by Melanie Keyzor on YouTube

Notes

1. Credited as Ellen Page; Juno was released before Page came out as transgender.^[16]

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External links

• The 14th Jameson Empire Awards official website
• 14th Empire Awards at IMDb