NY Film Critics Tap 'Lord of the Rings' Year's Best
NEW YORK （Reuters） - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," the final installment of a cinematic trilogy based on the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, was named best picture of the year on Monday by the New York Film Critics Circle.
纽约（路透社）——根据托尔金著名神话小说改编的电影《指环王》系列最后一部《王者归来》周一被纽约电影评论协会评为今年最佳电影。
The off-beat comedy "Lost In Translation," from Focus Features, won a pair of major awards doled out by the critics, with Bill Murray named best actor and Sofia Coppola taking best director honors.
而非传统喜剧片《迷失东京》则获得两个重要奖项,比尔。莫里获得最佳男主角,索非亚。科帕拉获得最佳导演。
Hope Davis took the best actress award for her performances in "American Splendor," and "The Secret Lives of Dentists."
赫普。戴维斯凭借在《美国奇观》和《牙医的秘密生活》中的表演获得最佳女主角。
The film critics group, which has been issuing awards since 1935, is comprised of 35 New York-based film critics from daily newspapers, weekly newspapers and magazines.
纽约电影评论协会自1935年开始就颁发奖项,由35纽约日报,周报和杂志社的电影评论栏目组成。
More than 40 percent of the film critics' choices for best picture have gone on to win the Oscars in the same category.
它所评选出来的最佳影片当中有40%最终夺得奥斯卡最佳影片奖。
Shohreh Aghdashloo was named best supporting actress for "House of Sand and Fog," while Eugene Levy was named best supporting actor for "A Mighty Wind."
莎拉凭借在《尘雾之家》中的表演获得最佳女配角奖,尤金。利维凭借在《神秘之风》中的表演获得最佳男配角奖。
The Brazilian movie "City of God" was named best foreign film.
巴西影片《上帝之城》获得最佳外语片奖。
Film Critics Circle chairman Andrew Johnston, of Radar Magazine, said there had been a slew of close contests.
纽约电影协会主席,雷达杂志主编安德鲁觉得在一些评选确实会有重复的地方。
"I think the degree the wealth was spread around reflected how close much of the voting was," said Johnston. "All the movies that won something were strong contenders in a number of categories."
他说:“我认为投票选出的影片很分散,说明这些影片确实竞争很激烈,所有获得奖项的影片都是这一系列影片中有实力的。”
Johnston would not give out specific details of the multi-round balloting, but said the best picture award for "The Lord of the Rings," was "reasonably decisive," and in his view appropriately so.
他并没有给出多轮投票的具体情况,但是他表示《指环王》被选为最佳影片绝对是合理的,在他的影评中也是这样写的。
"It is easily the best of the three," Johnston said of the New Line Cinemas adventure trilogy shot in New Zealand. "It's amazing epic film making."《王者归来》是这三部中最好的,是一部很不错的大型制作。
