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GUS VAN SANT’s SEAN PENN-starring movie MILK has swept the board at the San Francisco FIlm Critics Awards - picking up four prizes.
The movie, set in the California city, picked up the Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay awards, and Van Sant lifted the Best Director honour.
Penn - who plays Harvey Milk, the city’s first openly gay elected official had to share the Best Actor prize with Mickey Rourke, who has won rave reviews for his performance in The Wrestler.
Elsewhere, the late Heath Ledger was named Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Dark Knight, and Sally Hawkins won the Best Actress award for her role in Happy Go Lucky.
The full list of winners - voted by film critics in the San Francisco area is as follows: Best Picture - Milk Best Director - Gus Van Sant, Milk Best Original Screenplay - Dustin Lance Black, Milk Best Adapted Screenplay - Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk/Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Best Supporting Actress - Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler Best Foreign Language Film - Let the Right One In Best Documentary - My Winnipeg Best Cinematography - Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community - Rob Nilsson, in recognition of his 9@NIGHT series of films
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