SAG and DGA Awards Go to No Country for Old Men

The Screen Actors Guild announced their award winners, and the biggest surprise, at least to me, was Ruby Dee’s win in American Gangster, for what amounts to one scene in a less-than-stellar film. Not that it wasn’t a good performance, but it definitely has the hallmarks of the sentimental ‘lifetime achievement’ award. No Country or Old Men picked up the expected wins for Best Cast and Best Supporting Actor, and Joel and Ethan Coen also picked up the Directors Guild’s top prize for the film, which led to this interesting remark in Variety.:

“Ethan and I have a bookshelf in our office where we keep various plaques and such that we’ve gotten over the years that we call our ego corner,” Joel Coen said. “Whenever Ethan has a really bad day, he gets a bottle of Windex and and a big can of silver polish and goes over and spit shines those medals for an hour or two. It makes him feel better. This is a really big one — in every respect. It’s going to keep him busy.”

SAG Awards for Film:

Best Leading Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Leading Actress: Julie Christie, Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Best Cast: No Country for Old Men
Best Stunt Ensemble: The Bourne Ultimatum