7th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

7th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Date	February 4, 2008
Hosted by	Jamie Lee Curtis and John Cleese
Highlights
Most nominations	Mamma Mia! (5)

The 7th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, presented by AARP the Magazine, honored films released in 2007 made by people over the age of 50. The ceremony was held on February 4, 2008 at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles, and was hosted by actors Jamie Lee Curtis and John Cleese.[1] Hal Holbrook won the annual Career Achievement Award, and Gena Rowlands won the award for Breakthrough Achievement for her writing in Paris, je t'aime.[1][2]

Three new awards debuted at this year's ceremony, honoring the best supporting actor, best supporting actress, and best buddy picture of the year.[3]

Awards

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[1][4][5]

Best Movie for Grownups The Savages‡ Atonement The Bucket List The Kite Runner Michael Clayton	Best Director Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton‡ Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men Paul Haggis - In the Valley of Elah Mike Nichols - Charlie Wilson's War Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Actor Chris Cooper - Breach‡ Richard Gere - The Hoax Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson's War Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah Denzel Washington - American Gangster	Best Actress Julie Christie - Away from Her‡ Sally Field - Two Weeks Vanessa Redgrave - Evening Meryl Streep - Lions for Lambs
Best Supporting Actor Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton‡ Philip Bosco - The Savages Homayoun Ershadi - The Kite Runner Andy Griffith - Waitress Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild	Best Supporting Actress Ruby Dee - American Gangster ‡ Jane Asher - Death at a Funeral Olympia Dukakis - Away from Her Fernanda Montenegro - Love in the Time of Cholera Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement
Best Comedy for Grownups The Darjeeling Limited‡ Dan in Real Life Death at a Funeral Juno Wild Hogs	Best Screenwriter Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly‡ Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men Paul Haggis - In the Valley of Elah Christopher Hampton - Atonement Steven Zaillian - American Gangster
Best Buddy Picture The Bucket List‡	Best Intergenerational Film The Namesake‡ The Great Debaters 3:10 to Yuma The Savages Juno
Best Grownup Love Story John Travolta and Christopher Walken - Hairspray‡	Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up Enchanted‡ Ratatouille Mr. Bean's Holiday Knocked Up The Simpsons Movie
Best Documentary In the Shadow of the Moon‡ (tie) Sicko‡ (tie) For the Bible Tells Me So Hear and Now Run, Granny, Run	Best Foreign Film My Best Friend - France‡ After the Wedding - Denmark Vitus - Switzerland La Vie en rose - France Persepolis - France

Career Achievement Award

• Hal Holbrook: "'This is one of the greatest moments of my life!' the veteran star said, ranking it right up there with his Oscar nomination that year — his first — for Into the Wild."[2]

Breakthrough Accomplishment

• Gena Rowlands: "Rowlands, who'd never written a screenplay in her life, sat down and created an exquisite scene, the story of a long-married couple on the eve of their divorce. Sparely written and wonderfully realized by director Gerard Depardieu, the scene creates in the viewer the discomfort of overhearing a too private conversation in too public a place."[4]

Films with multiple nominations and wins

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
3	American Gangster
	Atonement
	In the Valley of Elah
	Michael Clayton
	The Savages
2	Away from Her
	The Bucket List
	Charlie Wilson's War
	Death at a Funeral
	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
	Juno
	The Kite Runner
	No Country for Old Men

Films that received multiple awards

Wins	Film
2	Michael Clayton

References

1. Smith, Liz (January 30, 2008). "AARP salutes grownups".
2. "Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Winners". AARP.
3. "2007 Movies for Grownup Awards | Voice of America - English".
4. Newcott, Bill. "Movies for Grownups Awards 2008 with Bill Newcott - AARP Magazine". AARP.
5. Korky Vann (31 January 2008). "WATCHING OLD MOVIES IS A WAY OF CONNECTING TO OUR PAST". Hartford Courant.