14th Screen Actors Guild Awards

14th SAG Awards

January 27, 2008

----Best Cast - Motion Picture:
No Country For Old Men ----Best Cast - Drama Series:
The Sopranos
Best Cast - Comedy Series:
The Office

The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony, honoring the best in film and television acting achievement for the year 2007, took place on January 27, 2008 and, for the 12th consecutive ceremony, was held at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California. It was broadcast live simultaneously by TNT and TBS.

The nominees were announced on December 20, 2007 by Jeanne Tripplehorn and Terrence Howard at Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater.cite web |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20167372,00.html?xid=rss-yahoogadget-todayslatest-20071220-SAG+nominations+go+%27Wild%27 |title=The 14th Annual SAG Award Nominations |accessdate=2007-12-20 |last=Bruno |first=Mike |date=2007-12-20 |publisher=Entertainment Weekly]

"Into the Wild" received the highest number of nominations among the film categories with four, three for acting and one for ensemble performance. In the television categories "The Sopranos", "30 Rock" and "Ugly Betty" had the most nominations with three each.

The 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards was the first to give awards for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture and Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series.cite web |url=http://www.sagawards.org/nominations |title=SAG Awards Nominations Page |accessdate=2008-01-02]

The 2007 ceremony celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Screen Actors Guild with historical background and film clips presented in segments introduced by Blair Underwood throughout the ceremony. Charles Durning was presented with an award for Lifetime Achievement following accolades by Denis Leary and Burt Reynolds.

The ceremony was held in the midst of the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike. Because the acting community steadfastly has supported the writers during this period, the WGA had granted a waiver on December 11, 2007, to SAG for the awards show, allowing members to attend without having to cross picket lines. While talk of the strike was kept to a minimum, Julie Christie openly acknowledged it in her acceptance speech, commenting, "It's lovely to receive an award from your own union, especially at a time when we're being so forcefully reminded how important unions are."

After acknowledging the recent death of Heath Ledger, Daniel Day-Lewis dedicated his award to the actor.

Nominees and Recipients

Film

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

* George Clooney - "Michael Clayton"
* Daniel Day-Lewis - "There Will Be Blood" [cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/PR_080127 |title=Final 14th Annual SAG Awards Recipient Press Release |accessdate=2008-01-27 |date=2008-01-27 |publisher=Screen Actors Guild]
* Ryan Gosling - "Lars and the Real Girl"
* Emile Hirsch - "Into the Wild"
* Viggo Mortensen - "Eastern Promises"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

* Cate Blanchett - ""
* Julie Christie - "Away from Her"
* Marion Cotillard - "La Vie En Rose"
* Angelina Jolie - "A Mighty Heart"
* Ellen Page - "Juno"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

* Casey Affleck - "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
* Javier Bardem - "No Country for Old Men"
* Hal Holbrook - "Into the Wild"
* Tommy Lee Jones - "No Country for Old Men"
* Tom Wilkinson - "Michael Clayton"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

* Cate Blanchett - "I'm Not There"
* Ruby Dee - "American Gangster"
* Catherine Keener - "Into the Wild"
* Amy Ryan - "Gone Baby Gone"
* Tilda Swinton - "Michael Clayton"

Outstanding Performance by a Cast

* ""
* "American Gangster"
* "Hairspray"
* "Into the Wild"
* "No Country for Old Men"
**Javier Bardem
**Garret Dillahunt
**Woody Harrelson
**Kelly Macdonald
**Tess Harper
**Tommy Lee Jones
**Josh Brolin

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble

* "300"
* "The Bourne Ultimatum"
* "I Am Legend"
* "The Kingdom"
* ""

Television

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

* Michael Keaton - "The Company"
* Kevin Kline - "As You Like It"
* Oliver Platt - "The Bronx is Burning"
* Sam Shepard - "Ruffian"
* John Turturro - "The Bronx is Burning"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in Television Movie or Miniseries

* Ellen Burstyn - "Mitch Albom's For One More Day"
* Debra Messing - "The Starter Wife"
* Anna Paquin - "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"
* Queen Latifah - "Life Support"
* Vanessa Redgrave - "The Fever"
* Gena Rowlands - "What If God Were the Sun?"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

* James Gandolfini - "The Sopranos"
* Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"
* Jon Hamm - "Mad Men"
* Hugh Laurie - "House"
* James Spader - "Boston Legal"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

* Glenn Close - "Damages"
* Edie Falco - "The Sopranos"
* Sally Field - "Brothers & Sisters"
* Holly Hunter - "Saving Grace"
* Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

* Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"
* Steve Carell - "The Office"
* Ricky Gervais - "Extras"
* Jeremy Piven - "Entourage"
* Tony Shalhoub - "Monk"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

* Christina Applegate - "Samantha Who?"
* America Ferrera - "Ugly Betty"
* Tina Fey - "30 Rock"
* Mary-Louise Parker - "Weeds"
* Vanessa L. Williams - "Ugly Betty"

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

* "Boston Legal"
* "The Closer"
* "Grey's Anatomy"
* "Mad Men"
* "The Sopranos"
**Gregory Antonacci
**Lorraine Bracco
**Edie Falco
**James Gandolfini
**Dan Grimaldi
**Robert Iler
**Michael Imperioli
**Arthur Nascarella
**Steven R. Schirripa
**Matt Servitto
**Jamie-Lynn Sigler
**Tony Sirico
**Aida Tuturro
**Steven Van Zandt
**Frank Vincent

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

* "30 Rock"
* "Desperate Housewives"
* "Entourage"
* "The Office"
**Leslie David Baker
**Brian Baumgartner
**Steve Carell
**David Denman
**Jenna Fischer
**Kate Flannery
**Melora Hardin
**Mindy Kaling
**Angela Kinsey
**John Krasinski
**Paul Lieberstein
**B.J. Novak
**Oscar Nunez
**Phyllis Smith
**Rainn Wilson
* "Ugly Betty"

Outstanding Performance by an Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

* "24"
* "Heroes"
* "Lost"
* "Rome"
* "The Unit"

Life Achievement Award

*Screen Actors Guild Awards 44th Annual Life Achievement Award:
**Charles Durning

Films with multiple nominations

;Four:
*"Into the Wild";Three:
*"Michael Clayton"
*"No Country for Old Men";Two:
*"American Gangster"

Television programs with multiple nominations

;Three:
*"The Sopranos"
*"30 Rock"
*"Ugly Betty";Two
*"Mad Men"
*"Boston Legal"
*"The Closer"
*"The Office"
*"Entourage"

Awards Breakdown

Film

*2/3: "No Country for Old Men"
*1/2: "American Gangster"
*1/1: "There Will Be Blood"
*1/1: "Away from Her"

Television

*3/3: "The Sopranos"
*2/3: "30 Rock"
*1/2: "The Office"
*1/1: "24"

References