Road to Oscar: Florida Favors Departed, Queen, King
There is yet even
more kudos for
The Departed and Martin Scorsese, which earned best-picture and -director honors from the Florida Film Critics Circle on Tuesday. Sweeping the lead-actor categories, again, were Helen Mirren (
The Queen) and Forest Whitaker (
The Last King of Scotland), while Jennifer Hudson (
Dreamgirls) and Djimon Hounsou (
Blood Diamond) copped supporting wins. Winning the documentary, foreign-language and animated categories were
An Inconvenient Truth,
Pan's Labyrinth and
Monster House, respectively.
