GUS VAN SANT - MILK LAPS UP SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS' AWARDS

MILK LAPS UP SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS' AWARDS

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.