The 14th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British
film magazine ''Empire'', honored the best
films of 2008 and took place on 29 March 2009 at the
Grosvenor House Hotel in
London,
England.
During the ceremony, ''Empire'' presented
Empire Awards in 12 categories as well as four honorary awards. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of ''Empire'' magazine a special honorary award was presented, the
Actor of our Lifetime and to mark the loss of
Heath Ledger, he was awarded the special honorary
Heath Ledger Tribute Award.
The Sony Ericsson Soundtrack Award was renamed to "Best Soundtrack" and the
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy award was renamed this year only to "Best Sci-Fi/Superhero". The
Best Newcomer and Best Soundtrack awards were presented for the last time. Irish comedian
Dara Ó Briain hosted the show for the first time.
The awards were sponsored by
Jameson Irish Whiskey for the first time.
''
The Dark Knight'' won the most awards with three including
Best Film and
Best Director for
Christopher Nolan. Other winners included ''
Eden Lake'', ''
Mamma Mia!
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'', ''
Quantum of Solace
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'', ''
RocknRolla'', ''
Son of Rambow'', ''
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' and ''
Wanted'' with one.
Viggo Mortensen received the
Empire Icon Award,
Danny Boyle received the Outstanding Contribution to British Film award,
Russell Crowe
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received the
Actor of our Lifetime award and
Heath Ledger received a special post-mortem
tribute. Stephen Power and Conal O'Meara from the United Kingdom won the
Done In 60 Seconds Award for their 60-second film version of ''
Jerry Maguire''.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The shortlisted nominees were revealed on 2 March 2009
and finale voting ended on 12 March 2009.
Multiple awards
The following film received multiple awards:
Multiple nominations
The following 12 films received multiple nominations:
Done In 60 Seconds films
Notes
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