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National Board of Review Names 'Up in the Air' Best Film of the Year

"Up in the Air" was named best picture from the National Board of Review and won a total of four awards.Directed by Jason Reitman ("Juno," "Thank You for Smoking"), the film stars George Clooney as a perpetually traveling contractor who fires people for a living. The National Board of Review, which announced its awards Thursday, also chose Clooney as best actor, an honor he shares with Morgan Freeman who plays Nelson Mandela in "Invictus.""Up in the Air" also won best supporting actress for Anna Kendrick and best adapted screenplay, penned by Reitman and Sheldon Turner working from Walter Kirn's book of the same name.Already an Oscar favorite, the win boosts the awards prospects of "Up in the Air," which opens Friday. The last two NBR winners -- "No Country for Old Men" and "Slumdog Millionaire" -- have gone on to win best picture at the Academy Awards."I'm simply overwhelmed with gratitude for the many honors the National Board of Review has bestowed upon `Up in the Air,"' Reitman sai...

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