Box office sensations Avatar and The Hangover earned the top honours at the 67th Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.
Sci-fi adventure Avatar, whose 3D effects have wowed critics and fans alike and helped it earn $1.6 billion at global box offices, claimed best film drama and top director for James Cameron.
“3D is going to be the future,” Cameron told reporters backstage. “The one thing Avatar could do because of its success — especially its critical success – is give permission to other filmmakers to think of 3D.”
The Hangover, another box office hit, scooping $277 million at U.S. and Canadian box offices, claimed the title of best film comedy.
“It is such a wonderful trip this film, we just set out to make a funny comedy,” director Todd Phillips told reporters.
As for the actor gongs, Sandra Bullock earned the title of best film actress in a drama for football movie The Blind Side, while industry veteran Jeff Bridges received the best dramatic actor honour for his role as a down-and-out country singer in Crazy Heart.
Robert Downey, Jr. won the Golden Globe for best comedy actor for his role as super sleuth Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes, and Meryl Streep was the top actress in a comedy for cooking film Julie & Julia.
Germany’s The White Ribbon, a major success at the 2009 Cannes film festival, was named best foreign language movie.
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