Best Actor in a Leading Role

"Into the Wild" - EMILE HIRSCH
Portraying Christopher McCandless (aka Alexander Supertramp) we are blessed with a wonderful performance in "Into the Wild" by Emile Hirsch. Believe me Hirsch has been under the radar of brilliance for a long time. His performance in "The Girl Next Door" is underrated, but finally he gets absolutely TRUE recognition for his work here. Escaping his life in the big city, McCandless decides to travel to Alaska with no money and no resources. After meeting dozens of people and rediscovering himself, he arrives at Alaska and starts living there. But as the days go by and he becomes more lonely. He realizes that happiness is only good when shared. Hirsch goes beyond "dialogue" acting, his emotions of loneliness and even his doings when he's eating something, killing something, catching something, taking a bath, thinking = its all remarkable. He makes the movie.

Last years winners: "The Last King of Scotland" - FOREST WHITAKER