Movies
'Casino Royale' cleans up at Empire Awards
Published Wednesday, Mar 28 2007, 15:20 BST | By Matthew Houghton
Daniel Craig took the Best Actor accolade for his role as James Bond, whilst his co-star Eva Green scooped Best Female Newcomer.
The awards are voted for by the magazine's readers.
Other winners included Penelope Cruz, who won Best Actress for her role in Volver and Little Miss Sunshine which picked up the Best Comedy prize.
The assistant editor at Empire said: "I'm delighted that Empire readers have decided that Casion Royale is the best film of the year.
"We're proud that real cinema-goers have the good taste to do something neither the critics awards nor industry prizes managed to do - really get behind the reinvention of James Bond as a great British triumph."
The full list of winners is as follows:
Best film - Casino Royale
Best British film - United 93
Best director - Christopher Nolan The Prestige
Best actor - Daniel Craig Casino Royale
Best actress - Penelope Cruz Volver
Best comedy - Little Miss Sunshine
Best thriller - The Departed
Best science fiction - Pan's Labyrinth
Best horror - Hostel
Best male newcomer - Brandon Routh Superman
Best female newcomer - Eva Green Casino Royale
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