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14th Empire Awards

2009 British film awards ceremony

Field	Value
number	14
award	Empire Awards
image	14th Empire Awards logo.jpg
caption	The logo for the 14th Empire Awards
date
site	Grosvenor House Hotel, London, England
host	Dara Ó Briain
best_film	The Dark Knight
best_british	RocknRolla
most_awards	The Dark Knight (3)
most_nominations	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (5)
last	13th
next	15th

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!, Quantum of Solace, 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 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:

Awards	Film
3	The Dark Knight

Multiple nominations

The following 12 films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
5	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
4	Quantum of Solace
The Dark Knight
There Will Be Blood
3	Iron Man
No Country for Old Men
WALL-E
2	Changeling
Eden Lake
In Bruges
RocknRolla
Son of Rambow

Done In 60 Seconds films

Notes

References

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(2009). "Best Comedy". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2009). "Best Horror". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2009). "Best Sci-Fi/Superhero". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2009). "Best Thriller". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2009). "Best Newcomer". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2009). "Best Soundtrack". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
(2009). "Done In 60 Seconds Award". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].
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(2009). "Actor of our Lifetime". [[Bauer Consumer Media]].

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