‘Into the Wild’ leads Critics’ Choice nods

Sean Penn’s “Into the Wild” received a leading seven nominations for the Critics’ Choice Awards, announced Tuesday by the Broadcast Film Critics Assn.

“Juno” got six nominations, and “Atonement,” “Michael Clayton,” “No Country for Old Men,” “Sweeney Todd” and “Hairspray” tied with five each.

The 13th annual awards will be presented during a live VH1 broadcast Jan. 7, with D.L. Hughley as host.

The Broadcast Film Critics Assn. is the largest film critics organization, comprising more than 200 North American members representing TV, radio and online critics.

A partial list of the nominees:

Picture: “American Gangster,” “Atonement,” “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” “Into the Wild,” “Juno,” “The Kite Runner,” “Michael Clayton,” “No Country for Old Men,” “Sweeney Todd,” “There Will Be Blood.”

Actor: George Clooney, “Michael Clayton”; Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood”; Johnny Depp, “Sweeney Todd”; Ryan Gosling, “Lars and the Real Girl”; Emile Hirsch, “Into the Wild”; Viggo Mortensen, “Eastern Promises.”

Actress: Amy Adams, “Enchanted”; Cate Blanchett, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”; Julie Christie, “Away From Her”; Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en Rose”; Angelina Jolie, “A Mighty Heart”; Ellen Page, “Juno.”

Supporting actor: Casey Affleck, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”; Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men”; Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Charlie Wilson’s War”; Hal Holbrook, “Into the Wild”; Tom Wilkinson, “Michael Clayton.”

Supporting actress: Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”; Catherine Keener, “Into the Wild”; Vanessa Redgrave, “Atonement”; Amy Ryan, “Gone Baby Gone”; Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton.”

Director: Tim Burton, “Sweeney Todd”; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”; Sidney Lumet, “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”; Sean Penn, “Into the Wild”; Julian Schnabel, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”; Joe Wright, “Atonement.”

Writer: Diablo Cody, “Juno”; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”; Tony Gilroy, “Michael Clayton”; Nancy Oliver, “Lars and the Real Girl”; Sean Penn, “Into the Wild”; Aaron Sorkin, “Charlie Wilson’s War.”

Animated feature: “Bee Movie,” “Beowulf,” “Persepolis,” “Ratatouille,” “The Simpsons Movie.”

Documentary feature: “Darfur Now,” “In the Shadow of the Moon,” “The King of Kong,” “No End in Sight,” “Sharkwater,” “Sicko.”

The full list of nominees can be found on the Web at TheEnvelope.com.