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| Mamma Mia! scoops two film awards | |
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| Mamma Mia! has been named best musical with leading lady Meryl Streep winning best actress at the second National Movie Awards in London. | |
| Accepting her award for her role in Abba-centric film, Streep told the Royal Festival Hall audience: "I loved the movie, I'm so glad you did." | |
| Johnny Depp was voted best male for his role in the Sweeney Todd remake. The Dark Knight won best superhero film. | |
| Stars including Kylie Minogue and Nicole Kidman were at the awards. | |
| Nationwide poll | |
| Film star Samuel L Jackson and Sex and the City's Chris Noth were also at the ITV event which was hosted by actor James Nesbitt. | |
| This is very emotional for me, getting this fantastic prize from an Australian lady here in the UK Bjorn Ulvaeus | |
| The awards were voted for by the public in a nationwide poll. | |
| Picking up the best musical award for Mamma Mia! from Kidman, Abba's Bjorn Ulvaeus said: "This is very emotional for me, getting this fantastic prize from an Australian lady here in the UK - the two countries, more than any other countries, which have taken Abba to their hearts." | |
| Mamma Mia! beat competition from fellow nominees Enchanted and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. | |
| Streep triumphed over Amy Adams for Enchanted, Helena Bonham-Carter for Sweeney Todd and Ellen Page for US comedy Juno. | |
| Harrison Ford, sporting a bushy moustache, accepted the best action and adventure film award for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by video link. | |
| The fourth instalment of the Indiana Jones film series saw Ford's return as the famed archaeologist for the first time in 19 years. | |
| The film had "a cracking good yarn", he said. | |
| NATIONAL MOVIE AWARDS 2008 Best action/adventure filmIndiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull | NATIONAL MOVIE AWARDS 2008 Best action/adventure filmIndiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull |
| Best animated filmWall-E | Best animated filmWall-E |
| Best musicalMamma Mia! | Best musicalMamma Mia! |
| Best comedyJunoBest male performanceJohnny Depp (Sweeney Todd) | Best comedyJunoBest male performanceJohnny Depp (Sweeney Todd) |
| Best female performanceMeryl Streep (Mamma Mia!) | Best female performanceMeryl Streep (Mamma Mia!) |
| Best superheroThe Dark Knight | |
| Wanted, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and I Am Legend were also nominated in the action and adventure category. | |
| Depp, in a pre-recorded acceptance speech for his best male award, said: "I would like to thank every single one of you, shake you by the hand and take you for breakfast." | |
| He beat Will Smith, who was nominated twice for I Am Legend and Hancock, and Christian Bale, up for his role as Batman in The Dark Knight. | |
| The film, which also stars the late Heath Ledger, has set several box office records in the US, and is North America's second highest-grossing film of all time behind James Cameron's 1997 epic Titanic. | |
| Juno, a movie about a pregnant teenager played by Ellen Page, won best comedy and animation film Wall-E, about a loveable robot, won the best family film award. | |
| The ceremony will be broadcast on ITV1 on 9 September at 2000 BST. | The ceremony will be broadcast on ITV1 on 9 September at 2000 BST. |