'Almost Famous' Takes Critics' Award

Tuesday, January 2nd 2001, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

NEW YORK (AP) â€” ``Almost Famous,'' Cameron Crowe's semiautobiographical tale of a teen-age rock writer in the 1970s, received best picture honors from the Online Film Critics Society.

The group on Tuesday also named Tom Hanks best actor for ``Cast Away'' and Ellen Burstyn best actress for ``Requiem for a Dream.''

Darren Aronofsky received the best director award for ``Requiem for a Dream,'' a story of four Coney Island drug addicts. The film's editor, Jay Rabinowitz, took the best editing award and its composer, Clint Mansell, won for best score.

Two ``Almost Famous'' stars also won awards: Kate Hudson for best supporting actress and Philip Seymour Hoffman for best supporting actor. Hoffman tied with Benicio Del Toro of ``Traffic.''

The society is composed of 103 film critics and scholars worldwide who write for Web sites and online services.

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Online Film Critics Society: http://www.ofcs.org.