by Jill Feiwell
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Far From Heaven was far from ignored Wednesday as the Chicago Film Critics Assn. unveiled the winners of the 15th annual Chicago Film Critics Awards.
The Todd Haynes drama was singled out as best picture of 2002 and swept six of the group's 13 categories.
The film's stars, Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid, were tapped for the actress and supporting actor nods, and Haynes nabbed director kudos. Its original score and cinematography were also lauded.
The critics voted Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York) for the actor prize, and Meryl Streep (Adaptation) won for supporting actress.
Bowling for Columbine took the prize for documentary.
Named best foreign-language film was Y tu mama tambien, and Charlie Kaufman and his fictitious twin brother Donald Kaufman -- who share credit for Adaptation -- won for screenplay.
Maggie Gyllenhaal was dubbed most promising performer, and frosh filmmaker Dylan Kidd (Roger Dodger) most promising filmmaker.
The awards will be presented in a ceremony at Chicago's Thorne Auditorium on Feb. 24. In past years, the winners have been kept secret until the kudos ceremony, but since no tickets will be sold to the public for this year's awards show, the critics board decided to release the winners list earlier.
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