Complete List Of Oscar Winners – 80th Annual Academy Awards
Complete list of winners at the 80th annual Academy Awards, presented Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:
- Best Motion Picture: “No Country for Old Men.”
- Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood.”
- Lead Actress: Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en Rose.”
- Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men.”
- Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton.”
- Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men.”
- Foreign Language Film: “The Counterfeiters,” Austria.
- Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men.”
- Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, “Juno.”
- Animated Feature Film: “Ratatouille.”
- Art Direction: “Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
- Cinematography: “There Will Be Blood.”
- Sound Mixing: “The Bourne Ultimatum.”
- Sound Editing: “The Bourne Ultimatum.”
- Original Score: “Atonement,” Dario Marianelli.
- Original Song: “Falling Slowly” from “Once,” Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.
- Costume: “Elizabeth: The Golden Age.”
- Documentary Feature: “Taxi to the Dark Side.”
- Documentary Short Subject: “Freeheld.”
- Film Editing: “The Bourne Ultimatum.”
- Makeup: “La Vie en Rose.”
- Animated Short Film: “Peter & the Wolf.”
- Live Action Short Film: “Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets’).”
- Visual Effects: “The Golden Compass.”
‘No Country For Old Man’ Hailed Best Film of the Year at 80th Academy Awards
The acclaimed crime drama “No Country for Old Men” has swept away the 80th Annual Academy Awards as the Coen brothers-directed film brought home four top prizes at the special awards event held at the Kodak Theater on Sunday, February 24. Being the dominating film of the night, the adaptation drama nabbed the coveted Best Film prize stepping aside “Michael Clayton” and “There Will Be Blood”.
Accepting the award alongside his brother Ethan, Joel Coen remarked the brothers’ early days on film-making. He humbly said, “What we do now doesn’t feel that much different from what we were doing then. We’re very thankful to all of you out there for continuing to let us play in our corner of the sandbox.”
Apart from winning the much wanted award, the film also brought recognition to its helmers, Joel and Ethan Coen, and to its star Javier Bardem. The filmmaker-brothers have received the Best Director kudo as well as Best Adapted Screenplay, whereas the Spanish actor was honored with the Best Supporting Actor prize making him the first Spanish actor to take away Oscar. Continue Reading…
Academy defiant as fears for Oscars grow
The organisers of the 80th annual Academy Awards were presenting a united front yesterday, insisting that this year’s Oscars will go ahead as planned. The ongoing writers’ strike has already claimed one high profile casualty in Sunday’s Golden Globe awards and fears are building that the Oscars could also fall victim. “We are going to do it,” said Oscar producer Gil Cates. “I can’t elaborate on how we’re going to do it, because I don’t want anyone to deal with the elaboration in a way that might impact its success.”
Without special agreement between the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the event’s organisers are unable to hire union members to work on the show. In a show of solidarity, members of the Screen Actors Guild have stated that they will refuse to cross the picket line outside the Kodak Theatre. This raises the prospect of an Academy Awards ceremony that is shunned by the major Oscar nominees.
In place of Sunday’s Golden Globe awards, the US network NBC now plans to run a one-hour press conference, featuring clips from the winning films. The network has reportedly agreed to return as much as $15m to advertisers who had bought media spots on the understanding that the event would go ahead. ABC, the network hosting the Oscars, is believed to be in similar talks with advertisers over a possible course of action if it is forced to abandon the telecast. Continue Reading…
