Monday 28 February 2011

Oscars 2011: The Results

Monday 28 February 2011

The 83rd annual Academy Awards were held last night at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. Did you watch? I'll try and catch the highlights, mainly to see the various sketches that hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway did. As for the winners: The King's Speech was the big hit with four awards (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay), and I was pleased to see Natalie Portman win Best Actress for Black Swan. It boggles my mind that Tom Hooper can win Best Director over David Fincher or Darren Aronofsky for The King's Speech, though. And Christian Bale got Best Supporting Actor, proving Tropic Thunder wrong. You really can go "full retard" and be a success.

The full results are below. What did you make of the evening?

BEST PICTURE

  • 127 Hours
  • Black Swan
  • The Fighter
  • Inception
  • Toy Story 3
  • The Kids Are All Right
  • The King's Speech WINNER
  • The Social Network
  • True Grit
  • Winter's Bone

BEST ACTOR

  • Javier Bardem - Biutiful
  • Jeff Bridges - True Grit
  • Colin Firth - The King's Speech WINNER
  • Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
  • James Franco - 127 Hours

BEST ACTRESS

  • Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine
  • Natalie Portman - Black Swan WINNER
  • Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
  • Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
  • Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • Christian Bale - The Fighter WINNER
  • John Hawkes - Winter's Bone
  • Jeremy Renner - The Town
  • Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
  • Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • Melissa Leo - The Fighter WINNER
  • Amy Adams - The Fighter
  • Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
  • Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit
  • Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom

BEST DIRECTOR

  • Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
  • Joel &Ethan Coen - True Grit
  • David O Russell - The Fighter
  • David Fincher - The Social Network
  • Tom Hooper - The King's Speech WINNER

BEST ANIMATED FILM

  • Toy Story 3 WINNER
  • How To Train Your Dragon
  • The Illusionist

BEST SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN

  • Another Year
  • Inception
  • The Kids Are All Right
  • The Fighter
  • The King's Speech WINNER

BEST SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED

  • 127 Hours
  • The Social Network WINNER
  • Toy Story 3
  • True Grit
  • Winter's Bone

BEST FOREIGN FILM

  • Biutiful (Mexico)
  • In A Better World (Denmark) WINNER
  • Outside The Law (Algeria)
  • Incendies (Canada)
  • Dogtooth (Greece)

BEST ART DIRECTION

  • Alice In Wonderland WINNER
  • Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1
  • Inception
  • The King's Speech
  • True Grit

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Black Swan
  • Inception WINNER
  • The King's Speech
  • The Social Network
  • True Grit

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

  • Alice In Wonderland WINNER
  • I Am Love
  • The King's Speech
  • The Tempest
  • True Grit

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • Exit Through The Gift Shop
  • Gasland
  • Inside Job WINNER
  • Restrepo
  • Wasteland

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

  • Killing In The Name
  • Poster Girl
  • Strangers No More WINNER
  • Sun Come Up
  • The Warriors Of Qiugang

BEST EDITING

  • Black Swan
  • The Fighter
  • The King's Speech
  • 127 Hours
  • The Social Network WINNER

BEST MAKEUP

  • Barney's Version
  • The Way Back
  • The Wolfman WINNER

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

  • How To Train Your Dragon
  • Inception
  • The King's Speech
  • 127 Hours
  • The Social Network WINNER

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

  • 'Coming Home' (Country Strong)
  • 'I See The Light' (Tangled)
  • 'If I Rise' (127 Hours)
  • 'We Belong Together' (Toy Story 3) WINNER

BEST SOUND EDITING

  • Inception WINNER
  • Toy Story 3
  • Tron: Legacy
  • True Grit
  • Unstoppable

BEST SOUND MIXING

  • Inception WINNER
  • Salt
  • The King's Speech
  • The Social Network
  • True Grit

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

  • Alice In Wonderland
  • Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1
  • Hereafter
  • Inception WINNER
  • Iron Man 2

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

  • Day & Night
  • The Gruffalo
  • Let's Pollute
  • The Lost Thing WINNER
  • Madagascar, A Journey Diary

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

  • The Confession
  • The Crush
  • God Of Love WINNER
  • Na Wewe
  • Wish 143