80th Annual Academy Awards

“No Country For Old Men” dominated four major award categories Sunday at the 80th Annual Academy Awards, including best picture of the year.

The dark thriller directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, based on the Cormac McCarthy novel about a ruthless killer who hunts for a man carrying a suitcase full of money, also won best director, best adapted screenplay and best supporting actor (Javier Bardem).

Daniel Day-Lewis was named best actor for his role as merciless oil tycoon in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood,” which also took home the award for best cinematography (Robert Elswit).

In the race for best actress, Marion Cotillard picked up a surprise win for her astonishing performance as Edith Piaf in Olivier Dahan’s critically acclaimed biopic “La Vie en Rose.” Experts originally bet on Julie Christie for her role in Sarah Polley’s “Away From Her,” in which she played a woman suffering from Alzheimer’s.

In the best supporting actress category, Tilda Swinton snatched the Oscar for her performance as a lawyer in Tony Gilroy’s political thriller “Michael Clayton.”

Swinton went up against Ruby Dee in “American Gangster,” Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone,” Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There,” and Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement.”

Although Ellen Page failed to pick up the win for best actress and her comedy “Juno” was not named best picture, the film’s screenwriter Diablo Cody took home the award for best original screenplay.

In other categories, Brad Bird’s “Ratatouille” won the Oscar for best animated film, and Austria’s “The Counterfeiters” was named best foreign film.

Another big winner at this year’s Academy Awards was “The Bourne Ultimatum,” which received three statuettes. The Paul Greengrass-directed action spectacle starring Matt Damon picked up prizes for best sound mixing, best sound editing and, surprisingly, best editing.

Winners in each category are marked in RED:

Best Picture
"Atonement"
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country For Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"

Best Director
Julian Schnabel  for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Jason Reitman for "Juno"
Tony Gilroy for "Michael Clayton"
Joel and Ethan Coen for "No Country For Old Men"
Paul Thomas Anderson for "There Will Be Blood"

Best Actor
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd"
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah"
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises"

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie in "Away From Her"
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"
Laura Linney in "The Savages"
Ellen Page in "Juno"

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem in "No Country For Old Men"
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War"
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild"
Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton"

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett in "I'm not There"
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster"
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton"
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement"

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody for "Juno"
Nancy Oliver for "Lars and the Real Girl"
Tony Gilroy for "Michael Clayton"
Brad Bird for "Ratatouille"
Tamara Jenkins for "The Savages"

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton for "Atonement"
Sarah Polley for "Away From Her"
Ronald Harwood for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Joel and Ethan Coen for "No Country For Old Men"
Paul Thomas Anderson for "There Will be Blood"

Best Foreign Language Film
"Beaufort" - Israel
"The Counterfeiters" - Austria
"Katyn" - Poland
"Mangol" - Kasakhstan
"12" - Russia

Best Animated Film
"Ratatouille"
"Surf's Up"
"Persepolis"

Best Art Direction
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"The Golden Compass"
"Sweeney Todd"
"There Will Be Blood"

Best Cinematography
"No Country For Old Men"
"Atonement"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford"
"There Will Be Blood"

Best Costume Design
"Across the Universe
"Atonement"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"Sweeney Todd"
"La Vie En Rose"

Best Documentary
"No End In Sight"
"Sicko"
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience"
"Taxi to the Dark Side"
"War/Dance"

Best Editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Into The Wild"
"No Country For Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"

Best Visual Effects
"The Golden Compass"
"Pirates of the Caribbean" At World's End"
"Transformers"

Best Documentary Short
"Freeheld"
"La Corona"
"Salim Baba"
"Sari's Mother"

Best Makeup
"La Vie en Rose"
"Norbit"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"

Best Score
"Atonement"
"The Kite Runner"
"Michael Clayton"
"Ratatouille"
"3:10 to Yuma"

Best Song
"Once"
"August Rush"
"Enchanted"

Best Animated Short Film
"I Met the Walrus"
"Madame Tutli-Putli"
"Even Pigeons Go to Heaven"
"My Love"
"Peter & The Wolf"

Best Live-Action Short Film
"At Night"
"The Substitute"
"The Mozart of Pickpockets"
"Tanghi Argentini"
"The Tonto Woman"

Best Sound Editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"No Country For Old Men"
"Ratatouille"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Transformers"

Best Sound Mixing
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"No Country For Old Men"
"Transformers"
"3:10 To Yuma
"Ratatouille"

Comments

[jpt]

The Academy and the French Academy got everything right this year.
They finally learned something...

[Franck]

Totally agree!