And The Oscar Goes To…
Published by Seth Quillen in: Film -- Date: 7 Mar 2010 Comments: 0
So the 82nd Oscars was a long boring show as usual, with few surprises. Hit the jump to see the winners.
And The Hurt Locker won best picture! I may have been the only one outside of Hollywood rooting for it to take down Avatar. Locker, which centered on a bomb-disposal squad, was a great film and it proved that Iraq movies don’t have to be anti-American to be loved, well by the Academy at least since; because lets face it no one else saw it. Locker gave Kathryn Bigelow two Oscars for the night, winning for Best Director and she was also one of four producers who received the statue for Best Picture.
Another highlight for me was Sandra Bullock winning for Best Actress for The Blind Side, she is truly America’s Sweetheart and gave a great acceptance speech.
And I know it was only a technical award for Make-up but I was so happy to see Star Trek get a least one Oscar!
Overall, yes, the Oscars were boring and tedious but it was the most satisfied I’ve felt since The Return of the King sweep the house with 11 wins in 2003.
Best Picture
Actor in a Leading Role
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Jeff Bridges
Crazy Heart
Actor in a Supporting Role
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Christoph Waltz
Inglourious Basterds
Actress in a Leading Role
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Sandra Bullock
The Blind Side
Actress in a Supporting Role
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Mo’Nique
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Animated Feature Film
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Up
Pete Docter
Art Direction
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Avatar
Cinematography
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Avatar
Mauro Fiore
Costume Design
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The Young Victoria
Sandy Powell
Directing
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The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow
Documentary Feature
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The Cove
Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
Documentary Short
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Music by Prudence
Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Film Editing
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The Hurt Locker
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Foreign Language Film
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The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)
Argentina
Directed by Juan José Campanella
Makeup
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Star Trek
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
Music (Original Score)
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Up
Michael Giacchino
Music (Original Song)
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Crazy Heart
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)”
Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Short Film (Animated)
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Logorama
Nicolas Schmerkin
Short Film (Live Action)
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The New Tenants
Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Sound Editing
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The Hurt Locker
Paul N.J. Ottosson
Sound Mixing
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The Hurt Locker
Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Visual Effects
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Avatar
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
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Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Writing (Original Screenplay)
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The Hurt Locker
Written by Mark Boal
