Monday, March 8, 2010

Oscar winning movies: And the award goes to

The Oscar award ceremony has just finished and people are searching for Oscar winning movies. Last year, an Indian movie titled Slumdog Millionaire became one of the most Oscar winning movies of all time. On March 7, 2010, the 82nd Annual Academy Awards ceremony took place. Like every year, this year’s academy awards was also a big and exciting ceremony. Prior to the ceremony, numerous critics wrote about their predictions on Oscars but like all the things predictions are made to be broken. Here are the list of 2010 Oscar winning movies:


Best picture:

The Hurt Locker won the Oscar for Best picture.

Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro


Avatar

James Cameron and Jon Landau


The Blind Side

Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson


District 9

Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham


An Education

Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey


Inglourious Basterds

Lawrence Bender


Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness


A Serious Man

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen


Up

Jonas Rivera


Up in the Air

Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman


Best actor:

Crazy Heart

Jeff Bridges won the Oscar for Best actor for his role in Crazy Heart.


Up in the Air

George Clooney


A Single Man

Colin Firth


Invictus

Morgan Freeman


The Hurt Locker

Jeremy Renner


Best supporting actor:

Inglourious Basterds.

Christoph Waltz won the Oscar in Best supporting actor category for his role in the movie.


Invictus

Matt Damon


The Messenger

Woody Harrelson


The Last Station

Christopher Plummer


The Lovely Bones

Stanley Tucci


Actress in a leading role:

The Blind Side

Sandra Bullock won the Oscar in 2010 in actress in a leading role category for her performance in this movie.


The Last Station

Helen Mirren


An Education

Carey Mulligan


Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Gabourey Sidibe


Julie & Julia

Meryl Streep


Actress in a supporting role:

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Mo'Nique won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in this movie.


Nine

Penélope Cruz


Up in the Air

Vera Farmiga


Crazy Heart

Maggie Gyllenhaal


Up in the Air

Anna Kendrick


Animated feature film:

Up

Pete Docter, director of Up, won the Oscar for best animated feature film for this movie.


Coraline

Henry Selick


Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wes Anderson


The Princess and the Frog

John Musker and Ron Clements


The Secret of Kells

Tomm Moore


Art direction:

Avatar

Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (Art Direction) and Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration) took the Oscar for art direction.


The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro (Art Direction); Caroline Smith (Set Decoration)


Nine

John Myhre (Art Direction); Gordon Sim (Set Decoration)


Sherlock Holmes

Sarah Greenwood (Art Direction); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)


The Young Victoria

Patrice Vermette (Art Direction); Maggie Gray (Set Decoration)


Cinematography:

Avatar

Mauro Fiore won the Oscar for best cinematography for Avatar.


Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Bruno Delbonnel


The Hurt Locker

Barry Ackroyd


Inglourious Basterds

Robert Richardson


The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)

Christian Berger


Costume design:

The Young Victoria

Sandy Powell won the Oscar for best costume design in The Young Victoria.


Bright Star

Janet Patterson


Coco Before Chanel

Catherine Leterrier


The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Monique Prudhomme


Nine

Colleen Atwood


Best director:

The Hurt Locker

Kathryn Bigelow won Oscar for best direction for The Hurt Locker.


Avatar

James Cameron


Inglourious Basterds

Quentin Tarantino


Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Lee Daniels


Up in the Air

Jason Reitman


Documentary feature:

The Cove

Director duo Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens won the Oscar for best documentary feature.


Burma VJ

Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller


Food, Inc.

Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein


The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith


Which Way Home

Rebecca Cammisa


Documentary short:

Music by Prudence

Director duo Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett won the Oscar for best short documentary.


Rabbit à la Berlin

Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra


China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province

Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill


The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner

Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher


The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert


Film editing:

The Hurt Locker

Bob Murawski and Chris Innis won the Oscar for best film editing for The Hurt Locker.


Avatar

Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron


District 9

Julian Clarke


Inglourious Basterds

Sally Menke


Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Joe Klotz


Foreign language film:

The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)

Argentina

Directed by Juan José Campanella this movie won the Oscar in Best foreign film category.


Ajami (Israel)

Directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani


The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)

Peru

Directed by Claudia Llosa


A Prophet (Un Prophète)

France

Directed by Jacques Audiard


The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)

Germany

Directed by Michael Haneke


Best make up:

Star Trek

Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow won the Oscar for best make up.

The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)

Argentina

Directed by Juan José Campanella


Il Divo

Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano


Music (original score)

Up

Michael Giacchino won the Oscar for best music (original score).


Avatar

James Horner


Fantastic Mr. Fox

Alexandre Desplat


The Hurt Locker

Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders


Sherlock Holmes

Hans Zimmer


Music (original song)

Crazy Heart

"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)"

Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett


Crazy Heart took the Oscar for best song category.

The Princess and the Frog

"Almost There"

Music and Lyric by Randy Newman


The Princess and the Frog

"Down in New Orleans"

Music and Lyric by Randy Newman


Paris 36

"Loin de Paname"

Music by Reinhardt Wagner

Lyric by Frank Thomas


Nine

"Take It All"

Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston


Short film:

Logorama

Nicolas Schmerkin

Logorama wins the Oscar for best short film.


A Matter of Loaf and Death

Nick Park


French Roast

Fabrice O. Joubert


Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty

Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell


The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)

Javier Recio Gracia.


Short film (live action):

The New Tenants

Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson won the Oscar for best short film (live action).


The Door

Juanita Wilson and James Flynn


Instead of Abracadabra

Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström


Kavi

Gregg Helvey


Miracle Fish

Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey


Sound editing:

The Hurt Locker

Paul N.J. Ottosson won the Oscar for best sound editing.


Avatar

Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle


Inglourious Basterds

Wylie Stateman


Star Trek

Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin


Up

Michael Silvers and Tom Myers


Sound mixing:

The Hurt Locker

Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett won the Oscar for sound mixing.


Avatar

Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson

Inglourious Basterds

Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano


Star Trek

Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin


Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson


Visual effects:

Avatar

Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones won the Oscar for creating best visual effects in Avatar.


District 9

Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken


Star Trek

Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton


Writing (adapted screenplay)

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Geoffrey Fletcher won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay.


District 9

Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell


An Education

Screenplay by Nick Hornby


In the Loop

Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche


Up in the Air

Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner


Best screenplay (original)

The Hurt Locker

Mark Boal won the Oscar for best original screen play.


Inglourious Basterds

Written by Quentin Tarantino


The Messenger

Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman


A Serious Man

Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen


Up

Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter. Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy


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