Monday, February 23, 2015

Academy Award Winners

And the winners are...
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Julianne Moore in Still Alice
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Imitation Game
Written by Graham Moore
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Glory” from Selma
Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
CitizenFour
Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Whiplash
Tom Cross
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Emmanuel Lubezki
ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Big Hero 6
Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Feast
Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Interstellar
Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
American Sniper
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
Whiplash
Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
The Phone Call
Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Ida (Poland)
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Milena Canonero
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
J.K. Simmons in Whiplash
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7 comments:

  1. FSPFebruary 23, 2015 at 6:09 AM

    Condorman > Birdman

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  2. GConnerFebruary 23, 2015 at 6:40 AM

    I loved seeing Eddie Redmayne's pure joy at winning.

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  3. SherryFebruary 23, 2015 at 7:32 AM

    I loved that too GConner. He was truly surprised and Michael Keaton was a good guy about the loss. Everyone was so sure he would take it but there were so many wonderful performances. How do you choose?

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  4. cheesegrater15February 23, 2015 at 7:51 AM

    Keaton was robbed.

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  5. Now!February 23, 2015 at 8:53 AM

    Congrats, Academy! You gave awards to a bunch of films that share your worldview and flatter your prejudices, but minimal box office appeal. It is indeed possible to make a great film that ordinary people want to see. Reference: The Godfather, The French Connection, The Sting, In the Heat of the Night, Rocky, Annie Hall, Kramer vs. Kramer, Rain Man, the Silence of the Lambs, the Departed.

    I know those are all old films, but does anyone think people will still be watching 'Birdman' in 40 years? No one wants to watch it now!

    And yes, I have seen it. I thought it was cynical and facile.

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  6. Now!February 23, 2015 at 8:54 AM

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  7. PipFebruary 23, 2015 at 9:48 AM

    I want to watch Birdman now. It may not be like an Old Hollywood film, but that doesn't make it bad.

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