Oscar gold
Posted Feb 28, 2011 03:38:05 AM.
This article is more than 5 years old.
LOS ANGELES – “The King’s Speech” has been crowned best picture at an Academy Awards ceremony as precise as a state coronation, the monarchy drama leading as expected with four Oscars and predictable favourites claiming acting honours.
Colin Firth as stammering British ruler George VI in “The King’s Speech” earned the best-actor prize Sunday, while Natalie Portman won best actress as a delusional ballerina in “Black Swan.
The boxing drama “The Fighter” claimed both supporting-acting honours, for Christian Bale as a boxer-turned-drug-abuser and Melissa Leo as a boxing clan’s domineering matriarch.
“The King’s Speech” also won the directing prize for Tom Hooper and the original-screenplay Oscar for David Seidler, a boyhood stutterer himself.
As for the show itself, in case you missed all or some of the telecast – here are the key highlights all together in one montage…
James Franco and Anne Hathaway have been receiving mostly mixed reviews for their performance. However, people seem to agree that the opening sequence they did was somewhat entertaining. You can see it here…
As for the winners…here’s the list of the 83rd Annual Academy Award winners along with some of their post-win comments in the Press room backstage:
Best Picture: The King’s Speech
Actor: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Actress: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter
Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Directing: Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Foreign Language Film: In a Better World, Denmark
Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Original Screenplay: David Seidler, The King’s Speech
Animated Feature Film: Toy Story 3
Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland
Cinematography: Inception
Sound Mixing: Inception
Sound Editing: Inception
Original Score: The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
Original Song: “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 by Randy Newman.
Costume Design: Alice in Wonderland
Documentary Feature: Inside Job
Documentary (short subject): Strangers No More
Film Editing: The Social Network
Makeup: The Wolfman
Animated Short Film: The Lost Thing
Live Action Short Film: God of Love
Visual Effects: Inception
