81st ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS
Now this is the day(22nd Feb 2009) of celebrations for the Oscar winners. The pandemic of Oscar fever has yet finished and redeemed to the results. “SlumDog Millionaire” won most of the awards that it has been nominated. Out of 10 nominations it had won 8 Oscars in this night. This will be the day for Slumdogs crew for party and they are on the top of the world. All the crew of this team walked the red carpet and onto the stage for receiving “Best Picture” award. It was one of the historic moment of all the Indians and the crew. A.R Rahman became the first Indian to receive 2 Oscars. A. R. Rahman is the first Indian national to receive three Oscar nominations and the first Asian to receive three Oscar nominations in the same year. They all are having a very big time in Oscars and after the ceremony also they are planning for many trips. When late Heath Ledger was awarded posthumously for the “Best Supporting actor”, it was one of the sad moment at Oscars. His parents and sister received the award and it became a wonderful moment for remembering him and an award to make his name live for ever. Ledger is responsible for making the persona of “The Joker” character to higher levels. The style that he had created for this villain character was superb and he definitely had succeed it and deserved this award. The award presented for “Best Actress in a leading role” and “Best Actor in a leading role” was presented in a classic way. All the classic actors praised the nominees for the actor/actress. Australian performer Hugh Jackman hosted the ceremony for the first time. Now lets check out the winners of Oscars at all categories.
BEST PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn (”The Milk“)
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Kate Winslet (”The Reader“)
DIRECTING
Danny Boyle (”Slumdog Millionaire“)
FOREIGN FILM LANGUAGE
Departures
MUSIC (SCORE)
A.R Rahman (”Slumdog Millionaire“)
MUSIC (ORGINAL SONG)
“Jai Ho” – A. R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics) (”Slumdog Millionaire“)
FILM EDITING
Chris Dickens (”Slumdog Millionaire“)
SOUND MIXING
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty (”Slumdog Millionaire“)
SOUND EDITING
Richard King (”The Dark Knight”)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron (”The Curious case of Benjamin Button“)
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Smile Pinki
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Man on Wire
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Heath Ledger as “Joker” (”The Dark Knight“)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Penelope Cruz (”Vicky Cristina Barcelona“)
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Toyland ( Spielzeugland )
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anthony Dod Mantle (”Slumdog Millionaire“)
MAKE-UP
Greg Cannom (”The Curious case of Benjamin Button“)
COSTUME DESIGN
Michael O’Connor (”The Duchess“)
ART DIRECTION
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo (”The curious case of Benjamin Button“)
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Kunio Kato (”La Maison En Petits Cube“)
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Wall-E
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Simon Beaufoy (”Slumdog Millionaire“)
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Dustin Lance Black (”The Milk“)
HIGHEST NUMBER OF AWARDS FOR A FILM
1. Slumdog Millionaire ( 8 Oscars)
2. The curious case of Benjamin Button ( 3 Oscars)
3. Milk (2 Oscars)
4. The Dark Knight (2 Oscars)
5. The Duchess (1 Oscar)
6. Wall-E (1 Oscar)
7. The Reader (1 Oscar)
Now lets wait for the 82nd Academy Awards and reveal many classic actors in the stage. Thank You.