14 DAY TRIAL // Just hours ago, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored the best in cinematography for the past year. The Oscars 2011 were broadcast live and, as it happens, included very few surprises in terms of winners.
The British independent film “King’s Speech,” starring Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter, and definitely the most acclaimed release of the awards season, was the big winner of the night.
Not only did it take home the Oscar for Best Picture, but it also won Colin Firth a nod for Best Actor and Tom Hooper one for Best Director.
In other words, “King’s Speech” won in the most important categories
Natalie Portman also received a well-deserved nod for Best Actress for her role in “Black Swan,” while the statuettes in the Best Supporting category went to stars in “The Fighter,” the critically acclaimed boxing family drama.
Christian Bale, who underwent another shocking transformation to bring more credibility to his character of a retired junkie boxer, won Best Supporting Actor, while Melissa Leo, considered this awards season’s biggest surprise, won Best Supporting Actress for a role in the same film.
“Inception” also took home several awards, though it was in technical categories, like Achievement in Sound Editing, Achievement in Sound Mixing and Achievement in Visual Effects.
Also in technical categories “The Social Network” stood out, winning an Oscar for Best Original Score (Trent Reznor) and Achievement in Film Editing.
Overall, the list of winners was nothing too surprising, with movie critics pointing that the industry has only rewarded those who had worked hard for what they achieved.
On the other hand, the show, though boasting of Anne Hathaway and James Franco as hosts, and promising to be truly spectacular, turned out not much of a kicker, with esteemed critics Roger Ebert even saying on his Twitter that it was “dead. in. the. water.”
For the winners in the major categories, check out the list below. For the winners in all categories, please see here.
Best Motion Picture of the Year: “The King’s Speech”
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech”
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Christian Bale, “The Fighter”
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Melissa Leo, “The Fighter”
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: “Toy Story 3”
Best Documentary Short Subject: “Strangers No More”
Best Short Film (Animated): “The Lost Thing”
Best Short Film (Live Action): “God of Love”
Achievement in Art Direction: “Alice in Wonderland”
Achievement in Cinematography: “Inception”
Achievement in Costume Design: “Alice in Wonderland”
Achievement in Directing: Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech”
Best Documentary Feature: “Inside Job”
Achievement in Makeup: “The Wolfman”
Achievement in Film Editing: “The Social Network”
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: “In a Better World” (Denmark)
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): “The Social Network”
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3
Achievement in Sound Editing: “Inception”
Achievement in Sound Mixing: “Inception”
Achievement in Visual Effects: “Inception”
Adapted Screenplay: “The Social Network” (Aaron Sorkin)
Original Screenplay: “The King’s Speech” (David Seidler)