14 DAY TRIAL // February represents the culmination of the awards season in Hollywood, with all the big players getting ready for the night that can change their life for the better: Oscars night. Below is a complete list of the winners at the 2012 Academy Awards.
Just hours ago, the Hollywood elite gathered at the Hollywood & Highland Center for the Oscars 2012, which were, as it happens every year, full of surprises and amazing moments.
However, there were also things that could have been – and had been – easily predicted: like how “The Artist” would clean up the awards.
The silent French film, which, for a change, is shot entirely in black and white, is officially the big winner of the night, taking home the award for Best Film, and also for Best Director, (Michel Hazanavicius), Best Actor (Jean Dujardin), Best Original Score and Best Costume Design.
The only surprise win here was that of Best Actor, which pre-awards polls said would go to either George Clooney for his performance in “The Descendants” or to Brad Pitt for “Moneyball,” with the odds slightly tipped in the favor of the former.
Meryl Streep won Best Actress for her spectacular role in “The Iron Lady,” which brings the total of her statuettes for this category to three.
In winning, she beat competitors Glenn Close, who also put on an incredible performance in “Albert Nobbs,” Michelle Williams with “My Week with Marilyn,” Viola Davis from “The Help,” and newcomer to the awards circuit Rooney Mara for the English-speaking remake “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”
Best Supporting Actress and Actor awards went to Octavia Spencer for “The Help” and Christopher Plummer for “Beginners,” respectively.
Another film that earned voters' sympathy was “Hugo,” which tied in with “The Artist” in the number of awards: five each.
“Hugo,” Martin Scorsese's first 3D film ever, won big in the so-called technical department, taking home the much coveted statuettes for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects.
Below is the list of winners. Check it out to see if your favorite made it on it.
- BEST PICTURE: “The Artist”
- ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”
- ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”
- ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”
- ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Octavia Spencer, “The Help”
- ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: “Rango”
- ART DIRECTION: “Hugo”
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: “Hugo”
- COSTUME DESIGN: “The Artist”
- DIRECTING: “The Artist,” Michel Hazanavicius
- DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: “Undefeated”
- DOCUMENTARY SHOT SUBJECT: “Saving Face”
- FILM EDITING: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: “A Separation”
- MAKEUP: “The Iron Lady”
- MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE): “The Artist”
- MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG): “Man or Muppet”, The Muppets
- SHORT FILM (ANIMATED): “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”
- SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION): “The Shore”
- SOUND EDITING: “Hugo”
- SOUND MIXING: “Hugo”
- VISUAL EFFECTS: “Hugo”
- WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY): “The Descendants”
- WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY): “Midnight in Paris”