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Coen Brothers Take 4 Oscars; Javier Makes History; American Actors Shut Out
posted on Feb 25, 2008
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| Ethan Coen and Joel Coen winners of the Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Directing and Best Motion Picture of 2007 for the film "No Country For Old Men" backstage during the 80th Annual Academy Awards. Photo credit: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S. |
Joel and Ethan Coen were the
big winners at the Academy Awards® presentation last night winning four
Oscars for "No Country for Old Men" -- best picture, best director (Joel and
Ethan Coen), best adapted screenplay (Joel and
Ethan Coen) and
best supporting actor (Javier Bardem). The thriller is based on the acclaimed novel by Pulitzer Prize winning American master
Cormac McCarthy and tells the blood-soaked tale of a man on
the run with a suitcase full of money being pursued by a number of
individuals in West Texas.
Americans were shut in the acting category by a foreign sweep. For the first time since 1964,
the top four acting awards went to artists from outside the
United States. Javier Bardem became the first
Spanish actor to win an Oscar® by taking the best
supporting actor award for his chilling portrait of a
psychopathic killer in "No Country For Old Men."
France's Marion Cotillard was named best actress for
the foreign-language film, "La Vie en Rose." British actor Daniel Day-Lewis won for best actor for "There Will Be Blood." Another Brit, Tilda Swinton, was the surprise winner of
the supporting actress honor for "Michael Clayton."
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| aniel Day-Lewis, Tilda Swinton, Marion Cotillard, and Javier Bardem, the winners of Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor, backstage during the 80th Annual Academy Awards. Photo credit: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S. |
Asked backstage to reflect on the American shutout, Daniel Day Lewis
had this to say: "I don't know what to say except that the roles of
wonderful performances by American actors could equally as well have
been recognized by nominations, some weren't recognized by the
nominations. So I suppose it's a phenomenon, but I don't know if it
kind of serves any purpose to focus on that really."
The Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2007 were presented at the Kodak Theatre at
Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live on ABC and over 200 countries worldwide.
A complete list of the 80th Academy Award® winners follows:
BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men
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| Tevin Thomas (left), Charles Mack (center back), Jamia Simone Nash (center front), Jamal Joseph (right) and the IMPACT Repertory Theatre of Harlem, lead by Jamal Joseph perform "Raise It Up" from the film "August Rush" nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, during the 80th Annual Academy Awards. Photo credit: Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S. |
BEST DIRECTOR
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody, Juno
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Taxi to the Dark Side
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Counterfeiters (Austria)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
''Falling Slowly,'' Once
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Atonement
BEST ART DIRECTION
Sweeney Todd
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
There Will Be Blood
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
BEST FILM EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum
BEST MAKEUP
La Vie en Rose
BEST SOUND EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum
BEST SOUND MIXING
The Bourne Ultimatum
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Golden Compass
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Peter & the Wolf
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Freeheld
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
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