Academy Award Winners

If you missed the Academy Awards last night (February 27th), no worries, we have you covered. Hit the jump and check out all of the winners from last nights Academy Awards.

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

Winner: The King's Speech

Other Nominees:

Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
The Social Network
127 Hours
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone


Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: 

Winner: Natalie Portman – Black Swan

Other Nominees:
Annette Bening – The Kids are All Right
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine


Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Winner: Colin Firth – The King's Speech

Other Nominees:
Javier Bardem – Biutiful
Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
James Franco – 127 Hours
Jeff Bridges – True Grit




Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: 

Winner: Christian Bale – The Fighter

Other Nominees:
John Hawkes – Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner – The Town
Mark Ruffalo – The Kids are All Right
Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech



Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Winner: Melissa Leo – The Fighter

Other Nominees:
Amy Adams – The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom



Achievement in Directing: 

Winner: Tom Hooper – The King's Speech

Other Nominees:
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
David O. Russell – The Fighter
David Fincher – The Social Network
Joel and Ethan Coen – True Grit


Achievement in Cinematography:

Winner: Inception – Wally Pfister

Other Nominees:
Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
The King's Speech – Danny Cohen
The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit – Roger Deakins


Best Documentary Feature:

Winner: Inside Job

Other Nominees:
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland

Restrepo
Waste Land


Original Screenplay:

Winner: The King's Speech – David Seidler

Other Nominees:
Another Year – Mike Leigh
The Fighter – Paul Attanasio, Lewis Colich, Eric Johnson, Scott Silverand Paul Tamasy
Inception – Christopher Nolan
The Kids are All Right – Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko


Adapted Screenplay:

Winner: The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin

Other Nominees:
127 Hours – Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle
Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt & John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rossellini


Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: 

Winner: Toy Story 3

Other Nominees:
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist


Best Documentary Short Subject:

Winner: Strangers No More

Other Nominees:
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang


Best Short Film (Animated):

Winner: The Lost Thing – Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

Other Nominees:
Day & Night – Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo – Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
Let's Pollute – Geefwee Boedoe
Madagascar, carnet de voyage – Bastien Dubois


Best Short Film (Live Action): 

Winner: God of Love – Luke Matheny

Other Nominees:
The Confession – Tanel Toom
The Crush – Michael Creagh
Na Wewe – Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143 – Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite


Achievement in Art Direction: 

Winner: Alice in Wonderland

Other Nominees:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit


Achievement in Costume Design:

Winner: Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood

Other Nominees:
I Am Love – Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech – Jenny Beaven
The Tempest – Sandy Powell
True Grit – Mary Zophres


Achievement in Makeup:

Winner: The Wolfman

Other Nominees:

Barney's Version
The Way Back


Achievement in Film Editing: 

Winner: The Social Network – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

Other Nominees:
Black Swan – Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter – Pamela Martin
The King's Speech – Tariq Anwar
127 Hours – Jon Harris


Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: 

Winner: In a Better World – Denmark

Other Nominees:
Biutiful – Mexico
Dogtooth – Greece
Incendies – Canada
Hors la Loi – Algeria


Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score):

Winner: The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Other Nominees:
How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell
Inception – Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours – A.R. Rahman


Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): 

Winner: "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 by Randy Newman

Other Nominees:
"Coming Home" from Country Strong by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
"I See the Light" from Tangled by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
"If I Rise" from 127 Hours by A.R. Rahman & Dido and Rollo Armstrong


Achievement in Sound Editing:

Winner: Inception

Other Nominees:
Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable


Achievement in Sound Mixing: 

Winner: Inception

Other Nominees:
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit


Achievement in Visual Effects: 

Winner: Inception 


Other Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Hereafter
Iron Man 2



Our Prediction Outcomes:

Josh: 13 correct (Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Animated, Best Short Film, Makeup, Film Editing, Best Foreign, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects)
 

Mark: 12 correct (Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Cinematography, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Animated, Best Original Song, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects)


 Reactions:

Josh: For the most part, I was not shocked by any of the winners. Everyone that won, deserved to win. Although, I was a little sad to see Hailee Steinfeld lose in the Best Supporting Actress category. I think it would have been quite the story to see her win an Oscar on her first movie. That said I wasn't disappointed to see Melissa Leo win, especially after her awesome acceptance speech. The only shock of the night for me came during the Documentary category, I really thought Exit Through the Gift Shop or Restrepo had the best chance of winning.


Oh and did anyone else think that James Franko looked stoned half way through the awards?


Mark: Damn! Josh beat me. Like he said above, no dark horses really came out of no where to steal any Oscars. The King's Speech had enough buzz to make another Toy Story. What I'm most disappointed about: Best Documentary. Like Josh said, either Restrepo or Exit Through the Gift Shop deserved it. What I'm most excited about: Best Cinematography. Wally Pfister has been nominated 3 times previous to 2011, all for films he's worked on with Christopher Nolan. I've looked up to Pfister for years, he makes movies look like they should. I was excited to see his classic, anti-3D, pro-union self up on stage. I'm pretty happy I guessed all of the actor categories right, some of them could have been toss-ups.


I'm happy I got to see all 10 best picture nominees for once. I can honestly say that The King's Speech was one of the better films of the year and deserved some recognition. 


And doesn't Tom Hooper look like a young James Cameron?! I hope not.






Here's to another year of filmmaking at it's finest. We can't wait to see what comes next.