And the Oscar goes to ...

As you all know, last night (22ND February) took place the 81st Annual Academy Awards. And maybe for the first time in history the predictions were right. The favourite of the show was Christian Colson's Slumdog Millionaire for Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published, Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Editing, Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score, Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song, Best Achievement in Sound. Wow! Lots of Oscars. That means I must see this movie.

OK, as for the rest of categories, the winners are as following:



Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Sean Penn for Milk
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Kate Winslet for The Reader (I'm so happy for this result)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Achievement in Directing - Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Milk (2008/I): Dustin Lance Black
Best Achievement in Art Direction - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
Best Achievement in Costume Design - The Duchess (2008): Michael O'Connor
Best Achievement in Makeup - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Greg Cannom
Best Achievement in Sound Editing - The Dark Knight (2008): Richard King
Best Achievement in Visual Effects - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year - WALL·E (2008): Andrew Stanton
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year - Okuribito (2008)(Japan)
Best Documentary, Features - Man on Wire (2008): James Marsh, Simon Chinn
Best Documentary, Short Subjects - Smile Pinki (2008): Megan Mylan
Best Short Film, Animated - Maison en petits cubes, La (2008): Kunio Katô
Best Short Film, Live Action - Spielzeugland (2007): Jochen Alexander Freydank

Let them party a little after all those emotions. As for us, lets watch them on the following link:

http://oscar.com/video/index?tab=ThankYouCam&playlistId=167479