The 2012 Oscars are now finally over and it was no surprise when THE ARTIST dominated the Oscars last night scooping 5 little statues all together. The fantastic silent film becomes second silent film to win best film award with Jean Dujardin becoming the first French man to pick up the best actor award with director Michel Hazanavicius picking up best director. The French film also picked up best costume design, as well as best score however Martin Scorsese’s HUGO was also a big winner last night also picking up 5 awards but in the technology categories.
Since this years first award ceremonies The Artist has been picking awards left, right and centre so it was also no surprise when Meryl Streep picked up Best Actress for her role as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. The award makes it 3 trophies for the actress out of 17 nominations proving the quality of acting skills as well as having a strong big name star in a in weak film doesn’t mean you cant be successful award wise. Viola Davis for The Help was the favourite but her co-star Octavia Spencer did pick up best supporting actress making it a worth while ceremony for the film.
There wasn’t much in shocks last night however we had a few unexpected winners two The Peoples Movies were pleased about Christopher Plummer picked up the best support actor in Beginners his first Oscar at the age of 82 years, 2 years younger than the trophy itself. David Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo picked up best editing, it was sadly overlooked but Fincher himself was not in attendance proving how predictable the night was.
As for the host himself Billy Crystal, after all the fiasco the ceremony was a rather dull affair with the actor keeping the safe route but it was a very predictable evening. Here’s the full list of winners :
BEST PICTURE: The Artist
BEST DIRECTOR: Michael Hazanavicius – The Artist
BEST ACTOR: Jean Dujardin – The Artist
BEST ACTRESS: Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christopher Plummer – Beginners
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Octavia Spencer – The Help
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Midnight in Paris
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Descendants
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE: A Separation
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Rango
BEST ART DIRECTION: Hugo
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Hugo
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Artist
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Undefeated
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: Saving Face
BEST FILM EDITING: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
BEST MAKEUP: The Iron Lady
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Artist
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: The Muppets
BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED): The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE-ACTION): The Shore
BEST SOUND EDITING: Hugo
BEST SOUND MIXING: Hugo