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The Hurt Locker wins the Best Picture Oscar
The Hurt Locker wins the Best Picture Oscar
Kathryn Bigelow makes Hollywood history with her brilliant, low-budget Iraq war drama
Monday, 08 March 2010
Kathryn Bigelow made Hollywood history last night at the 82nd Academy Awards by becoming the first woman to be named Best Director for The Hurt Locker, which also won for Best Picture. Her brilliant, low-budget Iraq war drama was the big winner at the ceremony, bagging six statuettes as against three Oscars for the co-favourite, Avatar, the sci-fi extravaganza directed by Bigelow's ex-husband James Cameron. The four acting awards were utterly unsurprising and it was a lean night indeed for the Brits, although the respected costume designer Sandy Powell - previously a laureate for Shakespeare in Love and The Aviator - won her third Oscar for The Young Victoria. A full list of nominees follows below.
- Avatar
- The Blind Side
- District 9
- An Education
- Inglourious Basterds
- Precious
- A Serious Man
- Up
- Up in the Air
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
- James Cameron (Avatar)
- Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
- Lee Daniels (Precious)
- Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)
Best Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker
- Inglourious Basterds
- The Messenger
- A Serious Man
- Up
Best Adapted Screenplay: Precious
- District 9
- An Education
- In the Loop
- Up in the Air
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
- George Clooney (Up in the Air)
- Colin Firth (A Single Man)
- Morgan Freeman (Invictus)
- Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
- Helen Mirren (The Last Station)
- Carey Mulligan (An Education)
- Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
- Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
- Matt Damon (Invictus)
- Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)
- Christopher Plummer (The Last Station)
- Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Mo'Nique (Precious)
- Penelope Cruz (Nine)
- Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart)
- Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
Best Animated Feature: Up
- Coraline
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- The Princess and the Frog
- The Secret of Kells
Best Art Direction: Avatar
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
- Nine
- Sherlock Holmes
- The Young Victoria
Best Cinematography: Avatar
Best Costume Design: The Young Victoria
- Bright Star
- Coco Before Chanel
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
- Nine
Best Editing: The Hurt Locker
- Avatar
- District 9
- IInglourious Basterds
- Precious
Best Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker
- Avatar
- Inglourious Basterds
- Star Trek
- Up
Best Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
- Avatar
- Inglourious Basterds
- Star Trek
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Visual Effects: Avatar
- District 9
- Star Trek
Best Make-Up: Star Trek
- Il Divo
- The Young Victoria
Best Music (Original Score): Up
- Avatar
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- The Hurt Locker
- Sherlock Holmes
Best Music (Original Song): Crazy Heart ("The Weary Kind")
- The Princess and the Frog ("Almost There")
- The Princess and the Frog ("Down in New Orleans")
- Paris 36 ("Loin de Paname")
- Nine ("Take It All")
Best Foreign Language Film: El Secreto de sus Ochos (Argentina)
- Ajami (Israel)
- The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
- A Prophet (France)
- The White Ribbon (Germany)
Best Documentary (Feature): The Cove
- Burma VJ
- Food, Inc.
- The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
- Which Way Home
Best Documentary (Short): Music by Prudence
- China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
- The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
- The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
- Rabbit à la Berlin
Best Short Film (Animated): Logorama
- French Roast
- Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
- The Lady and the Reaper
- A Matter of Loaf and Death
Best Short Film (Live Action): The New Tenants
- The Door
- Instead of Abracadabra
- Kavi
- Miracle Fish
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