The Oscars, the most glamorous and emotional festive night for actors, directors and the entire cinematographic industry and movie enthusiasts together, was held on Sunday night, with Birdman sweeping away the majority of the most prestigious awards. Apart from officially becoming the Best Picture of its year, Birdman managed to bring its witty and visionary director, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the award for Best Director, Original Screenplay and last but not least, Birdman left the awards as winner in the Cinematography section.
The second most-awarded picture of the 2015 Oscars was Wes Andersen’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, with themes and visions antagonistic to Birdman, but similar in quickening pace, hazardous order, ingenuity (on one hand, the drama of ‘’ignorance’’, on the other, the comedy of hotel lobby-boys). Milena Canonero gained the picture a Best Costume Design statuette, and Alexandre Desplat (also nominated for his riveting score for The Imitation Game) added a Best Original Score award to the list. Makeup and hairstyling and Production Design awards also went to The Grand Hotel.
It seems that with all the variety of this year, all the nominated titles managed to leave the Oscars as recipient. Most importantly, we have Eddie Redmayne aka science genius in The Theory of Everything awarded Best Actor in a Leading Role, with Julianne Moore and her part in Still Alice joining for the female counterpart of the Best Award. The Best Actor in a Supporting Role, according to the Oscars, was the charismatic and genuine J.K. Simmons in Whiplash. As for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Boyhood’s Patricia Arquette was also adequately awarded. The Imitation Game’s award as Best Adapted Screenplay was no consolation prize, either, thus leaving the so-propagandistic American Sniper in the shadows.
The Oscars 2015: Complete Winners List (via Deadline):
| BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers |
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Julianne Moore, Still Alice |
| PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything |
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) |
| ADAPTED SCREENPLAY The Imitation Game Written by Graham Moore |
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo |
| PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Patricia Arquette, Boyhood |
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE J.K. Simmons, Whiplash |
| ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG) “Glory” from Selma Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn |
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING Whiplash Tom Cross |
| ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Emmanuel Lubezki |
ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN The Grand Budapest Hotel Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock |
| BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR Big Hero 6 Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli |
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM Feast Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed |
| ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS Interstellar Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher |
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE) The Grand Budapest Hotel Alexandre Desplat |
| ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING American Sniper Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman |
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING Whiplash Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley |
| BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry |
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM The Phone Call Mat Kirkby and James Lucas |
| BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR Ida (Poland) |
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN The Grand Budapest Hotel Milena Canonero |
| BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE CitizenFour Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky |
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING The Grand Budapest Hotel Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier |