80th Academy Awards
February 25th, 2008 by Gilbert Seah
Marion Cotillard’s brilliant portrayal of Edith Piaf in La Vie en rose earned her the Oscar for Best Actress on Sunday night. The young actress has now joined Simone Signoret and Juliette Binoche in the elite circle of French actresses who have been rewarded with an Oscar. She also has the honour of being the first French actress to win the Oscar for a leading role in a French film! - Seville Films
“No Country for Old Men” won 4 Oscars including Best Picture.
Here is the full list of winners.
80th Annual Academy Awards
Picture
“No Country for Old Men”
Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”
Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose”
Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men”
Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role
Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton”
Achievement In Directing
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “No Country for Old Men”
Adapted Screenplay
“No Country for Old Men” by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Original Screenplay
“Juno” by Diablo Cody
Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Song)
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova for “Falling Slowly” from “Once”
Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Dario Marianelli for “Atonement”
Achievement In Cinematography
Robert Elswit for “There Will Be Blood”
Achievement In Film Editing
Christopher Rouse for “The Bourne Ultimatum”
Achievement In Costume Design
Alexandra Byrne for “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
Achievement In Art Direction
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo for “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Best Animated Feature Film
WINNER: “Ratatouille”
Best Animated Short Film
“Peter & the Wolf”
Best Live Action Short Film
“Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)”
Best Documentary Feature
“Taxi to the Dark Side”
Best Documentary Short Subject
“Freeheld”
Best Foreign Language Film
“The Counterfeiters” (Austria)
Achievement In Visual Effects
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood for “The Golden Compass”
Achievement In Makeup
WINNER: Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald for “La Vie en Rose”
Achievement In Sound Editing
WINNER: Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg for “The Bourne Ultimatum”
Achievement In Sound Mixing
WINNER: Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis for “The Bourne Ultimatum”
