The 86th Academy Awards aired last night and showcased everything we love about Hollywood and the film industry. Lots of great talent took home some deserving awards but it was Alfonso Cuarón‘s space fiasco Gravity which nabbed a total of 7 awards, including Best Director, Cinematography plus Best Original Score (go Steven Price!!).
Dallas Buyers Club seemed to be a big surprise taking both the male acting categories and even hair and make-up. However the big shocker was that American Hustle, a film that was far less than the sum of its spectacular parts, took home zero awards after being nominated in 10 categories. It was a very competitive year but it looks like the bubble finally burst on David O. Russell. Pity. Also shut out were two of our personal favorites Philomena and Wolf of Wall Street which is a shame.
But in the end it was Steve McQueen’s riveting 12 Years A Slave that took home the Oscar for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay as well as a very deserving one for Supporting Actress which went to Lupita Nyong’o. Ellen DeGeneres was in top form as were music director William Ross and the Academy’s orchestra. In case you missed it or need a recap here the full list of winners are below.
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf Of Wall Street
Best Actor
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf Of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years A Slave
Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity
David O. Russell – American Hustle
Alexander Payne – Nebraska
Steve McQueen – 12 Years A Slave
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf Of Wall Street
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Amy Adams – American Hustle
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County
Best Supporting Actor
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years A Slave
Jonah Hill – The Wolf Of Wall Street
Best Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
June Squibb – Nebraska
Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin – The Great Gatsby
Michael Wilkinson – American Hustle
William Chang Suk Ping – The Grandmaster
Michael O’Connor – The Invisible Woman
Patricia Norris – 12 Years A Slave
Best Make-Up & Hair Styling
Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
Best Animated Short Film
Mr. Hublot – Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
Feral – Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
Get a Horse! – Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
Possessions – Shuhei Morita
Room On The Broom – Max Lang and Jan Lachauer
Best Animated Feature
Frozen
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
The Wind Rises
Best Visual Effects
Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3 – Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
The Lone Ranger – Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
Star Trek Into Darkness – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton
Best Cinematography
Gravity
The Grandmaster
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners
Best Film Editing
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
American Hustle – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club – John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
12 Years A Slave – Joe Walker
Best Documentary Short Subject
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life – Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
CaveDigger – Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear – Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls – Sara Ishaq
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall – Edgar Barens
Best Live Action Short Film
Helium – Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me) – Esteban Crespo
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything) – Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) – Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
The Voorman – Problem Mark Gill and Baldwin Li
Best Documentary Feature
20 Feet from Stardom
The Act Of Killing
Cutie And The Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
Best Foreign Language Feature
The Great Beauty
The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Hunt
The Missing Picture
Omar
Best Original Song
Let It Go – Frozen
Happy – Despicable Me 2
The Moon Song – Her
Ordinary Love – Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Best Sound Editing
Gravity
All Is Lost – Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
Captain Phillips – Oliver Tarney
Gravity Glenn Freemantle
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug – Brent Burge
Lone Survivor – Wylie Stateman
Best Sound Mixing
Gravity – Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
Captain Phillips – Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug – Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
Inside Llewyn Davis – Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Lone Survivor – Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow
Best Production Design
The Great Gatsby
Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
American Hustle
Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
Gravity
Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
Her
Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
12 Years A Slave
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker
Best Original Score
Steven Price – Gravity
John Williams – The Book Thief
William Butler and Owen Pallett – Her
Alexandre Desplat – Philomena
Thomas Newman – Saving Mr. Banks
Best Adapted Screenplay
John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke – Before Midnight
Billy Ray – Captain Phillips
Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope – Philomena
Terence Winter – The Wolf Of Wall Street
Best Original Screenplay
Spike Jonze – Her
Eric Singer & David O. Russell – American Hustle
Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine
Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack – Dallas Buyers Club
Bob Nelson – Nebraska
