The 83rd Annual Academy Award Winners
by Brian Eggert
02/27/2011
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards show was an exceptionally dismal, slow-moving, and unfocused ceremony, the worst in recent memory. Hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway supplied a dreadful and transparent youth component, their hipness filled with plenty of awkward “me” moments, while Billy Crystal’s single minute as a presenter was more entertaining. The meandering looks back at previous awards ceremonies and past Best Picture winners only underlined how uninspired this show was. As for the winners, As for the winners, The King’s Speech, Inception, and The Social Network earned the most awards, with surprises and upsets kept to a minimum (save for David Fincher’s loss to Tom Hooper).
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BEST PICTURE:
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
WINNER: The King's Speech
BEST DIRECTOR:
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, True Grit
David Fincher, The Social Network
David O. Russell, The Fighter
WINNER: Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
BEST ACTOR:
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
James Franco, 127 Hours
WINNER: Colin Firth, The King's Speech
BEST ACTRESS:
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
WINNER: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
WINNER: Christian Bale, The Fighter
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
WINNER: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
WINNER: Toy Story 3
BEST FOREIGN FILM:
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Incendies (Canada)
Outside the Law (Algeria)
WINNER: In a Better World (Denmark)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
127 Hours, Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
Toy Story 3, Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
True Grit, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone, Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini
WINNER: The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Another Year, Mike Leigh
The Fighter, Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
Inception, Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right, Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
WINNER: The King's Speech, David Seidler
BEST EDITING:
127 Hours, Jon Harris
Black Swan, Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter, Pamela Martin
The King's Speech, Tariq Anwar
WINNER: The Social Network, Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
BEST ART DIRECTION:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Andrew Ackland-Snow
Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas
The King's Speech, Netty Chapman
True Grit, Stefan Dechant
WINNER: Alice in Wonderland, Stefan Dechant
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
The King's Speech, Danny Cohen
The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit, Roger Deakins
WINNER: Inception, Wally Pfister
BEST COSTUME DESIGN :
I Am Love, Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech, Jenny Beavan
The Tempest, Sandy Powell
True Grit, Mary Zophres
WINNER: Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
BEST SOUND EDITING:
Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable
WINNER: Inception
BEST SOUND MIXING:
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit
WINNER: Inception
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Hereafter
Iron Man 2
WINNER: Inception
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY:
Exit Through the Gift Shop
GasLand
Restrepo
Waste Land
WINNER: Inside Job
BEST MAKEUP:
Barney's Version
The Way Back
WINNER: The Wolfman
BEST MUSIC SCORE:
127 Hours, A.R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon, John Powell
Inception, Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech, Alexandre Desplat
WINNER: The Social Network, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
127 Hours, A.R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, Dido ("If I Rise")
Country Strong, Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges ("Coming Home") Tangled, Alan Menken, Glenn Slater ("I See the Light")
WINNER: Toy Story 3, Randy Newman ("We Belong Together")
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT:
The Confession
The Crush
Na Wewe
Wish 143
WINNER: God of Love
BEST ANIMATED SHORT:
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
Madagascar, a Journey Diary
WINNER: The Lost Thing
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang
WINNER: Strangers No More