Hi 66 / Lo 47
|
Hi 66 / Lo 47 |
Student Publications
©1991-2007
Last modified:
Contact:
|
Volume 70, Issue 101,
Monday, February 28, 2005
Life & Arts Knock out! Eastwood tops Scorcese; Foxx leads as Ray for best actor; Swank claims second award for best actress Cougar Life & Arts Staff In a deviation from standard Oscar operating procedure, last night's Academy Awards saw Million Dollar Baby, a film with only seven nominations, win best picture over The Aviator, the most-nominated film with 11. Although Aviator was snubbed for both the best picture and director categories, the film received the most statues of the night, coming out with five to Baby's four. In a very rare occurrence in Oscar history, the best film of the year did not take home the most hardware. While the majority of The Aviator's five wins were in technical categories -- art direction, cinematography, costume design and film editing -- Million Dollar Baby earned the night's more noteworthy awards, including best director (Clint Eastwood), best actress (Hilary Swank) and best supporting actor (Morgan Freeman). This is Clint Eastwood's second time winning best director and best picture; his film Unforgiven won in 1992.
In a rare occurrence in Oscar history, Million Dollar Baby took home best picture with only four awards as opposed to Martin Scorsese's The Aviator that won five of its 11 nominations. Photo courtesy of Warner
Bros. Pictures
Though the night was obviously a bout between The Aviator and Million Dollar Baby, none of the five films nominated for best picture went home empty-handed: Ray won two awards, while Finding Neverland and Sideways took one each. Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind received best original screenplay and The Incredibles won for best-animated feature. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Jamie Foxx Ray Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Cate Blanchett The Aviator Animated Feature Film of the Year The Incredibles Achievement in Art Direction The Aviator Art Direction: Dante Ferretti Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo Achievement in Cinematography Robert Richardson The Aviator Achievement in Costume Design Sandy Powell The Aviator Achievement in Directing Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby Documentary Feature Born Into Brothels Ross Kauffman and Zana Brisk Documentary in Short Subject Mighty Times: The Children's March Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston Achievement in Film Editing Thelma Schoonmaker The Aviator Foreign Language Film of the Year The Sea Inside Spain Achievement in Makeup Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso Lemony Snicket's of Unfortunate Events Achievement in Music written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Finding Neverland Achievement in Music written for Motion Pictures (Original Songs) Jorge Drexler "Al Otro Lado Del Rîo" from The Motorcycle Diaries Best Motion Picture of the Year Million Dollar Baby Animated Short Film Ryan Chris Landreth Live Action Short Film WASP Andrea Arnold Achievement in Sound Editing Michael Silvers and Randy Thom The Incredibles Achievement in Sound Mixing Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa Ray Achievement in Visual Effects John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier Spider-Man 2 Adapted Screenplay Sideways Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Original Screenplay Charlie Kaufman Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Honorary Oscar Sidney Lumet Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Roger Mayer Send comments to dcshobiz@mail.uh.edu |
To contact the
To contact other members
of
 |
