'One battle after another', 'Golden' and "Aunt Gladys" triumph at the Oscars

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‘One battle after another’, ‘Golden’ and “Aunt Gladys” triumph at the Oscars

‘One battle after another’ has been the big winner of the Oscars, as it appeared in almost all the pools. The film has won 6 statuettes, including Best Film, Direction, Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actor (Sean Penn), Editing and Best Casting. Significantly, Sean Penn did not attend the gala, because he preferred to be in Ukraine, waiting “for his victory.”

Paul Thomas Anderson’s film has therefore won over ‘The Sinners’, which has nevertheless won 4 awards, and ‘Frankenstein’, which has won 3.

The 4 of ‘The Sinners’ have been for Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan, defeating Chalamet), Cinematography and OST. As for ‘Frankenstein’, the technicians stood out: makeup and hair, costumes and production design.

The best sound finally went to ‘F1’, which left the Spanish film ‘Sirât’ empty-handed, which also lost the award for Non-English Speaking Film against ‘Sentimental Value’.

If the Best Actress was Jessie Buckley for ‘Hamnet’, the Best Supporting Actress was Amy Madigan, for her great role as “Aunt Gladys” in the highly recommended ‘Weapons’. Another fair winner was ‘Golden’ for Best Song, in which it was one of the few musical performances of the night. Barbra Streisand paid tribute to Robert Redford, singing a short fragment of his Oscar-winning song ‘The Way We Were’. The film of the same name starred both of them in 1973, and also won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

It was a gala with few political comments, although Javier Bardem did say “no to war” and “Free Palestine” and Jimmy Kimmel made a joke about countries that do not support freedom of expression and another about the absence of the documentary ‘Melania’ among the nominees.

Oscar honors

best movie

Bugonia
F1: The Movie
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One battle after another (WINNING)

secret agent
sentimental value
The sinners
Train dreams

Best address

Chloe Zhao (Hamnet)
Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) (WINNER)

Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
Ryan Coogler (The Sinners)

Best Leading Actor

The Sinners Scene
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
Leonardo DiCaprio (One battle after another)
Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
Michael B. Jordan (The Sinners) (WINNER)

Wagner Moura (Secret Agent)

Best leading actress
Jessie Buckey (Hamnet) (WINNER)

Rose Byrne (If I could, I’d kick you)
Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)
Renata Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
Emma Stone (Bugonia)

Best supporting actor

Benicio del Toro (One battle after another)
Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
Delroy Lindo (The Sinners)
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another) (WINNER)

Stellan Skarsgard (Sentimental Value)

Best supporting actress

Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
Inga Ibsdotter Lileaas (Sentimental value)
Amy Madigan (Weapons) (WINNER)

Wumi Mosaku (The Sinners)
Teyonah Taylor (One Battle After Another)

Best original screenplay

Blue Moon
a simple accident
Marty Supreme
sentimental value
The sinners (WINNER)

Best adapted screenplay

Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One battle after another (WINNING)

Train dreams

Best animated film

Bow
Elio
The K-Pop warriors (WINNER)

Little Amelie
Zootopia 2

Best international film

The secret agent
a simple accident
Sentimental Value (WINNER)

Sirat
Hind’s voice

Best documentary

The Alabama-Style Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody against Putin (WINNER)

The perfect neighbor

Best Documentary Short Film
All empty rooms (WINNER)

Armed only with a camera: the life and death of Brent Renaud
Children No More: Were and are Gone
The devil is busy
Perfectly a Strangeness

Best animated short film

Butterfly
Forevergreen
The girl who cried pearls (WINNER)

Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters

Best short film

Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s period drama
The Singers (WIN, tie)
Two personnes échangeant de la salive (WINNER, tie)

Best casting

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One battle after another (WINNING)

secret agent
The sinners

Best cinematography

Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One battle after another
The sinners (WINNER)

Train dreams

Best costume design

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein (WINNER)

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
The sinners

Best assembly

F1
Marty Supreme
One battle after another (WINNING)

sentimental value
The sinners

Best makeup and hair
Frankenstein (WINNER)

Kohuno
The sinners
The Smashing Machine
The ugly stepsister

Best production design

Frankenstein Scene
Frankenstein (WINNER)

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One battle after another
The sinners

Best Original Score

Begonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One battle after another
The sinners (WINNER)

best original song

“Dear Me” (Diane Warren: Relentless)
“Golden” (The K-Pop Warriors) (WINNER)

“Highest 2 Lowest” (Highest 2 Lowest)
“I Lied To You” (The Sinners)
“Sweet Dreams of Joy” (Viva Verdi)
“Train Dreams”

Better sound
F1 (WINNER)

Frankenstein
One battle after another
The sinners
Sirat

Better visual effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash (WINNER)

F1
Jurassic World: Reborn
The Lost Bus
The sinners

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