Events[]
Jon Stewart hosted the Oscars for the second time. The ceremony was plagued by A 3-month Writer's Guild strike, which would eventually be resolved. All 4 acting winners were non-American, while the Coen brothers became the second pair of directors to share the one honor. Robert Boyle was given an honorary Oscar in recognition as one of cinema's greatest careers in art direction. Kodak won the Scientific Technical Award for the development of photographic emulsion technologies incorporated into the Kodak Vision2 family of color negative films.
Winners[]
Ratatouille won Best Animated Feature
Peter And The Wolf won Best Animated Short
Taxi To The Dark Side won Best Documentary Feature
Freeheld won Best Documentary Short
Austria won Best Foreign Language Film for their entry The Counterfeiters
The Mozart Of Pickpockets won Best Live Action Short
The Golden Compass won Best Visual Effects
Elizabeth: The Golden Age won Best Costume Design
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street won Best Art Direction
Once won Best Original Song (Falling Slowly)
Atonement won Best Original Score
Juno won Best Original Screenplay
Michael Clayton won Best Supporting Actress
There Will Be Blood won 2 Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Cinematography
La Vie En Rose won its 2 Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Makeup
The Bourne Ultimatum won all 3 Academy Awards it was nominated for: Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Film Editing
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No Country For Old Men won 4 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay