Silent romance The Artist won five Oscars on Sunday including
best film, and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo also took five of the world’s top
movie honors on a night where stories about movies felt the love of
Hollywood.The Artist, a black-and-white tale of a fading star who finds
redemption through romance in the era when silent movies were overtaken
by talkies, added to its best film victory with Oscars for its French
star Jean Dujardin and director Michel Hazanavicius, as well for musical
score and costume design.
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I am the happiest director in the world right now. Thank you for
that, Hazanavicius told the audience of stars including George Clooney,
Michelle Williams, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and members of the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Dujardin was equally excited, exclaiming I love this country before
thanking the Academy, fellow filmmakers and his wife and recalling
silent actor Douglas Fairbanks as an inspiration.
Meryl Streep won for her role as former British Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher who is slipping into dementia in The Iron Lady. It was
Streep’s third Academy Award out of 17 nominations. She joked that the
audience was probably tired of seeing her, then added, whatever. But
Streep couldn’t hide her emotion as she choked up while thanking her
husband and talking about her long career.
Director Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, which tells of a boy lost in a train
station and serves as an ode to early filmmaking, came into the night
with a leading 11 nominations and picked up five wins for
cinematography, art direction, sound editing and mixing and visual
effects.
Veteran Plummer, a star of classic film The Sound of Music, won his
first ever Oscar for his portrayal of an elderly gay man who comes out
to his family in Beginners, making Oscar history becoming the oldest
ever Academy Award winner at age 82.
You’re only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all
of my life, he said, looking at his golden Oscar, which was celebrating
its 84th awards ceremony.
Spencer, a relative newcomer in contrast to Plummer, had to hold back
tears as she accepted her trophy for her portrayal of a black, southern
made in civil rights drama The Help.
Thank you Academy for putting me with the hottest guy in the room,
she said holding her Oscar in her hand. She then went on to talk about
her family in Alabama and could not hold back her tears as she joyously
accepted her trophy.
In other major wins, the foreign language film award went to Iranian
divorce drama A Separation.
I proudly offer this award to the people of my country, the people
who respect all cultures and civilizations and despise hostility and
resentment, said its director Ashgar Farhadi.
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