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Memorable Moments. Martin Scorsese. Best Directing winner for The Departed, with presenters Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. An Inconvenient Truth. Documentary Feature winner Davis Guggenheim with Al Gore, Lawrence Bender, Laurie David, Scott Burns and Lesley Chilcott. Jennifer Hudson.
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I’m backstage right now and we’re all firing up our laptops, making sure our connections work, and of course, eating the spread they put out for the press. We’re watching the Road to the Oscarpre-show and getting ready for the moment when the first person joins us in the interview room.
Here we go! The show begins with a series of interview clips with the nominees. Quite cute. Alan Arkin says, “Losing builds character.”
Ellen DeGeneres takes to the stage in a velvet tux. “We’re celebrating the nominees’most years we just celebrate the winners.” “Most people have a dream of winning an Academy Award. I dreamed of hosting. So it’s a lesson for you kids out there: aim lower.” “I think I see some Americans here tonight: the seat fillers.” “It’s not that we don’t have t...
Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig are presenting tonight’s first award, Art Direction. And the Oscar goes to Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta for Pan’s Labyrinth.
Maggie Gyllenhaalstrolls out to say the she recently had a date with magicians, as she was the host of the Academy’s Science and Technical Awards. She discusses the night’s winners.
Will Ferrell sings “A comedian at the Oscars, the saddest man of all.” He’s joined in the song by Jack Black. They discuss how they’ll beat up the nominees, except for Mark Wahlbergwho’s pretty tough. John C. Riley then joins the song.
The trio then present the award for Best Makeup. And the Oscar goes to Pan’s Labyrinth’s David Marti and Montse Ribe. The pair get played off.
Ellen is gossiping backstage with a crew member. She introduces Abigail Breslin and Jaden Smith. The young twosome are presenting the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. And the Oscar goes to The Danish Poet’s Torill Kove. She thanks the Academy for supporting the animated short category.
Ellen gives a shout out to the orchestra. She then introduces a “sound effects choir” who add foley to scenes playing behind them.
Steve Carell and Greg Kinnear are out next. “Sound editing is like sex. Done at night, all alone and surrounded by elecronic gadgets.” They are, obviously, presenting the awards for Sound Editing. This is quite a new twist as usually we’ve had one acting award by now. And the Oscar goes to Letters From Iwo Jima’s Alan Robert Murray, whose father wa...
79th Academy Awards. The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2006 and took place February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and ...
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The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. [ 1] This change resulted from the Art Directors' branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) being ...
Feb 5, 2014 · HONORARY AWARD. To Robert Boyl e in recognition of one of cinema’s great careers in art direction. GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD. David A. Grafton. JOHN A. BONNER MEDAL OF COMMENDATION. To David Inglish in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AWARD OF ...
Feb 24, 2008 · 'Sweeney Todd,' the movie-musical adaptation directed by Tim Burton, has won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo.
