Awards Season - No Country but Plenty of Oscars for Old Men

February 25, 2008

The Oscars have all been awarded and No Country for Old Men was the big winner at the Oscars, taking home four major awards. (It was shut out of the technical nominations.) The second biggest winner of the night was The Bourne Ultimatum with three awards, all technical.

The categories and winners were...

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Best Writing - Original Screenplay

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay

Best Documentary Feature

Best Animated Feature

Best Animated Short

  • Peter & the Wolf
Best Live Action Short

  • Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
Best Documentary Short

  • Freeheld
Best Foreign Language Film

Best Song

  • Once for "Falling Slowly"
Best Score

Achievement in Sound Editing

Achievement in Sound Mixing

Achievement in Visual Effects

Achievement in Makeup

Achievement in Film Editing

Achievement in Art Direction

Achievement in Cinematography

Achievement in Costume Design

Notes and Reactions...

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Filed under: Awards Season, The Bourne Ultimatum, Ratatouille, Juno, No Country for Old Men, The Golden Compass, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Atonement, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, La Môme, Die Fälscher, Taxi to the Dark Side