"The Hurt Locker" won big and garnered a total of 6 Academy Awards, including best picture, in the 82 Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
The Best Picture went to The Hurt Locker which bested movies such as Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, Inglourious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up and Up in the Air.
The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow beat her ex-husband, James Cameron, to the Best Director prize. Mark Boalwon Best Original Screenplay for “The Hurt Locker”.
Jeff Bridges, Sanda Bullock, Christoph Waltz and Mo’Nique won their first Academy award. Bridges won the Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in Crazy Heart as Otis “Bad” Blake. Bullock won Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy. Christoph Waltz won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa. Mo’Nique won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire as Mary Lee Johnston.
Here are the other Academy Awards given that night:
The American drama film Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire won Best Adapted Screenplay. Up won Best Animated Feature and El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina) won Best Foreign Language Film.
Art Direction – Avatar (Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg- Art Direction; Kim Sinclair- Set Decoration)
Cinematography – Avatar (Mauro Fiore)
Costume Design – The Young Victoria (Sandy Powell)
Documentary Feature – The Cove (Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens)
Documentary Short – Music by Prudence (Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett)
Film Editing – The Hurt Locker (Bob Murawski and Chris Innis)
Makeup – Star Trek (Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow)
Music (Original Score) – Up (Michael Giacchino)
Music (Original Song) – Crazy Heart (“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)”; Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Short Film (Animated) – Logorama (Nicolas Schmerkin)
Short Film (Live Action) – The New Tenants (Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson)
Sound Editing – The Hurt Locker (Paul N.J. Ottosson)
Sound Mixing – The Hurt Locker (Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett)
Visual Effects – Avatar (Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones)
News source:http://www.thedailyinquirer.net
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