Awards

2009 Academy Awards

The Hurt Locker Outduels Avatar, Wins 6 Oscars

March 7, 2010 -- Kathryn Bigelow's powerful Iraq war drama, THE HURT LOCKER, emerged as the top winner, taking home 6 Oscars, including Best Picture, at the 82nd annual Academy Awards, outdueling James Cameroun's record-breaking AVATAR. Both films entered the evening leading the field with 9 nominations each.

In addition to the big prize, THE HURT LOCKER earned Bigelow the first ever Best Director trophy for a woman, and also took home Original Screenplay, Editing, Sound Mixing and Sound Editing awards. AVATAR, the most succesful film ever at the box office, won 3 Oscars, for Cinematography, Art Direction and Visual Effects.

Jeff Bridges as expected won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in CRAZY HEART (now playing at Los Gatos), which also won for Best Song, while Sandra Bullock was named Best Actress for her turn in THE BLIND SIDE. Monique in PRECIOUS (which also won for Adapted Screenplay) and Christoph Waltz in INGLORIOUS BASTERDS took home the Supporting Actress and Actor awards.

The evening's other multiple winner was Pixar's UP, which won for Original Score and Best Animated Feature.

Following are the complete 2009 Oscar Nominations (winners in RED):

Best Picture
AVATAR
THE BLIND SIDE
DISTRICT 9
AN EDUCATION
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
PRECIOUS
A SERIOUS MAN
UP
UP IN THE AIR

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEART
George Clooney, UP IN THE AIR
Colin Cirth, A SINGLE MAN
Morgan Freeman, INVICTUS
Jeremy Renner, THE HURT LOCKER

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, THE BLIND SIDE
Helen Mirren, THE LAST STATION
Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION
Gabourey Sidibe, PRECIOUS
Meryl Streep, JULIA & JULIA

Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, INVICTUS
Woody Harrelson, THE MESSENGER
Christopher Plummer, THE LAST STATION
Stanley Tucci, THE LOVELY BONES
Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, NINE
Vera Farmiga, UP IN THE AIR
Maggie Gyllenhaal, CRAZY HEART
Anna Kendrick, UP IN THE AIR
Mo'Nique, PRECIOUS

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKER
James Cameron, AVATAR
Lee Daniels, PRECIOUS
Jason Reitman, UP IN THE AIR
Quentin Tarantino, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Mark Boal, THE HURT LOCKER
Quentin Tarantino, INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, THE MESSENGER
Joel and Ethan Coen, A SERIOUS MAN
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter and Thomas McCarthy, UP

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, DISTRICT 9
Nick Hornby, AN EDUCATION
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, IN THE LOOP
Geoffrey Fletcher, PRECIOUS
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, UP IN THE AIR

Best Cinematography
Maura Fiore, AVATAR
Christian Berger, THE WHITE RIBBON
Bruno Delbonnel, HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
Barry Ackroyd, THE HURT LOCKER
Robert Richardson, INGLORIOUS BASTERDS

Best Art Direction
Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg and Kim Sinclair, AVATAR
David Warren, Anastasia Masaro and Caroline Smith, IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS
John Myhre and Gordon Sim, NINE
Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, SHERLOCK HOLMES
Patrice Vermette and Maggie Gray, THE YOUNG VICTORIA

Best Costume Design
Janet Patterson, BRIGHT STAR
Catherine Leterrier, COCO BEFORE CHANEL
Monique Prudhomme, IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS
Sandy Powell, THE YOUNG VICTORIA
Colleen Atwood, NINE

Best Sound Mixing
Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson, AVATAR
Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett, THE HURT LOCKER
Michael Minkler, Tony Lambert and Mark Ulano, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin, STAR TREK
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson, TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

Best Film Editing
Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron, AVATAR
Julian Clarke, DISTRICT 9
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis, THE HURT LOCKER
Sally Menke, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Joe Klotz, PRECIOUS

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, AVATAR
Paul N.J. Ottosson, THE HURT LOCKER
Wylie Stateman, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Mark P. Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin, STAR TREK
Michael Silvers and Tom Myers, UP

Best Effects, Visual Effects Editing
Joe Letteri, Stephn Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andy Jones, AVATAR
Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken, DISTRICT 9
Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton, STAR TREK

Best Makeup
Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano, IL DIVO
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow, STAR TREK
John Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore, THE YOUNG VICTORIA

Best Music, Song
T-Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham, "The Weary Kid" (CRAZY HEART)
Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas, "Loin de Paname" (FAUBOURG 36)
Maury Yeston, "Take It All" (NINE)
Randy Newman, "Down In New Orleans" (THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG)
Randy Newman, "Almost There" (THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG)

Original Musical Score
James Horner, AVATAR
Alexandre Desplat, FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, THE HURT LOCKER
Hans Zimmer, SHERLOCK HOLMES
Michael Giacchino, UP

Best Animated Feature Film
CORALINE
FANTASTIC MR. FOX
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
THE SECRET OF KELLS
UP

Best Animated Short Film
FRENCH ROAST (Fabrice Joubert)
GRANNY O'GRIMM'S SLEEPING BEAUTY (Nicky Phelan and Darrah O'Connell)
LA DAMA Y LA MUERTE (Javier Recio Gracia)
LOGORAMA (Nicolas Schmerkin)
WALLACE AND GROMIT IN "A MATER OF LOAF AND DEATH" (Nick Park)

Best Live Action Short Film
THE DOOR (Jaunita Wilson and James Flynn)
ISTALLET FOR ABRAKADABRA (Patrick Eklund and Mathias Fjallstrom)
KAVI (Gregg Helvey)
MIRACLE FISH (Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey)
THE NEW TENANTS (Joachim Black and Tivi Magnusson)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
CHINA'S UNNATURAL DISASTER: THE TEARS OF SICHUAN PROVINCE (John Alpert and Matthew O'Neill)
THE LAST CAMPAIGN OF GOVERNOR BOOTH GARDNER (Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher)
THE LAST TRUCK: CLOSING OF A GM PLANT (Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert)
KROLIK PO BERLINSKU (Bartosz Konopka and Anna Wydra)
MUSIC BY PRUDENCE (Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett)

Best Documentary, Features
BURMA VJ (Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Moller
THE COVE (Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens)
FOOD, INC. (Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein)
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS (Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith)
WHICH WAY HOME (Rebecca Cammisa)

Best Foreign Language Film
AJAMI (Israel)
THE WHITE RIBBON (Germany)
EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS (Argentina)
LA TETA ASUSTADA (Peru)

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