The Academy Awards, final prize of the Award Season 2018/2019 and film award par excellence. The evening, held without conducting, was an evening of interesting and very important awards and twists.
Surprise, Green Book wins theOscar for Best Film (plus two other awards), bypassing the favorite Roma di Alfonso Cuaròn, which is "satisfied" with the prizes such as Best Foreign Film, Best Director and Best Cinematography, all awarded to the Mexican director. A disappointment for those who expected to see the historical moment in which a film Netflix was recognized as the best film of the year.
Other protagonists of the evening were there The Marvel movies that between Spiderman: A New Universe e Black Panther won five statuettes (respectively 4 for Black Panther and the award for Best Animated Film for Spiderman) and the figure of Freddie Mercury, honored with a tribute at the beginning of the evening, and whose biopic Bohemian Rhapsody won four awards including the Best Actor award a Rami Malek in the role of the immortal front-man of the gods Queen.
Olivia Colman won the Best Actress award by a whisker The Favorite, snatching it from the hands of Glenn Close which was given for winner with The Wife. A disappointment that adds to the other six nominations with zero wins for the American actress.
It is not surprising, however, the victory of Lady Gaga for the best song featuring Shallow from the remake movie A Star is Born, which if not for the song itself should have been awarded for the thrilling performance with the actor and director Bradley Cooper on the stage of the Dolby Theater.
Spike Lee finally manages to get his hands on the Oscar for a competitive category, winning the award for Best Non-Original Screenplay for BlacKKKlansman, an award that adds to the honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 2016. A satisfaction that settles an unfinished business of the Brooklyn director with the Academy, born in 1989 when the director was deprived of more than one Oscar nomination of that year with Do The Right Thing.
Best Picture
"Black Panther"
"BlacKkKlansman"
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
"The Favorite"
"Green Book"
"Roma"
"A Star Is Born"
"Vice"
Best Lead Actor
Christian Bale, "Vice"
Bradley Cooper, "A Star Is Born"
Willem Dafoe, "At Eternity's Gate"
Rami Malek, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Viggo Mortensen, "Green Book"
Best Lead Actress
Yalitza Aparicio, "Roma"
Glenn Close, "The Wife"
Olivia Colman, "The Favorite"
Lady Gaga, "A Star Is Born"
Melissa McCarthy, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, "Green Book"
Adam Driver, "BlacKkKlansman"
Sam Elliott, "A Star Is Born"
Richard E. Grant, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
Sam Rockwell, "Vice"
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, "Vice"
Marina de Tavira, "Rome"
Regina King, "If Beale Street Could Talk"
Emma Stone, "The Favorite"
Rachel Weisz, "The Favorite"
Best Director
Spike Lee, "BlacKkKlansman"
Pawel Pawlikowski, "Cold War"
Yorgos Lanthimos, "The Favorite"
Alfonso Cuarón, "Roma"
Adam McKay, "Vice"
Best Animated Feature
"Incredibles 2," Brad Bird
"Isle of Dogs," Wes Anderson
"Mirai," Mamoru Hosoda
"Ralph Breaks the Internet," Rich Moore, Phil Johnston
"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
Best Animated Short
"Animal Behavior," Alison Snowden, David Fine
"Bao," Domee Shi
"Late Afternoon," Louise Bagnall
"One Small Step," Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas
"Weekends," Trevor Jimenez
Best Adapted Screenplay
"The Ballad of Buster Scrugs," Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
"BlacKkKlansman," Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
"You Can Ever Forgive Me?", Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
"If Beale Street Could Talk," Barry Jenkins
"A Star Is Born," Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters
Best Original Screenplay
"The Favorite," Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara
"First Reformed," Paul Schrader
"Green Book," Nick Vallelong, Brian Currie, Peter Farrell
"Roma," Alfonso Cuarón
"Vice," Adam McKay
Best Cinematography
"Cold War," Lukasz Zal
"The Favorite," Robbie Ryan
“Never Look Away,” Caleb Deschanel
"Roma," Alfonso Cuarón
"A Star Is Born," Matthew Libatique
Best Documentary Feature
"Free Solo," Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
"Hale County This Morning, This Evening," RaMell Ross
"Minding the Gap," Bing Liu
"Of Fathers and Sons," Talal Derki
"RBG," Betsy West, Julie Cohen
Best Documentary Short Subject
"Black Sheep," Ed Perkins
"End Game," Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
"Lifeboat," Skye Fitzgerald
"A Night at the Garden," Marshall Curry
"Period. End of Sentence, "Rayka Zehtabchi
Best Live Action Short Film
"Detention," Vincent Lambe
"Fauve," Jeremy Comte
"Marguerite," Marianne Farley
"Mother," Rodrigo Sorogoyen
"Skin," Guy Nattiv
Best Foreign Language Film
"Capernaum" (Lebanon)
"Cold War" (Poland)
"Never Look Away" (Germany)
"Roma" (Mexico)
"Shoplifters" (Japan)
Best Film Editing
"BlacKkKlansman," Barry Alexander Brown
"Bohemian Rhapsody," John Ottman
"Green Book," Patrick J. Don Vito
"The Favorite," Yorgos Mavropsaridis
"Vice," Hank Corwin
Best Sound Editing
"Black Panther," Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker
"Bohemian Rhapsody," John Warhurst
"First Man," Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan
"A Quiet Place," Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl
"Roma," Sergio Diaz, Skip Lievsay
Best Sound Mixing
"Black Panther"
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
"First Man"
"Roma"
"A Star Is Born"
Best Production Design
"Black Panther," Hannah Beachler
"First Man," Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas
"The Favourite," Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
"Mary Poppins Returns," John Myhre, Gordon Sim
"Roma," Eugenio Caballero, Bárbara Enriquez
Best Original Score
“BlacKkKlansman,” Terence Blanchard
“Black Panther,” Ludwig Goransson
“If Beale Street Could Talk,” Nicholas Britell
“Isle of Dogs,” Alexandre Desplat
“Mary Poppins Returns,” Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
Best Original Song
“All The Stars” from “Black Panther” by Kendrick Lamar, SZA
“I'll Fight” from “RBG” by Diane Warren, Jennifer Hudson
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns” by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
"Shallow" from "A Star Is Born" by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt and Benjamin Rice
"When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings" from "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" by Willie Watson, Tim Blake Nelson
Best Makeup and Hair
"Border"
"Mary Queen of Scots"
"Vice"
Best Costume Design
“Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” Mary Zophres
“Black Panther,” Ruth E. Carter
“The Favorite,” Sandy Powell
“Mary Poppins Returns,” Sandy Powell
“Mary Queen of Scots,” Alexandra Byrne
Best Visual Effects
"Avengers: Infinity War"
"Christopher Robin"
"First Man"
"Ready Player One"
"Solo: A Star Wars Story"
