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Oscars 2015: 'Birdman' Wins Best Picture At 87th Academy Awards | FULL SPEECH
- Published_at:2015-02-23
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- description: For the third time in four years, Hollywood’s top honor went to a story mostly about itself: “Birdman” won best picture at the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday night. Despite relatively meager domestic ticket sales of $37.8 million, “Birdman” had been the favorite to win best picture, having swept the top prize at banquet after banquet leading up to the Oscars. Minutes before, Alejandro G. Iñárritu had won best director for “Birdman,” which also collected Oscars for best original screenplay and the cinematography of Emmanuel Lubezki. “Tonight I am wearing the real Michael Keaton tighty whities,” Mr. Iñárritu said, a joke about the long Broadway walk Mr. Keaton, the star, takes in his skivvies during the film. Birdman,” about a washed-up actor’s comeback bid, followed two other Hollywood-related winners: “The Artist,” which won in 2012, was the bittersweet story of a silent film actor seemingly left behind by Hollywood’s transition to sound. The next year, “Argo” won with its reality-based tale of a hostage rescue that used a fake film for cover. Still, no one film this year achieved critical mass in a year that saw all eight of the best picture nominees leave with at least one Oscar. As expected, Julianne Moore won best actress for her faltering college professor with early-onset Alzheimer’s in “Still Alice,” and Eddie Redmayne won best actor for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything.” “I will be its custodian,” an over-the-moon Mr. Redmayne said of his statuette. “I will polish him. I will wait on him hand and foot.” One of the year’s smallest films, “Whiplash,” with just $11.3 million in ticket sales, became one of the night’s biggest winners, stealing the editing award from presumably stronger competitors like “Boyhood” and “American Sniper.” A dramatic thriller set in a music school, “Whiplash” also collected prizes in the supporting actor and sound mixing categories. Backstage, Tom Cross, the editor of “Whiplash,” marveled that only a little over a year ago, he and the film’s director, Damien Chazelle, had been telling each other: “Wouldn’t it be great if this movie got into Sundance?” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” a whimsical period caper, won four Oscars, with support coming in the crafts categories. It lost the original screenplay race, however, to the four writers behind “Birdman,” which included Mr. Iñárritu. Best adapted screenplay went to Graham Moore for “The Imitation Game,” keeping that film — nominated in eight categories — from being shut out. Birdman wins the big two Oscars, but ties with Grand Budapest Hotel in total awards tally • Alejandro González Iñárritu’s drama takes best picture and best director • Boyhood wins just best supporting actress for Patricia Arquette • Eddie Redmayne wins best actor for The Theory of Everything • The Grand Budapest Hotel wins four technical awards Birdman’ nabbed the Oscar for Best Picture at the 2015 Academy Awards on Feb. 22, beating out some of the most acclaimed films of the year to take home the coveted award! Congrats to Michael Keaton and the rest of the cast and crew! acceptance video It was an incredibly close call between Boyhood and Birdman, but the Academy ultimately honored the incomparable Birdman with the award for Best Picture at the 2015 Oscars in Los Angeles. HollywoodLifers, do YOU think the super dark comedy deserved to win or were you rooting for another film? ‘Birdman’ Wins Oscar For Best Picture — Michael Keaton Film Wins Big There were so many amazing films in 2015, but it was Birdman that took home the Oscars’ highest honor on Feb. 22. Sean Penn had the privilege of announcing the final award of the night, and he seemed a little bitter about it, to be honest. “Who gave this son of a b*tch his green card?” Sean joked before revealing Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu‘s film as the winner. One of the haziest Best Picture races in recent memory has been settled: "Birdman" took home the grand prize at Sunday's Oscars. Alejandro González Iñárritu's tale of a washed-up actor's attempt to stage a career renaissance topped "American Sniper," "Boyhood," "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "The Imitation Game," "Selma," "The Theory of Everything" and "Whiplash." It previously won top prizes from the Screen Actors Guild, Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America, placing it in a heated contest with Richard Linklater's longtime purported front-runner "Boyhood." Oscars 2015: 'Birdman' Wins Best Picture At 87th Academy Awards | FULL SPEECH
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