Monday, February 25, 2008

The Academy Award Winners

The following are the winners in the top categories from last night's Academy Awards, held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles.

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Daniel Day-Lewis
-- There Will Be Blood

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Marion Cotillard
-- La Vie En Rose

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Javier Bardem
-- No Country for Old Men

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Tilda Swinton
-- Michael Clayton

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
No Country for Old Men

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Joel Coen
& Ethan Coen -- No Country for Old Men

BEST ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
Ratatouille

BEST SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED
No Country for Old Men

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Juno

BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Counterfeiters
(Austria)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Taxi to the Dark Side

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
, "Falling Slowly" from Once

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Atonement