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* Film Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker * Best Picture - Graham King, Producer * Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by William Monahan Actor in a Supporting Role - Mark Wahlberg
The nominees for the 79th Academy Awards were announced on January 23, 2007, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Sid Ganis, president of the Academy, and the actress Salma Hayek. [13] Dreamgirls received the most nominations with eight, and Babel came in second with seven. [14]
The Departed also won Academy Awards for Directing (Martin Scorsese), Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker), and Writing – Adapted Screenplay (William Monahan). After seven previous nominations, five of which were for directing, Martin Scorsese won his first Oscar for The Departed .
Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the Academy Award for Best Picture. For 33 consecutive years, 1981 to 2013, every Best Picture winner had also been nominated for the Film Editing Oscar, and about two thirds of the Best Picture winners have also won for Film Editing.
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I’m backstage right now and we’re all firing up our laptops, making sure our connections work, and of course, eating the spread they put out for the press. We’re watching the Road to the Oscarpre-show and getting ready for the moment when the first person joins us in the interview room.
Here we go! The show begins with a series of interview clips with the nominees. Quite cute. Alan Arkin says, “Losing builds character.”
Ellen DeGeneres takes to the stage in a velvet tux. “We’re celebrating the nominees’most years we just celebrate the winners.” “Most people have a dream of winning an Academy Award. I dreamed of hosting. So it’s a lesson for you kids out there: aim lower.” “I think I see some Americans here tonight: the seat fillers.” “It’s not that we don’t have t...
Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig are presenting tonight’s first award, Art Direction. And the Oscar goes to Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta for Pan’s Labyrinth.
Maggie Gyllenhaalstrolls out to say the she recently had a date with magicians, as she was the host of the Academy’s Science and Technical Awards. She discusses the night’s winners.
Will Ferrell sings “A comedian at the Oscars, the saddest man of all.” He’s joined in the song by Jack Black. They discuss how they’ll beat up the nominees, except for Mark Wahlbergwho’s pretty tough. John C. Riley then joins the song.
The trio then present the award for Best Makeup. And the Oscar goes to Pan’s Labyrinth’s David Marti and Montse Ribe. The pair get played off.
Ellen is gossiping backstage with a crew member. She introduces Abigail Breslin and Jaden Smith. The young twosome are presenting the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. And the Oscar goes to The Danish Poet’s Torill Kove. She thanks the Academy for supporting the animated short category.
Ellen gives a shout out to the orchestra. She then introduces a “sound effects choir” who add foley to scenes playing behind them.
Steve Carell and Greg Kinnear are out next. “Sound editing is like sex. Done at night, all alone and surrounded by elecronic gadgets.” They are, obviously, presenting the awards for Sound Editing. This is quite a new twist as usually we’ve had one acting award by now. And the Oscar goes to Letters From Iwo Jima’s Alan Robert Murray, whose father wa...
Best Leading Actor: Forest Whitaker. Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin. Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson. Best International Film: The Lives of Others. Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt. ↧ See All.
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Jan 23, 2007 · Jan. 23, 2007. Nominees for the 79th Annual Academy Awards. denotes the winning nominee in each category. BEST PICTURE. "Babel" "The Departed" "Letters From Iwo Jima" "Little Miss Sunshine"...
