Iraq War Drama ‘The Hurt Locker’ Takes Top Oscars
Source: VOA News (08 March 2010) – Iraq War Drama ‘The Hurt Locker’ Takes Top Oscars
Wins for best picture and best director, earning a woman the honor for the first time ever.
“The Hurt Locker” was the big winner at the film industry’s Academy Awards Sunday night in Hollywood, as the acclaimed Iraq War drama earned six industry honors – Oscars – including best movie.
Kathryn Bigelow won best director for “The Hurt Locker.” She is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood’s top prize for filmmakers.
“The Hurt Locker” also won Oscars for best original screenplay, film editing, sound editing and sound mixing.
Veteran actor Jeff Bridges was awarded best actor for his performance as a downtrodden country singer in “Crazy Heart.” Sandra Bullock won best actress for her role as an adoptive mother in “The Blind Side.”
Christoph Waltz won the best supporting actor award for his role as a cunning Nazi officer in “Inglourious Basterds.”
Actress Mo’Nique won best supporting actress for her role as an abusive mother in the drama “Precious,” which also won best adapted screenplay.
The science fiction epic “Avatar” has won three Oscars, for art direction, cinematography and visual effects. “Avatar” is the highest grossing film of all time.
Ten films were nominated for best picture this year, including the World War II revenge saga “Inglourious Basterds” — “District 9″ a science-fiction thriller set in South Africa — and “Precious,” a story of inner city life in Harlem.
Other contenders were the football drama “The Blind Side,” the British teen tale “An Education,” the Jewish domestic chronicle “A Serious Man,” the recession-era drama “Up in the Air,” and the animated adventure “Up.”
Source: VOA News (08 March 2010) – Iraq War Drama ‘The Hurt Locker’ Takes Top Oscars
At oscar.com for more winners info, videos, acceptance speeches for the 82nd Academy Awards.
At The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences site also listing of nominees & winners for the 82nd Academy Awards.
Also, here’s a video interview that director Kathryn Bigelow and best actor nominee Jeremy Renner (”The Hurt Locker”) had with Cath Turner of Al Jazeera English News in Hollywood, Los Angeles (March 7, 2010) – Iraq war film is Oscar favourite. “The Hurt Locker,” is a film following the fortunes of a bomb disposal team in Iraq, which won six of its nine academy award nominations for an Oscar, including one for best picture and best director.
While there has been no shortage of critical acclaim for the film, it has not had the same success at the box office. Making just $12-million in the U.S. and another $6-million overseas, “The Hurt Locker” would be one of the lowest-grossing winners ever.
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