David R. Walker

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79th Academy Awards

March 8th, 2013 |

Author: davidrwalker

79th Academy Awards

25th February 2007

Oscar Winners at the 79th Academy Awards

Best Picture: The Departed

Best Director: Martin Scorsese – The Departed

Best Actor: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen

Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls

Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine

Best Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan – The Departed

Best Foreign Language Film: The Lives of Others directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Germany)

Best Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis Guggenheim

Best Original Score: Gustavo Santaolalla – Babel

Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro – Pan’s Labyrinth

Best Costume Design: Milena Canonero – Marie Antoinette

Best Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker – The Departed

Best Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/79th_Academy_Awards

Posted in Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Martin Scorsese, Oscars |

Tags: Alan Arkin, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson

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