Racist Oscars 2008 - The winners

Posted by Simranjeet @ 10:02 pm February 25, 2008
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Tadka question - What happens when an Indian film-maker gets top nominations in the Oscar Awards? Read on, to find the answer, including the one to the title of this article.

Close on the heels of the Filmfare Awards taking place on the 23rd of this month, their American counterpart the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars came to a grand finale today. There was no sign of Mira Nair’s The Namesake in any of the nominations, asserting the fact that Oscars turn colour blind when it comes to movies from directors of primarily non-English speaking nations. More over, Indian film maker Shekhar Kapoor’s Elizabeth: The Golden Age, won only one award, that too in the most forgettable categories: Best Costume Design. This comes years after Shekhar Kapoor was meted out the same treatment, when his first part of the Elizabeth series, won just one, and yet another forgettable Oscar award, in the category Best Make-up, Jenny Shircore, (1998). 10 years and nothing changed! On the other hand, India had already destroyed it’s chances of getting the award in The Best Foreign Language Film category, by sending Eklavya: The Royal Gaurd as it’s official entry, leaving aside gems like Taare Zameen Par, Chak De! India and even Dharm.

Meanwhile, here’s a list of the winners at this year’s Oscars, the 80th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS -

BEST PICTURE
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN - SCOTT RUDIN, JOEL COEN AND ETHAN COEN

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS - THERE WILL BE BLOOD

BEST DIRECTION
THERE WILL BE BLOOD - JOEL COEN AND ETHAN COEN

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE
MARION COTILLARD - LA VIE EN ROSE

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
JAVIER BARDEM - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
TILDA SWINTON - MICHAEL CLAYTON

BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
JUNO - DIABLO CODY

BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN - JOEL COEN AND ETHAN COEN

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
THERE WILL BE BLOOD - ROBERT ELSWIT

BEST FILM EDITING
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM - CHRISTOPHER ROUSE

BEST FORIEGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE COUNTERFIETERS, AUSTRIA
DIRECTED BY STEFAN RUZOWITZKY

BEST SOUND EDITING
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM - KAREN BAKER LANDERS AND PER HALLBERG

BEST MUSIC (SONG)
MOVIE - ONCE
SONG - “FALLING SLOWLY”
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY GLEN HANSARD AND MARKETA IRGLOVA

BEST SOUND MIXING
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM - SCOTT MILLAN, DAVID PARKER AND KIRK FRANCIS

BEST MUSIC (SCORE)
ATONEMENT - DARIO MARIANELLI

BEST ART DIRECTION
SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET - DANTE FERRETTI (ART DIRECTION), FRANSESCA LO SCHIAVO (SET DECORATION)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE - ALEX BIBNEY AND EVA ORNER

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
FREEHELD - CYNTHIA WADE AND VANESSA ROTH

BEST MAKE UP
LA VIE EN ROSE - DIDIER LAVERGNE AND JAN ARCHIBALD

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE - ALEXANDRA BYRNE

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
PETER & THE WOLF
SUZIE TEMPLETON AND HUGH WELCHMAN

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
LE MOZART DES PICKPOCKETS (THE MOZART OF PICKPOCKETS) - PHILLIPE POLLET-VILLARD

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
RATATOUILLE - BRAD BIRD

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
THE GOLDEN COMPASS - MICHEAL FINK, BILL WESTENHOFER, BEN MORRIS AND TREVOR WOOD

Bollywood Tadka congratulates them all, and wishes the selectors/jury/Academy members a speedy recovery!