Last night Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire cleaned up (as predicted) with 8 Oscars. I gathered as many acceptance videos I could find. Check them out below, kicking off with one of the best Oscar introductions to date and ending withe Judd Apatow’s hilarious comedy montage.
Hugh Jackman Opening Performance
Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire, Christian Colson (producer)
Best Actor
Sean Penn, Milk
Best Actress
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Director
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film
Departures (Japan) (couldn’t find acceptance speech, so here are thank you’s)
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Documentary
Man On Wire, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
Best Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Feature
Wall-E, Andrew Stanton
Best Animated Short
La Maison En Petits Cubes, Kunio Kato
Art Direction
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Donald Graham Burt (art direction) and Victor J. Zolfo (set decoration)
Costume Design
The Duchess, Michael O’Connor
Make-up
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Greg Cannom
Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire, Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Live Action Short
Spielzeugland (Toyland), Jochen Alexander Freydank
Best Documentary Short Subject
Smile Pinki, Megan Mylan
Visual Effects
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
Sound Editing
The Dark Knight, Richard King
Sound Mixing
Slumdog Millionaire, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty (couldn’t find acceptance speech, so here are thank you’s)
Film Editing
Slumdog Millionaire, Chris Dickens
Original Score
Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman
Original Song
Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire, music by A.R. Rahman and lyrics by Gulzar
Judd Apatow’s Comedy Montage
Do you agree with the winners? What was your favorite speech?