Oscar Academy Awards 2008 by Milota Sidorova

LOS ANGELES, Sunday 24 February: Crowds of fans squeezed around the Kodak Theatre such as thousands of them stuck in the cinemas all over the world hoping to get a touch with the celebrities coming to the most prestige movie business harvest of this year & 80 th annual OSCAR Academy awards. The final race took a place on outwardly rather depressive rainy Sunday. Well, no idea about any depression, although a promise of though emotions sensible in the dense atmosphere flew over from the famous red carpet till the glittering stage. One could ask whether this year Academy Awards might shuffle cards bringing a surprise to almost predictible results. Among 24 golden statues waiting for the challengers their hopes could fulfill (as expected ) brothers Coen with the shot No Country for Old man, the best actor awarded Daniel Day-Lewis ( There Will be Blood ) and Marion Cottilard, the second wife of Polanski triumphing with La Vie En Rose in the cathegory of the best actress .No surprise if you ask for a case of No Country for Old Man, that passed right through the festivals all over the world. Gaining golden statues, currently 4 of them ( the best picture, the best director, the best supporting actor, the best adapted screenplay ) make it the first triumphing movie since Walt Disney in 1953 won the 4 main cathegories. The shot Juno overcame its rivals & Lars and Real Girl, Michal Clayton, Ratatouille and The Savages gaining the best original screenplay.Michael Clayton scored also with Swinton as a best supporting actress. There Will be Blood got one for the best Cinematography as well as visually imaginative Burton' s Sweeney Todd got the best Art Direction. Popmpous costumes in Elisabeth: The Golden Age couldn' t lose its quality such as Bourne Ultimatum, sharply action movie prooved the best Editing and Sound Mixing. Touching more distant still attractive cathegories, the best Foreign movie belongs to Austrian' s Counterfeiters and the gentle Falling Slowly from sensible independent Once got the best Song. Make- up belongs to La Vie En Rose, the best Score has reached romantic tragedy Atonement.The best Animation belongs to chef Ratatouille and the best Animation Short is Peter and the Wolf.Documentary feature cathegory knows its winner, that is Taxi To Dark Side and Short Doc like Freeheld. Live Action Short is a triumph for Le Mozart des Pickpockets and finally the best Visuals scored a movie Golden Compass.

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