Mike Smith
Everything Everywhere All at Once went into Oscar night leading the pack with (11) nominations so it should be no surprise that the film took him (7) Academy Awards, including Best Picture, at the 95th Annual Academy Awards. The film also took home both awards in the Supporting categories, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Film Editing and Best Director.
The other major award of the evening was won by Brendan Fraser, who captured Best Actor for his incredible work in The Whale. Germany’s All Quiet on the Western Front was named the Best International Feature Film and also scored awards for Original Score, Production Design and Cinematography while Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio was named the year’s Best Animated Feature. Sarah Polley won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Women Talking.
As someone who has watched the awards religiously since 1975, I can say that for the first time in several years, the show delivered. The night was full of many pure emotional moments. From Ke Huy Quan’s moving acceptance speech as he accepted the trophy for Best Supporting Actor to his Everything Everywhere All at Once co-star Jamie Lee Curtis’ tearful tribute to her Oscar-nominated parents, the show had many more high points then in previous years. The evening was capped off by Quan capturing his former Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom co-star Harrison Ford in a bearhug as the latter awarded Everything Everywhere All at Once the night’s final award, Best Picture.
All in all, an enjoyable night with just enough surprises to keep you interested until the end.
Here is a list of the night’s winners:
BEST PICTURE
Everything Everywhere All at Once
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
All Quiet on the Western Front, Germany
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
The Elephant Whisperers
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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Navalni
ORIGINAL SONG
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Women Talking
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Everything Everywhere All at Once
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
DIRECTOR
Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
PRODUCTION DESIGN
All Quiet on the Western Front
CINEMATOGRAPHY
All Quiet on the Western Front
COSTUME DESIGN
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Top Gun: Maverick
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
An Irish Goodbye
ORIGINAL SCORE
All Quiet on the Western Front
VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: The Way of Water
FILM EDITING
Everything Everywhere All at Once
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
The Whale
