'12 Years' wins Oscar for Best Picture, 'Gravity' grabs most
Posted Monday, March 3, 2014 at 5:51 AM Central
Last updated Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 8:34 AM Central
by John Couture
It was touted as Ali vs. Frazier as both American Hustle and Gravity came into the Oscars with 10 nominations each, but the result was more vintage Tyson vs. some unfortunate soul who would wake up a week later with at least a nice paycheck to soothe his pain and suffering. Last year's awards darling David O. Russell and his film American Hustle was completely shut out while Gravity took home a show-leading seven statuettes.
While it was an impressive showing for Gravity, their awards were mostly in the the technical categories where they swept through the competition. At the top, 12 Years a Slave ruled as it took home Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong'o, Best Adapted Screenplay for John Ridley and, of course, Best Picture.
12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen might not have won for Best Director, but that didn't prevent him from giving his speech as part of the Best Picture win. His celebratory "jump for joy" afterwards pretty much summed up the night that was safe and a departure from last year's controversial host Seth MacFarlane. This year's host Ellen DeGeneres did an admirable job and got plenty of rave reviews on the social networks, but to me it just felt too safe.
The real winners of the night were Samsung and Twitter thanks to all of the selfies that DeGeneres posted from her phone to the popular social network. Oh, and we can't forget that local pizza joint Big Mama's and Papa's Pizzeria. I'm not sure how their pizza tastes, but if you click the link above, you can tell they are great at capitalizing on the buzz.
I love that delivery guy. He spotted Jennifer Lawrence and made a bee-line for the popular young actress and made sure she got a slice. And in a move that only cements her awesomeness in my eyes, she wolfed down the pizza with a zeal usually reserved for hardcore pizza fanatics and not Oscar-winning actresses.
In the moment that crystallized the ceremony for me, Matthew McConaughey channeled his Dazed and Confused character to end his acceptance speech for Best Actor, "Alright. Alright. Alright."
Yes, Matthew the night was "alright."
If you missed the entire telecast, here's everything distilled down to less than 2 minutes, compiled by the folks at Digg.
Here are all the winners from Sunday night's 86th Annual Academy Awards.
Best Picture
- WINNER - 12 Years a Slave
- Gravity
- Dallas Buyers Club
- American Hustle
- Her
- Nebraska
- Philomena
- The Wolf of Wall Street
- Captain Phillips
Actor In A Leading Role
- WINNER - Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
- Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
- Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
- Christian Bale, American Hustle
- Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Actress In A Leading Role
- WINNER - Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
- Amy Adams, American Hustle
- Sandra Bullock, Gravity
- Judi Dench, Philomena
- Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Actor In A Supporting Role
- WINNER - Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
- Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
- Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
- Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
- Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Actress In A Supporting Role
- WINNER - Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
- Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
- Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
- Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
- June Squibb, Nebraska
Directing
- WINNER - Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
- David O. Russell, American Hustle
- Alexander Payne, Nebraska
- Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
- Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Original Screenplay
- WINNER - Spike Jonze, Her
- David O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer, American Hustle
- Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine
- Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack, Dallas Buyers Club
- Bob Nelson, Nebraska
Adapted Screenplay
- WINNER - John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
- Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight
- Billy Ray, Captain Phillips
- Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, Philomena
- Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street
Animated Feature Film
Art Direction
- WINNER - Catherine Martin (Production Design) Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration), The Great Gatsby
- Judy Becker (Production Design) Heather Loeffler (Set Decoration), American Hustle
- Andy Nicholson (Production Design) Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard (Set Decoration), Gravity
- K.K. Barrett (Production Design) Gene Serdena (Set Decoration), Her
- Adam Stockhausen (Production Design) Alice Baker (Set Decoration), 12 Years a Slave
Cinematography
- WINNER - Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
- Philippe Le Sourd, The Grandmaster
- Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
- Phedon Papamichael, Nebraska
- Roger A. Deakins, Prisoners
Costume Design
- WINNER - Catherine Martin, The Great Gatsby
- Michael Wilkinson, American Hustle
- William Chang Suk Ping, The Grandmaster
- Michael O'Connor, The Invisible Woman
- Patricia Norris, 12 Years a Slave
Documentary Feature
Documentary Short Subject
- WINNER - The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
- CaveDigger
- Facing Fear
- Karama Has No Walls
- Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
Film Editing
- WINNER - Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger, Gravity
- Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers, and Alan Baumgarten, American Hustle
- Christopher Rouse, Captain Phillips
- John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa, Dallas Buyers Club
- Joe Walker, 12 Years a Slave
Foreign Language Film
- WINNER - (Italy), The Great Beauty
- (Belgium), The Broken Circle Breakdown
- (Denmark), The Hunt
- (Cambodia), The Missing Picture
- (Palestine), Omar
Makeup
- WINNER - Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews, Dallas Buyers Club
- Stephen Prouty, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
- Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny, The Lone Ranger
Music (Original Score)
- WINNER - Steven Price, Gravity
- John Williams, The Book Thief
- William Butler and Owen Pallett, Her
- Alexandre Desplat, Philomena
- Thomas Newman, Saving Mr. Banks
Music (Original Song)
- WINNER - 'Let it Go' by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Frozen
- 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams, Despicable Me 2
- 'The Moon Song' by Karen O and Spike Jonze, Her
- 'Ordinary Love' by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Short Film (Animated)
- WINNER - Mr. Hublot
- Feral
- Get a Horse!
- Possessions
- Room on the Broom
Short Film (Live Action)
- WINNER - Helium
- Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)
- Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
- Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
- The Voorman Problem
Sound Editing
- WINNER - Glenn Freemantle, Gravity
- Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns, All is Lost
- Oliver Tarney, Captain Phillips
- Brent Burge, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Wylie Stateman, Lone Survivor
Sound Mixing
- WINNER - Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, and Chris Munro, Gravity
- Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, and Chris Munro, Captain Phillips
- Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, and Tony Johnson, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland, Inside Llewyn Davis
- Andy Koyama, Beau Borders, and David Brownlow, Lone Survivor
Visual Effects
- WINNER - Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould, Gravity
- Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, and Eric Reynolds, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash, and Dan Sudick, Iron Man 3
- Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams, and John Frazier, The Lone Ranger
- Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, and Burt Dalton, Star Trek Into Darkness