Parasite makes Oscar history with best picture win, Joaquin Phoenix bags best actor for Joker
South Korean social satire Parasite won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first film not in the English language to win the movie industry’s highest honor.
Parasite, about the gap between rich and poor in modern Seoul, won a total of four Oscars, including best director and screenplay for Bong Joon Ho and best international feature.
“I never thought I would win,” Bong said while accepting his best director Oscar.
Paying tribute to his four fellow director nominees he said, “I would like to get a Texas chainsaw and split the Oscar into five and share it all with you.”
Joaquin Phoenix won his first Oscar, for best actor, for playing a failing clown who finds fame in violence in the dark comic-book tale Joker, and gave an impassioned speech about climate change and animal rights.
Renee Zellweger won the best actress Oscar for her performance as an ageing Judy Garland in the musical biopic Judy.
World War One movie 1917 won three Oscars, for its stunning “one-shot” feel cinematography, for visual effects and for sound editing, while Once Upon a Time in Hollywood brought the first acting Oscar for Brad Pitt, who played a supporting role as a laid-back stunt man.
Laura Dern took the supporting actress Oscar, her first Academy Award, for playing a ruthless divorce lawyer in Marriage Story.
Netflix movie The Irishman a costly Mafia saga directed by Martin Scorsese that had 10 Oscar nominations, came away empty- handed.
Following is a complete list of winners from the 92nd Academy Awards, which were held Sunday at the Dolby Theatre:
Best picture: Parasite
Best actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Best actress: Renée Zellweger, Judy
Best director: Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
Best supporting actor: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood
Best supporting actress: Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Animated feature: Toy Story 4
Animated short film: Hair Love
Original screenplay: Parasite, Bong Joon-ho and Jin Won Han
Adapted screenplay: Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi
Live action short film: The Neighbors’ Window
Production design: Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood
Costume design: Little Women
Documentary feature: American Factory
Documentary short subject: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)
Sound Editing: Ford v Ferrari, Don Sylvester
Sound mixing: 1917, Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson
Cinematography: Roger Deakins, 1917
Film editing: Ford Vs. Ferrari
Visual effects: 1917
International film: Parasite, South Korea
Original Score: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
Original song: '(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again', Rocketman (Music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin)
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