Quote of the Day #29

Broadway Lady: [sees Riggan on the roof]  Hey, is this for real, or are you shooting a film?

Riggan: A film!

Broadway Lady: You people are full of shit!

Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

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Congratulations to Birdman winning Best Film at the Oscars!

What do you think of the critically acclaimed film?

A worthy winner for the top Oscar prize?

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Oscars 2015 - The Winners

The biggest awards event took place last night in Los Angeles whilst the rest of us were sleeping here in the UK. Yes, the Academy Award winners have been announced and in case you’ve somehow missed it, here is the full list of winners and some of the speeches from the glitzy ceremony.

Best Picture - Birdman

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Best Director - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman

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Best Actor - Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Actress - Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best Supporting Actor - J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress - Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Costume Design - Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Hair and Make Up - Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, 
The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Best Foreign Language Film - Ida

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Best Live Action Short - The Phone Call

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Best Documentary Short Subject - 
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

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Sound Mixing - Whiplash

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Sound Editing - American Sniper

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Best Visual Effects - Interstellar

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Best Animated Short - Feast

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Best Animated Film - Big Hero 6

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Best Production Design - The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Best Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman

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Film Editing - Tom Cross, Whiplash

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Best Documentary - Citizenfour

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Best Original Song - Glory by Lonnie Lynn (Common) and John Stephens (John Legend), Selma



Best Original Score - Alexandre Desplat, 
The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Best Original Screenplay - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, Birdman

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Best Adapted Screenplay - Graham Moore, The Imitation Game





What do make of the 2015 winners?

Who missed out on the top prizes?

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BAFTA 2015 - The Winners

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The BAFTA winners have been announced! Did you agree with the Academy? 

Take a look at the full list of winners below:

BEST FILM

BOYHOOD Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

STEPHEN BERESFORD (Writer), DAVID LIVINGSTONE (Producer), Pride

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

IDA Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska

DOCUMENTARY

CITIZENFOUR Laura Poitras

ANIMATED FILM

THE LEGO MOVIE Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

DIRECTOR

BOYHOOD Richard Linklater

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wes Anderson

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Anthony McCarten

LEADING ACTOR

EDDIE REDMAYNE The Theory of Everything

LEADING ACTRESS

JULIANNE MOORE Still Alice

SUPPORTING ACTOR

J.K. SIMMONS Whiplash

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

PATRICIA ARQUETTE Boyhood

ORIGINAL MUSIC

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY

BIRDMAN Emmanuel Lubezki

EDITING

WHIPLASH Tom Cross

PRODUCTION DESIGN

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock

COSTUME DESIGN

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Milena Canonero

MAKE UP & HAIR

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Frances Hannon

SOUND

WHIPLASH Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

INTERSTELLAR Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

THE BIGGER PICTURE Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka

BRITISH SHORT FILM

BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)

JACK O’CONNELL

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