Birdman wins Best Picture Oscar

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Birdman wins Best Picture Oscar --

Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:54

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Birdman, a film starring Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis and Edward Norton, won the award for Best Picture at the 87th Academy Awards ceremony which took place on 22 February. The film, directed by Alejandro Gonz lez I rritu, tells the story of a has-been actor, once famous for his role as a superhero, who struggles with his sense of self, his diminished career and his fragmented family, in the days prior to the opening of a Broadway play. Birdman also won the awards for Best Director, Original Screenplay and Achievement in Cinematography.

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Neil Patrick Harris hosted the awards, which also saw The Grand Budapest Hotel, directed by Wes Anderson, receive a number of notable accolades.

See the below full list of winners:

Best Picture: Birdman Alejandro G. Inarritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole

Best Director: Alejandro Gonz lez I rritu Birdman

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

Achievement in Costume Design: Milena Canonero The Grand Budapest Hotel,

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier The Grand Budapest Hotel,

Best Foreign Language Film: Ida Pawel Pawlikowski

Best Live Action Short Film: The Phone Call Matt Kirkby and James Lucas

Best Documentary Short Subject: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry

Original Screenplay: Birdman Alejandro G. I rritu, Nicol s Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo

Achievement in Sound Mixing: Whiplash Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley

Achievement in Sound Editing: American Sniper Alan Robert Murray Bub Asman

Achievement in Visual Effects: Interstellar Ian Hunter, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley and Paul Franklin

Best Animated Short: Feast Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed

Best Animated Movie: Big Hero Six Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli

Achievement in Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock

Achievement in Cinematography: Birdman Emannuel Lubezki

Achievement in Film Editing: Whiplash Tom Cross

Best Documentary Feature: Citizen Four Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky

Best Original Song: Glory from Selma John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn

Best Original Score: The Grand Budapest Hotel Alexandre Desplat

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Imitation Game Graham Moore

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