'The Departed' takes home the biggest prizes of the Oscars
Posted Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 11:30 PM Central
by Tim Briscoe
He finally won. In his fifth nomination for Best Director, Martin Scorcese finally took home his first Oscar for The Departed.
His film, a remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, also won Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, and Film Editing. Scorsese was presented the award by three of his closest director friends, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, and George Lucas.
In the only true upset of the night (if you consider the Las Vegas odds) was Alan Arkin's Best Supporting Actor win for Little Miss Sunshine.
Writer-director Guillermo del Toro's Spanish-language horror-fantasy Pan's Labyrinth also won an impressive three trophies.
Here is the complete list of winners and nominees from this year's Academy Awards:
Best Picture WINNER - The Departed Babel Letters from Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine The Queen
Actor In A Leading Role WINNER - Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson Peter O'Toole, Venus Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
Actress In A Leading Role WINNER - Helen Mirren, The Queen Penelope Cruz, Volver Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada Kate Winslet, Little Children
Actor In A Supporting Role WINNER - Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
Actress In A Supporting Role WINNER - Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls Adriana Barraza, Babel Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Directing WINNER - Martin Scorcese, The Departed Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima Stephen Frears, The Queen Paul Greengrass, United 93
Original Screenplay WINNER - Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine Guillermo Arriaga, Babel Iris Yamashita, Letters from Iwo Jima Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth Peter Morgan, The Queen
Adapted Screenplay WINNER - William Monahan, The Departed Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America... Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, Children of Men Todd Field & Tom Perrotta, Little Children Patrick Marber, Notes on a Scandal
Animated Feature Film WINNER - Happy Feet Cars Monster House
Art Direction WINNER - Pan's Labyrinth Dreamgirls The Good Shepherd Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest The Prestige
Cinematography WINNER - Pan's Labyrinth The Black Dahlia Children of Men The Illusionist The Prestige
Costume Design WINNER - Marie Antoinette Curse of the Golden Flower The Devil Wears Prada Dreamgirls The Queen
Documentary Feature WINNER - An Inconvenient Truth Deliver Us From Evil Iraq in Fragments Jesus Camp My Country, My Country
Documentary Short Subject WINNER - The Blood of Yingzhou District Recycled Life Rehearsing a Dream Two Hands
Film Editing WINNER - The Departed Babel Blood Diamond Children of Men United 93
Foreign Language Film WINNER - Germany, The Lives of Others Denmark, After the Wedding Algeria, Days of Glory Mexico, Pan's Labyrinth Canada, Water
Makeup WINNER - Pan's Labyrinth Apocalypto Click
Music (Original Score) WINNER - Gustavo Santaolalla, Babel Thomas Newman, The Good German Philip Glass, Notes on a Scandal Javier Navarrete, Pan's Labyrinth Alexandre Desplat, The Queen
Music (Original Song) WINNER - 'I Need to Wake Up', An Inconvenient Truth 'Listen', Dreamgirls 'Love You I Do', Dreamgirls 'Our Town', Cars 'Patience', Dreamgirls
Short Film (Animated) WINNER - The Danish Poet Lifted The Little Matchgirl Maestro No Time for Nuts
Short Film (Live Action) WINNER - West Bank Story Binta and the Great Idea Eramos Pocos (One Too Many) Helmer & Son The Saviour
Sound Editing WINNER - Letters from Iwo Jima Apocalypto Blood Diamond Flags of Our Fathers Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Sound Mixing WINNER - Dreamgirls Apocalypto Blood Diamond Flags of Our Fathers Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Visual Effects WINNER - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Poseidon Superman Returns
And wasn't Ellen DeGeneres a hoot as host?