Academy Awards 2018: The Shape of Water Wins Best Picture And Director
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The Academy Awards 2018 was held last night and it was a big night for Guillermo del Toro. His movie The Shape of Water took out the biggest awards of Best Picture and Best Director.
Unlike last year, the 2018 Academy Awards did not end with the wrong winner being announced. The night was a unique one with NBA star Kobe Bryant winning his first Oscar for his short animated film called 'Dear Basketball'.
Anyway, the official Academy Awards website has posted all of the night's winners. You can read them in the list provided below.
Best Picture
The Shape of Water
Best Director
The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro
Best Actor
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Best Actress
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actor
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actress
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Best Adapted Screenplay
Call Me By Your Name, James Ivory
Best Original Screenplay
Get Out, Jordan Peele
Best Production Design
The Shape of Water
Best Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Best Costume Design
Phantom Thread
Best Sound Editing
Dunkirk
Best Sound Mixing
Dunkirk
Best Animated Short Film
Dear Basketball
Best Live-Action Short Film
The Silent Child
Best Original Score
The Shape of Water
Best Original Song
“Remember Me,” Coco
Best Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049
Best Film Editing
Dunkirk
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
Best Foreign Language Film
A Fantastic Woman, Chile
Best Documentary Feature
Icarus
Best Documentary Short Subject
Heaven Is A Traffic Jam on the 405
Best Animated Feature
Coco
The Shape of Water is a unique winner since it's an original story not based on a book or historical event.
It's also great to see Dunkirk winning in the technical categories as that film was awesome to watch in IMAX.
Anyway, do you agree with the winners of this year's Academy Awards? Do you think some other movies got robbed or snubbed?
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