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OSCARS : “THE SHAPE OF WATER” IS THE WINNER !

Last Updated: April 1, 2018By Tags:

No surprises to be had this year, and thankfully so. Prizes were just and fair, and there were no envelopes mixups. The top prize went to “The Shape of Water,” Gary Oldman won Actor in a Leading Role for his Churchill in “Darkest Hour,” and Frances McDormand won Best Actress in a Leading Role for her turn in “Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri.” “Shape” also won accolades for “Best Director,” “Production Design,” and “Original Score” (Alexandre Desplat).

In these ghoulish American times, it’s heartening that “The Shape of Water,” a film that unified so many of us around its many themes, those of cinema, the other (and the unknown), earnest love, a fairytale world that’s full of possibilities, should win the world’s most prestigious film award. And for British actress Sally Hawkins, she of “Happy-go-lucky” fame—in the film she plays Elisa—to be feted in Hollywood along with it, could one possibly ask for anything more?

Here’s the full list of the winners:

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Darkest Hour

COSTUME DESIGN

Phantom Thread

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Icarus

SOUND EDITING

Dunkirk

SOUND MIXING

Dunkirk

PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Shape of Water

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

A Fantastic Woman, Chile

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Allison Janney, I, Tonya

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Dear Basketball

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Coco

VISUAL EFFECTS

Blade Runner 2049

FILM EDITING

Dunkirk

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM 

The Silent Child

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Call Me by Your Name

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Get Out

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Blade Runner 2049

ORIGINAL SCORE

The Shape of Water

ORIGINAL SONG

“Remember Me,” Coco

BEST DIRECTOR

The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST PICTURE

The Shape of Water

Gary Oldman, red-carpet arrivals

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“The shape of water” (still)

Frances McDormand

 

Del Toro receives the Oscar for Best Picture

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