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