2008 Oscar Winners, 80th Academy Awards

And the Oscar goes to ... Here are the winners of the 80th Academy Awards:

No Country for Old Men
Best Picture
"No Country for Old Men" is a 2005 novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. Set along the United States–Mexico border in 1980, the story concerns an illicit drug deal gone wrong in a remote desert location.

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Director

Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Best Actress
"La Vie en Rose" is the story of Edith Piaf's life from the slums of Paris to the limelight of New York. It was a battle to sing and survive, live and love.

Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actor
"There Will Be Blood" is a masterly, unflinching examination of a consummately evil man. Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) is, as he likes to remind those around him, an oil man: he finds it, he drills for it, and he makes money from it.

Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress
"Michael Clayton" is a story of an in-house 'fixer' at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach.

Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actor

Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Original Screenplay
"Juno" stars Ellen Page as the title character, a whip-smart teen confronting an unplanned pregnancy by her classmate Bleeker. With the help of her hot best friend Leah, Juno finds her unborn child a 'perfect' set of parents: an affluent suburban couple, Mark and Vanessa, longing to adopt.

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Adapted Screenplay

The Counterfeiters (Austria)
Best Foreign Film
"The Counterfeiters" is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics) is the king of counterfeiters.

Ratatouille
Best Animated Feature Film
In "Ratatouille", a rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession.

Sweeney Todd
Best Achievement in Art Direction

There Will Be Blood
Best Achievement in Cinematography

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Best Achievement in Costume Design
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age" finds Queen Elizabeth I facing blood lust for her throne and familial betrayal. Growing keenly aware of the changing religious and political tides of late 16th century Europe, Elizabeth finds her rule openly challenged by the Spanish King Philip II--with his powerful army and sea-dominating armada--determined to restore England to Catholicism.

Taxi to the Dark Side
Best Documentary Feature
"Taxi To the Dark Side" tells the horrific true story about Dilawar, the Afghan taxi driver, who was essentially beaten to death by American soldiers in the Bagram prison, Afghanistan. He was tortured and killed in 2002.

Freeheld
Best Documentary Short Subject
"Freeheld" is the story of Hester's final struggles with cancer and her fight against the freeholders of Ocean County, NJ, who almost denied her partner, Stacie Andree, Hester's pension benefits.

The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Achievement in Film Editing
Achievement in Sound Editing
Achievement in Sound Mixing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" is the the third installment of the successful spy franchise based on the Robert Ludlum novels.

La Vie en Rose
Achievement in Makeup

Atonement
Best Original Score
"Atonement" - on a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment's flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia's childhood friend. But Briony's incomplete grasp of adult motives-together with her precocious literary gifts-brings about a crime that will change all their lives.

"Falling Slowly" from Once
Best Original Song
"Once" is just a simple love story about a Guy with a guitar, a Girl with a borrowed piano, and the music they make together.

Peter and the Wolf
Best Animated Short Film

Le Mozart des Pickpockets
Best Live Action Short Film

The Golden Compass
Achievement in Visual Effects
"The Golden Compass" revolves around a young girl who travels to the far north to save her best friend. Along the way she encounters shape-shifting creatures, witches, and a variety of otherworldly characters in parallel universes.


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