The 85th Oscar winners
NEWS CENTER (DIHA) - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the 85th Oscar winners at Hollywood's Dolby Theater Sunday night for the best movies, performances, writing, directing and other achievements on film in 2012. Argo, a film about a daring escape from Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis, took top honors at the Academy Awards.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled the 85th Oscar winners at Hollywood's Dolby Theater Sunday night for the best movies, performances, writing, directing and other achievements on film in 2012. Argo, a film about a daring escape from Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis, took top honors at the Academy Awards, or Oscars, Sunday evening. Argo was named best picture, and Ang Lee took top directing honors for his adventure-fantasy Life of Pi.
Argo recounts the rescue of six American diplomats trapped in Tehran during the Iranian hostage crisis. Canadian diplomats sheltered them, and helped them escape with assistance from agents with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. An excited Ben Affleck - who produced, directed and starred in the movie - thanked those involved in both the film and the operation. “I thank everyone in the movie, on the movie, worked on the movie, did anything with this movie gets thanked," he said. "I want to thank Canada, I want to thank our friends in Iran, living in terrible circumstances right now.”
The following is a complete list of this year's Oscar award winners in the leading categories:
* Best Picture - "Argo" - Ben Affleck
* Achievement in Directing - Ang Lee "Life of Pi"
* Actor in a Leading Role - Daniel Day Lewis "Lincoln"
* Actress in a Leading Role - Jennifer Lawrence "Silver Linings Playbook"
* Actor in a supporting role - Christoph Waltz in "Django Unchained"
* Actress in a supporting role - Anne Hathaway in "Les Miserables"
* Foreign Language Film - Amour -Michael Haneke (Austria)
* Best Original Song - "Skyfall" - Adele Adkins and and Paul Epworth
* Best Original Score - "Life of Pi" - Michael Danna
* Original Screenplay - "Django Unchained" - Quentin Tarrantino
* Adapted Screenplay - "Argo" - Chris Terrio
* Animated Short Film - "Paperman"- John Kahrs
* Animated Feature Film - "Brave" - Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
* Cinematography - "Life of Pi", Claudio Miranda
* Visual Effects - "Life of Pi" - Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
* Achievement in Costume Design - Jacqueline Durran, for "Anna Karenina"
* Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyle - Lisa Wescott and Julie Dartnell, for "Les Miserables"
* Life Action Short Film: Shawn Christensen, for "Curfew"
* Documentary Short Subject: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, for "Inocente"
* Documentary Feature: Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn, for Searching for "Sugar Man".
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