South Korea's Film Parasite Makes History by Winning Best Picture
Renee
Zellweger won best actress for playing Judy Garland in Judy. Joaquin Phoenix
was named best actor for Joker.
Brad
Pitt and Laura Dern scooped the supporting acting awards for their roles in
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood and Marriage Story respectively.
Parasite
won four awards in total, while Sir Sam Mendes's 1917 took three.
The
World War One epic had been the favourite to win best picture, but its awards
all came in the technical categories.
Parasite's Bong
Joon-ho beat Sir Sam to the prize for best director, and also took the best
original screenplay award.
The
film is a vicious social satire about two families from different classes in
Seoul - one who live in poverty in a semi-basement, and another rich family
residing in a large home.
It
has now managed what no other subtitled film has done in the 92-year history of
the Academy Awards and won best picture.
"I
feel like I'll wake up to find it's all a dream. It all feels very
surreal," Bong said.
Producer Kwak
Sin-ae, who collected the trophy, said: "I'm speechless. We never imagined
this to happen. I feel like a very opportune moment in history is happening
right now."
There
were boos when organisers tried to cut short the best picture acceptance speech
by turning the stage lights off - leading the lights to be turned back on,
allowing the celebrations to continue.
Pitt won the first
acting Oscar of his career - picking up the best supporting actor trophy for
his role in Quentin Tarantino's film.
He
was the first winner of the night, and immediately used his speech to attack
the way the impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump were
handled.
He
referred to the fact that Republican senators voted against allowing witnesses
including former National Security Adviser John Bolton to give evidence.
"They
told me I only have 45 seconds up here, which is 45 seconds more than the
Senate gave John Bolton this week," he said. "I'm thinking maybe
Quentin does a movie about it and in the end the adults do the right
thing."
The
56-year-old moved from the political to the personal, paying tribute to co-star
Leonardo DiCaprio and reflecting on his journey to Hollywood superstardom.
"I'm
a bit gobsmacked," he said, getting emotional. "I'm not one to look
back, but this has made me do so."
Phoenix, who won
best actor for his remarkable performance in the origin story about Batman's
nemesis, also used the podium to send a heartfelt message about the state of
the world, saying actors have the power to give a "voice for the
voiceless".
After telling the
audience to stop clapping him as he took to the stage - "Don't do
that" - he managed to cover topics from animal rights and the environment
to racism and sexism.
The
vegan activist told the audience that "we feel entitled to artificially
inseminate a cow, and when she gives birth, we steal her baby even though her
cries of anguish are unmistakable".
He
also pointed out his own flaws: "I've been a scoundrel in my life. I've
been cruel at times and hard to work with, but so many people in this room have
given me a second chance."
He
ended his speech by quoting a lyric written by his late brother River:
"Run to the rescue and love and peace will follow."
The
biggest winners
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Parasite - 4
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1917 - 3
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Ford vs Ferrari - 2
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Joker - 2
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Once Upon A Time in Hollywood - 2
Oscars 2020: The winners in full
Best picture
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Winner: Parasite
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Ford v Ferrari
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The Irishman
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Jojo Rabbit
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Joker
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Little Women
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Marriage Story
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1917
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Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
Best
actress
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Winner: Renee Zellweger - Judy
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Cynthia Erivo - Harriet
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Scarlett Johansson - Marriage Story
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Saoirse Ronan - Little Women
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Charlize Theron - Bombshell
Best
actor
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W r: Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
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Antonio Banderas - Pain and Glory
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Leonardo DiCaprio - Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
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Adam Driver - Marriage Story
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Jonathan Pryce - The Two Popes
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Best supporting actress
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Winner: Laura Dern - Marriage
Story
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Kathy Bates - Richard Jewell
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Scarlett Johansson - Jojo Rabbit
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Florence Pugh - Little Women
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Margot Robbie - Bombshell
Best
supporting actor
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Winner: Brad Pitt - Once Upon A
Time in Hollywood
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Tom Hanks - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
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Sir Anthony Hopkins - The Two Popes
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Al Pacino - The Irishman
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Joe Pesci - The Irishman
Best director
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Winner: Parasite - Bong Joon-ho
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The Irishman - Martin Scorsese
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Joker - Todd Phillips
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1917 - Sam Mendes
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Once Upon A Time in Hollywood - Quentin Tarantino
Best original
screenplay
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Winner: Parasite - Bong Joon-ho
& Han Jin Won
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Knives Out - Rian Johnson
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Marriage Story - Noah Baumbach
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1917 - Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
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Once Upon A Time in Hollywood - Quentin Tarantino
Best
adapted screenplay
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Winner: Jojo Rabbit - Taika
Waititi
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The Irishman - Steven Zaillian
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Joker - Todd Phillips & Scott Silver
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Little Women - Greta Gerwig
The Two Popes -
Anthony McCarten
Best animated
feature
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Winner: Toy Story 4
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
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I Lost My Body
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Klaus
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Missing Link
Best documentary
feature
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Winner: American Factory
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The Cave
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The Edge of Democracy
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For Sama
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Honeyland
Best
international feature
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Winner: Parasite - South Korea
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Corpus Christi - Poland
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Honeyland - North Macedonia
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Les Miserables - France
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Pain and Glory - Spain
Best original song
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Winner: (I'm Gonna) Love Me
Again - Rocketman (Elton John & Bernie Taupin)
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I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away - Toy Story 4 (Randy Newman)
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I'm Standing With You - Breakthrough (Diane Warren)
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Into the Unknown - Frozen 2 (Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert
Lopez)
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Stand Up - Harriet (Joshuah Brian Campbell & Cynthia Erivo)
Best
original score
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Winner: Joker - Hildur
Guðnadóttir
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Little Women - Alexandre Desplat
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Marriage Story - Randy Newman
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1917 - Thomas Newman
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - John Williams
Best cinematography
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Winner: 1917 - Roger Deakins
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The Irishman - Rodrigo Prieto
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Joker - Lawrence Sher
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The Lighthouse - Jarin Blaschke
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Once Upon A Time in Hollywood - Robert Richardson
Best
visual effects
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Winner: 1917 - Guillaume
Rocheron, Greg Butler & Dominic Tuohy
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Avengers: Endgame - Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken &
Dan Sudick
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The Irishman - Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson
Sepulveda-Fauser & Stephane Grabli
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The Lion King - Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R Jones &
Elliot Newman
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan,
Patrick Tubach & Dominic Tuohy
Best film
editing
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Winner: Ford v Ferrari -
Michael McCusker & Andrew Buckland
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The Irishman - Thelma Schoonmaker
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Jojo Rabbit - Tom Eagles
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Joker - Jeff Groth
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Parasite - Yang Jinmo
Best costume design
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Winner: Little Women -
Jacqueline Durran
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The Irishman - Sandy Powell & Christopher Peterson
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Jojo Rabbit - Mayes C Rubeo
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Joker - Mark Bridges
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Once Upon A Time in Hollywood - Arianne Phillips
Best
sound editing
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Winner: Ford v Ferrari - Donald
Sylvester
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Joker - Alan Robert Murray
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1917 - Oliver Tarney & Rachael Tate
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Once Upon A Time in Hollywood - Wylie Stateman
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Matthew Wood & David
Acord
Best
sound mixing
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Winner: 1917 - Mark Taylor
& Stuart Wilson
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Ad Astra - Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson & Mark Ulano
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Ford v Ferrari - Paul Massey, David Giammarco & Steven A
Morrow
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Joker - Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic & Tod Maitland
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Once Upon A Time in Hollywood - Michael Minkler, Christian P
Minkler & Mark Ulano
Best
production design
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Winner: Once Upon A Time in
Hollywood - Barbara Ling & Nancy Haigh
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The Irishman - Bob Shaw & Regina Graves
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Jojo Rabbit - Ra Vincent & Nora Sopková
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1917 - Dennis Gassner & Lee Sandales
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Parasite - Lee Ha Jun & Cho Won Woo
Best make-up and
hairstyling
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Winner: Bombshell - Kazu Hiro,
Anne Morgan & Vivian Baker
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Joker - Nicki Ledermann & Kay Georgiou
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Judy - Jeremy Woodhead
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil - Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten &
David White
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1917 - Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis & Rebecca Cole
Best live
action short
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Winner: The Neighbors' Window
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Brotherhood
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Nefta Football Club
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Saria
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A Sister
Best
animated short
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Hair Love
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Dcera (Daughter)
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Kitbull
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Memorable
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Sister
Best documentary
short
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Winner: Learning to Skateboard
in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
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In the Absence
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Life Overtakes Me
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St Louis Superman
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Walk Run Cha-Cha
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