One of the haziest Best Picture races in recent memory has been settled: “Birdman” took home the grand prize at Sunday’s Oscars.
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s tale of a washed-up actor’s attempt to stage a career renaissance topped “American Sniper” “Boyhood,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Imitation Game,” “Selma,” “The Theory of Everything” and “Whiplash.” It previously won top prizes from the Screen Actors Guild, Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America, placing it in a heated contest with Richard Linklater’s longtime purported front-runner “Boyhood.”
“Birdman” marks the second of Iñárritu’s films to earn a Best Picture nomination, following 2006’s “Babel.” The movie won three other Oscars: Best Director (Iñárritu), Best Original Screenplay (Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo) and Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki). It was also nominated for Best Actor (Michael Keaton), Best Supporting Actor (Edward Norton), Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone), Best Sound Mixing (Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga) and Best Sound Editing (Aaron Glascock and Martín Hernández).
See the full list of winners of the 2015 Oscars below:
“Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” won Best Picture at the 87th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, besting “American Sniper,” “Boyhood,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Imitation Game,” “Selma,” “The Theory of Everything” and “Whiplash” for the honor.
“Birdman” won three other Oscars: Best Director for Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Best Cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki (his second Oscars win in a row after last year’s “Gravity”) and Best Original Screenplay.
It wasn’t a total rout for “Birdman”: star Michael Keaton lost Best Actor to Eddie Redmayne for “The Theory of Everything.”
The other acting awards went to Julianne Moore (Best Actress for “Still Alice”), J.K. Simmons (Best Supporting Actor for “Whiplash”) and Patricia Arquette (Best Supporting Actress for “Boyhood”).
“Birdman” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” tied for the most nominations going into the night with nine, and each film won four awards. Anderson’s drama took home Best Original Score for Alexandre Desplat, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
“Whiplash” was another big winner, with three Oscars: Simmons’ award, Best Editing and Best Sound Mixing.
Poland’s “Ida” won Best Foreign Language Film, the first film from Poland to ever win the Oscar in the category. “Big Hero 6” won Best Animated Film. Laura Poitras’“Citizenfour” won Best Documentary.
Common and John Legend won Best Original Song for “Glory” from “Selma.”
A full list of this year’s winners is below.
Best Picture
“Birdman”
Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman”
Best Actress
Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”
Best Actor
Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
Best Supporting Actor
J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
Best Adapted Screenplay
Graham Moore, “The Imitation Game”
Best Original Screenplay
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo, “Birdman”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Ida”
Best Documentary Feature
“CITIZENFOUR”
Best Animated Feature
“Big Hero 6”
Best Film Editing
“Whiplash”
Best Original Song
“Glory” from “Selma” (written by Common and John Legend)
Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman”
Best Costume Design
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Production Design
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Sound Editing
“American Sniper”
Best Sound Mixing
“Whiplash”
Best Visual Effects
“Interstellar”
Best Short Film, Live Action
“The Phone Call”
Best Short Film, Animated
“Feast”
Best Documentary, Short Subject
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