Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s film, which mixes kung fu, family comedy-drama, science fiction and multiverse, leaves the ceremony with seven statuettes, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh .
“Every Oscar” For Everything Everywhere All at Once. The 95th Academy Awards, which took place on the night of Sunday March 12 to Monday March 13 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, ended with the expected coronation of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s film. This feature film, which mixes kung-fu, family comedy-drama, science fiction and multiverse, won seven Oscars, defeating Tom Cruise and Top Gun: MaverickSteven Spielberg and The Fabelmans or even James Cameron and Avatar: The Way of Water.
In the west, nothing is new, the German war film by Edward Berger, produced by Netflix, also did well, pocketing four Oscars, including that of the best foreign film. It thus allows the platform to put its name on the list. Long (more than 3h30) and sometimes boring, the ceremony relied on the episode of the slap of Will Smith which occurred last year, the host Jimmy Kimmell often alluding to it in the detour of several jokes. It was also dotted with great musical moments with performances by Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Indian film artists. RRR. Franceinfo summarizes this 95th Oscars ceremony for you.
Seven Oscars for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Big favorite of this evening with 11 nominations, the film by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert made a raid: best film, best director for “the Daniels” (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), best actress (Michelle Yeoh), best actress in Supporting Actor (Jamie Lee Curtis), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing (Paul Rogers). “Thank you to the Academy. Thank you to the A24 studio. You saw our strangeness and you supported us for a year”said the producer of the film, Jonathan Wang, while receiving the most prestigious of the golden statuettes, that of the best film.
“We want to dedicate this to moms, to all the moms in the world, greeted Daniel Scheinert. Thank you for not crushing my creativity when I was making really disturbing horror movies, perverting comedies, or dressing up as a drag queen as a kid, which is no threat to anyone. “
The film was also rewarded for the performances of its actors. Michelle Yeoh saw her career crowned. At 60, she has dominated the other favorite, Cate Blanchett, and becomes the first actress of Asian origin to win. “It is a signal of hope and possibility. It’s proof that dreams can be big and dreams do come true. And ladies, don’t let nobody say you’re not fresh enough anymore”she assured.
Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis also received their first Oscar, those for best male and female supporting role. “My journey started on a boat, traced the actor. Jspent a year in a refugee camp and find myself here on the biggest stage in Hollywood. They say stories like this only happen in movies. I can’t believe this is happening to me. That’s the American dream.” The actress for her part thanked “tall the people who have supported genre films”in which she shot, as well as her mother Janet Leigh and her father Tony Curtis, two former Hollywood glories.
The revival of Brendan Fraser
Big favorite for his physical transformation and his personal story, Brendan Fraser won the Oscar for best actor for his performance in The Whale, by Darren Aronofsky. Revealed in action films in the 1990s (The Mummy), he won over the Academy by playing an obese, reclusive, grief-stricken professor. “So this is the multiverse”, he said, incredulous and moved, receiving his statuette. After putting his career on hold, disappearing from the radar in the 2000s and accusing a film industry pundit of sexual assault, the 54-year-old actor signs, with this film, a comeback that Hollywood loves. The physical transformation of the actor for the role has also been hailed by the Academy with the Oscar for best makeup and hairstyles.
Rihanna and Lady Gaga put on a show but leave empty-handed
On the Dolby Theater stage, musical performances by Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Indian film artists RRR provided the show. All in the running for the Oscar for best original song, they offered the public performances that were intimate, moving or catchy. Lady Gaga, named with the title hold my hand (Top Gun: Maverick), who had initially announced that she would not sing, finally offered a very refined performance, acoustic, dressed in jeans and a simple black t-shirt. Rihanna, after her remarkable performance at the Super Bowl, continued her momentum with the Ballad lift me up (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever). Pregnant with her second child, the artist moved the audience with this title which pays tribute to the deceased actor of Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman. But, finally the statuette went to the song of the movie RRR, Naatu Naatuwhich is in the pure Bollywood tradition.
Netflix takes its piece of the pie
The German movie In the west, nothing is newby Edward Berger, produced by Netflix, won four Oscars: best foreign film, best original score, best cinematography and best decor. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque published in 1929, it recounts the First World War from the point of view of a German soldier. Eighth film in Oscars history to be nominated for both best foreign film and best film, the former category was unlikely to pass him by.
Note that the American version of this film, which dates from 1930, had received the Oscar for best film and best director for Lewis Milestone. The famous platform also put its name on the list in the best animated film category with the version of Pinocchio by the Mexican director Guillermo Del Toro and in that of the best documentary short film with Those who whispered in the elephant’s eardirected by Kartiki Gonsalves.
There was no slap, but she was on everyone’s mind
Last year’s ceremony was marked by the slap in the face by Will Smith to Chris Rock, after a joke by the latter aimed at Jada Pinkett-Smith. Jimmy Kimmell, evening presenter, kept referring to it. “If one of you is not happy with a joke and decides to come to blows, it’s not going to be easy”promised the host, making a reference (in VO) to a tube by Will Smith, Gettin’ Jiggy With It. He then presented the Oscars security service to deter any potential aggressor: Spiderman (Andrew Garfield), the mandalorian (Pedro Pascal), Michel Yeoh or even Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan).
“If anyone in this theater commits a violent act at any time during the ceremony, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and allowed to give a 19-minute speech”, he also launched in reference to the coronation of Will Smith last year, after the famous sequence of the slap. Jimmy Kimmell then adopted a semi-serious tone: “We want you to have fun, to feel safe and above all, we want ME to feel safe…” After 3h30 of ceremony, Jimmy Kimmell was able to proudly conclude that it had taken place without incident.
The full list
Best film : Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Original Screenplay: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sarah Polley (Women Talking)
Best actor : Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Original Score: Volker Bertelmann (In the west, nothing is new)
Best Original Song: Naatu Naatu by Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj (RRR)
Best foreign film: In the west, nothing is newdirected by Edward Berger
Best animated film: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchiodirected by Guillermo de Toro
Best Picture: James Friend (In the west, nothing is new)
Best sets: Christian M Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper (In the west, nothing is new)
Best costumes: Ruth Carter (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Best makeup and hairstyles: Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, Annemarie Bradley (The Whale)
Best editing: Paul Rogers (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Best Sound: Mark Weingarten, Chris Burdon, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor (Top Gun: Maverick)
Best visual effects: Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett (Avatar: The Waterway)
Best Documentary: Navalnydirected by Daniel Roher
Best documentary short: Those who whispered in the elephant’s eardirected by Kartiki Gonsalves
Best short film: An Irish Goodbyedirected by Tom Berkeley and Ross White
Best Animated Short Film: The Child, the mole, the fox and the horsedirected by Charlie Mackesy and Peter Baynton