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The King's Speech Brings Oscars to London
Date posted: 28.02.2011
Following a meteoric ascent since its first international festival 'outing' at the Toronto Film Festival back in September last year, The King's Speech confirmed its sovereignty last night, when the drama was crowned with four Academy Awards®, including Best Film.
Gracing the stage of Los Angeles' Kodak Theatre and presented with the award for best motion picture by Steven Spielberg, the team behind the London-shot drama collected the top accolade of the night. This was after lead actor Colin Firth, director Tom Hooper and script writer David Seidler had received gongs for their work in the film.
Bookies favourite Firth was named Best Actor in a Leading Role for his work as the stuttering George VI. Firth, who collected a BAFTA® Award earlier this month, received the accolade after missing out last year, when he was nominated for his performance in Tom Ford's A Single Man.
Meanwhile, David Seidler was recognised for his original screenplay and, against most predictions, London-born film-maker Tom Hooper was named best director. Hooper, who beat favourite David Fincher to the title, thanked his mother for bringing the story of the stammering monarch to his attention and urged a worldwide audience of millions to make note of the moral of his happy story: 'Listen to your mother'.
More London Success
Christopher Nolan's Inception left the night with another four statuettes including best cinematography, best sound editing and mixing and best visual effects - by London-based FX company Double Negative. The stunning psychological thriller starring Leonardo Dicaprio was partly shot on location in the capital, the home town of the now US-based director Nolan.
Another London-shot feature, Benicio del Toro's starrer The Wolfman, was honoured in the make-up department for its horror-inducing recreation of the werewolf.
Meanwhile, other nominees filmed in the capital, including Clint Eastwood's Hereafter and Mike Leigh's Another Year - both with one nomination each - and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (two nominations), left the theatre empty handed.
Other winners of note included a very pregnant Natalie Portman - named Best Actress for her performance as a prima ballerina in Black Swan - and The Social Network, which got three awards out of eight nominations.
The full list of winners and highlights of the evening can be found in the official 83th Academy Awards website.
Gracing the stage of Los Angeles' Kodak Theatre and presented with the award for best motion picture by Steven Spielberg, the team behind the London-shot drama collected the top accolade of the night. This was after lead actor Colin Firth, director Tom Hooper and script writer David Seidler had received gongs for their work in the film.
Bookies favourite Firth was named Best Actor in a Leading Role for his work as the stuttering George VI. Firth, who collected a BAFTA® Award earlier this month, received the accolade after missing out last year, when he was nominated for his performance in Tom Ford's A Single Man.
Meanwhile, David Seidler was recognised for his original screenplay and, against most predictions, London-born film-maker Tom Hooper was named best director. Hooper, who beat favourite David Fincher to the title, thanked his mother for bringing the story of the stammering monarch to his attention and urged a worldwide audience of millions to make note of the moral of his happy story: 'Listen to your mother'.
More London Success
Christopher Nolan's Inception left the night with another four statuettes including best cinematography, best sound editing and mixing and best visual effects - by London-based FX company Double Negative. The stunning psychological thriller starring Leonardo Dicaprio was partly shot on location in the capital, the home town of the now US-based director Nolan.
Another London-shot feature, Benicio del Toro's starrer The Wolfman, was honoured in the make-up department for its horror-inducing recreation of the werewolf.
Meanwhile, other nominees filmed in the capital, including Clint Eastwood's Hereafter and Mike Leigh's Another Year - both with one nomination each - and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (two nominations), left the theatre empty handed.
Other winners of note included a very pregnant Natalie Portman - named Best Actress for her performance as a prima ballerina in Black Swan - and The Social Network, which got three awards out of eight nominations.
The full list of winners and highlights of the evening can be found in the official 83th Academy Awards website.
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21.05.2012 05:08
