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Oscars 2011 Coronates 'The King's Speech'



The royal movie walks away with wins for best picture, director, actor and original screenplay, while early awards season front-runner, "The Social Network," settles for adapted screenplay, film editing and original score.



Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
Colin Firth The King's SpeechFebruary 28, 2011

"Black Swan" scene with Natalie Portman
"Black Swan" scene with Natalie Portman
Melissa Leo in "Don McKay"
Melissa Leo in "Don McKay"
Melissa Leo in "Don McKay" - © Image Entertainment
On a night devoid of any real surprises, the Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences annointed "The King's Speech" with four major awards including Best Picture, Best Director for Tom Hooper, Best Actor for Colin Firth and Best Original Screenplay for David Seidler. Chris Nolan's "Inception" tied its overall haul, landing all of its four awards in the technical categories of visual effects, cinematography, sound editing and sound mixing. The early awards season favorite, "The Social Network," brought home trophies for original screenplay for Aaron Sorkin, original score and film editing. Darren Aaronofsky's "The Fighter" knocked out the competition for both supporting actor and actress, scoring wins for Christian Bale and Melissa Leo. The animated "Toy Story 3" also won two for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song for Randy Newman's "We Belong Together." The complete list of winners follows.

OSCARS 2011 WINNERS

Actor in a Leading Role

Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in "The Fighter"

Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman in "Black Swan"

Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo in "The Fighter"

Animated Feature Film
"Toy Story 3" Lee Unkrich

Art Direction
"Alice in Wonderland"
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara

Cinematography
"Inception" Wally Pfister

Costume Design
"Alice in Wonderland" Colleen Atwood

Directing
"The King's Speech" Tom Hooper

Documentary (Feature)
"Inside Job" Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Documentary (Short Subject)
"Strangers No More" Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

Film Editing
"The Social Network" Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film
"In a Better World" Denmark

Makeup
"The Wolfman" Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)
"The Social Network" Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)
"We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best Picture
"The King's Speech" Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers

Short Film (Animated)
"The Lost Thing" Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

Short Film (Live Action)
"God of Love" Luke Matheny

Sound Editing
"Inception" Richard King

Sound Mixing
"Inception" Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

Visual Effects
"Inception" Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
"The Social Network" Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

Writing (Original Screenplay)
"The King's Speech" Screenplay by David Seidler
 
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