Argo took home the Best Picture prize at the 85th Annual Academy Awards. The event was held at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles, California and millions watched as director Ben Affleck gave a tearful speech about not holding grudges and not giving up. This was Affleck's second Oscar. He previously won for writing for his freshman film Good Will Hunting with pal Matt Damon. However, he wasn't the only big story of the night.
Life of Pi took home four awards including best director, achievement in cinematography, best original score and achievement in visual effects. Director Ang Lee thanked "the movie god" for his best director award, which was appropriate since Affleck was famously snubbed in the best director category.
Daniel Day-Lewis unsurprisingly took home Best Actor for his role in Lincoln and Jennifer Lawrence at the age of 22 took home Best Actress. She also tripped and fell onto the Oscars stage steps before receiving the award but in typical Lawrence style she laughed it off and then told a self-deprecating joke.
Anne Hathaway took home Supporting Actress for her work in Les Miserables and Christoph Waltz won for Django Unchained.
Scroll down below to see the complete list of the night's winners.
Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Actress in a Leading Role
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Actress in a Supporting Role
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Animated Feature Film
Brave, Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman
Directing
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Best Picture
Argo
Foreign Language Film
Amour, Austria
Music (Original Song)
“SkyFall”, Skyfall by Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth
Music (Original Score)
Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Argo by Chris Terrio
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
Best Animated Short Film
Paperman, John Kahrs
Best Animated Feature Film
Brave, Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Achievement in Cinematography
Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Achievement in Visual Effects
Bill Westenhofer, Guillame Rochron, Erik DeBoer and Donald Elliot, Life of Pi
Achievement in Costume Design
Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran
Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
Les Miserables, Lisa West and Julie Dartnell
Live Action Short Film
Curfew, Shawn Christensen
Documentary Short Subject
Inocente by Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine
Best Documentary Feature
Searching For Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul & Simon Chinn
Best Sound Mixing
Les Miserables, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes
Best Sound Editing (tie)
Skyfall, Per Hallberg & Karen Baker Landers
Zero Dark Thirty, Paul N.J. Ottson
Achievement in Film Editing
Argo, William Goldenberg
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