Marty, Dreams Do Come True

The dust has settled on the 79th annual Academy Awards and 3 divas and 1 divo were left standing. The critically acclaimed musical Dreamgirls won the top prize, while also winning Oscars in the Best Supporting Actor and Actress categories (Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson). Dreamgirls which was nominated for 13 Oscars, won a total of 7 (Best Picture, Supporting Actor, Actress, Song, Sound, Art Direction, Costume).

Martin Scorsese proved that the sixth time was the charm as the perpetual award bridesmaid finally took home Best Director for his Boston crime epic The Departed. The film was nominated for 11 Oscars, winning a total of 3 (Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Editing).

A pair of veteran actors with a combined filmography spanning over 100 years won Best Actor and Actress. Peter O’Toole, no stranger to losing at the Oscars, finally won Best Actor after 7 losses (take that Marty) for his portrayal of a veteran actor facing his final curtain call. Helen Mirren, who swept the pre-Oscar awards, won Best Actress for her stunning turn as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen.

Clint Eastwood’s WWII drama Flags of our Fathers, won awards in 3 of the 11 categories for which it was nominated (Best Cinematography, Sound Effects Editing, Score). Indie powerhouse Little Miss Sunshine, nominated for 5 Oscars including Best Picture, won only one, for Best Original Screenplay.

First time Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres received wide praise for her opening monologue that poked fun at Hollywood, fast food, small dogs, reality tv, and Japanese business men.

Best Picture, Dreamgirls
Best Director, Martin Scorsese (The Departed)
Best Actor, Peter O’Toole (Venus)
Best Actress, Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Best Supporting Actor, Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
Best Supporting Actress, Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
Best Screenplay Original, Little Miss Sunshine
Best Screenplay Adapted, The Departed
Best Cinematography, Flags Of Our Fathers
Best Editing, The Departed
Best Art Direction, Dreamgirls
Best Costume Design, Dreamgirls
Best Sound, Dreamgirls
Best Sound Effects Editing, Flags Of Our Fathers
Best Visual Effects, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Best Makeup, Pan’s Labyrinth
Best Score, Flags Of Our Fathers
Best Original Song, Dreamgirls
Best Foreign Language Film, Volver
Best Documentary, An Inconvenient Truth
Best Animated Film, Flushed Away

And yes, I realize how incredibly nerdy this makes me.

Loyal, is there a reason you're obsessed with Dreamgirls?

I love black people.

No, you don't. You hate Crash.

You just like drag.

Crash had a handful of blacks. I like my blacks by the dozen.

But only blacks in drag.

For the record, that would explain my Kinky Boots love and to a lesser degree, The Crying Game since Jaye is biracial.

I could actually see this happening.

It would make for a quite boring Oscar season, though.

Crash had black people mixed with white peopel and other races, not the same!

Dreamgirls is Chicago with black people. No way Eddie takes the Oscar from Forest or Jack. And Jennifer Hudson was on American Idol for Christ's sake. SHe'll never win an Oscar.

Nice write up and I love your title for the thread.

You might want to see if Doc Brown can fix your time machine for you.

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I don't see LMS in the race this year at all. Other than the indie comedy thing, it's strong reviews card is getting squashed by The Queen, United 93, and The Departed.

squashed is a bit much.

I dont get how a movie about gay cowboys couldnt pull off a win, but flaming homoerotic films like Chicago and Dreamgirls can.

I can't believe you missed such a blatant opprotunity for a Lord of the Rings joke.

Marie Antoinette is winning costume design, not Dreamgirls...