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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:37 am
by OscarGuy
Slumdog Millionaire is the first film in history to win eight or more trophies without winning Costume Design. And is only the second (behind From Here to Eternity) to win that many without an Art Direction trophy.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:05 am
by rain Bard
In other words, the first to do so without being a Best Picture nominee. No wonder it was such a surprise winner. Only one person at my sister's Oscar party predicted it.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:20 am
by anonymous1980
Departures is only the 2nd Asian film to win a competitive Best Foreign Language Film Oscar (the other one being Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:19 am
by Cinemanolis
Should Penelope Cruz be considered the 3rd actress who wins an Oscar for a foreign language performance?
I don't think so, since half her lines were in english.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:48 am
by Penelope
Is this the first time an actor who had to drop out of a role (Nicole Kidman) gave the Oscar to the actor who took over for him/her (Kate Winslet)? If you re-watch the presentation, I think Kate said something to Nicole about this, who shook her head.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:46 am
by Cinemanolis
"Jay Ho" is the 3rd foreign language song to win the Oscar, after 'Never On Sunday' and 'Altro Lado del Rio' (excuse the spelling).
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:54 am
by rain Bard
This was the first year since the institution of two competitive sound categories where each category had a different winner, even though both winners were nominated in both categories. Previous splits have always involved at least one winner not nominated in the other category.
I wouldn't have been surprised to see Slumdog take both or the Dark Knight take both, but I found this split to be one of the most surprising results of the night.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:50 am
by anonymous1980
Resul Pookutty is the first Asian to be nominated for and win Sound Mixing.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:32 am
by HarryGoldfarb
Pitt has starred already in two films with the most nominations and ended up losing best picture
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:21 am
by dws1982
I'll start off with the only one that comes to mind tonight:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, with its three wins, now has the fewest wins for a film nominated for thirteen or more awards. (Prevously it was The Fellowship of the Ring with four.)