Academy Awards 2007
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The 2007 Academy Awards took place on February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles . It was the 79th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the Academy Awards, awards are always given to films that were released in the previous year, in this case the films of 2006.
| Movie | N | A. |
|---|---|---|
| Dream girls | 8th | 2 |
| Babel | 7th | 1 |
| The Queen | 6th | 1 |
| Blood Diamond | 5 | 0 |
| Departed - Among enemies | 5 | 4th |
| Pan's maze | 5 | 3 |
| Letters from Iwo Jima | 4th | 1 |
| Little Miss Sunshine | 4th | 2 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean 2 | 4th | 1 |
| Diary of a scandal | 4th | 0 |
| Apocalypto | 3 | 0 |
| Children of Men | 3 | 0 |
| Little Children | 3 | 0 |
| Cars | 2 | 0 |
| The devil Wears Prada | 2 | 0 |
| An uncomfortable truth | 2 | 2 |
| Flags of Our Fathers | 2 | 0 |
| Flight 93 | 2 | 0 |
| Prestige - the masters of magic | 2 | 0 |
Summary
As best film of the year was able to Martin Scorsese's gangster film The Departed - Under enemies prevail. The production of Warner Bros. , an American remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs , became the most successful film with four trophies and also won prizes in the categories of director, adapted screenplay and editing. Just behind with three awards is Guillermo del Toro's fantasy film Pan's Labyrinth . Bill Condon's musical adaptation Dreamgirls , the documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the independent comedy Little Miss Sunshine each received two awards . The German contribution The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck prevailed as the best foreign language film and underpinned the international importance of German film with the second Oscar in this category for a German production within five years. The co-favorite film Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu fell short of expectations. The modern parable on the biblical tower, which had previously received the Golden Globe Award for the best film drama , only received the prize for the best film music.
The favored British Helen Mirren (best leading actress for her portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen ) and the American Forest Whitaker (best leading actor for the part of Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland - In the Fangs of the Power ) and Jennifer Hudson (Best Supporting Actress for Dreamgirls ). All three mimes had previously been honored with the Golden Globe Award and numerous other prizes. Favorite Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls) lost the Academy Award to Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) in the 'Best Supporting Actor' category . The Irishman Peter O'Toole - nominated for the eighth time - was able to not win a regular performer prize after a honorary Oscar of 2003.
Even before the award ceremony, the Italian composer Ennio Morricone , the former actress and film producer Sherry Lansing and the software developer Ray Feeney were the winners . Morricone has composed the film scores for more than 300 films over the course of his 45-year career. Morricone had been nominated for an Oscar five times: In the Embers of the South (1978), The Mission (1986), The Untouchables (1987), Bugsy (1991) and The Magic of Malèna (2000).
Above all, Lansing is being honored for her longstanding commitment in her role as President of Paramount Film Studios in the fight against cancer. She is awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award .
Feeney, five-time Oscar winner for scientific and technical developments, receives the Gordon E. Sawyer Award for his groundbreaking developments in digital visual effects .
Moderation
As in previous years, there was another change in the moderation. After Chris Rock (2005) and Jon Stewart (2006) had led through the awards ceremony in previous years , US comedian and actress Ellen DeGeneres led through the evening in 2007 . After Whoopi Goldberg, she was only the second woman to host the ceremony.
Quote
“This is the most international Academy Awards ever. I think I saw a few Americans anyway. I am talking about the space fillers. [...] Please keep your speeches short! Not that we don't have time for long speeches, we just don't have time for boring ones. So if you don't have anything interesting to say, come up with something! Say you 're from the Bronx or that you grew up in a car, people love that. [...] Peter O'Toole is nominated for the eighth time today. As the saying goes: 'All good things come in threes!' [...] I found out there is no way of knowing who will win. Jennifer Hudson was with American Idol , America didn't vote for her, and today she's nominated for an Oscar. And Al Gore - America has voted for him and very complicated ... [...] So many people are here today. I guess: Without Jews, blacks and gays there would be no Oscars. Or nobody called 'Oscar'! "
Live performances
Live performances of all five nominated film songs took place during the award ceremony. The three nominated songs from Dreamgirls were presented in one block, the other two pieces were also presented one after the other.
- Beyoncé - Lists from Dreamgirls
- Jennifer Hudson - Love You I Do from Dreamgirls
- Keith Robinson , Anika Noni Rose and Cast - Patience from Dreamgirls
- Melissa Etheridge - I Need to Wake Up from An Inconvenient Truth
- Randy Newman , James Taylor - Our Town from Cars
Broadcast and quotas
In Germany, the award ceremony was broadcast live by the Munich broadcaster ProSieben . Up to 0.5 million German citizens watched the show on average from 3 a.m. 20% of the target group (20 to 49 year olds) who were watching TV at the time switched to ProSieben.
In America, the ABC broadcaster broadcast the award with a sensational market share of 35%. About 39.48 million people in the USA watched the gala.
Awards
The 2007 Academy Awards were nominated eight times at the 2007 Emmys . In the categories of Artistic Direction in a Variety Show or Music Show and Editing for a Special , the 79th Oscars were able to prevail over their competitors. At the Directors Guild of America Awards 2008, the Oscars were also nominated for best director of a musical variety show.
Winners and nominees
Best movie
Presented by Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson
Departed - The Departed (The Departed) - Graham King
- Babel - Steve Golin , Jon Kilik , Alejandro González Iñárritu
- The Queen (The Queen) - Andy Harries , Christine Langan , Tracey Seaward
- Letters from Iwo Jima - Clint Eastwood , Robert Lorenz , Steven Spielberg
- Little Miss Sunshine - David T. Friendly , Peter Saraf , Marc Turtletaub
Best director
Presented by Francis Ford Coppola , George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
Martin Scorsese - The Departed - The Departed (The Departed)
- Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
- Stephen Frears - The Queen (The Queen)
- Paul Greengrass - Flight 93 (United 93)
- Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel
Best Actor
Presented by Reese Witherspoon
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland - In the clutches of power (The Last King of Scotland)
- Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
- Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
- Peter O'Toole - Venus
- Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness (The Pursuit of Happiness)
Best main actress
Presented by Philip Seymour Hoffman
Helen Mirren - The Queen (The Queen)
- Penélope Cruz - Volver - Returning (Volver)
- Judi Dench - Diary of a Scandal (Notes on a Scandal)
- Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada)
- Kate Winslet - Little Children
Best supporting actor
Presented by Rachel Weisz
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
- Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
- Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
- Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
- Mark Wahlberg - The Departed - The Departed (The Departed)
The best supporting actress
Presented by George Clooney
- Adriana Barraza - Babel
- Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal (Notes on a Scandal)
- Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
- Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Best adapted script
Presented by Tom Hanks and Helen Mirren
William Monahan - The Departed - The Departed (The Departed)
- David Arata , Alfonso Cuarón , Mark Fergus , Hawk Ostby , Timothy J. Sexton - Children of Men
- Sacha Baron Cohen , Peter Baynham , Anthony Hines , Dan Mazer , Todd Phillips - Borat
- Todd Field , Tom Perrotta - Little Children
- Patrick Marber - Notes on a Scandal (Notes on a Scandal)
Best original script
Presented by Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire
Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine
- Guillermo Arriaga - Babel
- Guillermo del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno)
- Paul Haggis , Iris Yamashita - Letters from Iwo Jima
- Peter Morgan - The Queen (The Queen)
Best camera
Presented by Gwyneth Paltrow
Guillermo Navarro - Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno)
- Emmanuel Lubezki - Children of Men
- Wally Pfister - Prestige - The Master of Magic (The Prestige)
- Dick Pope - The Illusionist
- Vilmos Zsigmond - The Black Dahlia
Best production design
Presented by Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman
Eugenio Caballero , Pilar Revuelta - Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno)
- Cheryl Carasik , Rick Heinrichs - Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)
- Nathan Crowley , Julie Ochipinti - Prestige - The Master of Magic (The Prestige)
- Nancy Haigh , John Myhre - Dreamgirls
- Jeannine Claudia Oppewall , Gretchen Rau , Leslie E. Rollins - The Good Shepherd (The Good Shepherd)
Best costume design
Presented by Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway
Milena Canonero - Marie Antoinette
- Consolata Boyle - Die Queen (The Queen)
- Sharen Davis - Dreamgirls
- Patricia Field - The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada)
- Chung Man Yee - The Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia)
Best makeup
Presented by Jack Black , Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly
David Martí , Montse Ribé - Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno)
- Bill Corso , Kazuhiro Tsuji - Click (Click)
- Aldo Signoretti , Vittorio Sodano - Apocalypto
Best score
Presented by Penélope Cruz and Hugh Jackman
- Alexandre Desplat - The Queen (The Queen)
- Philip Glass - Notes on a Scandal (Notes on a Scandal)
- Javier Navarrete - Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno)
- Thomas Newman - The Good German - In denüsten von Berlin (The Good German)
Best movie song
Presented by Queen Latifah and John Travolta
" I Need to Wake Up " from An Inconvenient Truth - Melissa Etheridge
- " Lists " from Dreamgirls - Scott Cutler , Henry Krieger , Anne Preven
- " Love You I Do " from Dreamgirls - Siedah Garrett , Henry Krieger
- " Our Town " from Cars - Randy Newman
- " Patience " from Dreamgirls - Henry Krieger , Willie Reale
Best cut
Presented by Kate Winslet
Thelma Schoonmaker - The Departed - The Departed (The Departed)
- Douglas Crise , Stephen Mirrione - Babel
- Alfonso Cuarón , Alex Rodríguez - Children of Men
- Clare Douglas , Richard Pearson , Christopher Rouse - Flight 93 (United 93)
- Steven Rosenblum - Blood Diamond
Best mix of sounds
Presented by Jessica Biel and James McAvoy
Bob Beemer , Willie D. Burton , Michael Minkler - Dreamgirls
- Anna Behlmer , Andy Nelson , Ivan Sharrock - Blood Diamond
- Christopher Boyes , Paul Massey , Lee Orloff - Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)
- Fernando Cámara , Kevin O'Connell , Greg P. Russell - Apocalypto
- David E. Campbell , Walt Martin , John T. Reitz , Gregg Rudloff - Flags of Our Fathers
Best sound editing
Presented by Steve Carell and Greg Kinnear
Bub Asman , Alan Robert Murray - Letters from Iwo Jima
- Kami Asgar , Sean McCormack - Apocalypto
- Bub Asman , Alan Robert Murray - Flags of Our Fathers
- Lon Bender - Blood Diamond
- Christopher Boyes , George Watters II - Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)
Best visual effects
Presented by Robert Downey Jr. and Naomi Watts
Charles Gibson , Allen Hall , Hal T. Hickel , John Knoll - Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)
- Neil Corbould , Richard R. Hoover , Mark Stetson , Jon Thum - Superman Returns
- John Frazier , Chas Jarrett , Kim Libreri , Boyd Shermis - Poseidon
Best animated film
Presented by Cameron Diaz
Best animated short film
Presented by Abigail Breslin and Jaden Smith
The Danish Poet - A Love Story (The Danish Poet) - Torill Kove
- No Time for Nuts (No Time for Nuts) - Chris Renaud , Mike Thurmeier
- Lifted - Gary Rydstrom
- Maestro - Géza M. Tóth
- The Little Matchgirl - Roger Allers , Don Hahn
Best short film
Presented by Abigail Breslin and Jaden Smith
- Binta y La Gran Idea - Javier Fesser , Luis Manso
- Éramos pocos - Borja Cobeaga
- Helmer & Søn - Kim Magnusson , Søren Pilmark
- The Savior - Stuart Parkyn , Peter Templeman
Best documentary
Presented by Jerry Seinfeld
An Inconvenient Truth - Davis Guggenheim
- Deliver Us from Evil (Deliver Us from Evil) - Amy Berg , Frank Donner
- Iraq - My Country, My Country - Jocelyn Glatzer , Laura Poitras
- Iraq in Fragments - James Longley , John Sinno
- Jesus Camp - Heidi Ewing , Rachel Grady
Best documentary short film
Presented by Gael García Bernal and Eva Green
The Blood of Yingzhou District - Thomas Lennon , Ruby Yang
- Recycled Life - Mike Glad , Leslie Iwerks
- Rehearsing a Dream - Karen Goodman , Kirk Simon
- Two Hands - The Leon Fleisher Story - Susan Rose Behr , Nathaniel Kahn
Best foreign language film
Presented by Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen .
The Lives of Others , Germany - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- After the wedding (Efter brylluppet) , Denmark - Susanne Bier
- Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) , Mexico - Guillermo del Toro
- Days of Glory (Indigènes) , Algeria - Rachid Bouchareb
- Water , Canada - Deepa Mehta
For the 79th Academy Awards, a total of 83 countries were invited to send in a candidate for an Oscar nomination. Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan were invited for the first time. 61 countries seized this opportunity and sent in a candidate, breaking the previous year's record of 58 entries. From these contributions, a committee made a pre-selection of a total of nine films that could be considered for a possible nomination. Out of these nine films, five films received a nomination. The four films that were shortlisted but not nominated were:
- Black Book (Zwartboek) by Paul Verhoeven ( Netherlands )
- A perfect place (Fauteuils d'orchestre) by Danièle Thompson , ( France )
- Volver - Returning (Volver) by Pedro Almodóvar ( Spain )
- Vitus by Fredi M. Murer ( Switzerland )
Honorary Oscars
Honorary Award
The Oscar of Honor was presented by Clint Eastwood and on
Before the honorary Oscar was awarded, Celine Dion sang the title I knew I loved you based on the music for the film Once Upon a Time in America , which was composed by Morricone.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award was presented by Tom Cruise .
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
The Gordon E. Sawyer Award was presented by Maggie Gyllenhaal .
Web links
- 2007 Oscars at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (English)
- Compilation of press articles for the 2007 Oscars on film-zeit.de ( Memento from February 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- Oscars 2007 in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Translation of the printed speech from www.ankegroener.de
- ↑ opening speech on YouTube (English)