After a night of fabulous speeches and stirring music performances, the awards season has finally come to a close. Neil Patrick Harris was surprisingly lame, but everything else was so thrilling that for me, it didn't fully register how hard he was flopping. Perhaps it was the quality of the winners too, as I was so happy to see so many deserving artists get some love. On top of them all was my #1 film of the year Birdman, winning Picture, Director, Original Screenplay and Cinematography. Congrats! If you follow me on twitter, you'll know that I did fairly well on my predictions too, guessing 19 out of 24. So all in all, it was a very pleasant night for me. I'm looking forward to doing this all over again next year. Here are your Oscar winners for 2014:
Best Picture
Birdman
Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu , Birdman
Best Actor
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Best Actress
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Best Supporting Actor
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Imitation Game
Best Original Screenplay
Birdman
Best Animated Feature
Big Hero 6
Best Foreign Language Film
Ida
Best Documentary Feature
Citizenfour
Best Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Original Song
"Glory", Selma
Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Cinematography
Birdman
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Visual Effects
Interstellar
Best Editing
Whiplash
Best Sound Editing
American Sniper
Best Sound Mixing
Whiplash
Best Documentary Short
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Best Animated Short
Feast
Best Live Action Short
The Phone Call
Final scoreboard:
Birdman - 4
The Grand Budapest Hotel - 4
Whiplash - 3
And 13 other films won 1 award.
Oh, one last thing. This was my favorite tweet of the night (in response to that AWESOME performance of "Glory"):
Hey, Paramount, that Standing O was directed at your awful oscar campaign department. Bye.
— Sam Coff (@SamRS72) February 23, 2015
