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The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2006 and took place February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy ...
The 79th Academy Awards | 2007. Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. Sunday, February 25, 2007. Honoring movies released in 2006.
The 79th Annual Academy Awards: Directed by Louis J. Horvitz, Joel Gallen, Errol Morris. With Ellen DeGeneres, Ben Affleck, Roger Allers, Konstantine Anthony. Films nominated for the annual awards include Babel (2006), The Departed (2006), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and The Queen (2006).
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Feb 26, 2007 · Three types of people watch the Oscar show: Grumpy TV critics working on deadline; film fans watching at home; and attendees at the Kodak Theater. The first group is guaranteed to gripe; second ...
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I’m backstage right now and we’re all firing up our laptops, making sure our connections work, and of course, eating the spread they put out for the press. We’re watching the Road to the Oscarpre-show and getting ready for the moment when the first person joins us in the interview room.
Here we go! The show begins with a series of interview clips with the nominees. Quite cute. Alan Arkin says, “Losing builds character.”
Ellen DeGeneres takes to the stage in a velvet tux. “We’re celebrating the nominees’most years we just celebrate the winners.” “Most people have a dream of winning an Academy Award. I dreamed of hosting. So it’s a lesson for you kids out there: aim lower.” “I think I see some Americans here tonight: the seat fillers.” “It’s not that we don’t have t...
Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig are presenting tonight’s first award, Art Direction. And the Oscar goes to Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta for Pan’s Labyrinth.
Maggie Gyllenhaalstrolls out to say the she recently had a date with magicians, as she was the host of the Academy’s Science and Technical Awards. She discusses the night’s winners.
Will Ferrell sings “A comedian at the Oscars, the saddest man of all.” He’s joined in the song by Jack Black. They discuss how they’ll beat up the nominees, except for Mark Wahlbergwho’s pretty tough. John C. Riley then joins the song.
The trio then present the award for Best Makeup. And the Oscar goes to Pan’s Labyrinth’s David Marti and Montse Ribe. The pair get played off.
Ellen is gossiping backstage with a crew member. She introduces Abigail Breslin and Jaden Smith. The young twosome are presenting the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. And the Oscar goes to The Danish Poet’s Torill Kove. She thanks the Academy for supporting the animated short category.
Ellen gives a shout out to the orchestra. She then introduces a “sound effects choir” who add foley to scenes playing behind them.
Steve Carell and Greg Kinnear are out next. “Sound editing is like sex. Done at night, all alone and surrounded by elecronic gadgets.” They are, obviously, presenting the awards for Sound Editing. This is quite a new twist as usually we’ve had one acting award by now. And the Oscar goes to Letters From Iwo Jima’s Alan Robert Murray, whose father wa...
Nominee: 79th Annual Academy Awards. ABC. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Ed Greene, Production Mixer. Tommy Vicari, Orchestra Mixer. Patrick Baltzell, P.A. Mixer. Robert Douglass, Audience Sweetening Mixer. Jamie Santos, Pre-Production Mixer.
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The 79th Academy Awards Memorable Moments. Best Picture: The Departed. The Departed also won Academy Awards for Directing (Martin Scorsese), Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker), and Writing – Adapted Screenplay (William Monahan). After seven previous nominations, five of which were for directing, Martin Scorsese won his first Oscar for The Departed.
