Crowning glory for The King’s Speech

There were few surprises at this years Academy Awards as The King’s Speech took the top awards on the night.

Despite being nominated for 12 awards, Tom Hooper’s moving story of King George VI’s struggle with a speech impediment only won four, although arguably the most important ones.

Along with the awards for Best Film and Original screenplay, Colin Firth took the Best Actor gong to add to a Golden Globe and a Bafta, with Tom Hooper taking the award for Best Director.

Natalie Portman was given the award for Best Actress for her stunning performance in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan.

The Social Network had been hotly tipped to win the best director award for David Fincher, but had to make do with the awards for adapted screenplay, original score and film editing.

David O Russell’s The Fighter took both supporting role awards for Christian Bale and Melissa Leo.

Christopher Nolan’s Inception also brought home 4 awards, for cinematography, sound editing, sound mixing and visual effects, however many were still confused by Nolan’s omission from the nominees for Best Director.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Motion Picture

The King’s Speech

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)

Peformance by an actress in a leading role

Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

Achievement in directing

Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)

Art direction

Alice in Wonderland  – Robert Stromberg (production design), Karen O’Hara (set decoration)

Achievement in cinematography

Wally Pfister (Inception)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Christian Bale (The Fighter)

Best animated short film

The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann)

Best animated film

Toy Story 3

Adapted screenplay

The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin)

Original screenplay

The King’s Speech (David Seidler)

Best foreign language film

In a Better World (Denmark)

Original score

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network)

Achievement in sound mixing

Inception (Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo and Ed Novick)

Achievement in sound editing

Inception (Richard King)

Achievement in makeup

Rick Baker and Dave Elsey (The Wolfman)

Achievement in costume design

Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland)

Best documentary short subject

Strangers No More (Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon)

Best live action short film

God of Love (Luke Matheny)

Best documentary feature

Inside Job (Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs)

Achievement in visual effects

Inception (Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb)

Achievement in film editing

Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (The Social Network)

Original Song

We Belong Together (Toy Story 3 – Lyrics by Randy Newman)

Last edited: 28th February 2011