Oscars 2024: Oppenheimer takes best film as Al Pacino makes slip-up

Oppenheimer has swept this year’s Oscars, a success seven gongs, including best actor, best director and best image.

The shatter prize of the evening was presented by The Godfather megastar Al Pacino – who perceived to leap the gun by asserting the winner before itemizing the nominees.

The movie had been widely expected to rule the evening, and didn’t disappoint, perhaps main the 83-year-outdated-fashioned actor to bustle up your whole announcement route of, peeping into the envelope and declaring “I seek Oppenheimer”.

While no longer within the league of the tall La La Land / Moonlight mix up of 2017 (when Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty announced that La La Land had taken best image when if fact be told it was Moonlight), it for scramble added a closing frisson to the evening, even permitting it to wrap a minute while early, reasonably than running unhurried which is severely of an Academy Award custom.

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Director Christopher Nolan – even handed one of Britain’s most commercially a success filmmakers – received his first Oscar for his three-hour memoir about J Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.

He thanked his companion and producer of the film, Emma Thomas, on the side of its lead actor Cillian Murphy, including, “Thanks for folks which were there for me and believed in me my whole profession.”

All four of the acting prizes were presented in a brand contemporary diagram – by 5 outmoded winners of each prize.

Best actor, which was presented by stars including Matthew McConaughey, Nicolas Cage and Brendan Fraser, was received by Oppenheimer megastar Murphy, who known as himself “a extraordinarily proud Irishman” and dedicated his prize “to the peacemakers in each dwelling”.

The 47-year-outdated-fashioned megastar kissed his companion before heading to the stage, where Murphy told producers Nolan and Emma Thomas that making the film had “been the wildest, most creatively gratifying trip”.

He ended his speech by speaking in Irish, announcing “Depart Raibh Maith Agat” which diagram thank you.

Best actress – presented by performers including Charlize Theron, Sally Enviornment, Jessica Lange and Jennifer Lawrence – went to Emma Stone for her efficiency as Bella Baxter in Unpleasant Issues.

‘I admire you greater than your whole sky’

Announcing breathlessly as she entered the stage, “My dress is broken… I mediate it came about accurate thru I’m Staunch Ken!” Stone talked about the accumulate felt “overwhelming”.

She talked about she had been beforehand “panicking” about “one thing love this occurring,” but was fast by the film’s director Yorgos Lanthimos to “grasp herself out of it”.

She furthermore paid tribute to her daughter Louise Jean, who she talked about may be three years outdated-fashioned in just a few days, announcing she cherished her “greater than your whole sky”.

The first prize of the evening went to Da’vine Pleasure Randolph, who received best supporting actress – a accumulate that had been widely regarded as to be locked in as a consequence of of Randolph’s earlier wins across the awards season.

It was presented by actresses including Jamie Lee Curtis, Lupita Nyong’o, Rita Monero and Regina King.

‘I correct predominant to be myself’

Nyong’o was tasked with summing up Randolph’s efficiency in The Holdovers, revealing that she wore her grandmother’s glasses within the film and announcing: “What an honour to bear a look on the sphere thru your eyes and hers,” which drew a stagger from the actress within the target market.

Accepting her prize, Randolph talked about: “God is so appropriate. I didn’t mediate I was supposed to crash this as a profession.”

She went on: “For goodbye I believed I predominant to be a quantity of, and I’ve realised I correct predominant to be myself.”

She furthermore talked about “being potentially the most productive dim lady within the class,” and being compelled to forge her hang direction, before giving a yelp out to her publicist as one in 1,000,000 – but forgetting to point out off their name.

The best supporting actor prize was given out by actors including Ke Huy Quan, Sam Rockwell and Mahershala Ali.

Marking the first prize of the evening for Oppenheimer, the gong went to Robert Downey Jr who joked: “I would wish to thank my frightening childhood and the Academy, in that direct.”

‘I was snarling… Now I’m right here’

He went on to pay tribute to his companion, Susan Downey, announcing: “I would wish to thank my veterinarian, I point out my companion, she chanced on me a snarling rescue [pet and] you cherished me assist to life. That’s the reason I’m right here.” He furthermore gave a yelp out to his authorized real and stylist too.

On a extra serious gift, the first time Oscar-winner talked about: “What we shatter is meaningful, and the stuff we pick to manufacture is mandatory”.

It be been moderately the year for the 58-year-outdated-fashioned megastar, who’s had a pretty sweep of wins this award season, having beforehand received on the BAFTAs, Golden Globes, Cloak Actors Guild and Critics’ Preference awards.

Success in cinematography, which was presented by singer and actress Zendaya, furthermore went to Oppenheimer.

A minute little bit of nudity to liven up the evening

Unpleasant Issues took four prizes in total, as well as best actress for Stone, it took three on the skedaddle earlier within the evening – best production construct, best fabricate-up and hairstyling and best costume construct.

In a evening with quite a lot of comedy moments, the costume prize was announced with a skit referencing the 1974 Oscars which infamously saw a unadorned streaker bustle across the stage.

Wrestler John Cena was tasked with handing out the gong reputedly naked -aside from for the envelope containing the winner’s name. He went on to be wrapped in a curtain before handing over the prize, to protect his modesty.

Best fashioned screenplay went to French film Anatomy Of A Descend, with director and co-creator Justine Triet joking that it would assist her thru her “mid-life disaster”.

She talked about she and husband Arthur Harari got right here up with the premise for the film when they were stuck within the dwelling accurate thru the pandemic and changing their kid’s nappies.

Best adapted screenplay went to American Fiction, a film about a Black creator satirizing offensive tropes of Black leisure in his e-book, and discovering to his tall irritation that or no longer it’s a success with the publishers.

‘Mr I-need-to-paint-my-abs-on’

Accepting the prize, creator and director Cord Jefferson thanked his collaborators on the film for “trusting a 40-year-outdated-fashioned dim guy who’d never directed one thing else before,” and gave a yelp out to the following era of creator and administrators within the market striving to bring their work to the display.

Actors Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt paired as much as pay tribute to the stunt of us in showbiz, with the pair enacting a mock-squabble which saw Gosling criticise Oppenheimer for “riding on the coat tails of Barbie all summer season,” and Blunt accuse Gosling of being “Mr I bear to paint my abs on to earn nominated”. Their jokes were warmly purchased by the target market.

English film The Zone Of Pastime, directed and written by Jonathan Glazer, took best world film.

‘The Holocaust is being hijacked’

Referencing the topics of his unsettling holocaust drama, Glazer talked about: “Our film presentations where dehumanization leads, at its worst.”

He went on: “Merely now, we stand right here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has resulted in battle for so many harmless of us.

“Whether or no longer the victims of October the seventh in Israel, or the ongoing attack on Gaza, your whole victims, this humanization, how can we withstand?”

His feedback drew a round of applause from the target market, and tears from his main actress, Sandra Huller.

The visual results prize – presented by odd couple Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, the celebrities of comedy films Twins and Junior – went to Eastern memoir Godzilla Minus One.

Created by Takashi Yamazaki – who furthermore oversaw the visual results – it was a seeming underdog within the class as a consequence of of its minute team (35-of us) and reasonably minute budget ($12m which is £9.3m). They introduced two mini-reptilian monsters on stage to rep their prize.

Schwarzenegger and DeVito furthermore gave out the best editing prize, which went to Oppenheimer.

The Boy And The Heron, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, took best engaging feature film.

Best are residing action short film went to The Fantastic Fable Of Henry Sugar, directed by Wes Anderson.

A project impressed by the music of John and Ono Lennon – Battle Is Over! – took best engaging short film, with Lennon’s son Sean who was an govt producer on the demonstrate phase of the team accepting the prize.

Stepping as much as the microphone, Sean talked about: “My mother modified into 91 as of late, and or no longer it’s Mother’s Day as of late within the UK, so may every person correct sigh ‘Delighted Mother’s Day Yoko'”.

‘I stands out as the first director to assert I need I never made this film’

Best documentary short film went to The Last Repair Store, a film celebrating music training in public faculties across The USA.

Best documentary feature went to twenty Days in Mariupol, which harrowingly paperwork the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Accepting the prize, the film’s director Mstyslav Chernov spoke movingly, announcing: “Right here is the first Oscar in Ukrainian historic past. And I’m honoured. Potentially I stands out as the first director on this stage to assert I need I would never made this film. I need as a technique to interchange this [for] Russia never attacking Ukraine.”

Throughout the evening, many ceremony attendees wore purple lapel pins from Artists4Ceasefire, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Commence air of the ceremony around 300-500 real-Palestinian protesters made their diagram down Sunset Boulevard shouting “ceasefire now” and “free Palestine” earlier than the demonstrate.

The In Memoriam portion of the evening – which included a tribute to Chums megastar Matthew Perry – was accompanied by a rendition of Time To Sigh goodbye by opera singer Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo.

There were are residing performances on the evening from all 5 nominated acts within the best tune class – Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas obtained a standing ovation after singing What Was I Made For, the first efficiency of the evening.

There were furthermore performances from Becky G, singing Diane Warren’s The Fireplace Inner, from Flamin’ Hot, Jon Batiste singing It By no diagram Went A long way from American Symphony, and Scott George’s Wahzhazhe (A Tune for My Other folks) from Killers Of The Flower Moon.

But the efficiency of the evening was from Barbie megastar Ryan Gosling, who sang strength ballad I’m Staunch Ken with backing dancers including co-stars Ncuti Gatwa, Simu Liu and Kingsley Ben-Adir, plus accompanying broad Barbie cardboard cutout heads and a surprise cameo from Weapons And Roses guitarist Slash.

Bringing the Kenergy to the Oscars

Starting out his efficiency from his seat within the target market, Gosling paraded onto the stage, dressed in a hot purple swimsuit, matching gloves and fully nailed his efficiency to the pride of the target market.

Regardless of every thing the renditions, the fashioned earn was presented by Inappropriate stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, and going to Oppenheimer.

Grande and Erivo followed up with one other musical award, best fashioned tune, which went to Billie Eillish for What Was I Made For. It was he most productive accumulate of the evening for Barbie, which despite ruling within the strive in opposition to of the box office (taking $1.4bn, which is £1.1bn in world word sales), has had restricted success across awards season.

Accepting her 2d Oscar outmoded correct 22, a flustered making an are attempting Eilish talked about: “I had a nightmare about this last evening!” before thanking the film’s director Greta Gerwig.

Her brother Finneas thanked the film’s lead megastar – Margot Robbie – who wore dim to as of late’s ceremony reasonably than the purple hues she’s adopted at most occasions to this level, which some followers saw as a visual utter at her failure to be nominated within the best actress class despite the movie’s success.

Eilish wrapped up the speech by thanking her “best buddy Zoe, for enjoying Barbie’s with me after I was minute”.