Oscars 2024...
Good morning: In today's edition of The Industry, we look at:
Oppenheimer’s reign, Emma Stone's joy, Cord Jefferson's indie math, Xena Warrior Princess sells at SXSW, and honey.
Let’s go!
OSCAR WINNERS
Best Picture
Oppenheimer (prod: Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan)
Anatomy of the Trinity test scene
Best Actor
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
“Near Zero” clip
Best Actress
Emma Stone - Poor Things
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Lewis Strauss clip
Best Supporting Actress
Da'vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
“Stuck babysitting” Clip
Best Director
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Best Original Screenplay
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari - Anatomy of a Fall
Read the screenplay here (half English/French)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Cord Jefferson - American Fiction
Read the screenplay here.
Best International Feature
The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)
Best Animated Feature
Best Documentary Feature
20 Days in Mariupol (Ukraine)
Best Cinematography
Oppenheimer (Hoyte van Hoytema)
Best Production Design
Poor Things (James Price and Shona Heath Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek)
Oppenheimer captured the most wins with 7 Academy Awards. Poor Things won 4.
Biggest upsets of the night:
Emma Stone’s win for Best Actress (beating out Lily Gladstone)
American Fiction’s win for Best Adapted Screenplay (beating out Oppenheimer and Poor Things)
Wes Anderson won his first Oscar: Best Live Action Short Film for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. This was also Netflix’s only win of the night out of 19 nominations.
Check out the full list of winners here.
Notable Quotes:
Justine Triet (Best Original Screenplay):
”It will help me through my mid-life crisis.”
Da'vine Joy Randolph (Best Supporting Actress, The Holdovers):
“I didn’t think I was supposed to be doing this as a career…for so long, I've always wanted to be different. And now I realize I just need to be myself. And I thank you, I thank people for seeing me. Ron Van Lieu [Yale School of Drama], I'll thank you when I was the only black girl in that class. When you saw me and you told me ‘I was enough’ and when I told you ‘I don't see myself’, you said ‘that's fine’. We're going to forge our own path. You're going to lay a trail for yourself. I'm so grateful to all the women who have been by my side…”
Cord Jefferson:
“I understand that this is a risk-averse industry, I get it, but if $200 million movies are also a risk, you know and and it doesn't always work out, but you take the risk anyway. And instead of making one $200 million movie, try making 20 $10 million movies or 50 $4 million movies… I promise you the next Martin Scorsese, the next Greta's out here…”
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