Oppenheimer wins best picture Oscar Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer capped off a big night at the Oscars by being the popular and highly regarded director's first film to win the top prize.
"So I would really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere." A three-hour historical drama about science and politics, "Oppenheimer" became an unlikely box office hit and grossed $953.8 million, in addition to widespread critical praise. It was the first of Nolan's films to win best picture.
'Oppenheimer' could sweep at the Oscars; blockbuster biopic up for 13 Academy Awards. Leading the Oscars pack with 13 nominations, and with a real chance to tie the record with 11 wins, 'Oppenheimer' is expected to dominate the 2024 Academy Awards.
Christopher Nolan has won the best director Oscar for Oppenheimer at the Academy Awards, currently taking place in Los Angeles. This is the first time Nolan has won the award, having previously been nominated for Dunkirk in 2018.
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The 53-year-old British filmmaker has garnered critical acclaim throughout his career, but had never won at the Oscars until now. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christopher Nolan fulfilled his award show frontrunner status, winning his first Oscar on Sunday night for directing “Oppenheimer” and then another for best picture.
It also lost Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Production Design, which were all won by Poor Things. Emily Blunt lost to Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers in the Best Supporting Actress category and Oppenheimer lost to Zone of Interest for Best Sound.
Because there's always a story behind the story. Nominated for 13 awards, Oppenheimer won seven, including Best Picture, Best Director for Christopher Nolan, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr.
Surprisingly, maybe, for a film-maker so attuned to cinema's technical possibilities, Oppenheimer's weakness turned out to be in the craft categories: it won best cinematography and best editing but lost out in costume, production design and sound, the kind of areas it would need to have picked up if it was going to ...
Oppenheimer's IQ is 135. This estimation assumes he would be among the top 1% of living physicists during his era. The estimation follows the methods and assumptions utilized for Albert Einstein, offering a credible insight into Oppenheimer's intellectual caliber.
He pointed out that the scientist had a slim frame due to his diet, which meant losing weight. "I had to lose quite a bit of weight, and we worked with the costume and tailoring," he said. "He was very slim, almost emaciated, existed on martinis and cigarettes."
Oppenheimer was a genius, but his superpower was being good at both theoretical and practical physics. He did Nobel-prize level work and also ran the Manhattan Project. I think that's comparable to getting the gold medal at the Olympics for 2 different sports.
Addressing the crowd, Nolan noted cinema is just over a hundred years old. “Imagine being there 100 years into painting or theater,” said Nolan, who shared the best-picture award with Emma Thomas, his wife and producer. “We don't know where this incredible journey is going from here.
Robert Oppenheimer biopic was the top winner of the night, taking home seven Oscars — including best picture. Poor Things wasn't far behind Oppenheimer throughout the night, winning four Academy Awards, including Emma Stone securing her second win for best actress. Here's the breakdown of Oscar wins by film.
Oppenheimer would go on to win the most Oscars of any film that year, with seven, while the lone win for Barbie was for Best Song. Both films led the nominations at the 81st Golden Globe Awards, with Barbie gaining a leading nine nods and Oppenheimer trailing with eight.
In terms of craft (acting, direction, editing, production design, and so much more) Oppenheimer is first-rate, and deserved the plaudits this awards season. But it's also a film with something big and significant to say – and, even more importantly, it's somehow managed to get people to listen.
Daniel Day-Lewis has won the most Academy Awards for best actor (three), and a number of actors have received two such Oscars, including Spencer Tracy and Tom Hanks, both of whom won in consecutive years. Below is a list of the winning actors and the films for which they won. The year is when the award was presented.
LOS ANGELES, March 10 (Reuters) - Cillian Murphy earned his first Academy Award for his portrayal in “Oppenheimer” of the physicist who led the United States' development of the atomic bomb during World War Two.
In addition to Best Picture — which was presented by Al Pacino (celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Godfather Part II winning the same award) — the World War II-era biopic also took home accolades for Best Director (Nolan), Best Actor (Cillian Murphy), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.), Best Editing ( ...
“Oppenheimer” took over the ceremony, ending the night with seven wins out of 13 nominations, including Best Picture. Christopher Nolan's historical/legal epic was a dominant force, winning Best Actor for Cillian Murphy as the titular scientist and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr.
Göransson's work on Oppenheimer also won at the 2024 GRAMMYs for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television). Göransson's work stood out among the competition, going up against the scores of American Fiction, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Poor Things.
