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“Oppenheimer” won the Oscar for best picture.
“I think any of us who make movies know that we dream of this moment,” said producer Emma Thomas. “I could deny it, but I’ve been dreaming about this moment for so long, but it seemed so unlikely that it would ever happen, and now I’m here and it’s all out of my head.”
Thomas said director Christopher Nolan, her husband, was the reason the film became what it is, calling it “unique” and “brilliant,” before congratulating her four children.
Al Pacino presented the category in celebration of the 50th anniversary of “The Godfather II.”
Other nominees in the category included “American Fiction,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Barbie,” “The Holdovers,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” “Past Lives,” “Poor Things” and ” The Zone of Interest.”
Emma Stone won the Oscar for best actress for her performance in “Poor Things.”
In his acceptance speech, Stone recognized his fellow nominees in the category.
“The women in this category (Sandra, Annette, Carey, Lily) I share this with you,” she said. “I’m in awe of you. It’s been such an honor to do all of this together. I hope we can continue to do more together.”
“The other night, I panicked (as you can see, it happens a lot) that maybe something like this could happen,” he continued. “And Yorgos told me, please get out of this. And he was right. Because it’s not about me. It’s about a team that came together to make something greater than the sum of its parts. And that’s the best part of “making movies, it’s all of us together. And I’m deeply honored to share this with every cast member, with every crew member, with every person who poured their love and their care and their brilliance into the making of this movie.”
Stone then thanked director Yorgos Lanthimos for giving her “the gift of a lifetime in Bella Baxter.” She ended her speech by thanking her mom, her dad, her brother Spencer Stone, her husband Dave McCary and her daughter.
“I love you more than all of heaven, my girl,” he said.
This is Stone’s second Oscar win. She previously won best actress for 2016’s “La La Land.”
Stone also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA this awards season for her work on “Poor Things.”
Before the Oscar was announced, each best actress nominee was honored by previous best actress winners, including Michelle Yeoh, Sally Field, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Lange.
Other nominees in the category were Annette Bening for “Nyad,” Lily Gladstone for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Sandra Hüller for “Anatomy of a Fall” and Carey Mulligan for “Maestro.”
Christopher Nolan won the Oscar for best director for “Oppenheimer.”
During his acceptance speech, Nolan thanked Universal Studios and the authors of the biography on which the film is based, “American Prometheus,” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin.
He also thanked all the cast members, including Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh and Cillian Murphy, as well as his wife, “the incredible Emma Thomas… producer of all our films and all our children . I love your.”
“The movies are just over 100 years old,” he continued, adding, “We don’t know where this incredible journey goes from here, but knowing that you think I’m an important part of it means the world to me. Thank you so much.”
In addition to best director, Nolan was also nominated tonight for best adapted screenplay, which ultimately went to Cord Jefferson for “American Fiction.”
This awards season, Nolan has won a Golden Globe for best director and BAFTAs for best director and best film.
Other nominees in the best director category at the 2024 Oscars were Justine Triet for “Anatomy of a Fall”, Martin Scorsese for “Killers of the Flower Moon”, Yorgos Lanthimos for “Poor Things” and Jonathan Glazer for “The Zone of Interest “. “
Cillian Murphy won the Oscar for best actor for his role in “Oppenheimer.”
The actor, who played physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, in “Oppenheimer,” said he was “overwhelmed” to have won the award.
“I’m a very proud Irishman to be here tonight,” he said. “We made a movie about the man who created the atomic bomb and, for better or worse, we all live in Oppenheimer’s world, so I would really like to dedicate this to peacemakers around the world.”
Murphy accepted the Oscar from a group of previous best actor winners, including Nicolas Cage, Matthew McConaughey, Brendan Fraser, Ben Kingsley and Forest Whitaker.
This awards season, Murphy has won a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA.
Other nominees in the category were Bradley Cooper for “Maestro,” Colman Domingo for “Rustin,” Paul Giamatti for “The Holdovers” and Jeffrey Wright for “American Fiction.”