79th Academy Award
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[edit] Feature films
[edit] Acting (movie kessa kan hirmattani)
[edit] Writing (Kan barresse)
| Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Original screenplay | Michael Arndt | Little Miss Sunshine |
| Adapted screenplay | William Monahan | The Departed |
[edit] Directing (Kan akkama akka video kasanni kan himu)
| Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Academy Award for Directing | Martin Scorsese | The Departed |
[edit] Kabbaja adda
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Academy Honorary Award | Ennio Morricone |
| The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Sherry Lansing |
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- Eight
- Seven
- Six
- Five
- Four
- Letters from Iwo Jima
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Notes on a Scandal
- Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest
- Three
- Two
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- Four
- Three
- Two
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Presenters (in order of appearance)
- Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman - Best Art Direction
- Maggie Gyllenhaal - announced recipients of Scientific and Technical Awards, Gordon E. Sawyer Award
- Will Ferrell, Jack Black, John C. Reilly - Best Makeup
- Abigail Breslin and Jaden Smith - Best Animated Short Film and Best Live Action Short Film
- Steve Carell and Greg Kinnear - Best Sound Editing
- Jessica Biel and James McAvoy - Best Sound Mixing
- Rachel Weisz - Best Supporting Actor
- Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio - announcement regarding the Academy's attempts to help the environment
- Cameron Diaz - Best Animated Feature
- Ben Affleck - introduced montage of films portraying writers, edited by Nancy Meyers
- Helen Mirren and Tom Hanks - Adapted Screenplay
- Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway - Best Costume Design
- Tom Cruise - Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
- Gwyneth Paltrow - Best Cinematography
- Naomi Watts and Robert Downey, Jr. - Best Visual Effects
- Catherine Deneuve and Ken Watanabe - introduced montage of past Best Foreign Language Film winners, edited by Giuseppe Tornatore
- Clive Owen and Cate Blanchett - Best Foreign Language Film
- George Clooney - Best Supporting Actress
- Eva Green and Gael García Bernal - Best Documentary Short Subject
- Jerry Seinfeld - Best Documentary Feature
- Clint Eastwood - Academy Honorary Award to Ennio Morricone for his many film scores
- Hugh Jackman and Penélope Cruz - Academy Award for Original Score
- Academy president Sid Ganis spoke during a sequence highlighting the Academy's preservation and educational work
- Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst - Best Original Screenplay
- Jennifer Lopez - introduced the Dreamgirls performances
- Queen Latifah and John Travolta - Best Original Song
- Will Smith - introduced montage of films dealing with themes of U.S. politics as well as immigration and cultural diversity, edited by Michael Mann
- Kate Winslet - Best Film Editing
- Jodie Foster - introduced the memorial montage. The artists that died in the previous year who were remembered: Glenn Ford, Bruno Kirby, Alida Valli, songwriter Betty Comden, Jane Wyatt, Don Knotts, Red Buttons, director Gillo Pontecorvo, Darren McGavin, director Richard Fleischer, cinematographer Sven Nykvist, producer/cartoonist Joseph Barbera, Tamara Dobson, set designer Gretchen Rau, June Allyson, director Gordon Parks, Philippe Noiret, Maureen Stapleton, Jack Wild, director Vincent Sherman, James Doohan, director Shohei Imamura, producer Carlo Ponti, Peter Boyle, cinematographer James Glennon, screenwriter Sidney Sheldon, Jack Palance, Mako, Jack Warden, composer Basil Poledouris, art director Henry Bumstead, screenwriter Jay Presson Allen, and director Robert Altman.
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Best Leading Actress
- Reese Witherspoon - Best Leading Actor
- Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg - Best Director
- Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton - Best Picture
Performers (in order of appearance)
William Ross was the orchestra conductor. Other performers included:
- Pilobolus (dance company) - interpretive depictions of films titles and logos
- Will Ferrell, Jack Black and John C. Reilly, accompanied by Marc Shaiman - "Comedian at the Oscars"
- Sound effects choir, conducted by Steve Sidwell, previously seen in a Honda commercial [1], performing voice effects to a montage of classic films
- James Taylor and Randy Newman - "Our Town"
- Melissa Etheridge - "I Need to Wake Up"
- Celine Dion - premiere of "I Knew I Loved You" as tribute to Ennio Morricone
- Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose and Keith Robinson - Dreamgirls medley: "Love You I Do", "Listen", and "Patience"
