Oscar 2015: Birdman flies away as the big winner

The night of glitz and glam at Oscars 2015 belonged to Birdman as it flew home with four important awards of the night - best picture, director, for Alejandro González I?árritu, cinematography and original screenplay. Not far behind was The Grand Budapest Hotel” which made merry as it too bagged four honours namely production design, costume design, original score and hair and makeup. Of course, there were multiple disappointments as hot favourite Boyhood which made waves at all other award ceremonies preceding the Oscar and was the hot favourite to win the Oscars for the Best Picture was left with just one Academy Award. The other major disappointment being Michael Keaton (Birdman) losing out the best actor award to Eddie Redmayne. Unpredictability was the word for 87th Academy Awards. Below is the list of complete winners Best Picture –Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Best Actress –Julianne Moore, Still Alice Best Actor –Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything Directing – Alejandro G. I?árritu, Birdmanor (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Best Supporting Actress –Patricia Arquette, Boyhood Best Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons, Whiplash Animated Feature Film -Big Hero 6 Documentary Feature –Citizen four Foreign Language Film –Ida(Poland) Adapted Screenplay – Graham Moore, The Imitation Game Original Screenplay – Alejandro G. I?árritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo ,Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Original Score –Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel Original Song –“Glory” from Selma Film Editing –Whiplash Production Design –The Grand Budapest Hotel Sound Editing –American Sniper Sound Mixing –Whiplash Visual Effects –Interstellar Cinematography –Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Costume Design –Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel Makeup and Hairstyling –Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel Animated Short Film –Feast Live Action Short Film –The Phone Call Documentary Short Subject –Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1