Glory to Martin Scorsese and “The Departed”

This year it has been Martin Scorsese’s lucky year. He has been nominated for many times, but only now he has finally won the Oscar. Scorsese has been first nominated back in 1981 for his directing “Raging Bull”, when he was beaten by Robert Redford’s “Ordinary People”. Next it was “The Last Temptation of Christ”, then “Goodfellas”, “Gangs of New York” and “The Aviator”.
So, after many unsuccessful nominations, Martin Scorsese has won the Oscar in the Best Director category. Now he has been the one who has beaten the others. Scorsese has won in front of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (“Babel”), Stephen Frears (“The Queen”), Paul Greengrass (“United 93”) and Clint Eastwood (“Letters from Iwo Jima”), although Eastwood seemed to be the favourite.
Scorsese’s “The Departed” has been also chosen the best in the Achievement in Film Editing category, out of the following movies: “Babel”, “Blood Diamond”, “Children of Men” and “United 93”.
“The Departed” has also been chosen winner in the Adapted Screenplay category, where it competed with “Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”, “Children of Men”, “Little Children” and “Notes on a Scandal”.
In the Original Screenplay category, the Oscar has gone to “Little Miss Sunshine”, a movie about a dysfunctional family who travel together in an old car for taking their child to a young-talents contest.

“The Lives of Others” Has Won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar
The German movie “The Lives of Others” has won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, beating movies like “After the Wedding” (Danish movie), “Days of Glory (Indigenes)” (Algerian movie), “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Mexican movie) and “Water” (Canadian movie).
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s movie debut is about the system of observation in the former East Germany. The movie has also won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Language Film in Santa Monica, California.

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