Monday, March 06, 2006

3 Oscars for Crash and Brokeback Mountain

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Crash and Brokeback Mountain each took home three Oscars on Sunday, but it was Crash that scored top prize of the night, Best Picture, at the 78th annual Academy Awards. The other two Oscars for Crash were also for Original Screenplay and Film Editing. Meanwhile, Brokeback Mountain, which went into the night with a leading eight nominations, won for Best Director for Ang Lee, Adapted Screenplay and Original Score.

In his speech, Lee thanked Annie Proulx, who wrote the short story that the movie was based on, and said he made the film for his father, who passed away shortly before Lee starting filming Brokeback Mountain.

[from thecelebrityblog.com]

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