“No Country for Old Men” Biggest Oscar Winner

“No Country for Old Men,” this year’s early favorite, did not disappoint. The film won Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture. Spanish actor Javier Bardem also won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role award for his role in the movie.

“Thank you to the Coens for being crazy enough to think that I could do that and put one of the most horrible haircuts in history over my head,” Bardem joked in his acceptance speech – referring to the mop-head hairdo of sociopath killer Anton Chigurh which he portrayed in the movie.

“I think whatever success we’ve had in this area has been entirely attributable to how selective we are. We’ve only adapted Homer and Cormac McCarthy (the Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist who wrote the original novel), so thank you,” Joel Coen said in their (him and co-writer / co-director brother Ethan Coen) acceptance speech for the adaptation.

“We’re really thrilled to have received it and we’re very thankful to all of you out there for letting us continue to play in our corner of the sandbox,” Joel also added while accepting the Best Director award.

British actor Daniel Day-Lewis won his second Best Actor in a Leading Role award for “There Will Be Blood.” He portrayed a deceitful wealth-hungry petroleum tycoon.

“My deepest thanks to the academy for whacking me with the handsomest bludgeon in town,” Day-Lewis said in his acceptance speech.

French actress Marion Cotillard won Best Actress in a Leading Role for “La Vie En Rose.” She portrayed legendary French singer Edith Paif in the movie.

“Well, I’m speechless now. …Thank you life, thank you love, and it is true, there is some angels in this city.” Cotillard said.

“I have an American agent who is the splitting image of this (referring to the Oscar award). Really truly the same shape head and, it has to be said, the buttocks,” says British actress Tilda Swinton who won Best Supporting Actress in a Supporting Role for playing a ruthless corporate attorney in “Michael Clayton.”

In other awards, “Ratatouille” was named best animated film, while Diablo Cody won Best Original Screenplay for “Juno.”

The ceremony’s annual tribute to those from the industry who recently past away ended with a scene from “Brokeback Mountain.”

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