Oscars 2023: Everything Everywhere All at Once makes history, Avatar lands its Oscar
It was the film tipped to dominate the Oscars, as it has done at the Golden Globes, the Baftas, and the Screen Actors’ Guild awards.
And the mind-bending multiverse movie Everything Everywhere All at Once has done it again, winning in all the major categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.
Along with the Oscars in the original screenplay film editing categories, that’s a total of seven Oscars for the film.
It’s the most “above the line” wins for any movie in the history of the Academy Awards.
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— Variety (@Variety) March 13, 2023
While it wasn’t quite a clean sweep, with Best Actor going to Brendan Fraser, it’s still a history-making moment for the film backed by studio A24 – which is also behind Fraser’s The Whale. It’s the first time a movie studio has won all six top awards in a single night.
It’s the third Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh following her Golden Globes and SAG Awards win.
She thanked her co-stars, the film’s directors and crew in an emotional speech, saying, “This is the beacon of hope and possibilities, this is proof that dreams do come true. Ladies, don’t ever let anybody tell you you are past your prime.”
Yeoh dedicated her award to “all the moms … the real superheroes”.
This year’s Academy Awards also marked a full circle moment for Brendan Fraser, his return to Hollywood complete with his Best Actor win.
He was overcome with tears as he took to the stage for his acceptance speech, thanking the Academy and film studio A24 for making “such a bold film”.
He also thanked director Darren Aronofsky for “throwing me a creative lifeline”.
“I started in this business 30 years ago, things didn’t come easy to me but there was a facility that I didn’t appreciate at the time, until it stopped. I just want to say thank you for this acknowledgement,” he said.
And earlier on in the night, Avatar: The Way of Water finally got its moment, taking out the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
While the film may have been snubbed for Best Picture yet again, it was the creative minds of New Zealand’s Wētā FX who got a moment in the spotlight.
Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barret of Wētā FX were clearly overjoyed as they accepted the award on the Oscars stage today. It was one of three nominated films that owed its stunning visuals to the Kiwi company, as well as The Batman and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
In a statement shared by Wētā, Letteri said he was “incredibly proud” of his team’s achievements.
“Eric, Dan, and I are honoured to represent the 1,700 Wētā FX crew that contributed to Avatar: The Way Of Water,” he said.
The full list of winners:
Best Picture
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
Actor in a Leading Role
Austin Butler in Elvis
Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser in The Whale - WINNER
Paul Mescal in Aftersun
Bill Nighy in Living
Actor in a Supporting Role
Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway
Judd Hirsch in The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER
Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett in Tár
Ana de Armas in Blonde
Andrea Riseborough in To Leslie
Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER
Actress in a Supporting Role
Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau in The Whale
Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER
Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Animated Feature Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio - WINNER
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Beast
Turning Red
Cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front - WINNER
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár
Costume Design
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - WINNER
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris
Directing
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Todd Field, Tár
Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness
Documentary Feature Film
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny - WINNER
Documentary Short Film
The Elephant Whisperers - WINNER
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate
Film Editing
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
International Feature Film
All Quiet on the Western Front - WINNER
Argentina, 1985
Close
EO
The Quiet Girl
Makeup and Hairstyling
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Whale - WINNER
Music (Original Score)
All Quiet on the Western Front - WINNER
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Music (Original Song)
“Applause” from Tell It like a Woman
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR - WINNER
“This Is A Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once
Production Design
All Quiet on the Western Front - WINNER
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans
Animated Short Film
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - WINNER
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Live Action Short Film
An Irish Goodbye - WINNER
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase
Sound
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick - WINNER
Visual Effects
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water - WINNER
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking - WINNER
Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness