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Silent film 'The Artist' crowned with Oscar gold

HOLLYWOOD: Silent movie "The Artist" crowned its spectacular awards season success by winning five Oscars including the Best Picture prize at the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday.

The French-directed black-and-white film earned Oscars for best director for Michel Hazanavicius and best actor for Jean Dujardin, who played a silent movie era star whose career was torpedoed by the arrival of the "talkies." "I love your country," Dujardin told the Hollywood audience as he accepted his Oscar, the first for a French actor.

After thanking the film's cast and crew -- adding to "my wife, I love you" -- he broke into French, using an expletive and then saying, "Great! Thank you very much!" In Paris, President Nicolas Sarkozy hailed the Oscar triumph as a sign of the "tremendous success of French cinema and quality cinema." The movie's success was "witness to the exceptional vitality of our cinema and the success of the government's policies to support the excellence of this major French industry," he said.

Martin Scorsese's 3D adventure "Hugo" -- which had the most nominations, with 11 compared to 10 for "The Artist" -- also garnered five prizes, but all came in technical categories.

Meryl Streep won best actress for her powerful turn as former British premier Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," earning a standing ovation from the A-list Hollywood audience.

It was the third Oscar for the 62-year-old Streep and her first in three decades, underscoring her status as the pre-eminent actress of her generation.

"When they called my name, I had this feeling I could hear half of America going, 'Oh no. Come on... Her, again?' You know. But, whatever!" she said, rolling her eyes.

Octavia Spencer took the prize for best supporting actress for her role as a black maid in the civil rights drama "The Help," receiving a standing ovation for her powerhouse performance.

Veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, 82, crowned a six-decade acting career with a long-overdue Oscar, a best supporting actor trophy for his role in "Beginners" as an ailing widower who embraces his homosexuality.

AFP

 

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