Special report: The 80th Academy Awards

Special report: List of winners of Academy Awards

"No Country for Old Men" won the best picture Academy Award on Sunday. (File Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- The best picture Academy Award went to "No Country for Old Men," which is the biggest winner at Sunday night's Academy Awards show.

    The modern-day Western "No Country for Old Men" also won Academy Awards for best supporting actor for Javier Bardem, best director and adapted screenplay for the brother team of Ethan and Joel Coen.

    The Coen brothers became instant Oscar favorites last month when they won top honors from the Directors Guild of America (DGA). Only six times since 1949 has the DGA winner not gone on to win the Oscar.

    "No Country for Old Men," which went into the night with eight nominations, out-dueled its chief rival "There Will Be Blood," which also had eight nods. Other best-picture nominees were "Juno," "Michael Clayton" and "Atonement."

    "So many people have a part of this, chief among them Cormac McCarthy, who wrote a wonderful book that it was an honor to make into a movie," said Scott Rudin, producer of "No Country for Old Men."

    Accepting the best-director award, Joel Coen said he and his brother have been making movies since they were kids.

    "In the late sixties, when Ethan was 11 or 12, we got a suit and briefcase and we went to the Minneapolis International Airport with a Super 8 camera and made a movie about shuttle diplomacy called 'Henry Kissinger: Man on the Go.' Honestly what we do now doesn't feel that much different from what we were doing then.

    "We're really thrilled to have received it (the directing Oscar) and we're very thankful to all of you out there for letting us continue to play in our corner of the sandbox."

    The Coen brothers beat out directors Paul Thomas Anderson ("There Will Be Blood"), Tony Gilroy ("Michael Clayton"), Jason Reitman ("Juno") and Julian Schnabel ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly").

    It was the first directing Oscar for the Coens. Joel Coen was nominated for directing the 1996 film "Fargo."

    This was the third time two credited directors were nominated for the same film, following Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, who won Oscars for the 1961 musical "West Side Story," and Warren Beatty and Buck Henry, nominees for the 1978 comedy "Heaven Can Wait."

Daniel Day-Lewis wins Best Actor Oscar

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis accepts the Oscar for best actor for "There Will Be Blood" during the 80th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, Feb. 24, 2008.  (Photo: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, Feb. 25 -- Daniel Day-Lewis won his second Oscar on Sunday for his role as a vicious early 20th century oil entrepreneur in the drama "There Will Be Blood."

    Day-Lewis, 50, has swept this year's awards season with a performance that dominates the screen as an ambitious oil explorer with a sadistic streak. Full story

Cotillard wins best actress Oscar, Bardem takes supporting-actor

Actress Marion Cotillard accepts the Oscar for best actress for "La Vie en Rose" during the 80th annual Academy Awards, the Oscars, in Hollywood Feb. 24, 2008. (Photo: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies) Photo Gallery>>>

    LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- France's Marion Cotillard won the best actress Oscar award Sunday for her role in "La Vie en Rose."

    Acting as a French singer in the film, Cotillard beat favorite Julie Christie, who had been expected to grab a second Oscar for "Away From Her." Full story

Javier Bardem wins Oscars best supporting actor

Actor Javier Bardem accepts the Oscar for best supporting actor for "No Country for Old Men" during the 80th annual Academy Awards, the Oscars, in Hollywood Feb. 24, 2008. (Photo: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, Feb. 25 -- Spanish performer Javier Bardem won the Oscar as best supporting actor on Sunday for his chilling portrait of a psychopathic killer in "No Country For Old Men."

    Bardem, 38, who has won virtually every movie award this season for his performance, claimed the Oscar in his second bid for the film industry's highest honor. Full story

Actress Tilda Swinton accepts the Oscar for best supporting actress for "Michael Clayton" during the 80th annual Academy Awards, the Oscars, in Hollywood Feb. 24, 2008. (Photo: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies) Photo Gallery>>>

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