Clint Eastwood's tragic boxing story Million Dollar Baby won the title at the 77th annual Oscar ceremony, sweeping the major awards with Best Director, Best Picture, and two acting trophies for Morgan Freeman and Hilary Swank (who won her second Best Actress statue in five years). But the movie that took home the most awards was 11-time nominee The Aviator with five statues — including four craft awards and Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett.
Here are the winners:
Best Picture
Million Dollar Baby
Best Director
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor
Jamie Foxx, Ray
Best Actress
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actor
Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Sideways
Best Original Screenplay
Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Animated Feature
The Incredibles
Make-Up
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Costume
The Aviator
Visual Effects
Spider-Man 2
Art Direction
The Aviator
Documentary Feature
Born Into Brothels
Film Editing
The Aviator
Sound Mixing
Ray
Sound Editing
The Incredibles
Short Film (Live Action)
Wasp
Short Film (Animated)
Ryan
Cinematography
The Aviator
Documentary Short Subject
Mighty Times: The Children's March
Original Score
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Finding Neverland
Original Song
''Al Otro Lado del Rio'' from The Motorcycle Diaries
Foreign Language Film
The Sea Inside (Spain)
