Director Christopher Nolan’s biopic film ‘Oppenheimer’ swept the Oscars 2024 with seven wins including Best Director, Best Film, and Best Leading Actor awards. The film took home a total of seven awards during the gala night. Christopher Nolan won Best Director, Cillian Murphy won Best Actor and Robert Downey Jr. won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film.
The film also won awards for Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing. The team behind ‘Oppenheimer’ has offered their thanks after winning Best Picture, capping off a night of success across seven major categories.
“I think any of us who make movies know that you kind of dream of this moment. You know you do, right? I could deny it, but I have been dreaming about this moment for so long,” British film producer Emma Thomas said in her acceptance speech for Best Picture. “The reason this movie was the movie it was: Chris Nolan. He is singular, he is brilliant, and I’m so grateful,” she added.
‘Oppenheimer’ revolves around the race to create the first atomic bomb and the scientist who spearheaded that process, J Robert Oppenheimer. ‘Poor Things’ followed Oppenheimer with four Oscars. Emma Stone won Best Actress for ‘Poor Things’. The film also snapped up with three crafts wins, for Best Costume Design, Production Design, and Makeup and Hairstyling.
Stone beat out perceived frontrunner Lily Gladstone, who has scooped up numerous awards for her role in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’. The winners of the 96th annual Academy Awards were unveiled at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Da’Vine Joy Randolph won Best Supporting Actress for ‘The Holdovers’.
‘Oppenheimer’ led the 2024 Oscar nominations, with the film nabbing a total of 13 nominations, followed by ‘Poor Things’ with 11, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ with 10, and ‘Barbie’ with eight.
Murphy is a ‘very proud Irish man’ on winning Best Actor
Hollywood star Cillian Murphy was feted with the Oscar for best actor for Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ and he said that he is a ‘very proud Irish Man’ on bagging the honor. Murphy played Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist and “father of the atomic bomb” in the film and while accepting the honor, he thanked the Academy and Nolan.
“It’s been the wildest, most exhilarating, most creatively satisfying journey you’ve taken me on over the last 20 years, I owe you more than I can say,” he said. “Thank you so much (to) every single crew member, every single cast member on ‘Oppenheimer,’ you guys carried me through. All my fellow nominees, I remain in awe of you guys. Truly.”
Murphy added: “My two boys, who are sitting up there, I love you so much, and I’m a very proud Irishman standing here tonight… We made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb, and for better or for worse, we’re all living in Oppenheimer’s world, so, I would like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere.”
