King’s Speech Swept the Awards at the 2011 Oscars

The 83rd Academy Awards (2011 Oscars) ceremony was held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, California on 27 February 2011. James Franco and Anne Hathaway were the presenters of the award ceremony. The King's Speech swept the top honours at the 83rd Academy Awards with four trophies (Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor in a Lead Role). Directed by Tom Hooper the King’s Speech revolves around the story of King George VI of Britain who reluctantly  ascended to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. The other top winners of the evening were Inception with 4 trophies (Achievement in Cinematography, Achievement in Sound Mixing, Achievement in Sound Editing and Achievement in Visual Effects), The Social Network with 3 trophies (Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score and Achievement in Film Editing). Two times Academy Award winner AR Rahman was nominated for Best Original Song and Best Original Score. He however lost out on both the trophies.

The list of winners of the 83rd Academy Awards is as follows:

Best picture - The King's Speech by Tom Hooper
Best director - Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
Best actor - Colin Firth for The King's Speech
Best actress - Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Supporting actor - Christian Bale for The Fighter
Supporting actress - Melissa Leo for The Fighter
Original screenplay - The King's Speech (David Seidler)
Adapted screenplay - The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin )
Foreign language film - In a Better World (Denmark)
Animated feature - Toy Story 3
Original song - We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 by Randy Newman
Original score - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross for The Social Network
Film editing - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter for The Social Network
Cinematography - Inception (Wally Pfister)
Sound Mixing - Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, Ed Novick for Inception
Sound editing – Richard King for Inception
Visual effects - Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould , Andrew Lockley , Peter Bebb for Inception
Art direction - Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara for Alice in Wonderland
Costume design - Colleen Atwood for Alice in Wonderland
Makeup - Rick Baker, Dave Elsey for The Wolfman
Documentary feature - Inside Job
Documentary short subject - Strangers No More
Live action short film - God of Love
Animated short film -The Lost Thing