The big night is finally here!
Welcome to our definitive coverage of Pixar at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards! To quickly recap, the studio’s 2009 feature, Up, has been nominated in 5 Oscar categories including Best Picture.
Up’s nominations are listed below. If the film wins in a particular category, the description will move from the Nominated list to Winner.
—Winner—
• Best Animated Feature: Up — Pete Docter
• Best Music (Original Score): Up — Michael Giacchino
—Nominated—
• Best Picture: Up — Jonas Rivera
• Best Writing (Original Screenplay): Up — Bob Peterson, Pete Docter/Story by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy
• Best Sound Editing: Up — Michael Silvers, Tom Myers
Click here to see the film’s competition.
Check out the rest of the nominees here.
Click winner’s name for thank you cam.
—Commentary—
All times Eastern.
8:10 – Scott P. Clark tweets "Keep your eyes peeled for Carl & Dug!" The Up animator prepared some animation especially for tonight’s show!
8:55 – Carl Fredricksen is interviewed with Dug about his Oscar nom!
8:56 — Pete Docter wins Best Animated Feature for Up. 6th nomination, first win. Great, concise speech. Mrs. Docter in tears. 5th Pixar win in category.
8:57 — Spotted: Ed Asner, Bob Peterson, Christopher Plummer and more!
9:15 — Best Original Screenplay is next. Up screenplay excerpted over final film. The Hurt Locker wins.
9:25 — Up music plays. Samuel L. Jackson presents Oscar Best Picture showcase montage for Up!!
9:30 — John Lasseter talks about short films! Clips from Cars and his Academy Award winning short, Tin Toy, shown!
10:25 — Morgan Freeman explains Best Sound Editing (Up nom) and Sound Mixing categories. The Hurt Locker wins.
10:45 — Dancing to Married Life from Up. Who knew it was robotic?
10:50 — Michael Giacchino takes home Best Original Score for Up! Encourages youth to pursue their dreams! First win, second nom for MG.
10:55 — Spotted: Jonas Rivera, Pete Docter!
12:00 — Best Picture goes to The Hurt Locker.
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Watch the Oscars today (3/7) starting at 8ET/5PT PM LIVE on ABC! International readers, please check your local listings.
Update: A little late, but you can now click on links above to see photos, video, transcripts and more from the ceremony. Current photo via Reuters.
Congratulations to the entire Up team on the wins/nominations!
Last modified: March 7, 2010
Ahhh I’m so happy for Up!!!!
Best animated 🙂
Glad Up won Best Animated Film. Last year was an awesome year for animated films. 🙂
Oh, and go go Giacchino for the best speech of the night.
Score and Animation… I don’t blame Mr. Docter for tearing up… I’m on the verge of it too!! I’ve been waiting months for this night to come, and it’s already been quite eye-opening. Feeling chilly from the thrills. 🙂
—Leirin
It’s no surprise that Up didn’t win Best Picture, but I really wish it had. The Hurt Locker was great and I loved many of the other nominees (especially Inglourious Basterds) but Up was, without a doubt, the best film of the year. Any movie that can make you cry in the first ten minutes of film is something that deserves to be recognized.
I do congratulate Pixar on their other wins though, and Mr. Docter definitely deserved Best Animated Feature, especially after being robbed the year that the category first started.
I am so proud of UP! Congratulations to Pete Docter and gang for a much deserved win!
Up may not have won the BP award, but just like many people here said, it is The Best Film I’ve seen last year.
Hopefully, the videos get posted soon as I am eager to watch ‘em. It wasn’t shown live here in UK.