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Coens, Bardem, Cotillard Win Oscars
By DAVID GERMAIN -- 21 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "No Country for Old Men"
was living up to its front-runner status at
Sunday's Academy Awards, winning adapted
screenplay for the Coen brothers and
supporting actor for Javier Bardem. "La Vie
En Rose" star Marion Cotillard was a surprise
winner in the best actress category.
Cotillard rode the spirit of Edith Piaf to
Oscar triumph over Julie Christie, who had
been expected to win for "Away From Her."
Joel and Ethan Coen are mainly known for
their original screenplays, making only two
films based on adaptations, "No Country" from
Pulitzer winner Cormac McCarthy's novel, and
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?," loosely
inspired by the ancient Greek epic "The
Odyssey."
"I think whatever success we've had in this
area has been entirely attributable to how
selective we are. We've only adapted Homer
and Cormac McCarthy," said Joel Coen.
Previous original-screenplay winners for
1996's "Fargo," the Coens came in as the
best-picture and directing favorites for "No
Country."
The Coens missed out on a chance to make
Oscar history — four wins for a single film
— when they lost the editing prize, for
which they were nominated under the pseudonym
Roderick Jaynes.
"The Bourne Ultimatum" won the editing Oscar
and swept all three categories in which it
was nominated, including sound editing and
sound mixing.
Cotillard tearfully thanked her director,
Olivier Dahan.
"Maestro Olivier, you rocked my life. You
have truly rocked my life," said Cotillard, a
French beauty who is a dynamo as Piaf,
playing the warbling chanteuse through three
decades, from raw late teens as a singer
rising from the gutter through international
stardom and her final days in her frail 40s.
"Thank you life, thank you love. And it is
true that there are some angels in this
city."
A relatively fresh face in Hollywood,
Cotillard has U.S. credits that include "Big
Fish," "A Good Year" and the upcoming "Public
Enemies," featuring Johnny Depp and Christian
Bale.
With a heartbreaking turn as a woman
succumbing to Alzheimer's in "Away From Her,"
Christie had been expected to win her second
Oscar. She won best actress 42 years ago for
"Darling."
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Marion Cotillard
Marion Cotillard
La Vie en Rose
NOMINATED ROLE
Marion Cotillard plays Edith Piaf, the
legendary French singer who rose to
international fame from her beginnings on the
streets of Paris.
ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
This is the first Academy Award nomination
for Marion Cotillard.
FILM SYNOPSIS
In a life marked by personal tragedy and
artistic triumph, Edith Piaf grows from a
child born in poverty to an internationally
acclaimed singer. Raised primarily by her
grandmother, a brothel keeper, young Edith is
discovered singing on the streets of Paris
and begins a remarkable career that cannot
save her from a life haunted by drugs,
alcohol, and a succession of unhappy love
affairs.
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