Full Oscar winners list including glory for Scots screenwriter as film bags four gongs
dailyrecord.co.ukComedy drama Everything Everywhere All At Once has cleaned up at the 2023 Academy Awards – but there was glory for Scotland as a Stirling screenwriter's film was named best international flick.World champion triathlete Lesley Paterson co-wrote a film adaptation of All Quiet On The Western Front after reading the book as a schoolgirl in Stirling.
The German-language film, picked up by Netflix 16 years after Lesley first bought the rights to the novel, won Best International Picture at the Oscars last night.It also won Best Cinematography, Best Original Score and Best Production Design – but missed out on the coveted Best Picture award after Everything Everywhere All At Once swept the board.
The Mirror reports the film won seven Oscars and star Michelle Yeoh made history as the first Asian to win a Best Actress gong.TV funnyman Jimmy Kimmel took on presenting duties for the 95th edition of the awards, with Florence Pugh, Pedro Pascal and Andrew Garfield among the award presenters.
Brendan Fraser bagged his first honour from the Academy for his role in The Whale – a phenomenal comeback after allegedly being blacklisted from the movie industry for speaking out about sexual assault.Accepting the award, he joked: "So this is what the multiverse looks like.
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