The 79th Annual Academy Awards (TV 2007)

Films nominated for the annual awards include Babel, _Departed, The (2006)_ , Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, and _Queen, The (2006)_ .

Directors:

Louis J. Horvitz, Joel Gallen,

Writers:

Ellen DeGeneres (special material), Karen Anderson (special material),

Stars:

Ellen DeGeneres, Ben Affleck, Samantha Aisling

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ellen DeGeneres	...	Herself - Host
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ben Affleck	...	Himself - Presenter
Samantha Aisling	...	Best Costume Model
June Allyson	...	Herself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Konstantine Anthony	...	Eastern European #1
Alan Arkin	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Michael Arndt	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay
Bub Asman	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing
Joseph Barbera	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Adriana Barraza	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Brandon Barton	...	Dreamgirls dancer
Bob Beemer	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Mixing
Jessica Biel	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Sound Mixing
Jack Black	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Makeup
Sorana Black	...	Best Costume Model

Storyline

Films nominated for the annual awards include Babel, _Departed, The (2006)_ , Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, and _Queen, The (2006)_ .

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Plot Keywords:

tv special | awards show | film industry

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian Spanish

Release Date:

25 February 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Moxie Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

232 min 232 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Eddie Murphy was so distressed over losing Best Supporting Actor to Alan Arkin that he left after the award was announced and did not return to the ceremony. As a result he did not see his Dreamgirls costar, Jennifer Hudson win Best Supporting Actress.

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Goofs

At one point, Jack Black refers to Peter O'Toole as "English." While O'Toole speaks with an English accent, he is actually Irish.

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Quotes

Ellen DeGeneres: Since the Oscars have decided to go green, I've been told to recycle some of my old jokes.

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Connections

Features O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

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Soundtracks

"Love You I Do"
Performed by Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett, Jennifer Hudson and Beyoncé Knowles

User Reviews

Unmemorable

Perhaps I am bit a bit biased considering I have never found host Ellen DeGeneres all that funny and that none of the five films nominated for Best Picture (The Departed, Babel, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, and The Queen) blew me away, but for whatever reason, the Academy Awards this year were, well, pretty terrible. While I have always loved watching the Academy Awards, there are very few times where I have actually found them memorable, or at least worthy of the hype. This year was no different. In fact, this will probably go down in history as more of a disaster than anything else. I doubt five years from now, there will be clips of this year's presentation floating around since there were no memorable moments at all to be found here other than Martin Scorsese winning his Oscar for Best Director. The rest of the show, I actually felt embarrassed for those in attendance. Ellen DeGeneres jokes fell flat 95% of the time, The acceptance speeches were blah as always, and worst of all, Will Ferrell's musical number was one of the unfunniest moments in the history of television and that's coming from a Ferrell fan. Film historians can go ahead and forget about this one. 3/10