The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV 2008)

In the annual awards presentation, the nominated films include Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, and There Will Be Blood.

Director:

Louis J. Horvitz

Writers:

Rory Albanese, Rachel Axler,

Stars:

Jon Stewart, Jan Aaris, Amy Adams

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jon Stewart	...	Himself - Host
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jan Aaris	...	Himself
Amy Adams	...	Herself - Presenter / Performer
Casey Affleck	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jessica Alba	...	Herself - Presenter: Scientific and Technical Awards
Don Ameche	...	Himself (archive footage)
Paul Thomas Anderson	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay, Director & Picture
Michelangelo Antonioni	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Jan Archibald	...	Herself - Winner: Best Makeup
Alan Arkin	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Fileena Bahris	...	Herself
Karen Baker Landers	...	Herself - Winner: Best Sound Editing (as Karen M. Baker)
Javier Bardem	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Michael Bay	...	Himself
Ingmar Bergman	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)

Storyline

In the annual awards presentation, the nominated films include Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, and There Will Be Blood.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to imdb | five word title | tv special | academy awards ceremony | awards show | 

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Taglines:

The one. The only.

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 February 2008 (USA)

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

197 min 197 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Of all the movies nominated, the only one to receive more than one nomination for acting was Michael Clayton (it received three).

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Quotes

Ethan Coen: [accepting his first Oscar of the night for Best Adapted Screenplay] We, uh... thank you very much.

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Connections

Follows The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969)

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Soundtracks

"That's How You Know"
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Performed by Kristin Chenoweth and Marlon Saunders

User Reviews

Funny and well done traditional Oscars. It also payed homage to the years best "No Country for Old Men"

"The 80th Annual Academy Awards" this time hosted by funny guy Jon Stewart who was doing the hosting duties for a second time. Clearly was a winner the presenters, and the script was great as Jon's jokes were very humorous it kept the audience at laughter all night as he hit on pop culture things ranging from politics, sex, making babies, and he even gave good praise by saying things about the current nominees. As always legendary Jack Nicholson had a front row seat, the evening was also well done in a traditional and classy way for the way the old clips and montage of flashbacks were used. As each category award was presented before it was handed out a vintage montage of past awards winners was shown from that particular category which was a good film history tribute and it educated many folks in a classy way. Most awards went as expected the favorite Daniel Day Lewis won best actor. And the best film of 2007 clearly got it's due as "No Country for Old Men" took in the best supporting actor nod for Javier Bardem and Joel and Ethan Coen won best director and the just mentioned title rightfully won best picture. Overall this Oscars was well done it was made watchable by Jon Stewart and his honest sharp wit humor it was well paced even though the show ran a little over, yet it was done very classy for the way it used the old montage clips of flashbacks to pay homage to past Oscar winners. I give a thumbs up for "The 80th Annual Academy Awards"