‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Wins Best Picture

The grand prize. Everything Everywhere All at Once received Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars on Sunday, March 12.

Directors The Daniels (identified individually as Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) thanked the Academy for the dignity. “Thank you so much to everyone here. You have all inspired me,” Kwan stated. “I think that one of the things that I realized growing up is one of the best things we can do for one another is shelter each other from the chaos of this crazy world we live in. Thank you to the storytellers here who did that for me.”

He continued: “The world is changing rapidly and I fear that our stories are not keeping at pace, and sometimes it’s a little scary knowing that movies move at the rate of years and the world on the internet is moving at the rate of milliseconds. But I have great faith in our stories. These stories have changed my life and they have done that for generations, and I know that we’ll get through this. Have a great night guys.”

There have been 10 movies nominated for the coveted prize at the ninety fifth Academy Awards, which have been broadcast reside on ABC from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles. Everything Everywhere All at Once beat out All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness and Women Talking for the evening’s greatest accolade.

Everything Everywhere All at Once was broadly anticipated to win provided that it picked up the highest awards at the Producers Guild Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Directors Guild of America Awards, Writers Guild of America Awards and Film Independent Spirit Awards. At the highest of the present, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis received Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. Later, Paul Rogers received for Best Film Editing whereas the Daniels took the trophy for Best Director. Michelle Yeoh received Best Actress, making historical past as the primary Asian-identifying lady to win the class.

Jimmy Kimmel hosted Sunday’s awards present, a task he beforehand took on in 2017 and 2018. The emcee stated previous to the Oscars that he anticipated the present to be longer than the deliberate three-hour block (because it virtually at all times is). “Oh, it’s preposterous!” Kimmel, 55, advised The Hollywood Reporter whereas discussing the time slot earlier this month. “This show’s going to be a lot longer than three hours, I’ll tell you that right now. Alert the affiliates, we’re going long! I mean, we’ve added all the categories back, so just by virtue of that, it’s going to be long, but hopefully it’ll be fun, too. I think we have some great performance moments.”

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences returned all 23 award classes to the primary broadcast. In 2022, the Oscars minimize eight classes from the reside present together with Best Animated Short Film, Best Documentary Short Subject, Best Film Editing, Best Live Action Short Film, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Production Design and Best Sound. There was a lot backlash, with many criticizing the Academy for not giving technical classes the reward they deserved. Even with the controversial resolution, the 2022 broadcast nonetheless ended up being 3 hours and 40 minutes lengthy — 20 minutes longer than the earlier 12 months with all of the classes included.

The Academy formally introduced in November 2022 that every one awards can be included within the televised ceremony in 2023.

“I can confirm that all categories will be included in the live telecast,” Bill Kramer, the CEO of AMPAS, advised Variety at the time. “We are committed to having a show that celebrates the artisans, the arts and sciences and the collaborative nature of moviemaking. This is very much what the mission of the Academy is, and I am very hopeful that we can do a show that celebrates all components of moviemaking in an entertaining and engaging way.”

Kimmel stated that whereas the Oscars are at all times lengthy, he thinks it’s an pleasurable ceremony. “I think it’s going to be a fun show, but, yes, everybody’s always going to complain that it’s long. I mean, you don’t have to watch the whole thing, nobody’s holding a gun to your head. Watch the first 15 minutes and then you can go to sleep, as far as I’m concerned,” he advised THR.