March 5, 2017
Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan's war drama
"Dunkirk" won top sound honours at the 90th Academy Awards here.
The film
won the gold statue in -- Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing category.
Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo and Mark Weingarten picked the Best Sound
Mixing honour for the film, and Alex Gibson and Richard King took the Best Sound
Editing trophy.
It was a fourth win for Landaker, second for Rizzo and
first for Weingarten.
They were in the race to win the Oscar with Tim
Cavagin, Mary H. Ellis and Julian Slater for "Baby Driver", Ron Bartlett, Doug
Hemphill and Mac Ruth for "Blade Runner 2049", Christian Cooke, Glen Gauthier
and Brad Zoern for "The Shape of Water" and Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael
Semanick and Stuart Wilson for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi".
"Thanks for
bestowing us with the great honour. I would like to thank the whole team. I I
love you," they said while accepting the award at the gala on Sunday night.
There was a special mention for Nolan as they expressed their gratitude to
the filmmaker for pushing them to make interesting sound for the film.
The film, which has also been written by Nolan, brings the story of Operation
Dynamo as it unfolds on land, sea and air.
The narrative of "Dunkirk"
follows three major threads covering different periods of time -- one beginning
on land and covering one week, one on the sea and covering one day, and one in
the air covering one hour. These are interwoven in a non-linear narrative.
For the Best Sound Editing award, the film was in contention with "Baby
Driver" (Julian Slater), "Blade Runner 2049" (Theo Green and Mark Mangini), "The
Shape of Water" (Nelson Ferreira and Nathan Robitaille) and "Star Wars: The Last
Jedi "(Ren Klyce and Matthew Wood).
Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the 90th
Award gala was held at Dolby Theatre on Sunday night here.
"Icarus" was
named as the Best Documentary (Feature) at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony
here, and director Bryan Fogel hopes the documentary is a wake-up call for
everyone to tell the truth.
"We hope 'Icarus' is a wake-up call about,
yes, Russia but also about telling the truth, now more than ever," said Fogel
while accepting the honour by Greta Gerwig and Laura Dern.
"Icarus" is
about doping in Russian sports.
The film was competing with "Abacus:
Small Enough to Jaila by Julie Goldman, Steve James and Mark Mitten, "Faces
Placesa by Agnes Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda, "Last Men in Aleppo" by Kareem
Abeed, Feras Fayyad and Soren Steen Jespersen, and "Strong Island" Joslyn Barnes
and Yance Ford.