People 'amazed' after finding out about Oscar best directors' last movie with Daniel Radcliffe
13.03.2023 - 11:55
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Everything Everywhere All at Once stormed the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday night, but viewers have been left shocked after finding out what the directors' last film was.
The multiverse sci-fi epic, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, claimed seven trophies including three acting gongs, best directing and best picture, the biggest of the night. Michelle Yeoh made history at the Oscars, claiming the accolade for best leading actress.
She fended off competition from two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett to become the first woman from an Asian background to win the prize. Meanwhile filmmakers Kwan and Scheinert - a duo known as the 'Daniels' - jointly won the best director Oscar, fending off competition from Martin McDonagh, Steven Spielberg, Todd Field and Ruben Ostlund.
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It is only the third time the award has gone to a pair of directors, after Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins in 1962 (West Side Story) and Joel and Ethan Coen in 2008 (No Country For Old Men). Scheinert said: “Our fellow nominees you are our heroes. This is weird.
"We want to dedicate this to all the mummies in the world, our mums. Specifically my mum and dad, thank you for not squashing my creativity when I was making really disturbing horror films or really perverted comedy films or dressing in drag as a kid, which is a threat to nobody.”
Kwan said: “The world is opening up to the fact that genius doesn’t stem from individuals like us on stage rather genius emerges from the collective. We are all products of our context. There is greatness in every single person. Thank you so much to everyone who has unlocked my genius.”
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