One Battle After Another has taken home the gold for Best Picture at the 98th Academy Awards.
The film beat out Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, and Train Dreams... and we're not surprised, mainly due to the fact that the film had already taken home five Oscars. These wins include Best Directing for Anderson (his first after receiving a total of 14 Oscar nominations during his storied career), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Casting, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Film Editing. This makes the film the most awarded one of the night with a grand total of six.
Based on the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon, the movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob, an ex-revolutionary who is forced back to get back into the game after he and his daughter, Willa (Chase Infiniti), are pursued by a corrupt military officer named Col. Lockjaw (Sean Penn). The cast includes Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall and Alana Haim, along with a knockout performance from relative newcomer Infiniti. And because One Battle won Best Picture, we'll forgive the Academy for failing to nominate Infiniti for Best Supporting Actress.
When accepting the award for Best Directing, Anderson told the crowd that he made the film as an apology to his children, previously telling the LA Times, "If you're a dad and you’re making a movie about a dad who’s desperately trying to find and protect his daughter, you are going to feel that deeply."
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