LOS ANGELES — Joel and Ethan Coen's "No Country for Old Men" was the runaway winner at Sunday's 80th Annual Academy Awards, capturing four Oscars, including best picture.
In addition to the night's most coveted prize, the Coen brothers' also won best director and adapted screenplay honors for the film, which was adapted from the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name. Spanish actor Javier Bardem, who played a cold-blooded killer in the film, also won for best supporting actor.
Daniel Day-Lewis took home best actor honors for his role in "There Will Be Blood." It was the second Oscar win for the 50-year-old star, who also won best actor in 1990 for "My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown."
"My deepest thanks to the members of the Academy for whacking me with the handsomest bludgeon in town," Day-Lewis said during his acceptance speech.
Best actress honors went to French-born Marion Cotillard for her performance in "La Vie en Rose." Cotillard became the first Frenchwoman to win a best actress Oscar since Simone Signoret in 1960.
"I'm speechless. ... Thank you life. Thank you love. It is true there (are) some angels in this city," the 32-year-old actress said.
Last night's ceremony, held at the Kodak Theatre, was saved when the 100-day long Hollywood writers' strike ended earlier this month, prompting host Jon Stewart to joke at the opening of the broadcast, "The fight is over. So tonight, welcome to the makeup sex."
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