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THE small budget British movie, The King's Speech came up trumps at the 83rd annual Academy Awards, scooping four awards.
The film, staring Colin Firth as the stammering King George, was pegged for Oscar glory after winning several Golden Globe Awards last month. Although it came as no surprise that Firth scooped the Best Actor Award and David Seidler claimed Best Screenplay, winning Best Director and Best Film came as a surprise to many.
During his acceptance speech, Firth joked that his career had peaked and also thanked Queen Elizabeth for not banishing him to the Tower of London for his coarse language in the film.
Christian Bale widened the Brits command of the evening by winning Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Fighter. Bale's co-star Melissa Leo won the award for Best Supporting Actress, but caused a commotion after using an expletive in her acceptance speech.
Among the other winners of the evening were: Best actress - Natalie Portman, Black Swan; Best Film Editing - Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter, The Social Network; Best Visula Effects - Paul Franklin, Inception; Best Documentary Feature - Inside Job; Best Costume Design - Colleen Atwood, Alice In Wonderland; Best Makeup - Rick Bake, The Wolfman; Best Sound Editing - Richard King, Inception; Best Original Score - Trent Reznor, How to Train Your Dragon; Best Foreign Language Film - In a Better World; Best Animated Film - Toy Story 3; Best Cinematography - Wally Pfister, Inception.
