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Al Pacino presents the award for best picture during the Oscars on Sunday, March 10.
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There was no envelop mix up at the Oscars on Sunday, but there was some confusion in the audience when Al Pacino announced “Oppenheimer” had won best picture.
The “Godfather” star revealed the winner of the night’s top prize by saying, “Ten wonderful films were nominated, but only one will take the award for best picture. I have to go to the envelope for that, and I will. Here it comes. And my eyes see ‘Oppenheimer.’ Yes. Yes.”
Pacino’s quick and casual announcement seemed to give some in the Dolby Theatre pause before the audience began to applaud and the orchestra started playing as the cast and crew of “Oppenheimer” made their way to the stage.
A source close to production told CNN on Monday that as part of a “predetermined creative decision,” Pacino was “never supposed to announce the nominees” before revealing the winner.
Instead, in an effort keep the show from running over at the end of the night, clips from several of the best picture nominees ran throughout the Oscars broadcast. (The show ended up finishing early.) Pacino was given direction to be fairly swift on the stage, according to this production source, but the way he delivered the line was just Pacino’s own spin.
“The way he announced it at the end was just Al Pacino being Pacino,” the individual said.
Moments before Pacino took the stage, Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel had made a joke about needing to tear up the envelope that had Emma Stone’s name on it for best actress for “Poor Things,” a reference to the best picture mix up of 2017, when “La La Land” was accidentally named the winner before it was announced that “Moonlight” had actually won.
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Best picture: “Oppenheimer”
Searchlight Pictures
Best actress: Emma Stone, “Poor Things”
Universal Pictures
Best actor: Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
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Best director: Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
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Best supporting actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
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Best supporting actor: Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”
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Best adapted screenplay: “American Fiction”
Les Films Pelléas
Best original screenplay: “Anatomy of a Fall”
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Best international feature film: “The Zone of Interest”
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Best costume design: “Poor Things”
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Best production design: “Poor Things”
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Best cinematography: “Oppenheimer”
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Best original score: “Oppenheimer”
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Best original song: “What Was I Made For?” performed by Billie Eilish for the film “Barbie”
GKIDS
Best animated feature: “The Boy and the Heron”
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Best animated short film: “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko”
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Best live action short film: “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”
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Best documentary feature film: “20 Days in Mariupol”
ShortsTV
Best documentary short film: “The Last Repair Shop”
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Best editing: “Oppenheimer”
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Best makeup and hairstyling: “Poor Things”
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Best sound: “The Zone of Interest”
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Best visual effects: “Godzilla Minus One”
According to Bill Kramer, chief executive of the Academy, Pacino’s delivery was no repeat of past Oscar drama.
“Everything went beautifully,” Kramer told the New York Times. “He was just having fun up there.”
CNN has reached out to representatives for Pacino for comment.
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