A lot of minor but welcome surprises were the only thing of note at this year’s 80th Annual Academy Awards.. Wins actually ended up going to efforts that many thought deserved to win but wouldn’t as they weren’t as ‘ Academy friendly ‘ as others in the category..

Marion Cotillard deservingly beat out veteran actress Julie Christie for the Best Actress award, Taxi to the Dark Side beat out No End in Sight and Sicko for Best Documentary, There Will Be Blood took home Best Cinematography over Roger Deakins work in both Jesse James and No Country, even New Line’s fantasy bomb The Golden Compass landed a visual effects Oscar over the splashier Transformers..

Perhaps the only real even vaguely minor upset was Tilda Swinton’s superb ” Michael Clayton ” performance taking out supporting actress over Cate Blanchett’s more showy and interesting Bob Dylan turn in I’m Not There.. One welcome surprise was The Bourne Ultimatum scooping up three awards in the tech categories, the most awards of the night short of the four nods to Best Picture winner No Country for Old Men..

Other wins were more along expected and very much deserving lines, notably No Country scoring Best Picture ( yay!), Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actor & Direction nods.. Daniel Day - Lewis taking Best Actor, Diablo Cody’s Juno winning Best Screenplay ( Original ), Sweeney Todd for Art Direction, Atonement for Score, La Vie En Rose for Make - Up, Elizabeth: The Golden Age for Costumes, and Falling Slowly from Once winning Best Song..

The Counterfeiters won in the absolute joke that was the Foreign Film category this year ( Academy rules blocked out at least half a dozen major films more deserving ), whilst Ratatouille not unexpectedly won Best Animated Feature..

On the red carpet the likes of Katherine Heigl, Amy Ryan, Cate Blanchett and Laura Linney ruled the fashion stakes whilst Diablo Cody, Julie Christie, Wesley Snipes and Nicole Kidman all ended up in rather questionable attire..

Here’s the complete list of winners:

BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Daniel Day - Lewis for There Will Be Blood

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Marion Cotillard for La Vie En Rose

DIRECTING
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen for No Country For Old Men

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Javier Bardem for No Country For Old Men

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Ratatouille

SCREENPLAY ( Adapted )
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen for No Country For Old Men

SCREENPLAY ( Original )
Diablo Cody for Juno

ART DIRECTION
Sweeney Todd

CINEMATOGRAPHY
There Will Be Blood

COSTUME DESIGN
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Taxi to the Dark Side

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Freeheld

FILM EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Counterfeiters

MAKE - UP
La Vie En Rose

MUSIC ( Score )
Dario Marianelli for Atonement

MUSIC ( Song )
Falling Slowly from Once

SHORT FILM ( Animated )
Peter and the Wolf

SHORT FILM ( Live Action )
The Mozart of Pickpockets

SOUND EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum

SOUND MIXING
The Bourne Ultimatum

VISUAL EFFECTS
The Golden Compass