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Oscar triumph for Hurt Locker

Summary

8 March 2010

The prize for best film at this year's Oscars went to The Hurt Locker, a film about American troops in Iraq. Its main rival, the multi-billion dollar blockbuster Avatar, didn't pick up any of the major awards.

Reporter:

Rajesh Mirchandani

Report

A low-budget war film that's failed to find large audiences beat off a ground-breaking fantasy epic that's the biggest money earner in cinema history. The Hurt Locker about bomb disposal teams in Iraq won six awards including best picture, and Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the Oscar for best director. She paid tribute to members of the armed services in her acceptance speech.

Meanwhile her ex-husband, the film-maker James Cameron, had to be content with three awards out of nine nominations, for his sci-fi blockbuster Avatar.

Acting prizes went as predicted. Jeff Bridges won for Crazy Heart, Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side.

In supporting roles Christoph Waltz won for Inglourious Basterds and Mo'Nique for Precious. British nominees, Helen Mirren, Colin Firth and Kerry Mulligan went home empty-handed.

Rajesh Mirchandani, BBC News, Los Angeles