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People baffled at how Al Pacino announced Oppenheimer win at Oscars

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Updated 04:44 11 Mar 2024 GMTPublished 03:12 11 Mar 2024 GMT

People baffled at how Al Pacino announced Oppenheimer win at Oscars

When you're Al Pacino, you can just kind of get away with this stuff.

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

While Oppenheimer capped off a triumphant Oscars by being named Best Picture, plenty watching found it a bit weird how the film's victory was announced.

You know the drill, some celebrities come out and run through the nominations before announcing the winner, but Al Pacino kind of cut to the chase on this one.

Take a look:

Rather skipping past all of the 10 nominations, Pacino instead raced onto the final award of the night.

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He said: "I have to go to the envelope for that, and I will, here it comes.

"My eyes see Oppenheimer."

This left plenty of people confused as the Oscars had spent plenty of time running through the nominees until this point.

For some awards they'd even brought on past winners to give each nominee a personal speech about what they brought to the table, so plenty were expecting at least a run-down of the Best Picture nominees.

Instead Pacino skipped to the end, opened the envelope and announced that Oppenheimer had won, which left a lot of people thinking he 'couldn't have been more chaotic or confusing'.

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If the Oscars had something prepared for a list of the nominees then it wasn't needed as they could hardly ask the Oppenheimer crew to get back off the stage and tell Al Pacino to run through the list again.

He just went for it.
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Some wondered if the actor had managed to 'mess up the biggest category of the evening' and thought it 'wasn't the greatest idea' since the Best Picture category seemed rushed by comparison.

Another said it was 'the most anti-climactic Oscar win ever', but not because everyone knew Oppenheimer was going to win.

While the moment drew plenty of laughter from the crowd as he opened up the envelope, those watching along at home were left wondering if this was all planned or whether Pacino had a reason to be racing to the end.

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Then again, others respected the legendary actor for not bothering with the hoo-ha of reading out 10 nominations when we all knew Oppenheimer was going to win.

"Perfect ending, no notes," was one viewer's verdict, while a second joked that Pacino had actually turned in the perfect Oscars display.

They said: "Al Pacino stumbled out of bed, walked onstage, opened an envelope, and said the name of the winner. This is the ideal award presenter. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like."

At the very least it helped wrap the show up a little more quickly so everyone could get to the afterparty.

The full list of nominees and winners from tonight's Oscars are as follows:

Best supporting actress

Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer

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Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple

America Ferrera - Barbie

Jodie Foster - Nyad

Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers - WINNER


Best animated short

Letter to a Pig

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Ninety-Five Senses

Our Uniform

Pachyderme

War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko - WINNER


Best animated feature

The Boy and the Heron - WINNER

Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse


Best original screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall - WINNER

The Holdovers

Maestro

May December

Past Lives


Best adapted screenplay

American Fiction - WINNER

Barbie

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest


Best make-up and hairstyling

Golda

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Poor Things - WINNER

Society of the Snow


Best production design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things - WINNER


Best costume design

Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things - WINNER


Best international feature

Io Capitano

Perfect Days

Society of the Snow

The Teachers' Lounge

The Zone of Interest - WINNER


Best supporting actor

Sterling K Brown - American Fiction

Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr - Oppenheimer - WINNER

Ryan Gosling - Barbie

Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things


Best visual effects

The Creator

Godzilla Minus One - WINNER

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon


Best film editing

Anatomy of a Fall

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Poor Things


Best documentary short

The ABCs of Book Banning

The Barber of Little Rock

Island In Between

The Last Repair Shop - WINNER

Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó


Best documentary feature

Bobi Wine: The People's President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

20 Days in Mariupol - WINNER


Best cinematography

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Poor Things


Best live action short

The After

Invincible

Knight of Fortune

Red, White and Blue

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - WINNER


Best sound

The Creator

Maestro

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest - WINNER


Best original score

American Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Killers of the Flower Moon

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Poor Things


Best original song

'The Fire Inside' - Flamin' Hot (Diane Warren)

'I'm Just Ken' - Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)

'It Never Went Away' - American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)

'Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)' - Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)

'What Was I Made For?' - Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell) - WINNER


Best actor

Bradley Cooper - Maestro

Colman Domingo - Rustin

Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer - WINNER

Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction


Best director

Anatomy of a Fall - Justine Triet

Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese

Oppenheimer - Christopher Nolan - WINNER

Poor Things - Yorgos Lanthimos

The Zone of Interest - Jonathan Glazer


Best actress

Annette Bening - Nyad

Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Huller - Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan - Maestro

Emma Stone - Poor Things - WINNER


Best picture

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer - WINNER

Past Lives

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

Featured Image Credit: ABC

Topics: Oscars, TV and Film, Al Pacino, Oppenheimer

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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