The posthumous win by Heath Ledger for best supporting actor at the 81st Academy Awards was not a total surprise to the Oscar odds-makers.
While I believed it could happen, I wasn't sure whether the Academy would award this fine performance in a film about Batman to an actor playing The Joker. But their choice tonight was right on.
This excerpt via the Associated Press...
The Hollywood crowd rose to its feet, with nominees Angelina Jolie and Anne Hathaway getting teary-eyed, as the late actor's family stepped up to accept his best supporting trophy for "The Dark Knight." Ledger's father, Kim Ledger, said the award "would have humbly validated Heath's quiet determination to be truly accepted by all you here tonight, his peers within an industry he so loved." Sister Kate Ledger told the audience the honor will go to "your beautiful Matilda."
My hope is that more people will take seriously the work done on films like "The Dark Knight" that are spawned from comic books or graphic novels.
Photo by Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press
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