It’s quite sad that they wrote off any hopes of winning. Turned out to be a good night with ‘Milk’ winning Best Original Screenplay for Dustin Lance Black and Best Actor for Sean Penn.
The producers of Milk were so convinced they would lose out at the Academy Awards on Sunday, they reportedly cancelled a planned post-ceremony party.
The biopic, which stars Sean Penn as assassinated American politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk, was nominated in eight categories at this year’s Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Gus Van Sant.
The film’s bosses predicted their heavyweight competition Slumdog Millionaire and The Wrestler would take home gold – and axed their celebrations as a result, reports The New York Post gossip column PageSix.
But the cancellation proved unwise after Sean Penn beat The Wrestler favourite Mickey Rourke to take home the Best Actor statuette.
