“Parasite” won Best Picture at the Oscars 2020 with South Korean director Bong Joon Ho also taking home the Best Director award.
The historic 92nd Academy Awards moment took place at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday.
#Oscars Moment: @ParasiteMovie wins for Best Picture. pic.twitter.com/AokyBdIzl5
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 10, 2020
“Parasite” is the first non-English film to win the Best Picture award at the Oscars, beating other contenders including “1917,” “The Irishman,” “Joker,” and “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.”
“I really, really, really want to thank our Korean film audience, our moviegoers…without you, our Korean film audience, we are not here.” https://t.co/8kz7m5vtnF #Oscars pic.twitter.com/QlZwYlKVMI
— ABC News (@ABC) February 10, 2020
“We never imagined this to ever happen. We are so happy,” film producer Kwak Sin-ae said in her acceptance speech. “I feel like a very opportune moment in history is happening right now.”
“I express my deepest gratitude and respect for all the members of the academy for making this decision.”
In addition, “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho also took home the Best Director award, according to The Guardian.
[Breaking] ‘Parasite’ Bong Joon-ho named best director of this year: Oscars#Parasite #Oscars #Oscar2020 pic.twitter.com/5n0KfUXZw9
— The Korea Herald (@TheKoreaHerald) February 10, 2020
During his speech, the 50-year-old director paid tribute to some of the veterans in the film industry, including Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, who were also both nominated in the category.
“That quote was from our great Martin Scorsese.”
In a heartwarming moment, Bong Joon-ho recognizes Martin Scorsese after winning the Oscar for Best Directing—and the crowd gives Scorsese a standing ovation. https://t.co/8kz7m5vtnF #Oscars pic.twitter.com/s4mOuwPKBQ
— ABC News (@ABC) February 10, 2020
“Parasite” won four of the six nominations at the Academy Awards, including Best International Feature Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture.
“We never write to represent our countries, but this is very first Oscar to South Korea” – #Parasite writer and director Bong Joon-ho accepting his first-ever Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay #Oscars pic.twitter.com/2iBRw4tmBR
— MTV NEWS (@MTVNEWS) February 10, 2020
Fans and Asian Twitter were ecstatic about the historic wins:
Miracle! 4 #Oscars for #Parasite including the Best Picture. Historic night for the Korean film industry & the Oscars. As a Korean, I’m very happy & proud. I’ve never thought I’d see something like this. Congrats to Director Bong, Joon-Ho & all those involved! 🇰🇷 #기생충 pic.twitter.com/4ikXhZk2oL
— Woosang Lee (@woosang_lee) February 10, 2020
fuck yeah, parasite. even though i hate the oscars, im proud to see something so deserving win a best picture title
— filosofía (@sopiroc) February 10, 2020
i usually really don’t care about the oscars but the fact that parasite, a non-english language film, won best picture (?) is pretty damn cool
— ellen⁷ (@wildfIowerss) February 10, 2020
PARASITE BEST PICTURE PARASITE 4 OSCARS pic.twitter.com/ASLyhlEJzZ
— lily⁷☻ is seeing bts! (@ksjvlvt) February 10, 2020
FUCK YES! Parasite wins Best Picture at the #Oscars. Not just that, it’s the first foreign film to win Best Picture.
Nothing but respect for this decision and movie~#ParasiteBestPicture— zer0 (@zer0onyoutube) February 10, 2020
#Parasite creates history as it becomes the first foreign language film to win Best Picture 😍
Totally deserving , Bong Joon-ho U Rockstar 😃#Oscar2020 #Oscar— Chronological Fakeer (@AlterFanaticHue) February 10, 2020
Congratulations to Parasite for all the awards tonight and BEST PICTURE! Well deserved! 🏆🏆🏆🏆
축하드립니다!! #기생충
#BongJoonHo @theacademy #oscars— 내일 만나요~~ㅎㅎ (@mbbkang) February 10, 2020
First it won Best Original Screenplay.
Second it won Best International Feature Film.Third it won Best Director.
Finally it won Best Picture. #Oscars #Oscar2020 #ParasiteMovie #Parasitos pic.twitter.com/jxhqDjgBWI— Jane Carson (@JaneCarson919) February 10, 2020
Parasite (Korean film) won the Oscar for Best Picture, making history as the first film not in the English language to win the movie industry’s highest honor.
GOOSEBUMPS! FREAKIN’ GOOSEBUMPS 😱#Oscars2020
— edㅣ#OdeToYouMNL (@kdramakings) February 10, 2020
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