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Violent thriller "No Country for Old Men" was crowned best picture at the Oscars here Sunday, completing a virtual clean sweep of awards season honours.
Joel and Ethan Coen's film about the bloody aftermath of a botched drug deal pipped oil industry epic "There Will Be Blood," World War II drama "Atonement", legal thriller "Michael Clayton" and comedy "Juno" to take the prize.
It was the first Coen brothers film to win the best picture Oscar.
Daniel Day-Lewis won the second best actor Oscar of his career, picking up the coveted award for his portrayal of a ruthless oil prospector in "There Will Be Blood."
The British-born actor, whose first Oscar came for his performance in the 1989 film "My Left Foot", had been the overwhelming favourite to claim the Oscar after sweeping top honours at several award shows this year.
French starlet Marion Cotillard was crowned best actress, becoming only the second woman ever to win the award for a non-English speaking performance.
Cotillard, 32, scooped the award for her portrayal of tragic French chanteuse Edith Piaf in bio-pic "La Vie En Rose," to follow in the footsteps of Italian legend Sophia Loren, the 1962 best actress winner.
Earlier, film-making brothers Joel and Ethan Coen won the second Oscar of their careers after scooping the best adapted screenplay award for "No Country for Old Men."
The Coens are bidding to win a record four individual Oscars Sunday for their film, an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel of the same name about a drug deal gone wrong and its violent aftermath.
It was the second Oscar of the evening for "No Country for Old Men", which is nominated in eight categories. The film's Spanish star Javier Bardem took the best supporting actor Oscar earlier.
The Coens won a screenwriting Oscar for their 1996 thriller "Fargo."
Javier Bardem became the first ever Spanish winner of an acting Oscar, picking up the best supporting actor award for his portrayal of a psychopathic hitman in "No Country for Old Men."
Tilda Swinton won the best supporting actress Oscar, claiming the first Academy Award of her career for playing a scheming lawyer in "Michael Clayton."
The 47-year-old British actress pipped Cate Blanchett, Ruby Dee, Saoirse Ronan and Amy Ryan to win the statuette for her performance as a corporate litigator who attempts to cover up a scandal.
Alexandra Byrne won the Oscar for costume design in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age."
"Ratatouille" won the Oscar for the Best Animated Feature Film.
