Guillermo del Toro’s fantasy love story The Shape of Water just won the Oscar for Best Picture of 2017. The award ended a great day for the film, which also took home Best Director, Best Original Score and Best Production Design.
Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer in The Shape of Water. Photo: Fox Searchlight
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Co-written and directed by Del Toro, The Shape of Water stars Sally Hawkins as Elisa, a mute cleaning lady who falls in love with a mysterious fish creature who is being experimented on, played by Doug Jones. Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg and Octavia Spencer round out the rest of the cast.
It’s is the first flat out, sci-fi fantasy film to win Best Picture since 2004’s The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, making it a most unlikely winner, despite the fact it was one of the favourites as the Oscars grew closer.
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