Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” is reaping box office riches after its groundbreaking Oscar best picture win.
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Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” is reaping box office riches after its groundbreaking Oscar best picture win.
The world is Bong Joon Ho’s oyster following last Sunday’s Oscar triumph.
Neon is doubling the North American run of best picture Oscar winner “Parasite” to as many as 2,000 locations.
By Nancy Tartaglione
To say that it was a monumental night, in Oscars' history, would be an understatement! And, we have Bong Joon-ho to thank for that! With his brilliant film Parasite, the filmmaker made history at Oscars 2020 as not just the first South Korean movie but the first non-English language film to ever take home the coveted Oscar for Best Picture. Parasite also won the Academy Award for Directing for Bong, International Feature Film and Original Screenplay for Bong and Kwak Sin-ae.
By Geoff Boucher
Bong Joon-ho is having a heck of a night.
Parasite made history at the 2020 Academy Awards on Sunday (09Feb20) as it became the first non-English language film to be crowned Best Picture.
Bong Joon Ho’s acclaimed South Korean thriller “Parasite” became the first foreign-language film to win best picture at the Oscars, and the historic win had Hollywood heavyweights like Ava DuVernay, Sandra Oh and Priyanka Chopra cheering.
Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” won the best international film prize at the 92nd annual Academy Awards on Sunday night, making history as the first Korean film to do so.
Bong Joon Ho made history on Sunday night, becoming the first South Korean filmmaker to win the best director Oscar for “Parasite.”
By Nancy Tartaglione
Bong Joon Ho and Jin Won Han have won the best original screenplay Oscar for “Parasite” — becoming not only the first South Korean film to win an Oscar, but a relatively rare win for a foreign language screenplay.
By Dade Hayes
Nominated for a historic total of six Oscars, South Korean director Bong Joon Ho'sParasiteis the big surprise of awards season 2020.
By Matthew Carey
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After the Palme d’Or, the Golden Globes and a slew of critics’ gongs, it is highly likely that helmer-writer Bong Joon Ho’s masterful, multilevel black comedy “Parasite” will achieve the triple crown of prestige kudos by nabbing the international feature Oscar. Surprisingly, it is the first South Korean film to be nominated in this category, although last year’s “Burning,” helmed by Lee Chang-dong, made the December shortlist.