'The Departed', a gangster film set in the Irish neighbourhood of south Boston, won the Oscar for Best Picture at last night's Academy Awards.
The movie also picked up three other Oscars, including Best Director for Martin Scorsese.
'An Inconvenient Truth', the documentary on global warming featuring former US Vice-President Al Gore, won Best Documentary.
'The Departed' was adapted from a Hong Kong-made movie called Infernal Affairs. It picked up Oscars for Adapted Screenplay, Editing and a first Best Director for veteran movie-maker Martin Scorsese.
Its intricate plot tells the tale of an undercover police officer in an Irish-American criminal gang in Boston.
In the acting categories, the Oscar for Best Actress went to the widely-tipped Helen Mirren for her role in The Queen, and to Forest Whitaker for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in 'The Last King of Scotland'.
The Spanish movie 'Pan's Labyrinth' won three Oscars, while the Best Foreign Language movie was 'The Lives of Others' from Germany.
The full list of awards:
BEST PICTURE 'The Departed,' Graham King, producer
BEST DIRECTOR Martin Scorsese, 'The Departed'
BEST ACTOR Forest Whitaker, 'The Last King of Scotland'
BEST ACTRESS Helen Mirren, 'The Queen'
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Alan Arkin, 'Little Miss Sunshine'
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Jennifer Hudson, 'Dreamgirls'
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 'Little Miss Sunshine,' Michael Arndt
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 'The Departed,' William Monahan
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM 'An Inconvenient Truth,' Davis Guggenheim, director; Laurie David, Lawrence Bender, producers
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 'The Lives of Others,' Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
ANIMATED FEATURE 'Happy Feet,' George Miller, director
ORIGINAL SCORE 'Babel,' Gustavo Santaolalla
ORIGINAL SONG 'I Need to Wake Up,' Melissa Etheridge (from 'An Inconvenient Truth')
ANIMATED SHORT FILM 'The Danish Poet,' Torill Kove, director
ART DIRECTION 'Pan's Labyrinth,' Eugenio Caballero, art direction; Pilar Revuelta, set decoration
CINEMATOGRAPHY 'Pan's Labyrinth,' Guillermo Navarro
COSTUME DESIGN 'Marie Antoinette,' Milena Canonero
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM 'The Blood of Yingzhou District,' Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon
FILM EDITING 'The Departed,' Thelma Schoonmaker
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM 'West Bank Story,' Ari Sandel, director
MAKEUP 'Pan's Labyrinth,' David Marti, Montse Ribe
SOUND EDITING 'Letters From Iwo Jima,' Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
SOUND MIXING 'Dreamgirls,' Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie Burton
VISUAL EFFECTS 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,' John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall
