March 03, 2025
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Adrien Brody won the Academy Award for best actor Sunday night for his role in 'The Brutalist,' set in Doylestown, Bucks County.
"The Brutalist," the historical drama set in postwar Bucks County, won three Oscars on Sunday, though the film lost best picture, which went to "Anora."
The movie's star, Adrien Brody, nabbed the Oscar for best actor at the 97th Academy Awards, and the film also won best original score and best cinematography. "Sing Sing" and "A Complete Unknown," two other movies with ties to the Philadelphia region, were nominated for several Oscars, but did not win.
"The Brutalist" follows László Toth, an architect and Holocaust survivor played by Brody, as he embarks on a mission to build a community center in Doylestown with the help a wealthy businessman (Guy Pearce). Though the movie was set in Bucks County and Philadelphia, it was mostly shot in Hungary.
The film also was nominated for awards for directing (Brady Corbet), supporting actor (Guy Pearce), supporting actress (Felicity Jones), original screenplay, editing and production design.
Among the nominees Brody edged to win best actor were West Philly's Colman Domingo, who was nominated for his role in "Sing Sing," a movie about a man imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit who finds comfort in the prison's theater troupe. "Sing Sing" also was nominated for best original song and adaptive screenplay.
"A Complete Unknown," the Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet, was nominated in eight categories, including best picture, but left empty-handed. Several scenes were filmed last summer in Cape May, including a motorcycle ride featured in the trailer.
Watch the trailer for "The Brutalist" below:
