Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- The story of a king overcoming a speech impediment to lead his people through World War II took top honors at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards . `` The King 's Speech '' won the best picture , best actor , best director and best original screenplay Oscars at Hollywood 's Kodak Theatre Sunday night . The saga of how a college student created Facebook , which is now credited helping citizens overthrow their leader in the Mideast , lost out on the big awards , but `` The Social Network '' did win Oscars for best musical score , film editing and best adapted screenplay . Natalie Portman , who played a ballet dancer in `` Black Swan , '' was given the best actress Academy Award . Portman also won Golden Globe and SAG best actor trophies in recent weeks . When `` King 's Speech '' director Tom Hooper accepted the best director Oscar , he noted that it was his mother who found the script for him . `` The moral of this story is listen to your mother , '' Hooper said . `` King 's Speech '' writer David Seidler pointed out that at 73 , he was the oldest person to ever win best original screenplay . `` My father always said to me I would be a late bloomer , '' Seidler said , noting that at 73 he is the oldest winner ever in the category . `` I hope that record is broken quickly and often . '' Colin Firth , who portrayed the stuttering King George VI in `` The King 's Speech , '' completed his sweep of best actor honors with the Oscar win . `` I have a feeling my career has just peaked , '' said Firth , who also won a Golden Globe and the SAG award . Christian Bale repeated his Golden Globe and SAG award wins by taking the best supporting actor Oscar for his role in `` The Fighter . '' Melissa Leo , who played the mother and manager of two boxers in `` The Fighter , '' completed her trifecta of major awards when 94-year-old Kirk Douglas handed her the best supporting actress Oscar . Leo also won Golden Globe and SAG best actress trophies . Douglas , who walked with a cane and spoke slowly with slurred speech , managed to upstage Leo with his humor , jokingly delaying reading what was in the envelope . His stand-up routine was rewarded with big laughs . Leo , whose acceptance speech included a censored expletive , used Douglas 's cane to walk off stage . `` Inception , `` a film that explores the human mind and dreams , won four Academy Awards , including for cinematography , sound mixing , sound editing and visual effects . The film was also a best picture contender , although most of its eight nominations are in the technical categories . Two awards went to `` Toy Story 3 '' for animated feature film and best original song . It is also a best picture contender . `` The Lost Thing '' won for short animated film . `` True Grit , '' based on the same book as the 1969 John Wayne film , failed to win in any of the 10 categories for which it was nominated . `` Alice in Wonderland , '' which was not among the 10 best picture nominees , was rewarded Sunday night with two Oscars , for costume design and art direction . `` Inside Job , a film about the 2008 financial system meltdown , won the best feature documentary Oscar . Producer Charles Ferguson used his acceptance speech to say that `` not a single financial executive has gone to jail and that 's wrong . '' The short documentary Oscar went to `` Strangers No More , a film about an Israeli school that includes students from 48 countries . The romantic comedy `` God of Love '' won the live action short film Oscar . A Danish movie , `` In a Better World , '' won the best foreign language film Academy Award . The Oscar for best makeup was given to `` The Wolfman . ''
USA : ` ` King 's Speech '' wins best actor , producer , director and screenplay Oscars . USA : Colin Farrell sweeps best actor Oscar . Natalie Portman wins the best actress Oscar . ` ` Inception '' wins 4 awards .