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Tom Cruise's fighter pilot action hit Top Gun: Maverick was named Best Edited Film (Drama/Theatrical) at the Golden Eddies last night, in Royce Hall, Los Angeles. The appropriately named Eddie Hamilton won the respect of his peers for piecing together the action scenes from footage recorded in flight after Cruise said that CGI just wouldn't look real enough, and is considered largely responsible for the film breaking genre barriers and gaining Golden Globe and Oscar nominations.
Also having a good night was Paul Rogers, whose work on Everything Everywhere All At Once saw it win in the Comedy category. With its multiple montages and the precision needed to create different moods for different versions of the same characters, it was a stand-out entry and no-one was surprised by its success. It's up against Top Gun: Maverick in both the Best Film and Best Editing categories at the Oscars, with other contenders likely to struggle to get a look-in in the latter category, and the production team are riding high after sweeping the board at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday.
Guillermo Del Toro's Pinnochio, another awards season front runner, won Best Edited Animated Film, while Fire Of Love topped the Best Documentary category.
The Eddie winners are chosen by members of American Cinema Editors (ACE), a society founded in 1950 which seeks to advance the art and science of the editing profession.
