All The Peachy Ways Parasite Made Oscar History

For director Bong Joon-Ho and the cast of Parasite, February 9, 2020 is a day they'll never forget.

Otherwise referred to because the day of the 92nd Academy Awards, and the very same ceremony throughout which the celebrated South Korean thriller bagged four golden statuettes — from Best Original Screenplay all of the way to Best Picture. The film continued its shocking award season sweep, sending the BongHive into a frenzy and delighting movie buffs across the globe.

This level of success has been something of a wild ride for Bong, who has noted across a variety of interviews that he never could have thought the intensity that fans have championed Parasite around the world additionally to his native South Korea. Although, the film made a veritable splash in a couple of ways this evening as it secured Oscars left and right.

Here's a look back at all of the ways Parasite made history throughout the Academy Awards.

Parasite wins Best Original Screenplay

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The Parasite victory train pulled out of the station earlier into the night. Bong and Han Jin-Won, Parasite's screenwriters, made Oscars history by taking residence South Korea's first-ever Academy Award — period — for Best Original Screenplay.

It was the starting of a magical night for the film's cast, who'd plenty of reasons to celebrate because the ceremony went on.

fantastic honor," Joon-ho started in English language, before finishing his speech in Korean by way of his translator Sharon Choi. "Writing a script is routinely such a lonely process. We never write to resemble our countries."

however this is very first Oscar to South Korea," he concluded in English, a large grin on his face. This win marked Parasite's first major win at the Academy Awards, yet it also made history for South Korea. Not to say, Bong and Han's win also signaled the initial time a foreign-language film had won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay since Pedro Almodovar took it residence in 2003.

Yet the night was still young for Parasite.

Parasite wins Best International Feature Film

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Bong's next win came in the form of a Oscar for Best International Feature Film.

This marked South Korea's first win in the international film category, which meant — you guessed it — it made history a second time. The director made his second speech of the evening, then jokingly proclaimed he was about willing to go out and get his drink on.

"All our loving crew members and cast members are here with us today. Please send a round of applause to the cast and crew members of Parasite." The crowd cheered on Bong and the rest of the cast who brought the film to life.

"I congratulate all of the fantastic artists here tonight," he mentioned. "Thank you, and I'm prepared to drink tonight... Up until next morning."

Bong Joon-Ho receives the Oscar for Best Director

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Poor Bong Joon-ho had only just lamented how much he required a drink. Then he was called back onstage again to accept the award on behalf of Parasite's third win of the night for Best Director — a happy surprise for your Oscar ballots.

Bong pulled off a large angry by taking residence the Academy Award for Best Director over preference 1917's Sam Mendes. He thought he was finished with the complete rigmarole immediately after taking his seat once more following his win for Best International Feature. Alternatively, he continued to rake in the little gold men.

soon after winning Best International Feature I thought I was done for the day and willing to relax," he joked, before his speech took a more touching note.

whenever I was young and studying cinema, there was a saying that I carved deep into my heart: The most personalized is most creative," he mentioned. "That quote was by the wonderful Martin Scorsese." He thanked Quentin Tarantino for his continued support and called out Todd Phillips and Sam Mendes for being directors he fancied as well.

"If the Academy permits, I would like to get a chainsaw and split the award into five and share it with all of you." He humbly continued to thank his fellow filmmakers before heading back to his seat once more.

Parasite made history — again — by securing The perfect Picture Academy Award

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By the end of the ceremony, Bong was likely on the edge of his seat prepared to hit the bar. That feeling likely intensified as soon as the show turned the corner to provide up the highest honor yet: the Academy Award for Best Picture.

In the blink of an eye, Bong was transformed into a four-time Academy Award winner, cementing his film and also his native South Korea as history-making Oscar legends. The complete cast took to the stage this time, yet Bong let the producers speak to the movie's success, clearly willing to break away and have a drink right following the night's marathon of accolades.

Producer Kwak Sin-Ae accepted the award, saying she was "speechless," adding, "We never thought this to ever happen. We are so happy."

"I feel like a very opportune moment in history is happening now she added.

With this win, Parasite had bagged a few awards this season, which started back in May 2019 at the Cannes Film Festival soon following the film was awarded the prestigious Palme d'Or, making it the initial South Korean film to be awarded such a distinction. For Bong Joon-Ho, he's still attempting to wrap his head around his film's runaway success.

"I never considered it, and right now that we're under this roof it feels even more surreal," Bong told MTV News correspondent Josh Horowitz on the Oscars red carpet once asked about if he might ever have envisioned Parasite reaching such heights. And while he's not one for making plans, he does have a post-Oscars plan in mind for him and his Parasite crew.

right after this, we're gonna go drinking," he mentioned. "Once I begin drinking, you'll visualize all of the classiness just go out of me."