photos by Al Seib, Wally Skalij and Robert Gauthier / LOS ANGELES TIMES

Jean Dujardin and Uggie


Scenic artist Virginia Bellini


Frank Roach, head of props, right, and production assistant Geoffrey Doleman






Steady Cam operator David Eastwood with assistant Charlie Fernandez


Gaukhar Akhmetova-Atherton


Meryl Streep


Michel Hazanavicius and Bérénice Bejo


Jessica Chastain


Milla Jovovich


Penelope Cruz and Owen Wilson


Milla Jovovich


Billy Crystal


Jean Dujardin and Uggie


Meryl Streep


Michael Douglas


Christopher Plummer


Esperanza Spalding


Robert Downey Jr., Emma Stone and Ben Stiller


Christopher Plummer


Jennifer Lopez and Cameron Diaz


Michel Hazanavicius


Jean Dujardin


Sandra Bullock


Bret McKenzie and Zach Galifianakis


Harvey Weinstein


Meryl Streep and Colin Firth


Missi Pyle, James Cromwell and Penelope Ann Miller


Angelina Jolie


Terry George and Oorlagh George


Meryl Streep


Meryl Streep and Colin Firth


Billy Crystal and Brian Grazer


Penelope Cruz, Bérénice Bejo, Jean Dujardin and others