Director Michel Hazanavicius's acclaimed tale was named Best Musical or Comedy along with Best Score -- beating Oscar-winning composer Trent Reznor's soundtrack for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Dujardin won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his performance and he also won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival 2011. The Artist is now tipped for Oscar glory after the Golden Globe wins. Uggie appearing in new film The Artist Hazanavicius said he saw the funny side of the audience walkouts. "I have been told about it and I think it's hilarious, actually," he said. "If I could give any advice to people it would be that they should ask for their money back whenever they see a film they don't expect. If it's not written on the poster 'this is a bad movie' and they think it's a bad movie, ask for a refund!" Some French audiences also had difficulty with the film. Hazanavicius explained: "It's funny because we don't have the same word in French for 'silent', we say 'mute'. And in the beginning people kept asking, 'Is this a movie about mute and deaf people?'" The success of the first "talkie", The Jazz Singer, released in 1927 and starring Al Jolson, was the beginning of the end for silent films and they had ceased production within a decade. Hazanavicius said he hoped that The Artist would be the first of many films to revisit the silent era. "We have gained some things