Alec Baldwin - The Cooler
Benicio Del Toro - 21 Grams
Dijimon Hounsou - In America Tim Robbins - MYSTIC RIVER
Ken Watanabe - The Last Samurai
Tim Robbins' Acceptance Speech:
Oh boy. Wow. Thank you so much. Members of the Academy, this is really a lovely, lovely honor. I'd like to thank my fellow nominees who are all spectacular and I want to work with all of you in a movie at some point. Dennis Lehane, Brian Helgeland for the writing of this amazing script. Clint Eastwood, you're so great. You're such an amazing director. And you're making my mantle very crowded. Thank you. It's due to you, sir. My fellow cast members, Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney, Laurence Fishburne. The crew was fantastic, Toni Howard, Lisa Kasteler, Alan Horn, Bruce Berman, Jeff Robinov, and from Warner Bros. Joe Hyams, Judie Hoyt, Rob Lorenz, my mom and dad, Dave Delgabi, Terry, hang in there. You can kick it. Guy's family. Your dad's smiling down on you. Susan, I love you so much. Eva, Jack, Miles. Thanks for being there for me. Susan, thanks for being the best friend one could have. The Actor's Gang in "Embedded" in New York, thank you so much for putting up with me being here and I would like to say one more thing. In this movie, I play a victim of abuse and violence and if you are out there and are a person that has -- had that tragedy befall you, there is no shame and no weakness in seeking help and counseling it is sometimes the strongest thing that you can do to stop the cycle of violence. Thank you.
Shohreh Aghdashloo - House of Sand and Fog
Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April
Marcia Gay Harden - Mystic River
Holly Hunter - Thirteen Renée Zellweger - COLD MOUNTAIN
Renée Zellweger's Acceptance Speech
I am overwhelmed. I am overwhelmed. Thank you. I would like to thank the Academy for inviting me here tonight, alongside so many talented people. Holly, Patricia and Marcia, and Shohresh. I am honored, honored to be here with you. I'm standing here because of so many people, and I would like to thank them now, if I could. Charles Frazier, thank you for your masterpiece and the gift of Ruby. I have to thank the producers, cast and crew of "Cold Mountain." I'll never forget it, never, because of you, especially Jude and Nicole. Such a privilege to go to work every day with you. Such a privilege, my friends. Thank you. Anthony Minghella, you are brilliant. And I care so much for you. Thank you for all that you taught me, for making me be better and for your friendship. My friends at Miramax, for making this film, especially Harvey. And Meryl Poster, quite a gamble. Thank you for doing it. My fellows at CAA Brandt and Bryan and Kevin and Jenny Rawlings who take such good care of me. Actors Clearinghouse for the good start, Vincent D'Onofrio for teaching me how to work, Tom Cruise for showing me that very early on kindness and success are not mutually exclusive. And finally most importantly in my life, my glorious family, my immigrant mom and dad. Thank you for never saying don't try. My brother, who I love so much, and his new wife, who clapped the loudest and laughed the loudest. I love you so much. Nanci Ryder, who's always there, and my beloved John Carrabino thank you for sharing this journey with me for every day of it. Without you, there would be none of this. Thank you for dreaming so much bigger than I would have ever dare to dream. And for making me believe. Love you. This is for you. Thank you.
Brother Bear FINDING NEMO (Andrew Standon)
The Triplets of Belleville
Andrew Standon's Acceptance Speech
"Finding Nemo" would have never been possible if it wasn't for the extraordinary film making environment created at Pixar Animation Studios by John Lassiter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs. And I am going to be forever grateful to the entire cast and crew of Nemo for the giving of their talents to this little fish story that i had. In particular, my producer Graham Walters and my co-director Lee Unkrich who should be up here with me right now accepting this. Thanks to -- Dick Cook and his incredible distribution team at Disney. Thanks to the Academy, to my loving parents, to my adoring children and to my wife, Julie. I wrote it to you in a note in eighth grade, now i can say it in front of 1 billion people. I love you.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Last Samurai THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit
Grant Major (Art Direction); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (Set Decoration)
ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES
Grant Major: Well, on behalf of all of us in the art department of "The Lord of the Rings" it's such a great moment to be here. Thank you very much to the Academy. It's been a long journey for us all, and it's just an incredible high note to finish it on. It's been an amazing ride.
Dan Hennah: I'd like to thank New Line, Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne. Mark Ordesky and of course the late Carla Fry.
Alan Lee: I'd like to thank the real wizard who led us through this amazing journey and inspired us with his energy, his vision and his nerve. And Peter Jackson, thank you very, very much for delivering these to us. And that's all, folks.
Girl With a Pearl Earring
The LAst Samurai THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit
Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES:
Ngila Dickson: Well, Mr. Peter Jackson and Fran Marsh, you are amazing people and Barrie Osborne. My amazing wardrobe crew. An unbelievable group of people who have stuck with us through thick and thin, five long years of film making. And Richard and Weta, my husband Hamish, my assistant Sophia, Liz, Sian, Bob, Caro, Emma, all these amazing people.
Richard Taylor: From a group of people back in Wellington, New Zealand the Weta Workshop, Peter, Fran, Barrie, everyone at New Line, the amazing cast and crew, that supported us through the last seven years, I thank you so much. Special thanks to Gary Mackay, who helped me put the team together, and the amazing armorers, weapons makers back at the Weta Workshop, complementing Ngila and her amazing team and Tania my partner, the young girl who, at the age of 13, I bought two live rats at my first present to her. You're still with me. What a great treat. Onwards and upwards. I love you.
Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)
Most (The Bridge)
Squash
Torzija (Torsion) TWO SOLDIERS
Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks
Aaron Schneider's Acceptance Speech:
Oh, man, this is amazing. Billy Crystal, I'll bet you don't remember recommending film school to a 20-year-old kid wondering what to do with his life about 18 years ago. Thank you for that. Thank you to the Academy. I'd like to thank our cast, Jonathan Furr his parents David and Janet, Ben Allison, Ron Perlman, David Andrews and the rest of our cast. Our crew, Kate Miller, Betsy Pollock, Bob Ducsay, David Boyd, C. Robert Holloway Kelly Matsumoto, Alonzo Wilson, the amazingly generous Alan Silvestri, Joe Roth for a ten-second grace period on the speech clock please. Craig and Lisa Mae Fincannon, Scott Gershin Melissa Hofmann, Rebecca Clark and the NCSA School of Filmmaking. Brian Sprule, Michael Zakula, Bev Woods, Zil Rabinski Phil Raden, the lovely and talented Marc Shaiman down there somewhere, please for coming in late on this next music cue. Leon Silverman, John Stern, Howard Anderson, Lee Kaplan, Jill Faulkner Summers and our American treasure William Faulkner who wrote "Two Soldiers" in 1942 after the first unprovoked attack on the united states. It's the story of two brothers who fight to preserve their family and country. Like a sibling's love, a soldier's devotion is selfless and unconditional and need not concern itself with politics of war. I dedicate this to my family and soldiers who protect our loved ones and the freedoms we celebrate. Thank you.
Boundin'
Destino
Gone Nutty HARVIE KRUMPET - Adam Elliot
Nibbles
ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES
Adam Elliott: Wow. "Harvie Krumpet" has been a film that's in my head for over ten years and I'm so glad he's out. We'd like to congratulate everyone in Australia who have helped "Harvie" come to life. In particular the Australian Film Commission, Film Victoria and SBS Independent, "Harvie" will be screening on SBS television next Monday night at 9:00 P.M. I would also like to congratulate our fantastic cast and crew especially our uncle, Geoffrey Rush, for lending us his most beautiful voice. Finally, we'd like to thank very -- two very very special people, my friend Juliet and my beautiful boyfriend Dan. Thank you.
Melanie Coombs: I'd like to congratulate my mother, Margaret Harris to live in the hearts of others is not to die and you'll always be in my heart. We'd like to thank the Academy. Thank you so much.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
Acceptance Speeches:
Jim Rygiel: A trilogy of thank yous to the Academy. The amazingly brilliant Peter Jackson, wherever you are out there, Fran Walsh, Barrie Osborne, Lauren Ritchie, my vfx crew, Dean Wright, Libby Hazell, Aaron Cowan, all the people on Weta and Theresa, Sara, and Jackson, my family.
Randall William Cook: Thanks to you for being so generous to us for the last three years running. Thanks, Pete and thanks to my wonderful animation team.
Joe Letteri: Thanks everyone for the amazing reception we've gotten to the work. Thank you Eileen Moran for keeping it all together, Peter and Fran for being such an inspiration, everyone at Weta Digital for that burst of creative energy. Thank you.
Alex Funke: Thank you Peter, Fran, Barrie, Richard my darling wife Emmy and my brilliant Kiwi effects team. Thank you!
Balseros
Capturing the Friedmans THE FOG OF WAR
My Architect
The Weather Underground
Errol Morris and Michael Williams
Errol Morris's Acceptance Speech:
This thing is heavy. I'd like to thank the Academy for finally recognizing my films. Thank you so very, very, very much! I thought it would never happen. I'd like to thank my very good friends at Sony Pictures Classics, Michael Barker, Tom Bernard. No one would get to see this movie without them. My two producers Michael Williams, Julie Ahlberg. Couldn't have made the movie without them either. My long suffering editors Charlie Silver, Brad Fuller. And Karen Schmeer and Doug Abel, thank you also very much. And believe it or not, Robert McNamara, with whom, if he hadn't done it there would have been no film. 40 years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again. And if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here. Thank you very, very much.
[Editors Note: Why is it always the documentary folks who just have to make some dogmatic political statement? Grrr...]
Thank you. This is an amazing honor. I feel you're also honoring the people of Chernobyl, who are suffering the effects of radiation still, 18 years later after the world's worst accident at the reactor. I could not have made this film without Adi Roche. She's up there. She heads the Chernobyl Children's Project and they are saving lives every day. Adi is a true hero. Sheila Nevins from HBO has been a wonderful mentor and she's an amazing woman and I wouldn't be standing here without her. It's not easy to stand here. Dr. William Novick also saves the lives of children in Belarus and all over the world with the International Children's Heart Foundation. Angie Kenny is also here. She's my friend and worked on the film. And I want to thank her. I want to thank John Custodio, Rogelio Velasco. I want to thank my mother, who's here with me tonight. She's smiling back there. For everything. My father, who's home in Pearl River. For being there for me. All my brothers and sisters. I have a big family. I won't name them all. But they're all here and I love them all and i thank them for their support. Thank you very much.
City of God
Cold Mountain THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING - Jamie Selkirk
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH:
This is certainly a great honor. Thank you to the Academy. Thank you Peter and Fran for giving me the opportunity to be involved with such a fantastic production. Thanks to New Line for putting up the cash to get it going at the start of the trilogy. Thank you to my lovely wife Anne, and my two boys Damon and Brad. They have been really supportive over the last six years on this job. And thank you to all my great editing team, they are always the people get left behind and they actually are a really fantastic team. Especially Annie Collins and Jen Horvath Peter Skarratt and Jenny Vial. Jo Priest, Mark Hawthorne, Brett, Ian, Michele, Dave and Heather. They're all a fantastic team. Thank you very much.
Wow. That felt good. I have been allowed a minute and a half, or 90 seconds, my choice, to thank everyone that made it possible for me to receive this honor. When I started giving it some thought, serious thought, everyone -- I mean everyone -- got me here tonight. The first person that came to mind when I tried to pick them out was a little guy who worked on "The Party," the film I did, called "The Party" and he used to come out with a shovel and scoop up the elephant poop and as he did, he sang "There's no business like show business." And then there was a confused Italian actor that we tried to get him to understand what this okay sign meant in our vernacular. Okay. We just said, just do that. And he always did this. And so we decided better we conform to him than he to us. So, from then on, on the set, I would say, get the shot Phil? Cutting room? You drop a couple frames just before the alligator swallows the chimp, Ralphie? Do you think Audrey can sing it, Henry? My point is, each and everyone who has contributed to this moment, friends and foes alike. Yeah, I couldn't have done it without the foes. I'm steamed and I'm gonna prove you wrong. Okay? So it's everyone, from the little guy with the shovel, to the discerning folks in the Academy. My mother thanks you, my father thanks you and the beautiful English broad with the incomparable soprano and promiscuous vocabulary, thank you. And I sure as hell thank you.
City of Gold
Girl With a Pearl Earring MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD - Russell Boyd
Seabiscuit
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH:
I have an Australian accent. I'd like to thank the Academy and a wonderful cast and crew. If I could mention my entire camera crew by name, I'd be here all night, but they did an absolutely wonderful supporting job for me, and for Peter and the whole production. Also, I'd like to thank Pat Murray my gaffer, and Chris Centrella my key grip, Ann Murtha and Larry Mirisch and to Duncan Henderson, who steered the ship some of the time. He was a great, great person to work with. And most of all, to Peter Weir, who provided extraordinary inspiration to all of us to give of our best. And to my family, Sandy and my boys, thank you very much.
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (Canada) - Directed by Denys Arcand
Evil
The Twilight Samurai
Twin Sisters
Želary
ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES:
Denise Robert: We're so thankful that "Lord of the Rings" did not qualify in this category. We'd like to thank the Academy. We'd like to thank the co-producer, Fabienne Vonier, Victor Louis, the Canadian, French and Quebec government for their support of the film industry. Thank you Agnes Mentre and Miramax. Thank you Harvey Weinstein for putting your heart behind this film and shining the light on this. We'd really like to share this with you and share it with the actors and the technicians who worked so well on this film.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Richard Taylor, Peter King
Acceptance Speeches:
Peter King: God, it's scary up here. I'd just like to thank the Academy. I'd like to thank New Line. I'd like to thank Peter, Fran, Philippa, Barrie. I'd like to thank all the team back in New Zealand, who worked so hard for such a long, long time I'd like to thank my gorgeous wife Sarah for being there every night with a glass of wine when i got home. And thank my gorgeous daughter for just being gorgeous. And thank you.
Richard Taylor: Marjory Hamlin, Dominie Till, who looked after our on-set prosthetic applications for so many months. Jason Docherty, who manufactured over 10,000 of those prosthetics to be applied. Gino Acevedo, the gentleman within our company that looked after the work for so long. The cast that had to wear it all over all those months. I apologize for the rubbery faces and the funny noses but cheers to you all. Thank you. Thank the Academy and Tania. Cheers.
03-01-2004 03:40 AM
