ACADEMY AWARDS WINNERS

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David Franzoni: Thanking all the same people Doug thanked, but to that gentleman genius Ridley Scott who transported us back thousands of years in time so effortlessly and beautifully. Thank you, Ridley. Russell, Joaquin, everyone, thank you so much. My wife, Nancy, my son Hudson, my dearly departed dad, who was the greatest storyteller who ever lived. I'm sure he's on high somewhere with Oliver Reed right now throwing back some of the dark stuff and enjoying the hell out of this. Thank you.

Branko Lustig: Thank you to everybody who made this movie together with us. Thank you, Ridley. Thank you for the honor to work with you, and thanks to everybody in the international big crew all around the world to help us to do it. Strength and honor!

Douglas Wick: It takes a lot of people to make a coliseum. But it only takes one or two to mess it up. To all the wizards who brought to life the sights, sounds, and citizens of a faraway world, we should take a chisel to this statue and give you your fair share, but instead I hope you will accept our thanks for not messing it up.

David Franzoni, great dreaming. Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, you swooped in on your chariot and ran over everything and everybody in your way. Ridley Scott, you invaded three continents with your tireless perfectionism, and brought -- and brought -- Ridley, and you brought new meaning to the phrase, "mad dogs and Engishman in the noonday sun."

Bill Nicholson and John Logan, you saved our flank. Russell Crowe, you filled a whole arena with the force of your face and put the human back in the hero. Stacey Snyder, Ronnie Meyer, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, Terry Press, in those early days where it looked like all roads might lead not to Rome but to ruin, you were gladiators. Sarah, Julia, Tessa, Lucy, for me, all roads lead to you.

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Suddenly going to work tomorrow doesn't seem like such a good idea. My daughter Sarah's asleep in London. She's missing this, unfortunately. There are a lot of people to thank. Rather than thank some of them publicly, I think I'm going to thank all of them privately. 

What I want to say is, I want to thank anyone who spends part of their day creating. I don't care if it's a book, a film, a painting, a dance, a piece of theater, a piece of music, anybody -- anybody who spends part of their day sharing their experience with us, I think this world would be unliveable without art, and I thank you. That includes the Academy, that includes my fellow nominees here tonight. Thank you for inspiring me. Thank you for this.

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Oh, man. The movie was a love letter to music and to my family. So, I dedicate this to all the musicians who inspire us, and to my family, Alice Crowe, Cindy Webber, and Nancy Wilson, my incredible wife and collaborator. Thanks. 

Thank you, Dreamworks, Vinyl Films, Andy Fisher, Scott Martin, Lisa Stewart, Neil Preston, Danny Bramson, and this incredible cast and crew. Kate, you're magnificent. Frances, I couldn't dream of a greater way to live out the screenplay that is based on my hopes and dreams. So, also, it wouldn't be complete without saying hello to the master himself, Mr. Billy Wilder. So, here's to you, Audrey and Billy, and thank you so much, everybody.

SPECIAL THANKS
Joe Hutshing, Saar Klein, and the greatest editing team a director could hope for. 

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If I made up a story where someone like me would find himself somewhere like this, nobody would believe it. Nobody here. I have to thank my girlfriend Michael, our son Gardner. I'd like to thank the Academy, my parents, Tom and Betty Hague of Louisville, Kentucky, who are somewhere up there in the balcony, I hope. I have to thank all the filmmakers. Steven Soderbergh, the director, who took every single thing I could give him and asked for more and inspired me. Producers Ed Zwick, Laura Bickford, Marshall Herskovitz. 
I have something here that I have to make sure that I -- USA Pictures, Scott Greenstein, Russell Schwartz, and everybody in the cast and crew, and, most importantly, four years ago, a lot of people that reached out their hands to me and helped me out, and this is for you guys. Thanks. 

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I'm gonna speak very fast. I would like to thank Ang Lee for giving me this once in a lifetime chance. I must thank all my friends including Chui Po Chu, Zheng Quan Gang, Bill Kong, Phillip Lee, Wang Hui Ling, Fong Ping, Charles Wang, Tony, Billy Ng, Michael Barker, Tom Bernard and his team, Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Cheng Pei Pei, Chang Chen, David Lee, Leo Lo, Manex, Deluxe Toronto, Leslie D'Brass, Christopher Severn, David Gersh, Melanie Ramseyer, my parents, my sisters, my mentor, Sun Yun Dat, for giving me spiritual guidance for over 15 years. My entire camera and lighting crew in Hong Kong and China, including -- Kenny Lam, Lee Tak Shing, Louis Jong, Jimmy Fok, Choi Sung Fai, Kai Tan Wei, Lam Chun Wan.

It's a great honor to me to the people of Hong Kong and Chinese people all over the world. Thank you very much. Se se.

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I would like to thank Ang Lee for giving me this "once-in-a-life-time" chance for photographing CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON.

I must thank Bill Kong, Phillip Lee, James Schamus for their strong support of my work.

I must thank Tony and friends who recommended me for the picture.

I must thank Sony Pictures Classics Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and their team for optimizing the quality of the film from color timing to release prints.

I must thank Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and other cast for making my work much easier and more enjoyable.

I must thank David Lee for his wonderful help; Charles Wang and the gang at Salon Films Hong Kong for giving the incredible support for the equipment and also, charging almost nothing. 

I must thank Leo Lo at Asia Cine Digital in Hong Kong and Jonathan Styrlund at Manex LA for their contribution to the wire removals and visual effects.

I must thank Deluxe Toronto color timer Leslie D'Brass and Christopher Severn as well as the printing department for their wonderful job.

I must thank my agents David Gersh and Melanie Ramsayer, who are with me here tonight.

I must thank my teachers in the school of the San Francisco Art Institute who taught me the art of filmmaking.

I must thank my parents and my sisters for their strong support for all the years.

I must thank my mentor for giving me spiritual guidance over the past 15 years.

I can never thank enough my focus puller Kenny Lam, gaffer Lee Tak Shing, key grip Louis Jong, crane operator Jimmy Fok, 2nd unit cameraman Choi Sung Fai, and my entire camera and lighting crew for their dedicated efforts and loving cinematography.

I must thank the Academy for giving me this award tonight. It's a great honor for me, to the people of Hong Kong, and Chinese people all over the world.

Thank you very much indeed.