The Oscars Page #11

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the two most physically

opposite Oscar winners

I can think of and

see if they appear.

Dustin Hoffman and charlize theron.

- Good evening, charlize.

- Good evening, Dustin.

You're a good dancer.

Oh, my gosh.

A writer is inspired by a novel

or article or seasonal film.

They take the germ of an idea,

or the skeleton of a story,

put it into the hopper

and it comes out re-imagined.

Or sometimes they start

completely from scratch,

basing the terror of the blank page.

And they rely only on imagination.

The origins of many great screenplays

are often a mess.

They might come from some inner light,

or inner darkness

or a writer that just needs a job.

But a good writer, the right writer,

can hear, and feel,

how to make a story come to life.

Here are the nominees

for adapted screenplay.

Chris tear yore for "argo. "

Based on a selection from

"the mass for of disguise"

by Antonio j. Mendez and "wired" magazine

about "the great escape. "

Lucy alibar and benh zeitlin for

"beasts of the Southern wild"

based on the play

"juicy and delicious" by Lucy alibar.

David magee for "life of pi"

based on the novel by yann martel.

Tony kushneror "Lincoln"

based on "team of rivals:".

"The political genius of Abraham Lincoln"

Doris kearns goodwin.

David o. Russell for

"silver linings playbook"

based on a novel by Matthew quick.

And the Oscar goes to...

Chris terrio, "argo. "

This is the first academy

award and nomination for Chris terrio.

Oh, I want to say I share this with the

other people in my category,

Lucy and benh and Tony and brilliant

Tony, thank you for inspiring me.

Thank you, Ben affleck. 15

years ago you were up here

for the first screenplay you got made

and now you made this film

that's brought me up here and it's a gift

and I can never repay it and thank you.

I love you. I want to

thank Warner brothers,

everybody at smoke house,

George grant, Nina,

I want to thank my mom and dad, my friends

who prop me up every day in all this,

Josh bearman and I want to

dedicate this to Tony Mendez.

## Years ago Tony using nothing

but his creativity g six people

out of a very bad situation and

so I want to dedicate this to him

and the people all over the world

in the U.S. and Canada and Iran

who use creativity and intelligence

to solve problems nonviolently.

Thank you.

And now, here are the nominees

for original screenplay.

Michael haneke for "amour. "

Quentin Tarantino for "django unchained. "

John gatins for "flight. "

Wes Anderson and Roman coppola

for "moonrise kingdom. "

Mark boal for "zero dark thirty. "

And the Oscar goes to...

Mr. Tarantino.

This is the second academy award and

fifth nomination for Quentin Tarantino.

From his first Oscar in this

category for "Pulp Fiction. "

That's cool. Charlize is my neighbor.

Very nice to get this from you.

Thank you, Mr. Hoffman.

Boy, oh, boy, you know, I've been

saying things like

I want to be able to thank the actors

for what they've done

when it comes to my script and it's

not just an easy thing to say.

It really is why I'm standing here.

I actually think if people are like

knowing my movie 30 or 50 years from now

it's going to be because of the

characters I created

and I really only got one chance

to get it right.

I have to cast right people to

make those characters come alive

and hopefully live for a long time

and, boy, this time, did I do it.

Thank you so much, guys.

Leo, I'm thanking him too.

Okay, I know I'm getting off

but one last thing,

I would like to say it's such an honor to

get it this year because I have to say,

in both the original and the adapted

categories, the writing is just fantastic.

This will be the writers' year, man.

Thank you very much.

I love the competition.

You guys are all wonderful.

Peace out.

Yes.

Coming up the award for best director

and since we've now been

here this long we'll

start the 2014 oscars

right after this.

Welcome back.

Our next presenters are Hollywood

legends

And remember when this town was nothing but

cocaine trees as far as the eye could see

it's late. These two are the

children of screen legends

who then went on to become screen

legends themselves

which only goes to prove

what everyone says Hollywood

parents are the best

parents in the world.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Oscar

winners Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas.

The stories these

directors brought to the

screen are as varied as

the nominees themselves.

Whether American or foreign born, whether

Oscar winning legends or first timer,

whether bringing to the screen a

fantasy, a tragic love story,

a magical surreal world, a

romantic comedy or a slice of history.

Their shared characteristic

is their monumental and profound talent.

Here are the nominees for

achievement in directing.

Michael haneke, "amour. ".

Benh zeitlin, "beasts

of the Southern wild. "

Ang Lee, "life of pi. "

Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln. "

David o. Russell, "silver

linings playbook",

and the Oscar goes to ang

Lee.

Including this nomination for

best picture for "life of pi,"

this is the second academy award nomination

for ang Lee and his second Oscar win.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, movie God.

I really need to share this with all 3,000,

everybody work with me in "life of pi. "

I want to thank you for...

I really want to thank you for

believing this story

and sharing this incredible

journey with me.

To thank yann martel for

writing this incredibly inspiring book

and everyone at fox,

thank you for taking the

leap with me,

Jim and Elizabeth gabeler.

My producers, gil netter,

David womark, David Lee.

Wonderful cast, where are you,

you're a miracle.

The young pi carrying the movie.

Every one of you in the cast, I

cannot waste this time talking about them.

You hold a golden statue in my

heart.

I cannot make this movie without

the help of Taiwan, Out there.

I want to thank everybody. There

that helped us,

My Indian crew, I love you.

My Canadian crew, I love you.

My family in Taiwan. My wife .

We'll be married 30 years

this summer. I love you.

My boy, Thank you for his support

and finally my agent Karen sage

and lawyer and Joe I dipaolo.

I have to do that

especially for this movie.

Great to have your support.

Thank you, academy.

All right, coming up next

three-time Oscar winner meryl streep

and, yes, and the oscars for best

picture, best actor and best actress.

Will it be quvenzhane

Wallis who is 9, will it be

emmanuelle riva who was 9

when this show started?

Find out right after this.

we are back.

He delighted us in "the artist"

and pulled off a masterful performance

without uttering a word.

Please welcome Jean dujardin.

Good evening..

If I were an actress, I would be

passionate, sensitive,

courageous, sexy, complex, free,

strong, funny, intense and graceful.

If I were an actress, I'd be an

even better actor.

Here are the nominees for

actress in leading roles.

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