Live from the Dolby Theater at Hollywood And Highland, it's the oscars.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your host, Seth macfarlane.
Thank you so much.
Thank you very much.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the oscars.
And the quest to make Tommy Lee Jones laugh begins now.
There we go.
I honestly cannot believe I'm here. There's a billion people watching.
That's insane. I'm hosting the oscars.
An honor that everyone else said no, it really is.
When whoopi to Ron Jeremy. ***
Now, tonight for the first time the oscars have a theme.
We will be celebrating music in film and have a lot of great surprises coming up.
But first and foremost, a lot of great films this year, a lot of great films.
"Argo," who saw "Argo," right? Great movie.
"Argo" tells the previously classified story
about an American hostage rescue in post-revolutionary Iran.
The story was so top secret that the film's director is unknown to the academy.
They know they screwed up. It's not your fault.
You know, 2012 was a great year for movies.
Hollywood shattered box office records with $10.8 billion in domestic sales,
in fact, studio accountants have never had to
work harder to prove nothing made a profit.
Now, theoing to be a big night for some of you people
because as we all know
winning an Oscar guarantees a long successful career in the industry.
You're ahead of me on this.
Look at last year, Jean dujardin won best actor for "the artist."
Now he's everywhere.
I'm kidding, of course, his is actually a tragic age-old Hollywood story.
It couldn't make it in the talkies.
And it's a big night for foreign films. "Amour" is nominated.
Right?
Or as I call it "this is 90" and some Hollywood royalty.
Some Hollywood royalty.
Roman coppola nominated for best screenplay for "moonrise kingdom."
He is the sixth member of the coppola family to receive a nomination.
Now, that's got to be a fun house to grow up in, right?
Mom, I got an "a" in Spanish.
Oh really, literally everyone you're related to has an Oscar.
Daniel day-Lewis is here, of course.
Daniel, your process fascinates me.
Now, you were totally 100% in character as Lincoln 24/7 during the movie.
That's what I read, like,
You stayed in character all day every day
so like if you saw a cell phone,
would you have to be like, oh, my God, what's that?
Like if you bumped into don cheadle on the studio lot did you try to free him?
I mean, how - how deep does your method go?
"Django unchained," now, that was an intense film.
Right.
This is the story of a man fighting to get back his woman
who has been subjected to unthinkable violence
or as Chris brown and rihanna call it, a date movie.
Ooh, no. No, that's what we were afraid he would do.
That's as bad as it gets if it makes you feel better.
It's not as bad as it gets really.
A lot of controversy,
a lot of controversy over the multiple uses of the "n" word in the film.
I'm told apparently the screenplay is loosely based
on Mel Gibson's voice mails? Is taht... Is that...
Right?
Oh, so you're on his side?
Okay. I'm told it's actually okay for Quentin Tarantino to use that word
because he thinks he's black.
Jennifer Lawrence has a great attitude about this whole thing.
This is a charming, talented woman.
I was talking to her backstage.
She told me whether she wins or loses
it's just an honor that meryl streep wasn't nominated.
As I said,
tonight's ceremony is being watched by close to a billion people worldwide,
which is why Jodie foster will be up here in a bit to ask for her privacy.
Also... what the hell is going on?
Enterprise to dolby theatre, come in.
The Dolby Theatre. This is Captain James t. Kirk. From Star Trek.
- Will you respond? - Captain kirk, what are you doing here?
Well, I'm here to stop you from doing what you're about to do,
the show is a disaster.
What are you talking about? It's going fine.
No, it's not.
Listen to me, I've come back in time from the 23rd century
to stop you from destroying the academy awards.
This is the newspaper headline from tomorrow morning
Seth macfarlane, worst Oscar host ever. It's that bad?
Your jokes are tasteless and inappropriate and everyone ends up hating you.
Why couldn't they just get Tina and Amy to host the show?
Tina and Amy should host everything.
I'm sorrey. They'll be hosting next year. Tell me what it is that I do wrong.
Well, to begin you sing an incredibly offensive song
that upsets a lot of actresses in the audience.
What's the song?
I'll show you. I brought a recording of the Oscar telecast back in time with me.
You'll be able to see exactly how you ruin the ceremony.
Look at this.
♪ we saw your boobs ♪
♪ in the movie that's ♪ ♪ what we saw we saw your boobs ♪
♪ meryl streep we saw them in "silkwood" ♪
♪ and Naomi watts in "Mulholland drive" ♪
♪ and Angelina we saw them in "Gia" ♪
♪ That made us feel exited ad alive ♪
♪ Anne hathaway we saw them ♪ ♪ in broke boek Mountain ♪
♪ hab Halle Berry in monster's ball ♪
♪ Nicole Kidman and eyes wide shut ♪ ♪ and Marisa tomei ♪
♪ but not Jennifer Lawrence's at all ♪
♪ we saw your boobs ♪
♪ In the movie that we saw ♪ ♪ we saw your boobs ♪
♪ kristen Stewart we saw them on road ♪
♪ and we saw charlize theron's ♪
♪ Helen hunt we saw them in "the sessions" ♪
♪ Scarlett Johansson ♪ ♪ we saw them on our phones ♪
♪ Jessica chastain we Sawyer o boobs in "lawless" ♪
♪ Jodie Foster in the creuse ♪
♪ Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry ♪ ♪ Pen?lope Cruz in Vanilla Sky ♪
♪ And Kate Winslet in Heavenly Creatures ♪
♪ and Hamlet and Titanic ♪♪♪ ♪
♪ and whatever you're in right now ♪ ♪ we saw your boobs ♪
ladies and gentlemen, the gay men's chorus of Los Angeles.
♪ we saw your boobs ♪
♪ boobs ♪
♪ we saw your boobk we saw your boobs, boobs ♪
♪ we saw your boob ♪
just so you know, I'm not actually a member of that chorus.
I was just joining in at the end there.
Oh, trust me, in July you join the chorus.
Okay, what do I do? How do I fix this?
Well, look, look, these people don't want you to mock the movies.
If you're going to do a son-in-law, sing one that celebrates the movies.
You know, a classic Oscar-winning tune. You said it yourself.
That's what tonight is supposed to be about.
All right, I think I got it.
Ladies and gentlemen, channing tatum and charlize theron.
♪ someday when I'm awfully low ♪
♪ when the world is cold ♪
♪ I will feel a glow ♪
♪ just thinking of you ♪
♪ and the way you look tonight ♪
just the way you look tonight
all right, there.
Did that fix everything?
Well, let's find out.
Seth macfarlane, pretty bad Oscar host.
Seth macfarlane, pretty bad Oscar host. Still?
Why? What else happened?
You do a reenactment of the movie "flight" entirely with soft puppets.
Take a look.
Flight 227, you are cleared for takeoff.
- All systems go. Captain. - Okay, hang on a second.
Glug, glug, glug, glug, let's do it.
Captain, you don't look so good. Are you okay?
I am now.
Oh, oh.
Aaagh!
- I'm going to have to roll it. - Too low. Too low.
Pull up.
I'm in so much pain.
Hey, it's me your drug dealer. You want some drugs? Yeah.
- Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. - Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
I mean, that's... that's not bad-bad, right?
Are you crazy? You're a white guy.
In 2013 you can't wear black hand.
Come on, Denzel doesn't care. He has a great sense of humor.
He's in all those "nutty Professor" movies. He's hilarious.
The point is, keep it classy. You've suck a song.
How about a little soft shoe?
Okay, all right. How about this?
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Daniel Radcliffe and Joseph Gordon-levitt.
♪ Just what makes that little old an ♪
♪ think he'll move ♪ ♪ that rubber tree plant ♪
♪ anyone knows an ant ♪ ♪ can't move a rubber tree plant ♪
♪ but he's got high hopes ♪
♪ he's got high hopes ♪
♪ he's got high apple pie ♪
♪ in the sky hopes ♪
♪ so any time you're feeling low ♪
♪ instead of letting go ♪
♪ just remember that ant ♪
♪ whoops, there goes ♪ ♪ another rubber tree ♪
♪ whoops, there goes ♪ ♪ another rubber tree plant ♪
♪ ker-plop ♪
all right.
That did it.
That had to have done it. What does the headline say now?
Seth macfarlane proves to be mediocre host. It helped but still not enough.
Seth macfarlane proves to be mediocre host.
That's actually the best review I've ever gotten
so I'm going to go ahead and take that if that's okay.
Are you sure you want to be the first Oscar host to get a bad review?
Fine, fine, what else do I do that screws up the show?
Well, you're incredibly disrespectful
to one of the evening's most prestigious nominees,
look at what happens in the green room.
Hey, how's it going?
- Oh, my God. - Isn't this cool? "Flying nun."
You know who is a fan of the "flying nun" in this room?
This guy.
- Really? - Me.
That's great. Thanks a lot.
- I saw "Lincoln." - Oh. Thanks.
I wasn't complimenting you.
I was just saying I saw the movie.
Oh.
You know, when I was a kid I used to watch "the flying nun" on TV
and I got to tell you I'm not ashamed to say, you were so hot.
Wow. That's very nice of you to say that.
And "gidget" you as gidget, so hot.
Don't you have to get back on stage or something?
No, Adele is out there screaming her song at everybody. I'm fine. I'm good.
Something about the nun, man,
there's something about the nun, I don't know
whether it's cause it's forbidden fruit,
so ridiculously hot.
This is making me uncomfortable.
What are you doing in about 61/2 hours after the show is over.
I'm going to go to a party or something.
Great. I'm in. Cunt me in, man.
Fire up the transam.
I can't go anywhere. I'm nop natured.
You have to go back out there.
You know they're gonna gove it to Anne Hathaway.
Let's... Lets's go.
Yes, but out of respect, I think I have to...
Look, I got a bottle of wine and some Boniva.
We'll have a great time.
- Give to it Ally. - They're not gonna give it to Ally.
- Amy. - I don't kow who that is.
- Jacki. - No.
- They're gonna give it to Anne. - Yeah.
I went home with Sally field. That's awesome.
No, no, it's not.
Sally was supposed to win. She wasn't there to get the award.
What happened?
Amy Adams ran up and grabbed it.
- She did? - Yeah.
They tried to take it from her and she bit a guy.
- Oh, my God. - Blood all... look, you're almost there.
You got to give them a big showstopper.
Make your audience feel welcome and then start the show.
Okay. All right. I think I got it.
Orchestra, please.
Be our guest
♪ be our guest as we honor the best ♪
♪ with a telecast designed to ♪ ♪ put your patience to the test ♪
♪ there's ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪ And I ♪ ♪ hope he's on his meds, ♪
♪ Daniel day we love the beard ♪ ♪ but Lincoln's voice was kind of weird ♪
♪ ♪♪♪♪ Have some luck, ♪♪♪♪♪ ♪
♪ with the star that made them ♪ ♪ look like a vision ♪♪ ♪
♪♪♪♪♪ We're missing Oscar time ♪
♪ so be our guest be our guest ♪
♪ be our guest ♪
♪ please be our guest ♪
best oscars ever, says everyone except entertainment weekly
ladies and gentlemen,
last year's Oscar winner for actress in a supporting role,
octavia Spencer.
The five actors nominated for actor in a supporting role
have been nominated a combined a combined 21 times for academy awards.
And each has won at least once before.
Now, I'm no expert.
Having been here on this stage for the first time last year,
but in my opinion,
this may be one of the most impressive field of actors
to share this category.
Here are the nominees for actor in a supporting role.
Alan arkin, "argo."
Want to set up a movie. You want to lie to Hollywood.
A town where everybody lies for a living.
Then you going to sneak 007 into a country
that wants CIA blood on their breakfast cereal
and walk the Brady bunch out of the most watched city in the world.
Robert de niro, "silver linings playbook."
- I want to you watch the game with me. - I do but this is...
I'm not superstition. That's a small thing I do.
If I make a lot of money what is the difference if I do this or that?
That? A small thing.
Hey, you see that? You're meant to be here.
This is special. Everything happens for a reason.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "the master."
What scares you so much about traveling into the past, sir?
I'm not... - are you afraid we might discover our pasts
have been reshapen,
perverted
and perhaps what we think we know of this world
is false information?
Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln."
Even you ****.
*** Long before today even worthless unworthy you
ought to be treated equally before the law.
Christoph waltz, "django unchained."
I showed that to the authorities
proving that indeed have killed him
at which point the authorities pay me the bounty.
So like slavery it's a flesh for cash business.
And the Oscar goes to...
christoph waltz, "django unchained."
This is the second academy award and second nomination for christoph waltz.
He took home his first Oscar in the same
category for his role in "inglourious basterds."
Thank you. Thank you so much.
Mr. de niro, Mr. arkin, Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Jones... at my...
My unlimited gratitude goes to Dr. king Schultz.
That is, of course,
to his creator and the creator of his awe-inspiring world, Quentin Tarantino.
And I thank Jamie foxx and Lee yee dicaprio,
Sam Jackson and kerry Washington.
I thank Harvey weinstein and Amy paschal, Stacey
sher, Reginald hudlin and sill lahr savone,
Adam schweitzer and Lisa costello and Jeff and bill, my friends, who saved my neck.
We've participated in a hero's journey, the hero here being Quentin,
you scaled the Mountain because you're not afraid of it.
You slay the dragon because you're not afraid of it,
and you cross through fire because it's worth it.
I borrowed my character's words. I'm sorry. I couldn't resist.
Thank you.
We'll be right back with Paul rudd, Melissa Melissa, Reese Witherspoon
and five members of "the avengers" cast when the oscars return on abc.
Welcome back to "the oscars"
he is the star of "this is 40" and she's the scarf "identity thief."
See if you can tell them apart, Paul ruud and Melissa Melissa.
An actor's... voice.
A Camille yoon.
From that lone voice a thousand characters can emerge.
Emerge!
For example,
I'm a robot named ping and I just want to learn how to swim.
- Wow. Wow. - Thanks.
Where's Paul ruud? I dont know.
Don't hurt me, bear, I'm just an inner city mouse with a lisp.
- Really incredible. - How did you do that?
I don't know.
So you began a lot of animation work?
No. Actually, no.
I changed my... an e-mail
so I'm figuring it's, you know, it's all going to compiling in.
- When they figure it out and stuff. - Yeah.
You probably are... - oh, no, no, my phone has been acting all weird.
Like a tower change..
Maybe. It could be a tower change. You never know.
- With all this technology, the phones... - What?
Here are the nominees for the best animated short film.
"Adam and dog," minkyu Lee.
"Fresh guacamole," pes.
"Head over heels," Timothy reckart and fodhla cronin O'Reilly.
"Maggie Simpson in 'the longest daycare, '" David silverman.
"Paperman," John kahrs.
And the Oscar goes to...
"paperman," John kahrs.
This is the first academy award and nomination for John kahrs.
Thanks to the academy,
especially this year they got the shorts out to all the nominees.
To everyone at Disney.
Particularly John lassiter and Andrew who have been great at revitalizing the studio
to Christina Reed, my producer, the cast and crew and everyone who helped on it.
They made it so much better than I could ever hope.
To my wife, the amazing Jenny rim and to my kids,
Ben and Johnny, I'll see you tonight. Bye.
And here are the nominees for the best animate ed feature film.
"Brave," directed by mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman.
"Frankenweenie," directed by Tim Burton.
"Paranorman," directed by Sam fell and Chris Butler.
"The pirates! Band of misfits," directed by Peter lord.
"Wreck-it Ralph," directed by rich Moore.
And the Oscar goes to...
"brave," mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman.
This is the first academy award for mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman.
Mark previously nominated for the animated short film "one-man band."
Okay. I just happen to be wearing the kilt.
I didn't plan any of this.
I'd like to thank the academy for this incredible honor.
Making a movie has its own story. I'd like to thank John lassiter,
Jim Morris, Andrew Stanton, Pete docter, Brenda Chapman,
Katherine for making the making of "brave" an exceptional story.
My wife and my four kids, maeve, Jack, Peyton and Ford.
I'd like to give a shoutout to my wonderful, strong,
beautiful daughter Emma who inspired "brave" into being
so thank you to her and my husband and our incredible cast and crew.
Thank you.
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen,
will you welcome, the Oscar-winning Reese Witherspoon.
Thank you so much.
Not since the early days of sound has a film risked its actors singing live.
But the stellar cast of this film thrilled
audiences with their brilliant musicality and
our first nominee for best picture, "les miserables."
Our second best picture nominee is "life of pi."
A triumph combining magical realism, faith in God
and a crackling narrative to create one of the most original films of the year.
Our third nominee for best picture proves that the American dream is still afoot
when an independent film about a struggling African-American family
can be honored here on this stage tonight.
This film is "beasts of the Southern wild."
♪ Sing a song of angry men ♪
♪ The music of a people who will not be saved again ♪
♪ When the beating of your heartart echoes the beating of the drums ♪
♪ There is a life about to suffer when com comes ♪
♪ Do you hear the people singing ♪
♪ ****♪
♪ ***♪
******
****Behind my family, to indiaia****
I soppose the end of all life it was an act of letting go
but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say good-bye.
*****
I wish I had said it's over. You survived.
Thank you for saving my life. I loved you.
You'll always be with me.
****
***
I see everything that made me flying around in invisible pieces.
When I look too hard, it goes away.
But when it all goes quiet, I see they're right here.
I see that I'm a little piece of a big, big universe
and that makes things right.
When I die, the scientists of the future,
they're going to find it all.
They're going to know.
Once there was a hushpuppy and she lived with her daddy in the bathtub.
♪♪
There they are. Our first three best picture nominees
and we have an Oscar record here at age 9,
quvenzhane Wallis is the youngest best actress nominee ever.
So let me just address those of you up for an award,
so you got nominated for an Oscar,
something a 9-year-old could do!
She's adorable, quvenzhane. She said to me backstage.
I really hope I don't lose to that old lady, Jennifer Lawrence.
To give you an idea how young she is
it'll be 16 years before she's too old for clooney.
Okay. You know what, I'm sorry about that.
Here, I swiped this from the mini bar. You can be only guy here who's not buzzed.
Moving on, the avengers was the most -
the avengers was the most popular movie of the year
which is why it's only nominated once.
But there's no denying the success of this film and here they are,
all in one place,
please welcome Robert downey Jr., Chris Evans,
Jeremy renner, mark ruffalo and Samuel l.
This justillion dollar franchise launch trumps best picture nomination.
Wow, let's take a little box office bow. Thank you very much.
If a film crew is a tribe, the cinematographer is the shaman,
battling the elements, working with light and shadow to convey -
that Robert is as tall as the rest of us
by framing out the apple boxes he is so often standing on -
or crafting an elegant master that simultaneously conveys story,
character and height equality.
Yet the true abilities of a cinematographer are often tested most
when an aging star whose years,
make that decades,
of wanton self-abuse leaves his face looking like a lunar landing surface.
Excuse me, are you talking about me or you.
He's talking to you.
In my defense it wasn't decades.
- Maybe for like a decade. - ?
21/2 years times 10 or a quarter century.
Here are the nominees for achievement in cinematography.
"Anna Karenina," Seamus mcgarvey.
"Django unchained," Robert Richardson.
"Life of pi," Claudio Miranda.
"Lincoln," janusz kaminski.
"Skyfall," Roger deakins.
And the Oscar goes to -
Claudio Miranda, "life of pi."
This is the first academy award and nomination for Claudio Miranda
who was born in Santiago, Chile.
The previous nomination was in the same category
for "the curious case of Benjamin button."
Oh, gee, wow.
This movie was quite a beast to make,
we did it and the thing that I had was so much -
♪♪Everyone was just totally there and supportive.
I was really - ang
and the beautiful world - it was like one challenge.
When you're a cinematographer** -
when you have your eyes and go up and up and up
and reach this thing and get excited.
There's exciting scenes like the candles and things we did that was nuts.
But it was really great
and I'd like to thank everyone that made this thing totally possible,
the academy, **
Oh, my God, I can't even speak. I know.
Wrap up now, the whole thing,
and like to thank my wife, my daughters up there and,
everyone, thank you so much.
Here are the nominees for -
- whoa, whoa, wait, man. - Yeah.
You just skipped the big chunk.
- You did. - Did I?
***
It's important that visual effects artists are given the respect they deserve.
This was a huge year.**
Is that really something that you want to say?
Just roll it back. Give them what they want.
No.
Let's just give them the respect they deserve
and give them the damn award.
- Okay. - **
Come on
- ** - **
- *** - ***
Here are the nominees -
all right.**
For achievement in wish wall effect.
♪♪An unexpected journey," Joe letteri, Eric saindon,
David Clayton and r. Christopher white.
"Life of pi," bill westenhofer, Guillaume rocheron,
Erik-jan de boer and Donald r. Elliott.
"Marvel's the avengers," janek sirrs, Jeff white,
guy Williams and Dan sudick.
"Prometheus," Richard stammers, Trevor wood,
Charley henley and Martin hill.
"Snow white and the huntsman," Cedric Nicolas-troyan, Philip Brennan,
Neil corbould and Michael Dawson.
And the Oscar goes to -
superheroes **
"Life of pi."
This is the first academy award award for Erik-jan de boer and Donald r. Elliott,
the second Oscar win for bill westenhofer.
The irony is not lost on any of us up here
that in a film whose central premise is to ask the audience
what is real or not real most of what you see is,
well, it's fake.
Imagine wall visual effects.
Want to thank gil netter**
And all those at fox **
For realizing sometimes it takes a risk to make something special
and "life of pi" was a risk worth taking.
♪♪Ang Lee,
you were inspiration and made an incredible journey for all of us.
Thank you.
To David woe market, Mike what lone
and Tommy fisher for making a wave tank
that kept us from going out to the real ocean
and conn killkenny for inviting us to the party in the first place
and my family, making all those sacrifices,
♪♪
***
I thank you for inspiring me every day.
♪♪
Finally I want to thank all the artists would worked on this film for over a year.
Including rhythm and - **
Suffering severe financial difficulties right now.
I want you all to remember - ***
Coming up next,
channing tatum, Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry
a special tribute to 50 years of James Bond.
Here at the oscars on abc.
Welcome back to oscars.
Our next two presenters, at least one is honest about being a former exotic dancer.
Please welcome channing tatum and Jennifer Aniston.
Costume designers, make-up artists, hairstylists -
you can't imagine what we owe these people.
Nope, no, you absolutely cannot.
Every one of us
well, except George clooney, who does in fact roll out of bed camera-ready -
is forever shaped by these brave men and women
who paint, cut, bend, twist, shave,
and in some cases even wax us into the characters that you see on screen.
Wax, wax?
- Yep, uh-huh. - Well, welcome to the club, chan.
Thanks.
***Not so fun, is it?
No, no, it's not. No.
So, it's all right. Don't worry about it.
So tonight we honor our incredible unsung heroes -
the behind-the-scenes artists who crafted your favorite characters
of the year.
Here are the nominees for achievement in costume design.
"Anna Karenina," costume design by jacqueline durran.
"Les miserables," costume design by paco delgado.
"Lincoln," costume design by joanna johnston.
"Mirror mirror," costume design by eiko ishioka.
"Snow white and the huntsman," costume design by Colleen atwood.
***
And the Oscar goes to -
jacqueline durran,
"Anna Karenina."
This is the first academy award and third nomination for jacqueline durran
who grew up in the uk.
She was previously nominated in this category
for "atonement" and "pride and prejudice."
Thank you for the academy.
This is absolutely overwhelming
and I'd like to accept it on behalf of the great team
that worked with me on "Anna Karenina."
A wonderful director, Joe Wright,
fantastic producers at working title and my children for bearing with me.
They're completely oblivious to this, fast asleep in england.
Thank you very much.
Here are the nominees for achievement in makeup and hairstyling.
"Hitchcock," Howard berger, Peter montagna and Martin Samuel.
"***An unexpected journey,"
Peter swords king, Rick findlater and tami Lane.
"Les miserables," Lisa westcott and Julie dartnell.
And the Oscar goes to -
"les miserables," Lisa west Scott and Julie dartnell.
This is the first academy award for Lisa westcott and Julie dartnell.
Whoa. Thank you so much, academy.
I don't know - it's overwhelming.
Huge tribute to the team who worked so hard
and was so talented and I feel that I only a little bit of this and the rest did.
Thank you very much.
It's an incredible honor.
Thank you so much and I just want to give love to my family,
my mum, my dad. Tom holly and Dave, thank you.
A lot of beautiful women here tonight.
A lot of beautiful women
and for those of you who gave themselves the flu two weeks ago to get there,
paid off.
Looking good.
Now, please welcome one of the most beautiful women in the world
and one of my favorite bond girls of all time
Oscar winner Halle Berry.
***
Tonight, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of James Bond in motion pictures.
We do it with music,
which is as inextricably linked to bond as the Martini,
exotic cars, and pussy galore.
In film after film, moviegoers have been treated to songs reflective of the moment
and scores as engaging as cool as 007 himself.
"Bond music" is a genre all its own -
guaranteed to make your heart beat faster and take your breath away.
Here's a look at the sights, sounds,
and music of the past five decades of James Bond.
Ladies and gentlemen, dame Shirley bassey.
♪ goldfinger ♪
♪ he's the man the man with the midas touch ♪
♪ a spider's touch ♪
♪ such a cold finger ♪
♪ beckons you to enter his web of sin ♪
♪ but don't go in ♪
♪ golden words he will pour in your ear ♪
♪ but his lies can't disguise what you fear ♪
♪ for a golden girl knows ♪ ♪ when he's kissed her ♪
♪ it's the kiss of death ♪
♪ from Mr. goldfinger
♪ pretty girl beware of his heart of gold ♪
♪ his heart is cold ♪
♪ golden words he will pour in your ear ♪
♪ but his lies can't disguise♪ ♪ what you fear ♪
♪ for a golden girl ♪
♪ knows when he's kissed her ♪
♪ it's the kiss of death ♪
♪ from Mr. goldfinger ♪
♪ pretty girl beware of his heart of gold ♪
♪ his heart is cold ♪
♪ he loves only gold ♪
♪ only gold ♪
♪ he loves gold ♪
♪ he loves only gold ♪
♪ only gold ♪
♪ he loves gold ♪
now, I want to take a moment to acknowledge three people
who have worked very, very hard to make tonight's show great.
Our brilliant producers Craig zadan and Neal meron.
Whose skill and talents are only exceeded by their good nature
and masterful director don michener.
Watching this legendary guy at work is an experience,
frankly, everyone in show business should have.
And now please welcome our next two presenters.
They are the stars of "django unchained,"
gentlemen, kerry Washington and Oscar winner, Jamie foxx.
This is the first year that the academy has made available to the membership,
on DVD, all the nominated live action shorts.
So pay attention.
Because where do you think Spielberg and scorsese came from?
Where did they come from?
- They made short films. - Right.
They made short films.
So our future a-listers are right here in this envelope.
Here are the nominees for best live action short film.
"Asad," Bryan Buckley and mino jarjoura.
"Buzkashi boys," Sam French and Ariel nasr.
"Curfew," Shawn christensen.
"Death of a shadow,"," tom van avermaet and Ellen de waele.
"Henry," yan england.
And the Oscar goes to -
"curfew," Shawn christensen.
This is the first academy award and nomination for Shawn christensen.
Thanks.
Wow, a big thank you to the academy for supporting short films.
This has been wonderful and I only have t-minus two seconds to do it.
***
My producer in crime, Damon Russell, I love you, man,
we would not be here without you, brother.
My co-star, 12-year-old co-star father team ma,
your performance was so incredible.
Nobody even remembers I'm in the film because of you.
You are incredible.
Mary and Andrew, thank you so much.
The incredible cinematography from Daniel katz
and putting together the wonderful crew,
***Friends, family and crew in New York and France,
***
My beautiful mother. My devilishly handsome father.
And the center of my un ver, my dearest Nina.
Thank you. I love you all.
And here are the nominees for best documentary short subject.
"Inocente," Sean fine and Andrea nix fine.
"Kings point," sari gilman and jedd wider.
"Mondays at racine," Cynthia wade and Robin honan.
"Open heart," kief Davidson and cori Shepherd stern.
"Redemption," jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill.
And the Oscar goes to -
"inocente." Sean fine and Andrea nix fine.
This is the first academy award
and second nomination for Sean fine and Andrea nix fine
and received the first for their film "war bath"
in the documentary short subject category.
Thank you so much for this.
We just want to thank quickly our amazing crew,
arvie and Susan ****
And Ryan and Jeff,
incredible editor with us and all artistic exploits.
And most of all this young lady
was homeless a year ago and now standing in front of all of you
and **ls an artist and all of you are artists
and we feel like we need to start supporting the ors.
They're dying in our community
and all of our artists need to stand up and help girls like her be seen and heard.
That's so important. Thank you.
In the hugely successful movies
our next presenter plays a middle age man looking for a girl.
Go down. Harvey weinstein - joked -
okay, we didn't write that one yet but will work on it.
He has become the definition of a modern American superhero.
Please welcome Mr. Liam neeson.
Good evening. Our fourth film nominated for best picture is "argo,"
blending together elements of a thriller,
a realistic Hollywood satire, and a drama,
making us long for the hostages to be rescued
by the one intrepid agent who could.
Our next nominated film,
♪♪Our 16th president was brought to life as a flawed,
magnificent magnificent human being
struggling against an all-too-familiar tide of congressional gridlock.
Fifth nominee for best picture, "Lincoln."
The sixth nominated best picture, "zero dark thirty,"
allows us to eavesdrop on one of the great procedurals of the 21st century
leaving with an almost unprecedented feeling
that what we are watching or not watching a film but real life.
- ***Big shot. - **
- We're not actually doing anything. - No.
No.?
- Jim brought some books to read. - No.
***
Somebody's responsible when things happen.
I'm responsible.
I'm taking them.
***True north from where you're standing
but got no advice about the swamps,
deserts and chasms that you'll encounter along the way
and you plunge aheed heedless of obstacles
and achieve nothing more than sink in a swamp.
What's the use of knowing true north?
Abolishing slavery by constitutional provision
settles the fate of all coming time,
not only of the millions now in bondage,
but of unborn millions to come.
100% he's there.
Okay, fine, 95% because I know certainty freaks you guys out but it's 100%.
How do you evaluate the risk of not doing something?
Huh? The risk of potentially letting bin laden slip through your fingers?
It's her against the world.
Oh, yeah.
***
here they are, our second batch of best picture nominees.
You know, this is interesting.
Daniel day-Lewis, not the first actor to be nominated for playing Lincoln.
Ray mon massey portrayed him in 1940s "Abe Lincoln in Illinois."
This is true.
I would argue, however, that the actor who really got inside Lincoln's head
was John wilkes booth.
Really, 150 years and it's still too soon, huh?
I guess Napoleon jokes coming you'll be so mad.
Oh, my God.
How about Ben affleck, "argo"?
Fast-paced, gripping, nominated for best picture.
This man has gone from starring in "gigli" to becoming
one of the most respected filmmakers of this generation.
I feel like we're six months away from having to call himle Benjamin affleck.
I thought we'd cut this joke but really, want to do it?
First time I saw him with all that dark facial hair I thought,
Okay. All right. So it worked.
Which is why it's live.
And how great was Jessica chastain in "zero dark thirty"?
Yeah.
Playing a woman who spends almost 12 years tracking osama bin laden.
12 years. The film was a triumph
and also a celebration of every woman's
innate ability to never ever let anything go.
All right.
Our next presenter is a gifted writer and director,
please welcome Oscar winner,
the mul multitalented Ben affleck.
Thank you. Thank you, Seth.
I actually thought the show had been going pretty well, but
maybe you can turn it around.
The documentary filmmaker uses the camera to show real life
and real people in a way that's inciteful, astonishing but above truthful.
*** Those living in the west bank,
behind the scenes operatives working in secret in that same land.
The life and death battle waged 30 years ago by
activists trying to stop the spread of aids,
the war being waged against our nation's female warriors.
And a journey to find a long lost musical legend.
Here are the nominees for best documentary feature.
"5 broken cameras,"
emad burnat and guy davidi.
"The gatekeepers,"
dror moreh, Philippa kowarsky and estelle fialon.
"How to survive a plague,"
David France and Howard gertler.
"The invisible war,"
Kirby dick and Amy ziering.
"Searching for sugar man,"
Malik bendjelloul and Simon chinn.
Okay. And the Oscar goes to -
"searching for sugar man."
Malik bendjelloul and Simon chinn.
This is the first academy award and nomination for Malik bendjelloul.
This is the second Oscar and second nomination for Simon chinn
who took home his first in the category for "man on a on a wire."
Oh, boy. Thank you so much.
Thanks to the academy, very, very kind.
Thanks to one of the greatest thi singers ever, Rodriguez,
and...
*** And cammi, strong, svt, sfi, former friends and family
and then Sony classics, the best distributor on this planet.
Thank you.
I also want to thank Sony classics, tom and Michael,
I want to thank John batsek,
Andrew humanen and the team of pictures, Josh braun, submarine
and my dear wife, Laura, without I wouldn't be able to do any of this.
Rodriguez isn't here tonight.
Because he didn't want to take any of the credit himself and
that just about says everything about that man and his story that you want to know.
Thank you.
When we come back Jessica chastain,
Jennifer garner, Hugh Jackman and Anne hathaway
the cast of "prometheus" explains what the hell was going on.
More oscars after this.
We are back. It's Sunday, everybody is dressed up.
This is like church only with more people praying.
Our next two presenters have both played government agents
and both have kicked ass on screen in every sense.
Please welcome Jennifer garner Oscar nominee, Jessica chastain.
The 63 previous recipients of the Oscar for best foreign language film
come from nations that span the globe,
from Asia to Africa, Europe to South America.
This year's nominees are equally diverse,
representing countries from three different continents.
Regardless of their nation of origin,
their universal themes transcend all boundaries by touching our common humanity.
Here are the nominees for best foreign language film.
From Austria, "amour,"
directed by Michael haneke.
From Norway, "kon-tiki,"
directed by Joachim ronning and espen sandberg.
From Chile, "no,"
directed by Pablo larrain.
From Denmark, "a royal affair,"
directed by Nikolaj arcel.
From Canada, "war witch,"
directed by Kim nguyen.
And the Oscar goes to -
"amour," Austria, Michael haneke.
This is the second movie from Austria
to win the academy award for foreign language film.
Thank you very much. What an honor.
I have to thank Michael from Sony classics,
thank you very much.
Thank you to my producers, they are here, all,
Margaret, mihel, Margaret, mihel, ***
Thank you to my great crew,
thank you to my wife. She was member of the crew.
She's supporting me in 30 years. You are the center of my life.
And thank you above all to my main actors, emmanuelle riva, ***
Because without them, I will not stay here. Thank you.
I want to take a moment to acknowledge a
very, very important part of tonight's show,
our magnificent orchestra which believe it or not, yeah,
these are some of the finest musicians in the
world and we're very lucky to have them.
They're led by musical director, *** William Ross.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our next presenter.
Tony manaro, Danny zucko, but underneath it all,
he's John Travolta.
Say yes. Okay.
Because I got a big treat for you.
When I came of age, movie musicals were beginning to revive.
"Saturday night fever" put a spring in my step,
and by the time I did "grease," you were willing to suspend disbelief and
once again accept that actors were singing and
dancing to that great, invisible orchestra
even with "hairspray."
So tonight
I will introduce a celebration of some of the
finest movie musicals of the last decade
and now I am going to say the word "Oscar" a lot.
Tonight's Oscar nominees, Hugh Jackman and Anne hathaway,
along with cast members Russell Crowe,
Amanda seyfried, Eddie redmayne, Samantha barks,
Aaron tveit, Helena bonham Carter
and sacha baron Cohen all from the Oscar nominated best picture, "les miserables,"
Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson in "dreamgirls"
and Oscar winner Catherine zeta-Jones in Oscar winning best picture, "Chicago."
Come on, babe why don't we paint the town
and all that jazz I'm gonna Rouge my knees and roll my stockings down
and all that jazz
start the car I know a whoopee spot
where the gin is cold but the piano's hot
it's just a noisy hall where there's a nightly brawl
and all that
jazz
slick your hair and wear your buckle shoes
and all that jazzi I hear that father dipp is gonna blow the blues
and all that jazz
hold on hon, we're gonna bunny hug
I bought some asperin down at united drug
in case you shake apart and wanna brand new start to do
that jazz
come on, babe why don't we paint the town
and all that jazz
I'm gonna Rouge my knees and roll my stockings down
and all that jazz
start the car I know a whoopee spot
where the gin is cold but the piano's hot
it's just a noisy hall where there's a nightly brawl
and all that
no, I'm no one's wife, but
oh, I love my life
and all that
jazz that jazz
and I am telling you
I'm not going
you're the best man I'll ever know
there's no way I could ever go
please don't go away from me
say with me, stay with me
stay, stay and hold me I-I-I-I-I-I
stay, stay and hold me
please stay and hold me.
Mr. man try it, mister
try it, mister try it, mister I know, I know I know you can
tear down the mountains yell, scream and shout, you can
say what you want but I ain't walking out
stop all the rivers push, strike and kill
I'm not gonna leave you there's no way I will
and I am telling you
I'm not going
you're the best man I'll ever know
I don't wanna be free I'm staying
I'm staying and you, and you, and you
and you you're gonna love me
you're gonna love
yes are, yes, are, oh
gonna love, love
you are
gonna love
me
suddenly you're here suddenly it starts
can two anxious hearts beat as one
yesterday I was alone today you are beside me
suddenly I see what I could not see
something, suddenly has begun
one day more another day, another destiny
this never-ending road to calvary
these men who seem to know my crime will surely come a second time one day more
I dreamed a dream in time gone away
when hope was high and life worth living
- one day more. - Tomorrow you'll be worlds away
and yet with you my world has started
- one more day all on my own. - Will we ever meet again
- one more day with him not caring. - I was born to be with you
- what a life I might have known. - And I swear I will be true
but he never saw me there
- one more day before the storm. - Do I follow where she goes
- at the barricades of freedom. - Shall I join my brothers there
- will you take your place with me. - The time is now, the day is here
the time is now
the day is here
one day more
one day more to revolution we will nip it in the bud
we'll be ready for these schoolboys
they will wet themselves with blood?
One day to a new beginning
raise the flag of freedom high!
Do you hear the people sing?
My place is here,
I fight with you!
One day more!
We will join these people's heros
we will follow where they go
we will learn their little secrets,
we will know the things they know.
One more day to revolution
we will nip it in the bud
we'll be ready for these schoolboys
tomorrow is the judgement day
tomorrow we'll discover
what our God in heaven has in store!
One more dawn
one more day
one day more!
Welcome back.
And now please welcome current "star trek" stars
and future priceline.Com spokespeople,
Chris pine and Zoe saldana.
For over 80 years, the film industry has honored
scientists, engineers, innovators and tech experts
who make the movies so much fun to to watch.
Earlier this month that tradition continued at
the academy's scientific and technical awards.
Here are some of the awards we were honored to present.
The class of 2012 was recognized for diverse offerings,
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including a computerized tissue system
that simulates how muscles and fat move,
which allows filmmakers to create stunt doubles or animated main characters.
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a mathematical technique that became the foundation
to create many computer-generated characters
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a more reliable power source with extended run
time for the increasing use of digital cameras.
The John bonner medal of commendation to bill Taylor,
leading visual effects supervisor,
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which culminated with an Oscar presented to Cooke optics.
The company first introduced picture lenses in 1921.
Les zellan accepted.
I would like to thank the academy for bestowing this award on Cooke optics.
You know,
there are so many distinguished nominees here tonight,
you guys have made some beautiful, some inspiring movies.
I made "Ted."
You don't mean that.
Your movies are here to receive awards.
My movie is in red boxes in front of grocery stores being urinated on by bums.
Regar... Only if that were a joke.
Regardless please welcome the stars of my **** Effort,
mark wahlberg and Ted.
Ah, there we go. Thanks, marky.
Hey, is ed Harris nominated for anything tonight, do you know?
No, I don't think so.
Okay, all right, then we can take the stool with us when we leave.
Rock at all these people out there dressed up looking sharp
thinking about how much sex they're going to have with each other later.
Ted, what are you talking about, man?
Look, all right, I'll come clean with you, I just want to be part of it. Huh?
Come on you guys, please, just tell me where it's going to be.
Look, Ted, no one knows what you're talking about, okay?
Mark, the big post oscars Hollywood orgy. Please tell me where it is.
Look, I think your imagination has gotten out of contrl, dude
look, come on. I'm really good at sex.
And I can bring sodas, snacks and ***
All right, it's at Jack Nicholson's house.
****
Here are the nominees for best sound mixing.
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"argo," John reitz, gregg rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia.
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"les miserables," Andy Nelson, mark paterson and Simon Hayes.
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"life of pi," Ron bartlett, d.M. Hemphill and drew kunin.
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"Lincoln," Andy Nelson, Gary rydstrom and Ronald judkins.
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"skyfall," Scott millan, Greg p. Russell and Stuart Wilson.
And the Oscar goes to -
"les miserables."
Andy Nelson, mark paterson and Simon Hayes.
This is the first academy award and
nomination for mark paterson and Simon Hayes.
Including his nomination for ***,
this is the 18th academy award nomination and second win for Andy Nelson.
Thank you so much. Boy, what an amazing honor to receive this tonight.
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tonight the night that Oscar celebrates music was fantastic.
Huge thank you to tom hooper our director.
Amazing cast that brought all the passion and heart of the story to the screen.
We thank you so much.
Cameron, Eric, Debra, working under universal ****
And from Simon, mark and myself, a huge thank you, thank you.
Boy, this is pretty cool, huh?
- You and me at the academy? - This is insane, dude.
Look at all this talent, all this talent in one spot.
There's - there's Daniel day-Lewis.
There's Alan arkin.
There's joaquin Phoenix.
And you know what's interesting? All those actors I just named are part Jewish.
Oh, okay.
What about you, you got a "berg" on the end of your name, are you Jewish?
Am I Jewish? No, actually, I'm catholic.
Wrong answer, try again.
What?
Look, you want to work in this town, or don't you?
That's interesting, mark, because I am Jewish.
- No, you're not. - I am, I am.
I was born Theodore shapiro,
and I would like to donate money to Israel
and continue to work in Hollywood forever.
Thank you.I am Jewish.
You're an idiot.
Yeah, well, we'll see who the idiot is when they get me
my private plane at the next secret synagogue meeting.
Look, I'm not doing a *** With you,
and the nominees for best sound editing are -
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"argo," Erik aadahl and er ry***
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"django unchained," wylie stateman.
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"life of pi," Eugene gearty and Philip stockton.
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"skyfall," per hallberg and Karen Baker landers.
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"zero dark thirty," Paul n.J. Ottosson.
And the Oscar goes to -
we have a tie.
No bs. We have a tie.
The first Oscar goes to "zero dark thirty," Paul n.J. Ottosson.
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to the academy, thank you. Such an honor.
Kathryn, what a fantastic movie.
And my crew,
I was fortunate to be here a few years ago for "the hurt locker"
and I was awarded two of these.
I woke up in the morning, 7:00, ****
One for mommy and one for daddy and he looked at me and said, where's mine?
And Theo, I love you, Karen, I love you.
Mom watching at home, I love you
and my dad, with God now, I love you. I miss you.
Good night. Thank you.
And the second Oscar goes to
"skyfall," per hallberg and Karen Baker landers.
This is the third academy award for per hallberg
and the second win for Karen Baker landers.
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they each won an Oscar in the category for "the bourne ultimatum."
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Well,
thank you, the academy,
this is so cool.
Well, we wished we could work on a bond movie
and we never quite thought that was going to happen, but it did,
and we just want to thank Michael and Barbara for inviting us to the family.
Then we -
then we got Sam mendes as the director
and that just made it even sweeter.
We got to mix for our friends,
Scott and Greg and
now this.
And I just want to say that
all the other nominees in this category were all storytellers,
we just tell our story through sound
and this is a huge honor. Tell me to wrap it up.
***Thank Peter and dino, Chris, Dan hagerman.
Chris hogan, stuver£¬
and our guy, Tony and Phil.
- Chris jargo. - ****Thank you so much.
- *** - ****
Our next presenters boasts an acting career
that spans seven decades,
but he is perhaps best known for the "sound of music"
and his timeless portrayal, ***
Head of the Von trapp family singers.
The family Von trapp.
They're gone!
***
♪♪
That's that joke. Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome a legend,
Oscar winning actor Christopher plummer.
New song.
Pick on someone your own size.
As I know only too well,
perseverance pays.
And these richly talented ladies nominated tonight
are none of them overnight successes. No, sir,
they are all seasoned perennials who have been acting since they were teenagers
and I strongly suspect that they will continue to do so
until they are even older than me.
And in this year of remarkableably brave performances,
I am somewhat dismayed to have to announce a winner.
But I look forward to the honor of working with any of these ladies
in my next 30 films.
Here are the nominees for best performance
by an actress in a supporting role.
Amy Adams, "the master."
What we do we have to drop it.
The only way to defend ourselves is to attack.
If we don't do that, we will lose every battle that we are engaged in.
We will never
dominate our environment the way we should unless we attack!
Sally field, "Lincoln."
- Put you in the mad house.*** - Then do it!
Do it. Don't you threaten you, you do it this time, lock me away.
You'll have to, I swear.
If Robert is killed.
"Anne hathaway, miserables."
I never dreamed my life would be
from this hell I'm living***
You'll never know what it seems
Helen hunt, "the sessions."
You discussed his fantasies
which were mostly masochistic, again, the idea of being punished.
He's never seen female genitalia before
and seems quite frightened at the thought of it.
Jacki Weaver, "silver linings playbook."
- Pat, this whole thing was a mistake. - I'm sorry, mom.
I am out on a limb with you with the court right now.
And the Oscar goes to
miss Anne hathaway.
This is the first academy award
and second nomination for Anne hathaway
she's previously nominated for her leading role in "Rachel is getting married"
it came true.
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Ah, thank you so much to the academy for this
and for nominating me with Helen hunt,
jacki Weaver, Amy Adams
and Sally field. I look up to you all so much
and it's been such an honor. Thank you.
There are so many people whose
generosity and support are with me right now.
I must thank Hugh Jackman.
****
The cast, the crew, especially
Simon Hayes and the sand wizards, congratulations on tonight, you guys
the creative team behind "les miserables",
Cameron mackintosh, ***
***Debra hayward and from universal,
Ron meyer, Donna Langley, thank you guys for your faith
and thank you for this opportunity.
I have to thank my team
led by the lion hearted Susan,
Josh lieberman, Nick Sullivan,
mahad nakil.
Please say I say everyone. ***Just to be safe,
Steven, Jason Sloan and special contributions
by Frank and Carrie Wagner.
I want to thank my friends especially the ones cheering from Crosby street tonight.
My family who I'm so blessed to be a part of.
My husband.
By far and away the greatest moment of my life
was the one when you walked into it.
I love you so much.
And thank you for this.
Here's hoping that someday in the not
too distant future the misfortunes of fantine
will only be found in stories and not in real life.
***
Coming up, a special performance of "skyfall" by Adele.
Plus, the Oscar for film editing right after this.
Welcome back.
Academy president hawk koch
grew up on the set of his father's s
and went on to become an incredible producer on his own.
***Please welcome our academy
a man so respected,
it doesn't matter his name sounds like a Russian guy sneezing,
hawk koch.
Thank you, Seth!
And thank you.
The academy is about recognizing the great achievements of the present,
honoring our past,
and ushering in the future of movies.
And the academy's future is very exciting.
It's a few years away, but, when it's done,
I want to invite everyone around the world to
come to Los Angeles to visit the new academy museum of motion pictures.
You'll be able to explore how movies are made,
learn about our history,
journey to the cutting edge of film technology, and even take a walk
on the red carpet.
It will be the first of its kind.
And speaking of firsts,
earlier this year, we held a contest for college students
asking them to make a video about how they
would contribute to the future of movies.
The winners are helping us hand out oscars onstage tonight
and here they are from duluth, Minnesota, depaul university, Abe Diaz.
From harare, Zimbabwe and ucla, go, bruins,
tatenda mbudzi.
From Brooklyn, New York attending suny potsdam, charon brabham.
From mesa, Arizona and Columbia college, Chicago, aj young.
From seoul, South Korea and emerson college, hearin ko.
And from ut-Austin, a marine corps veteran
who served in Afghanistan, Jennifer brofer.
Congratulations!
And I'll see you at the new academy museum!
That's a good idea. A bunch of coeds and drunk producers at an open bar.
That's great.
Our next presenter played a raging alcoholic in "28 days"
which is kind of a weird coincidence
because I'm going to be playing one in about an hour 45 minutes.
And I might be playing one right now.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Oscar winner Sandra bullock
editors take raw mass and sculpt it down
to is essential kernel of truth.
What a particularly sadistic butcher
might do a rump roast or a hamhock,
an editor must do to film.
We actors love our editors,
they protect us, they on occasion lie for us.
They hypothetically might hold on a shot of my watering eyes,
put a lump in the audience's throat
provoking that deep, deep emotion,
telling anyone that it may **
Have possibly been just
something stuck to my contact irritating my eyeball.
But, again, that's just a hypothetical example I was using.
Editors make so many of us look way better
than we ever have the right to
and here are the nominees for achievement in film editing.
"Argo," ***
"Life of pi," Tim squyres,
"Lincoln," Michael kahn,
"silver linings playbook," Jay Cassidy and crispin struthers.
"Zero dark thirty," Dylan tichenor and William goldenberg.
And the Oscar goes to
William goldenberg, "argo."
Including this nomination this year
for film editing for "zero dark thirty,"
this is the fourth academy award nomination for William goldenberg
and his first Oscar win.
Thank you, guys. Thank you all so much.
Thank you members of the academy
for honoring "argo" with this this award.
I really, really appreciate it.
I want to thank my great crew,
Brett, Joe and Paula,
I want to thank Warner brothers
and I want to thank our great producers
George clooney and grant heslov
and Chris terrio for writing and editor's dream for a screenplay
and, Ben, I share this with you,
you're my brother, I love you and thank you for this
my wifison ahm meat children nathad Eric.
Thank you so mach. You made it all possible.
*** Thank you and good night.
Nominated for best actress in a leading role tonight,
please welcome Jennifer Lawrence.
Our next performer, one of this evening's nominees for best songs
has joined the canon with a great James bone movie music
♪♪ Song as irresistible as 007 itself
performing her hit from the movie "skyfall,"
please welcome the unstoppable Adele.
♪ this is the end ♪
♪ hold your breath and count to ten ♪
♪ feel the earth move ♪ ♪ and then ♪
♪ hear my heart burst ♪
♪ again ♪
♪ for this is the end ♪
♪ I've drowned and dreamt his moment ♪
♪ so overdue I owe them ♪
♪ swept away I'm stolen ♪
♪ let the sky fall when it crumbles ♪
♪ we will stand tall ♪
♪ and face it all together ♪
♪ at skyfall ♪
♪ skyfall is where we start ♪
♪ a thousand Miles poles apart ♪
♪ where worlds collide and days are dark ♪
♪ you may have my number ♪
♪ you can take my name ♪
♪ but you'll never have my heart ♪
♪ let the sky fall (Let the sky fall) ♪
♪ when it crumbles (When it crumbles) ♪
♪ we will stand tall (We will stand tall) ♪
♪ face it all together ♪
♪ let the sky fall (Let the sky fall) ♪
♪ when it crumbles (When it crumbles) ♪
♪ we will stand tall (We will stand tall) ♪
♪ and face it all together ♪
♪ at sky fall ♪
♪ where you go I go ♪
♪ what you see I see ♪
♪ I know I'll never be ♪
♪ without the security ♪
♪ from your loving arms ♪
♪ keeping me from harm ♪
♪ with your hand in my hand ♪
♪ and we'll face it ♪
♪ let the sky fall (Let the sky fall) ♪
♪ when it crumbles (When it crumbles) ♪
♪ we will stand tall (We will stand tall) ♪
♪ face it all together ♪
♪ let the sky fall (Let the sky fall) ♪
♪ when it crumbles (When it crumbles) ♪
♪ we will stand tall (We will stand tall) ♪
♪ and face it all together ♪
♪ at skyfall ♪
♪ let the sky fall ♪
♪ we will stand tall ♪
♪ at skyfall oh ♪
and here to introduce our next best picture nominees,
Oscar winner, Nicole Kidman.
The course of true love is far from smooth
in our next nominee for best picture.
Depression, incarceration
and meds threaten this couple's romance at every step.
And yet these challenges are touchingly overcome
in this instant classic, "silver linings playbook."
♪♪ Our next best picture nominee
sorry.
David, let them clap, right?
Our next best picture nominee,
"django unchained" is hilarious,
uncomfortable, visceral
and a brilliant homage
to ** The Western heroism.
"Django" gives us the moral right, and along with it,
a wicked thrill.
And our next nominated film
is a deeply feeling and unflinching look
at an aging couple's agonizing choices.
"Amour" asks us as few films do
to reflect simply on the true meaning of love.
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I'll take all this negativity
***And find a silver lining. ***
You're afraid to live.***
You're a conformist. You're a liar.
I opened to you and you judged me.
Do you feel that?
That's emotion.
I don't feel anything.
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They call me hildy.
Her father is really mad at her
so he puts her there***
And he puts a fire-breathing dragon there to guard the Mountain.
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Let's bring out our next presenters.
He is a boy wizard and she's a girl vampire.
So together they're pretty much everything
that Christian Wright says is wrong with Hollywood.
Please welcome Daniel Radcliffe and kristen Stewart.
Our next award honors those who give a film its visual concept and design.
These artists whose work you are about to see
created the remarkable and unique look of
middle earth, of a man and tiger lost at sea,
and of 19th century Russia, Paris and the American civil war.
Here are the nominees for achievement in production design.
"Anna Karenina," production design by ***Katie Spencer.
***An unexpected journey,"
production design by Dan hennah and ra Vincent and Simon bright.
"Les miserables," production design by Eve Stewart
and set decoration bianna lynch-Robinson.
"Life of pi," production design
by David gropman and set decoration bianna pinnock.
"Lincoln," production design by Rick Carter and set decoration by Jim Erickson.
And the Oscar goes to "Lincoln," Rick Carter and Jim Erickson.
This is the first academy award and second nomination for Jim Erickson.
The second Oscar win and fourth nomination for Rick Carter.
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Jim Erickson who is the set decorator shares this honor
all of us who worked on this movieof "Lincoln,"
I think in our own ways tried to be worthy
of a legacy that's way beyond all of us,
but especially Steven
and Kathy and Tony
and Sally, but, of course, Daniel
who actually convinced us that he was Lincoln
and the legacy that I think that he
personified for all of us goes to our heart and
it's worth far more than any gold
that any of us could ever have and I just thank you
and I love my wife Adele.
Well, we have finally reached the point in the ceremony
where either javier bardem, pe Nelly cruise or salma Hayek comes on stage
have no idea what they're saying but we don't care
because they're so attractive.
Please welcome salma Hayek.
Each year, in a special ceremony known as the governors awards,
the academy pays tribute to individuals who exemplify
excellence in the world of motion pictures.
This year, three gentlemen ard, ***
Recognizing achievements y in filmmaking,
hal needham,
d.A. Pennebaker,
and George Stevens Jr.
For his lifelong commitment to philanthropy,
Jeffrey katzenberg received the Jean hersholt humanitarian award.
Let's take a moment to celebrate our four honorees.
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Hemade nothing less than the modern documentary.
Thinking about this award made me feel like
you guys consider us fellow filmmakers
and that's wonderful. Thank you.
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George had a vision. That vision became the American vision.
Because of our shared value of film.
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pushed the boundaries of what could be done in action.
I want to thank the entire Hollywood community
for allowing me to be part of it.
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stand out for the depth of his commitment.
It is my honor to present himself
the gene hersholt humanitarian award.
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I believe this particular hersholt award
is a recognition of the extraordinary generosity
of our industry towards improving the real world we all share.
Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in saluting these four honorees,
who are here with us tonight.
We'll be right back with George clooney,
queen latifah, Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas
and our "in memoriam" tribute when the oscars continues
ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome academy award winner
George clooney.
All right. Well now we come to the part of the
evening that we could dedicate an entire show to.
"In memoriam."
The friends, and people we've admired, that we lost this year.
And although they're no longer with us,
they've left omething with us, they've left something behind.
Something that makes us laugh or cry or just escape for a couple hours,
so to those friends who are on this list tonight, ***
We thank you for the memories.
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there's always this inevitable journey that you take.
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not the script, but the story.
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Marvin hamlisch was a composer of extraordinary depth
and versatility.
He was also a very kind and generous friend
who could always make me laugh.
And over the years we shared so many adventures together.
Marvin left us way too soon,
but I'll always have those wonderful, wonderful...
♪ memories ♪
♪ like the corners of my mind ♪
♪ misty water-colored memories ♪
♪ of the way we were ♪
♪ scattered pictures ♪
♪ of the smiles we left behind ♪
♪ smiles we gave to one another ♪
♪ for the way we were ♪
♪ can it be that it was all so simple then ♪
♪ or has time rewritten every line ♪
♪ if we had the chance ♪
♪ to do it all again ♪
♪ tell me would we ♪
of course, we would
♪ could we ♪
♪ memories ♪
♪ may be beautiful and yet ♪
♪ what's too painful to remember ♪
♪ we simply choose to forget ♪
♪ so it's the laughter ♪
♪ the laughter we will remember ♪
♪ whenever we remember ♪
♪ the way you were ♪
welcome back.
In just a moment, Rex Reed will be out here to review Adele's performance of "skyfall."
But first
this year marks the 10th anniversary of "Chicago" winning best picture.
*** The stars of that game-changing musical
because we're concerned that tonight's show isn't gay enough yet.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Richard gere,
queen latifah, Renee zellweger and Catherine zeta-Jones
from the cast of "Chicago."
Here we are.
If you've ever seen a film before the musical score is attached...
in a place that looks something like this...
there's really no polite way to put this, it just...
it just lies there.
A movie's score is the electrical charge, it's the breath of life...
the creator of suspense and the bringer of tears.
And what makes our hearts swell at the final kiss.
A great musical score is so memorable and so vivid,
that we will forgive it,
even as it chases us, years later, through malls and elevators.
Here are the nominees for best original score.
"Anna Karenina," by Dario marianelli.
"Argo" by Alexandre desplat.
"Life of pi" by mychael danna.
"Skyfall" by Thomas Newman.
"Lincoln" by John Williams.
And the Oscar goes to...
if I open this up here.
Go ahead.
"Life of pi," mychael danna.
*** This year for original song for "life of pi,"
this is his second academy award nomination for mychael danna
and his first Oscar win.
Thanks.
I share this wondrous award with our visionary captain,
Mr. ang Lee, there he is, we're playing this game again.
Who guided a truly task and crew in the telling of this wondrous, beautiful story
that transcends culture and race and religion
in the same spirit musicians from the globe
came together to breathe life into this music
and I hold this award on their behalf.
I want to thank my beautiful fox family,
my mom, who's in a balcony here watching,
my father who is also watching
and most of all my wife
*** And our two beautiful boys
who remind me every day why stories like this need to be told.
Thank you, everyone. Thank you, academy, thank you.
And now, for the nominations for best original song.
Earlier this evening you heard these nominees perform.
"Skyfall" from "skyfall,"
music and lyric by Adele adkins and Paul epworth.
And "suddenly," from "les misÉrables," music by Claude-Michel schÖnberg,
lyric by Herbert kretzmer and alain boublil.
And here are the final three nominated songs.
"Before my time" from "chasing ice,"
music and lyric from j. Ralph.***
♪ cold feet ♪
♪ don't fail me now ♪
♪ so much left to do ♪
♪ if I run a thousand Miles home ♪
♪ would you be there ♪
♪ I don't wanna die alone ♪
♪ way before ♪
♪ my time has come ♪
"pi's lullaby" from "life of pi,"
music by mychael danna, lyric by Bombay jayashri,
performed by Bombay jayashri.
"Everybody needs a best friend" from "Ted."
Music from Seth macfarlane and ***.
Performed by norah Jones.
♪ my words are lazy ♪
♪my thoughts are hazy ♪
♪ but this is one thing I'm sure of ♪
♪ thing I'm sure of everybody needs a best friend ♪
♪ I'm happy I'm yours ♪
♪ you got a double who brings 'ya trouble ♪
♪ and though you're better without me ♪
♪ everybody needs a best friend ♪
♪ I'm so happy I'm yours ♪
♪ a fool could see decidedly ♪
♪ that you're a ten and I'm a three ♪
♪ a royal breed is what you need ♪
♪ so how do you come to be stuck with a bummer like me ♪
♪ oh you've got a headful of someone dreadful ♪
♪ oh but alas that someone adores you ♪
♪ oh everybody needs a best friend ♪
♪ I'm happy I'm yours I'm just a clown ♪
♪ and I'll bring you down ♪
♪ but you just don't care 'cause your ♪
♪ best friend is me ♪
and the Oscar goes to...
there it is. "Skyfall."
Adele addkins and Paul epworth.
This is the first academy award and nomination
for Adele addkins and Paul epworth.
Thank you so much. Thank you. This is amazing.
I would just like to thank Michael Wilson.
Sony pictures, mgm. Oh, God.
For believing in me all my time and my mom, I love you, baby.
Yes, thanks very much. I can't believe I'm up here to receive this.
I got to thank the academy, of course.
Sam mendes,
Barbara broccoli,
liv and Neal rich and lore empire.
Wheels, Jonathan rose, my friend Danielle and my daughter Vivian
and Joe and Matt who worked on this for us,
spent hours and and hours late nights in the studio to make this piece of music
I would like to thank Adele for being the best person I've ever worked with.
- She's absolutely amazing. - Thank you very much.
You're all amazing.
Thank you very much.
Coming up meryl streep, Michael Douglas and the awards for best actress and actor
in a leading role and best picture.
It's the oscars here on abc.
All right. It's getting late in the show.
I think I'll just preassociate the names of
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.
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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.
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we are back.
He delighted us in "the artist" and pulled off a masterful performance
without uttering a word.
Please welcome **** Jean dujardin.
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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.
Jessica chastain, "zero dark thirty."
But the truth is you don't understand and you don't know Al qaeda.
♪♪ Give me the team I need to follow this lead
or the other thing you're going to have on your resume
is being the first station chief being called for a congressional committee
for *** Failing to capture or kill bin laden.
Ennifer Lawrence, "silver linings play"
you know what, forget I offered to help you.
Forget the entire idea because I am so much crazier than you.
Keep your voice down.
I'm just a crazy slut with a dead husband.
Forget it!
Emmanuelle riva, "amour."
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quvenzhane Wallis, "beasts of the Southern wild."
Ye the man. Who the man?
I'm the man!
Yeah, you the man. Who the man?
- I'm the man! - Yeah, you the man. Who the man.
Yeah, you the man.
Naomi watts, "the impossible."
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
And the Oscar goes to...
Jennifer Lawrence. "Silver linings playbook."
This is the first academy award and *** Nomination for Jennifer Lawrence.
*** Previously nominated in the category for "winter's bone"
thank you.
You guys are just standing up because you feel
bad that I fell and it's really embarrassing.
But thank you.
This is nuts.
Thank you to the academy and thank you to the women this year.
You were so magnificent and so inspiring
and not just those of you in that category
and it's been so amazing getting to know you
and you've been so nice and made this experience unforgettable
and thank you to the best producering team, Bruce that, Donna
and myan td ivpr and Bradley and our entire cast,
Chris, jacki, Bob and our crew.
And my family and happy birthday ***.
Thank you so much.
Thanks.
Ladies and gentlemen, our next presenter needs no introduction.
Thank you.. I'm walking on my dress.
This year each of the nominees the leading actors has brought to the big screen
some of the most inspired and harrowing work that ef we ever seen in this category.
In a normal year, any one of these performances
would have stood out as the most challenging,
imaginative an ambitious of the year
so tonight the academy has had the difficult task
of honoring the finest among equals.
The nominees for leading actor in a motion picture are...
Bradley Cooper, "silver linings playbook."
I'm not calming down. I don't... I'm not calming down.
Anybody can wake up. I'm not ashamed of it.
Let the whole neighborhood wake up.
I don't care. It's my wedding.
It's my wedding video.
Daniel day-Lewis, "Lincoln."
Upon the world stage now, now.
The fate of human dignity in our hands.
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Hugh Jackman, "les miserables."
♪ escape now from that world ♪
but the world *** *
♪ ♪♪ There's nothing now ♪
♪ there's nothing now let it begin ♪
joaquin Phoenix, "the master."
- *** - **
- The love of your life. - Yes, sir.
- Why aren't you with her? - **
Yes, you do. Tell me why ***.
I told her I'd come back and never went back and now I got to get back to her.
- Why don't you go back. - I don't know.
- Why don't you... - I don't know!
Denzel Washington, "flight."
October 11th, October 12th and 13th and 14th I was intoxicated.
I drank all of those days. I drank.
And accept.
- On the morning of the accident... - I was drunk.
And I'm drunk now.
And the Oscar goes to... Daniel day-Lewis.
Daniel day-Lewis is the first actor to win three oscars in the lead actor category.
I really don't know how any of this happened.
I... I do know that I've received so much more
than my fair share of good fortune in my life
and I'm so grateful to the academy for this huge honor.
It's a strange thing because three years ago,
before we decided to do a straight sw
I had actually been committed to play Margaret Thatcher.
And...
and meryl was... was Steven's first choice for "Lincoln,"
and I'd like to see that version.
And Steven didn't have to persuade me to play Lincoln
but I had to persuade him perhaps if I do it,
"Lincoln" shouldn't be a musical.
My fellow nominees, my equals, **
I'm so proud to have been included as one amongst you.
When we got married 16 years ago or since we got married 16 years ago,
my wife Rebecca has lived with some very strange men.
I mean they were strange as individuals and probably stranger if taken as a group,
but luckily she's the versatile one in the family
and she's been the perfect companion to all of them.
I'd like to thank Kathy Kennedy, our producer and through you, Kathy and...
and through you our mighty team of co-conspirators.
At the apex of that human pyramid,
there are three men who whom I owe this and a greatea more,
Tony kushner,
our beloved skipper, Steven Spielberg,
and the mysteriously beautiful mind,
body and spirit of Abraham Lincoln.
For my mother, thank you so much.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, here comes the big one.
Please welcome the star of "Chinatown"
""one flew over the cuckoo's nest,"
"as good as it gets,"
**** The incomparable Mr. Jack Nicholson.
Thank you very much for that.
I don't suppose any of you have ever noticed that traditionally
the best picture award is presented solo,
probably because they want some guy like me
messing around making comments about
sequins, chiffon,
Rouge, ringlets.
Howe however, tonight,
it is my great pleasure to introduce live from the white house,
the first lady of the United States,
Michelle Obama.
Thank you, Jack.
And welcome to the white house, everyone.
I am so honored to help introduce
this year's nominees for best picture
and to help celebrate the movies
that lift our spirits, broaden our minds
and transport us to places we have never imagined.
This has been an exciting year for movies,
and I want to congratulate all the nominees on their tremendous work.
These nine movies took us back in time and all around the world
they made us laugh, they made us weep
and they made us grip our armrests just a little tighter.
They taught us that love can endure against all odds
and transform our lives in the most surprising ways,
and they reminded us that we can overcome any obstacle
if we dig deep enough
and fight hard enough
and find the courage to believe in ourselves.
These lessons apply to all of us no matter who we are
or what we look like or where we come from
or who we love,
but they are especially I for our young people,
every day through engagement in the arts,
our children learn to open their imaginations
to dream just a little bigger
and to strive every day
to reach those dreams.
And I want to thank all of you here tonight
for being part of that vitally important work,
and now I'm going to turn it back over to you, Jack,
to give us the nominees.
Well, nobody is going to mess around with that, are they?
Well, let's recap the outstanding nine nominees
for tonight's best picture.
"Amour,"
"argo,"
"beasts of the Southern wild,"
"django unchained,"
"les miserables,"
"life of pi,."
"Lincoln,"
"silver linings playbook,"
"zero dark thirty."
Mrs. Obama, do you have your envelope?
Not yet, Jack.
I'm about to.
Good.
And now for the moment we have all been waiting for,
and the Oscar goes to...
"argo."
Congratulations.
"Argo" has seven academy award nominations this year
winning three oscars,
film editing, adaptive screenplay and best picture.
I know you're thinking,
three sexiest producers alive.
I want to thank the academy.
This is... this is... God, this is truly an honor.
There are literally thousands of people to thank
so thankfully I'm not going to thank them now.
I'm going to thank everybody personally in the next few weeks,
but there are a couple of people I want to acknowledge.
I want to acknowledge
my partner in crime
and my great friend, George clooney,
who...
everybody should be so lucky to have
a partner who is talented
and as humorous
and who has as much integrity
so thank you, George.
I want to thank my beautiful wife Lisa,
who... you make... you make everything better.
And to our kids Maya and Olivia,
I love you guys.
Hope your old man is not embarrassing you up here.
The reason I wanted to speak first...
I want to speak for Ben
was Ben is a producer on the film
and he is also our director
and I thought it would be awkward
for Ben to thank himself,
but it's not awkward for me.
So on behalf of George and myself
I want to thank you, Ben.
You directed a hell of a film.
Couldn't be more proud of the film,
couldn't be more proud of Ben
so, ladies and gentlemen,
our co-producer and the director of "argo,"
Ben affleck.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very, very much.
I know eventually that thing will start to go.
Forgive me if this is quick.
I want to acknowledge Steven Spielberg, is a genius
and a towering talent among us
and acknowledge the other eight films.
There are eight great films who have as much a right to be up here.
Acknowledge them and thank them for what they did
and many who didn't get nominated this year.
I want to thank,
you know, I mean Jack and Marty and my brother and mom and dad
and Patrick and Tony mendes who let us do his story,
thank you and I just...
I'mgoer to thank everyone in the movie,
worked on the mchd, did anything with this movie gets thanked.
Canada and our friends in Iran
living in a terrible circumstance right now
and my wife who I don't normally associate with Iran,
but
I want to thank you for working on our marriage for
you know, ten... it's good.
It has worked but it's the best kind of work.
There's no one I'd rather work with.
And I just want to say,
you know, I was here 15 years ago or something,
and, you know, I had no idea what I was doing.
Stood out here in front of you. Really just a kid
and I went out, you know, and I never thought that I would be back here
and I am,
because so many of you are here tonight
because of this academy
because of so many wonderful people who extended themselves to me
when they had nothing to benefit from it in Hollywood.
You know what I mean? I couldn't get them a job.
I want to thank them
and I want to thank what they taught me
which is you have to work harder than you think you possibly can,
can't hold grudges, it's hard but you can't hold grudges.
And it doesn't matter
how you get knocked down in life
because that's going to happen.
All that matters is you got to get up.
I love you.
Yes!
All right, folks.
We hopeveryone had a great time this evening.
I certainly did.
We'll be back in a moment to say a proper good night
but first here's who's paying for all this
there are a lot of winners
and plenty of you disappointed and upset
so we want to kind of cheer you up here
so she opened the red carpet show
and now she'll close with me
because you're all sick to death of this guy.
The lovely Kristin chenoweth.
How are you?
Good.
We just want to say here's to the losers.
Yes, the losers.
"Argo."
- "Argo." *** - ****
- We love that "argo." - We do.
- ***** - It's a long one.
♪ here's to all the losing works of art ♪