All language subtitles for Annual Academy Awards-English

Live, from the Hollywood and highland
center, we honor the highest

achievements in filmmaking, on
the 84th annual Academy awards.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Morgan Freeman.

Since the very first Oscar ceremony
in 1929, the movies have changed.

But there is one constant that
is true for all generations.

Whether we are seeing a film
that is live action or animated,

black and white or in color,
with sound or silent, all of us

are mesmerized by the
magic of the movies.

This magnificent event enables
us to celebrate the present and

look back at its glorious past.

This is the 84th
annual Academy awards.

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Please wake up.

We're all ready for
you to come home.

Where you belong.

Is this the villa?

George, let's make pasta,
and maybe it'll rain.

Say I'm Batman.

It'll help me.

Okay.

It's okay.

You have to do it, Billy.

The Academy has you, the youngest
hippest writers in town.

Clams, you're giving me clams.

This is the best we got?

We're trying to solve
the problem here, Billy.

The problem is, I
don't have enough jokes.

Jonah, do I have enough jokes?

You do not.

Oh.

Guy, it's midnight.

Hey, you come over here.

Me?

Come here.

Come here.

Justin Bieber.

Yeah, man, what's up?

What are you doing here.

I'm here to get you the
18 to 24 demographic.

Great, thanks.

So how long do you
want me to sit here for?

A couple of seconds
I think will do it.

All right.

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perfect.

Cool.

So where do you go now.

Hang out with
Hemmingway and Fitzgerald.

Then we're going
to kill Hitler.

You want to come?

More than you.

Billy his *

- Sinatra or * - stop it! This guy...
- Have fun storming the furor.

All right.

Good luck, pop.

Yeah, okay.

Mm-mm.

It's like there's a little
piece of you in every bite.

I'm glad you like it.

What's in it.

That good vanilla from Mexico
and something else real special.

Minny, you work for me.

You got to tell me.

It's your duty, isn't it?

Oh.

Don't eat the pie.

Get away from me.

Sorry.

Ew.

Look away.

Okay.

I got to see the films.

Are you sure this
is a scorsese movie?

Nobody's gotten whacked yet.

Leave the towels by the door.

I had a "do not disturb" on.

Wow!

This 3d is amazing.

It's like Tom Cruise is
in the room with me.

Is this the 141st room.

No, this is 140.

My films.

[ Playing the theme mission: Impossible]

Aaagh!

You've been nominated.

Get out of the way.

Look out.

I gotta capture this.

You're going to like
the way I look.

I guarantee it.

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why can't you two get along.

This is where your
dreams come from.

How dare you show
your face to me.

Hit me.

Hit me, hit me.

Come on, come on.

[ Applause ]

Would you say something?

Should I do this?

Now it's time to go to work.

Cut.

Show time.

Announcer: Ladies and
gentlemen, Billy Crystal.

[ Applause ]

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Well, that was extremely lo
loud & incredibly close. Thank you so much.

"Extremely Loud & Incredibly
Close," that's how my relatives

are watching the show.

This is -- this is my ninth
time hosting the Oscars.

[ Applause ]

So tonight just call
me "War Horse."

We're here at the beautiful
chapter 11 theater.

To celebrate a Hollywood
tradition that not only creates

memories for the ages but breeds
resentments that last a lifetime.

We are part of a great
industry, a great industry.

Movies have been able to provide
entertainment with we need a

place to get away from it.

Like the great speech James Earl
Jones made in "field of dreams", hello sir.

That great speech when he talked about
baseball, he said in that movie that

baseball has always been there
during good times and hard times

and just as people turn to baseball, the
movies have always been there for us.

They're the place to go to laugh,
to cry, to question, to text.

So tonight enjoy yourself because nothing
can take the sting out of the world's

economic problems like watching
millionaires present each other

with golden statues.

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♪ it's a wonderful night
for Oscar Oscar Oscar ♪

♪ you didn't think I wasn't
going to do this did you ♪

♪ we got to hustle because the
nine nominated films are ♪

♪ he won't talk don't
ask him he won't talk ♪

? don't ask him "The Artist"

wins he'll say merci beaucoup ?

the horse is the horse because is horse * and
now the Oscar is the famous spin Mr. Joey ?

♪ Hanks is a memory ♪

? Brad is the manager caught in
a riddle, Johnny used to have much

more to his middle ?

? it's great that you shed weight but
kid if you lose tonight I think

you should know there's seven
cupcakes after the show ?

? when scorsese and no one is
in the splints that "Hugo."

No pesci, no bombs, no killing, no
mob it's just "Hugo" ?

? but it's true I prefer the
sequel you don't be so cocky

crash their heads shoot Ben Kingsley
in bed because you're Marty ?

♪ what's it all about Malick "the
Tree Of Life" was a bit odd Malick ♪

♪ I heard it even freaked
out God explain it Malick ♪

♪ George is cracking up because
his wife is shacking up ♪

♪ George is cracking up because
his wife is shacking up ♪

? she's comatose so it makes it hard
to tell her you're mad your film

"the ides of march" and "The Descendants"
but nominations have to prove ?

? "The Descendants" is a cinema
delight and if they want to

welcome you maybe Oscar will
be laying George tonight ?

♪ Hawaiian Hawaiian ♪

? I love "midnight in Paris"

that rich romantic style ?

♪ and Owen was so great
as Woody the gentile ♪

? barely slept oh the crap that
they slept yes the South gave

birth to "The Help" ?

? the girl was white and they
wrote about it now they had a

choice they had a choice ?

? they chose to shout it and now
"The Help" and the rest are all

Hollywood's best ?

♪ it's the Oscars so
take off your shoes ♪

? it's a party for one for the
rest it's the birth of the blue

that's nice that's nice... ?

thank you so much.

We'll have a great show.

Here to present our first award,
two-time Oscar winner, mister Tom Hanks.

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every Oscar show is special.

No more than tonight as each of you here
may be comparing where you are sitting

relative to celebrity
seat-filler Carl Swaybeau.

Carl, give us a wave.

Where are you?

There you are, my man.

Carl, Carl has been seat
filling at the Oscars for

59 years now starting back, his
first night in a cheap rental

tux was when "the greatest show
on earth" won best picture at the pantages.

Carl is currently filling the
seat of the beautiful Jennifer Lopez,

who is backstage right now,
preping for her time as a presenter,

she'll be back in her seat soon
and Carl, well, he'll be moving

around the house.

It's a big night for you, Carl.

Congratulations.

Okay.

He's not really a seat filler.

He's just a guy but nonetheless.

Now, let's give away a
couple of Academy awards.

The filmmaker makes the film but
these first two categories make

the films look the way they do.

First up, here are the nominees for
achievement in cinematography.

"The Artist" -- Guillaume Schiffman
"The Girl With The Dragon

tattoo" -- Jeff Cronenweth "Hugo" --
Robert Richardson "the Tree Of Life" --

Emmanuel Lubezki "war
horse" -- Janusz Kaminski.

And the Oscar goes to --

"Hugo," Robert Richardson.

This is the third Academy
award and seventh nomination for

Robert Richardson.

He took home his first two

Oscars for "jfk"
and "the aviator."

I can't believe somebody
put cinematography up first.

That can only go up
from this point.

I want to thank you all.

Marty, you're a genius, as usual and
Graham, sticking in there all the way.

I'd love to thank Ian Chris,
Gregor, Conshonn Maya, to all

the past, future and present
filmmakers, this is for you.

[ Applause ]

Here are the nominees for
achievement in art direction.

"The Artist" -- production design
by Laurence Bennett and set

decoration by Robert gould.

"Harry Potter and the deathly
hallows part 2," production

design by Stuart Craig and set
decoration by Stephenie McMillan.

"Hugo," production design by Dante
Ferretti and set decoration by

francesca lo Schiavo.

"Midnight in Paris,"

production design by Anne Seibel and
set decoration by Helene Dubreuil.

"War Horse,"

production design by Rick Carter and
set decoration by Lee Sandales.

And the Oscar goes to --

"Hugo," Dante Ferretti production designer,
francesca lo Schivao set decoration.

This is the third Academy
award for husband and wife team

Dante Ferretti and
francesca lo Schivao.

They took home the first Oscar for
this category **

thank you to the Academy for
this prestigious award and great

thank you goes to Graham, the
producer and my art apartment.

But most of all my very special
thank you to an exceptional

director who guide us through this
wonderful journey, Martin scorsese.

Thank you, thank you, thank
you and grazie, Martin.

This is for Martin
and for Italy.

[ Applause ]

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Meryl Streep has a record 17
Oscar nominations and 2 wins.

Will this evening mark her
first Oscar win since 1982?

Meryl Streep.

We'll find out tonight.

Announcer: The Academy awards will
continue with -- Cameron Diaz --

Jennifer Lopez --
and Sandra bullock.

The 84th annual Academy awards on
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> Welcome back.

Tonight here at the your name
here theater, it's been designed

to look like the movie
palaces of our youth.

Now, growing up there was
something special you could only

get from sitting in a movie
theater, bedbugs.

When we were young we had a thrilling
experience in a movie theater.

Some of it was actually watching
the movies but now, people watch

movies on their phones.

Give me the big screen any time.

My iPad.

But one thing remains the same,
our love affair with the cinema

started with a simple thing.

One in the summer of 1966.

Let's go to the movies.

My mom always said, life
was like a box of chocolates.

You never know what
you're going to get.

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I love you, Molly.

You're going to
need a bigger boat.

Houston, we have a problem.

We're getting
married in five hours.

That's not going to happen.

Those aren't pillows.

Aaagh!

Ha, ha.

Yeah, baby.

Are you the little girl
making all that big noise?

Huh?

Aaagh!

I love the smell
of it in the morning.

I'm going to make him
an offer he can't refuse.

I want the truth.

You can't handle the truth.

Aaagh!

Use the force, Luke.

I'll be right here.

I'm walking here.

I'm walking here.

Adrian!

Yes, yes, yes, oh!

I'll have what she's having.

[ Applause ]

You know, that lovely lady was rob
Reiner's mom that gave that line.

That was a long time ago.

That's when movies were
actually made on film.

Please welcome a recurring dream of
mine, Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez.

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Edith head, the brilliant
costume designer, once said, "a

dress should be tight enough
to show you're a woman."

"And loose enough to
prove you're a lady."

She won eight Oscars, the most of
any costume designer in history.

Let's find out now who's on
the road to giving Ms. Edith a

run for her money.

Here are the nominees for
achievement in costume design.

"Anonymous" -- costume
design by Lisy Christl.

When I met Lisy Christl she said
I don't want to make costumes,

I want to create reality.

"The Artist" -- costume
design by Mark Bridges.

I want the * fitting that the
characters shrink a little bit.

"Hugo" -- costume
design by Sandy Powell.

You start to understand more
not just about the way the

people dressed but
thought and felt.

Sandy Powell is a
phenomenal costume designer.

"Jane eyre" -- costume
design by Michael O'Connor.

Was able to bring a sense of
unified aesthetic.

What he made at the end
was quite special.

"W.E." -- Costume design
by Arianne Phillips.

When you work with Arianne,
you must bring the same amount

of devotion that she does.

And the Oscar goes to --

mark Bridges, "The Artist."

Mark Bridges helped liven the
scene even though the film was

then converted to
black and white.

This is his first Academy award.

Wow, this is thrilling.

I want to thank Michel Hazanavicius for
making a beautiful film and having me

along for the ride, Thomas
Langmann for believing in the

film and I'm getting the
resources together to make it

and Harvey Weinstein and the Weinstein
company for getting it out to the world.

I want to thank my wonderful
crew and, you know, I was just a

kid from niagara falls who
dreamed, ate and slept movies so

I want to thank the Academy for
this honor and for making a

lifelong dream come true.

Thank you.

[ Applause ]

This year's nominees
for makeup run the gamut.

From transforming a woman, so
she could live like a man in

19th century Ireland, to the
fantasy world of wizards.

To replicating one of the most
iconic leaders of the 20th century.

Here are the nominees for
achievement in makeup.

"Albert Nobbs" -- martial Corneville,
Lynn johnston and Matthew W. Mungle.

I never would have done
this movie without martial

Corneville, I would not because
it's just that tricky to do a

short wick like that and
have the life he put in it.

Very difficult.

"Harry Potter and the deathly
hallows part 2" -- Nick Dudman,

Amanda knight and Lisa Tomblin.

It started in the morning.

All the magic started in the
morning in the makeup room.

Ordinary people arrived and
extraordinary people left that room.

What's amazing for me as an
actor is when you look in the

mirror and you see nothing
of you looking back.

It's an amazing experience.

"The Iron Lady" -- Mark Coulier and J.
Roy Helland.

I could not convince myself
I was her and I couldn't have

convinced the other actors
that I was her without their

unbelievably stellar,
exceptional work.

And the Oscar for makeup goes to --

well, you take a chance.

Hello, everybody.

You take a chance.

"The Iron Lady," MK Coulier and J.
Roy Helland.

His biggest challenge was
finding the right balance to

create Margaret Thatcher
without losing Meryl Streep.

His first Academy award for Mark
Coulier and J. Roy Helland.

Thank you, Academy and thank
you to my colleague on "the iron"

"lady," Mark, without whose
brilliant prosthetics I wouldn't

be standing here this evening.

Thanks, Meryl, for keeping me
employed for the last 37 years.

Your brilliance makes my work
look good no matter what.

I'm a child of the Saturday and
Sunday double-double features so

getting to work in the
movies is a dream come true.

Thank you.

[ Applause ]

Just like to say what an
amazing experience, thanks to

Meryl, you were incredible and
just a quick thank you to Barry

garrow and my kids and my wife
Amanda and my dad, thank you, guys.

It is kind of mysterious,
isn't it? Why we want to go and

sit and stare at this illusion up
on the screen that feels real.

When I was 6 1/2 years old, I
saw the original "king Kong" as

my first movie.

I don't know how it happened, but I
was 5, and I saw "diamonds are forever."

My family, we went to the
movies every Sunday at night.

I remember seeing ale film
called "the gargantuas."

It was late and past my bedtime
so I knew it was a big deal.

At the end the good gargantua had to
sacrifice himself to defeat the bad one and

rid the world of evil.

"The miracle worker, "the
wizard of oz," "the elephant"

man, some of the first movies that I remember watching,
there were these outsiders that I connected to.

It just sent my imagination
running wild, you know, trying

to imitate those characters or
suddenly I'm in that world in my

backyard afterwards.

You're sitting there and the
screen is enormous and the sound

is fantastic, and there's
no one in front of you.

You know, and you're like there.

It's like all yours.

I could dream there.

I could become anything I want.

I could be part of the film.

I could dream about
my own future.

And I remember talking about
Sean connery and his performance

and his chest hair and just
thinking, can I please do that?

Female announcer: "Moneyball"

marks the first baseball movie
to score a best picture

nomination since "field of"

"dreams" in 1989.

No baseball film has ever won best
picture, but will that change tonight?

Male announcer: The Oscars will
continue with -- Sandra bullock --

Angelina Jolie -- and the award
for actress in a supporting role.

This is so much fun.

Yep, you did.

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Welcome to the power
of all of us.

Welcome in.

> Please welcome ago award
winner Sandra bullock.

Good evening.

I'm here to present best
foreign language film.

The Academy is trying
something new this year.

Because we are an international
show, and because there are over

1.2 billion people in China,
they have asked me to briefly

speak about this category
in mandarin Chinese.

Luckily, I speak it fluently.

One quick note, since my mother
spoke German to us while we were

growing up, my Chinese has a
very slight German accent.

Egal eelche sprache sie in sind,
sind filme ein gemeinsames

erlebnis, das uns
alle verbindet!

I love Chinese.

Well, regardless of what country
they are from, movies speak to

all of us through their captivating
images and wonderful stories.

Contending for best foreign
language film tonight are movies

from Belgium, Israel,
Poland, Canada, Iran.

And here they are.

From Belgium, "bullhead"

directed by Michael R. Roskam.

From Israel, "footnote"

directed by Joseph cedar.

From Poland, "in darkness"

directed by Agnieszka Holland.

From Canada, "monsieur Lazhar"

directed by Philippe Falardeau.

From Iran, "a separation"

directed by Asghar Farhadi.

And the Oscar goes to --

"a separation," Iran, Asghar Farhadi.

"A separation" is the first
movie from Iran to win the Academy award

for foreign language film.

I would like to thank the
Academy and Sony pictures and my

dear friends Michael
barker and Tom Vern.

At this time many audiences all
over the world are watching us

and I imagine them
to be very happy.

They are happy not just because
of an important award or a film

or a filmmaker, but because
at the time and talk of war,

intimidation and aggression is

exchanged between politicians,
the name of their country, Iran,

is a spoken here through her
gloriousness, a rich culture

that has been hidden under
the heavy politics.

I proudly offer this to the
people of my country, a people

who respect all cultures and
civilizations and despise

hostility and resentment.

Thank you so much.
[ Applause ]

Thank you.

A dark night, an American psycho,
a charismatic crack addict.

You'll get to choose
one on super Tuesday.

But right now, ladies and
gentlemen, please welcome

Academy award winner, and, be careful,
you're in his eye line, Christian bale.

[ Applause ]

The five women nominated for
actress in a supporting role

could not look, sound or be more
different from one another,

however, four of them do share the fact
that they are first time nominees.

And what they all have in common is
that their talent cannot be denied.

Here are the nominees --
Berenice Bejo, "The Artist."

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[ applause ]

Jessica Chastain, "The Help."

Let me get you at least some --
>> we ain't cleaning this house.

Why?

So you'll do it?

Aagh, oh.

Oh.

I'm sorry.

It's the first time
I've hired a maid.

[ Applause ]

Melissa McCarthy,
"bridesmaids."

Hey, not air marshal John, want to get
back in that rest room and not rest.

No, I have to get my seat.

Yeah, you got to get
back on my seat.

You get it.

No, I think, yeah,
I definitely got it.

Uh-oh, what's that?

[ Applause ]

Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs."

You don't have to be
anything but who you are.

Look at how you've
survived all these years.

You've worked hard and
you've saved your money.

So if you want to go out and
find someone to start a new life

with, then you go out
and find that person.

[ Applause ]

Octavia Spencer, "The Help."

Well, it's a real
fourth of July picnic.

It's what we dream of
doing all weekend long.

Get back into their house,
Polish the silver and we just

love not making minimum wage
or getting social security.

And how we love them cheering
when they're little and then

they turn out just
like their mommas.

[ Applause ]

And the Oscar goes to --

octavia Spencer.

[ Applause ]

Octavia Spencer, honored for doing
something she felt honored to do.

This is her first Academy award.

[ Applause ]

Thank you, Academy, for putting
me with the hottest guy in the room.

I have to thank my family, my family
in Alabama, the state of Alabama

my L.A. family, watching it
Stevens or agotta, my "Help" family.

Tate Brunson, Katherine, Allyson
Channy, thank you for being in my life.

I share this with everybody.

Thank you Steven Spielberg,
for changing my life.

Please wrap up.

I'm wrapping up.

I'm sorry, I'm freaking out.

Thank you, world.

Oh, God and thank you
to viewpoint, L.A.

I'm sorry, guys.

I'm sorry.

Thank you.

[ Applause ]

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female announcer: "The Artist"
is the first silent film

to be nominated for best
picture since 1928.

Find out if this silent film
will be the one everybody will

be talking about tomorrow.

The Oscars will continue
with Tina fey, Bradley Cooper,

the muppets and the
cast of "bridesmaids."

I want to apologize.

I'm not even sure which
end that came out of.

The 84th annual Academy awards
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> Welcome back.

That moment for octavia is
what the Oscars is all about.

Pretty amazing and I
loved that movie a lot.

When I saw it when it came out
"The Help" I hugged the first

black woman I saw which from Beverly
hills is about a 45-minute drive.

Before movies studios wondered
what the public will think about

it and have test screenings with
a group of regular people which

is called a focus group.

You've all been through it.

Not pleasant at times and ask
them questions about how they

feel and often a handful of folks
will change the way a film

is finished so this
is not a new thing.

Starting back in 1939, mgm not
only had focus groups but Louis

B. Mayor had them filmed so he
could watch them so the Academy

bought a pair of Ruby slippers
which Tom Sherak is wearing

tonight, one of the rare footage from a
focus group from "the wizard of oz."

Watch.

Oh, auntie em, there's
no place like home.

Thank you, thank you,
thank you very much.

We're awfully glad
you came to see us.

Without any further ado, how did
you like the movie, everybody?

I was somewhat perplexed.

We meet these affable farmhands
at the beginning of the movie,

and yet they disappear.

And I think that they should
have incorporated those

characters into the movie so that
we care about them at the end.

I love the flying monkeys,
you know, I play sax with the

cab Calloway band and always have an
argument as to whether monkeys can fly.

This proves it.

If you can teach a monkey to
fly, you can teach a monkey to

talk and what is he going
to say when he talks.

Why don't they
think about the kids.

The munchkins.

No, little kid,
I didn't get it.

Those are actually
not children.

- Those are adults but they're
- I found them irritating.

And you hire all these
children and little people when

there are plenty of capable full-size
men in the bread lines still.

Huh.

Very interesting.

Any other opinions?

I didn't like it till they
got to the flying monkeys.

Lots of ugly
faces in the movie.

Faces look like they were caught
in an elevator smooshed long,

hatchet face, long chins, I've never
seen so many unattractive people.

I would start the movie in color, then
go to black white and flip it.

I didn't particularly
care for the rainbow song.

Cut the rainbow song, okay.

I find it very catchy -- ?
if dirty little monkeys fly

away why, oh, why, can't I ?

I feel that way sometimes too.

Is there a particular character
you would never rather not see.

That's easy, Dorothy.

And the good witch
is a cruel jokester.

She told have told Dorothy hours
ago that she could clicked her

heels and we would
have been home sooner.

Was one green or I'm nuts.

Thank you very much, you've been a
terrific audience.

If you want to tell your friends
we're going to be screening

another movie next week,
"gone with the wind."

I hope it has
some monkeys in it.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

[ Applause ]

Very rare footage.

Christopher guest, Jennifer coolidge
and Bob, weren't they hilarious?

And also I have to thank Tom
Cruise, George Clooney, Justin

Bieber and Sammy for being
in my opening film.

That was done by Dakota films.

I hope you enjoyed that
too, so -- [ Applause ]

You're a lucky girl.

He's a very good kisser.

Please welcome two more very
funny people, Tina fey and

Mr. Bradley Cooper.

[ Applause ]

The great film director
Ridley Scott said that the

collaboration between a film editor
and a director is like a marriage.

And just like in marriage,
they spend all their time in a

dark, windowless room ordering in food
and looking at pictures of other people.

What?

Here are the nominees for
achievement in film editing.

"The Artist" -- Anne-Sophie
Bion and Michel Hazanavicius.

On film and I became
crazy, really crazy.

"The Descendants" Evin tent.

Victories every day and
you're like, hey, that looks

great but then when you do it in a whole
movie, that's really satisfying.

"The girl with the Dragon tattoo"
irk Baxter and Angus wall.

The pillowcases and pajamas
and the main thing I remember

doing with my dad on weekends
was take you to the cinema.

As an editor, I always feel
like I need to, in a way, fall

in love with that character which
is not very easy obviously

in a movie like this.

"Hugo" -- Thelma Schoonmaker.

I have no idea how it's made,
none, until I met Martin scorsese.

"Moneyball" --
Christopher Tellefsen.

The rhythm of what's going
on is driving that completely

beyond, of course, the performances and
everything else, but that -- I love it.

[ Applause ]

And the Oscar goes to --

"The Girl With The Dragon tattoo,"
Kirk Baxter and Angus wall.

Angus wall with his diligence
and Kirk Baxter had the

vigilance, this is the second
for this team who won last year

for "the social network."

We weren't expecting this.

No.

- I'd like to thank the Academy.
- We're missing some very

important people up here with us
primarily David and -- who is

not here tonight but Ciane and Steven
Zaillian and -- >> that's one tonight.

And all the cast and,
God, this is unbelievable.

Let's get out of here.

Yeah, okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

[ Applause ]

Here are the nominees for
achievement in sound editing --

"drive" -- lon bender
and Victor ray Ennis.

"The girl with the Dragon
tattoo" -- Ren Klyce.

"Hugo" -- Philip stockton
and Eugene Gearty.

"Transformers: Dark of the moon" --
Ethan Van Der Ryn and Erik Aadahl.

"War Horse" -- Richard
hymns and Gary Rydstrom.

[ Applause ]

And the Oscar goes to --

"Hugo,"
Philip stockton and Eugene Gearty.

[ Applause ]

There's a boy.

There's a boy on the tracks.

Get out of the way.

"Hugo" -- >> no, you go.

I'd like to thank the members
of the Academy, my crew back in

New York City, you know who you
are, Thelma who's in *

tigable work is an inspiration
to us and Marty, thank you for

another opportunity to work
on another great film.

Thank you very much.

I want to thank everybody
here tonight and everybody who

isn't and everybody who has ever
been born or may be born or be

born again or reborn.

If I have forgotten anybody,
you probably know who you are.

I specifically want to thank
Graham king and Tim Headington,

my wife Gail and daughter, Thelma,
Marty, I love you guys, thank you.

[ Applause ]

Here are the nominees for
achievement in sound mixing --

"The Girl With The Dragon
tattoo" -- David Parker,

Michael Semanick, Ren
Klyce and Bo Persson.

"Hugo" -- Tom Fleischman
and John Midgley.

"Moneyball" -- Deb Adair, Ron Bochar,
David Giammarco and Ed Novick.

"Transformers: Dark of the
moon" -- Greg P. Russell,

Gary summers, Jeffrey J.
Haboush and Peter J. Devlin.

"War Horse" -- Gary Rydstrom, Andy
Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson.

[ Applause ]

And the Oscar
goes to --

"Hugo".

Tom Fleischman and John Midgley.

[ Applause ]

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wow, this is an
incredible honor.

Thanks to the Academy, thanks to
Graham king and Tim Headington

for producing "Hugo" and my
fellow nominees who inspire me

for years, Marty and Thelma,
what a joy and privilege it's

been to work with you and my
wife Priscilla and her unending

love and support and everybody
from soundtrack and c5 and T.D.

Allen and Tim Thoracek.

You couldn't be here tonight
but I know you're smiling.

Thank you so much to my crew
and Michael and Charlotte and

thank you so much
to Martin scorsese.

Thank you.

[ Applause ]

Female announcer: Hollywood
pals George Clooney and

Brad pitt are both vying for
the same Oscar tonight.

Will one of them
take home the gold?

Find out when Natalie Portman presents
best actor in a leading role.

Male announcer: The Oscars will
continue with -- Michael Douglas --

Chris rock -- and a memorable
performance by

cirque du soleil.

The 84th annual Academy awards on abc,
brought to you by -- diet coke.

Extraordinary taste for
an extraordinary night.

Diet coke.

Stay extraordinary.

[ Applause ]

> Well, this is not
what I expected.

Piggy, will you not
please do this now?

How will I get on
the stage from up here.

You're not even nominated.

It's about time Spielberg left
something for the rest of us.

How many Oscars does
he need anyway?

We're on camera.

1 billion people watching,
including Steven Spielberg.

We're here to talk about our
memorable first movie experience.

Yes, we are, folks and I
remember being a young frog

at the drive-in, trying to avoid
getting run over by a studebaker.

And moi's first movie
experience was sitting in a

theater a lot closer to
the stage than this.

Tonight, cirque du soleil
with music from Danny Elfman

has added their special
magic to the mix with their

interpretation of what it's
like to "go to the movies."

So let's go to the movies.

Yes.

[ Applause ]

Ah.

This is so exciting.

This is so exciting.

I can't wait.

I can't wait.

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[ cheers and applause ]

[ Applause ]

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.

Wow!

I pulled a hamstring
just watching that.

Now it's a party.

We got puppets, acrobats.

A pony away from
being a bar Mitzvah.

Isn't this amazing?

Happy Birthday, Oscar.

He's 84.

You know.

What does age matter.

Especially in this town, you know,
look at some of our nominees.

Christopher Plummer is 82, may
be walking up on stage tonight.

[ Applause ]

He may be walking up on stage tonight
because apparently he wanders off.

Max Von Sydow, 82,
nominated tonight.

[ Applause ]

Still making movies.

Still making -- when my
grandfather was 82 we didn't let

him go to the movies, so if
there was any concern by any

members of the press what
demographic we'll get, forget it

we'll slam the 74 to 84 group because
they spend, I'm telling you, they spend.

Next year this will be
called the Flomax theater.

Sad but true.

84 and timeless but the show
isn't so let's keep moving.

Please welcome Academy award winner,
Gwyneth Paltrow, and two-time nominee,

Robert Downey Jr.

[ Applause ]

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what are you -- what
are you doing here?

I'm filming a documentary
called "the presenter."

Really?

So the presenter -- not --
>> relax, we tested both.

Plural titles are out this year.

It's not "The Artists."

Anyway, let's keep
it flowing, honey.

Okay.

This is so weird.

Give her a little space.

Our category tonight is best documentary
>Please don't talk when I'm

talking.

It'll make post a nightmare.

This thing wants to be
on Netflix by midnight.

Well, actually, you
cut me off, honey.

Documentaries demonstrate, as the
great Mark Twain said "truth"

is stranger than fic --"

boring.

Feels scripted.

Sorry.

Get this!

Get this.

What you're doing, this is
disrespectful, selfish -- totally crazy.

Look, I turned down "the
descendants" to prep for this.

You're insane.

No, what I'm doing
is bleeding edge.

It's live documentary.

That's call the news!

Yes and don't talk
when I'm talking.

And there's no way you turned
down "the descendents."

Am I right?

Am I right here?

Plural title, by the way.

Here are the nominees for
best documentary feature.

"Hell and back again" -- Danfung
Dennis and Mike lerner.

"If a tree falls: A story of
the earth liberation front" --

Marshall curry and Sam Cullman.

"Paradise lost 3: Purgatory" --
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky.

"Pina" -- Wim Wenders
and Gian-Piero Ringel.

"Undefeated" -- T.J.
Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas.

And the Oscar goes to --

"undefeated," T.J. Martin, Dan

Lindsay and Rich Middlemas.

Dan Lindsay says he'll never forget
the response to the first screening.

This is the first award
nomination for t.J. Martin, Dan

Lindsay and Rich Middlemas.

This is ridiculous.

Wow, okay, we want to thank
the Academy for this honor.

A year ago today we were sitting
in our editing room depressed

thinking nobody would see this
movie and a friend said, don't

worry, next year you're going to be at
the Oscars and we said you're an idiot.

We'd like to take the opportunity to say
you're a lot smatter than we thought.

We want to share this with
our fellow producers.

If they did not believe in
us, we wouldn't be here.

We want to acknowledge
our fellow nominees.

They should be up here with us.

Actually that would be [ Muted ]

But -- >> documentary.

Documentary.

Yep.

We also are extremely
indebted to our friends and

family, without them and their
support over the years there's

no way that we'd be
able to do this.

Harvey Weinstein, the
Weinstein company, spitfire.

Ralph zipper and zipper
brother film, Chris Miller, Tom

powers, Sean combs, our
executive producer.

[ Applause ]

Announcer: Ladies and
gentlemen, Chris rock.

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[ applause ]

Now, I love animation.

I love animation because in the
world of animation, you can

be anything you want to be.

If you're a fat woman, you
can play a skinny princess.

If you're a short, wimpy guy,
you can play a gladiator.

If you're a white man, you
can play an Arabian prince.

And if you're a black man, you
can play a donkey or a zebra.

Now, I -- can't play white.

My God.

I hate when people go on TV and tell
you how hard it is to do animation.

"Oh, Jay, it's such hard work."

It's so hard getting
into character.

No, U.P.S. Is hard work, okay?

Stripping wood is hard.

I've done some animation,
and here's how easy it is.

It is the easiest job in

the world.

I go in a booth and I
go, "what's the line?"

And the guy goes, "it's
time to go to the store."

And I go, "it's time
to go to the store."

You like that?

Or we can move on then I go,
what's the next line --

"it's getting dark outside."

"It's getting dark outside."

And then they give me
a million dollars.

Here are the nominees for
best animated feature film --

"a cat in Paris -- directed by Alain
Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli.

"Chico & Rita" -- directed by
Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal.

"Kung Fu panda 2" -- directed
by Jennifer Yuh Nelson.

What?

"Puss in boots" --
directed by Chris Miller.

"Rango" -- directed
by Gore Verbinski.

Whoo-hoo.

Here it is, and the Oscar goes to --

"rango," Gore Verbinski.

Gore Verbinski said it wasn't
difficult to switch from live

action to computer animation
since it's used so much in

action adventure movies.

This is his first
Academy award and nomination.

Thank you very much.

This is crazy.

Someone asked me if this film
was for kids, and I don't know.

But it was certainly created by
a bunch of grown-up acting like

children and we just
had the best time.

I want to thank the real world
chameleon, Mr. Johnny depp and

the entire cast for coming out,
and playing, you know, and to

The Artist, Jim, hal, Tim, John,
everybody at blind wink who put

so much passion into every frame
and to the early believers, John

Logan, Graham king, Brad gray
and everyone at Paramount who

really let us try something
different and my beautiful wife

and my family who inspire me
every day with their smiles and

laughter, it doesn't get
any better than this.

Thank you.

[ Applause ]

Female announcer: This year's
nominated actors and actresses

come from France, england,
Mexico, northern Ireland,

Argentina, Canada, Sweden
and the United States.

Fans around the world are
watching to see whether their

native sons and daughters will
take home an Oscar tonight.

The Oscars will continue with
Meryl Streep -- Natalie Portman --

and the award for actor
in a supporting role.

She is an experienced actress.

She should learn
from her mistakes.

Not half as they upset me.

> We're ready for
you, Mr. Crystal.

I'm on way.

Hi.

Hello Mr. host with the most.

How about we make this dressing
room an undressing room.

Why are you in a robe?

Why aren't you in a robe?

I have to introduce Ben
stiller and Emma stone right now

so I really have to go.

May I introduce you
to a friend of mine.

I think you're
going to like her.

She's a lot of fun.

Wow.

Limber.

I still have to introduce
Ben stiller and Emma stone.

Yeah, I really have to
introduce you to her sister.

Here to present the award for
best visual effects, though it's

hard to stop this one, Ben
stiller and Emma stone.

How did you do this?

I'll show you.

[ Applause ]

We are here tonight to present the
award for achievement in visual effects.

And the nominees are.

This is my first time
presenting an award!

Yeah, I know.

Yeah, yeah.

Isn't it exciting?

I remember when I
was first here.

It was very much still exciting.

And the nominees are.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Let's not rush it!

We should have some banter,
where you act cocky, and I shut

you down, and then you say I
look pretty and I say, "no

"chance, funny boy," and everyone laughs
at you but you seem okay with it.

Yeah, you know, I've done
this a few times, and it think

it's best to just get
to the nominees.

Or maybe we could come out
and say that we had a big song

planned about all the nominees,
but I lost my voice, but then I

didn't lose my voice and then I
go into a big song, about "real"

steel and Hugo they're the
real deal and you know --"

oh, my God.

That's good.

Let's do that.

Let's come back out.

Emma, I know you're excited,
but people just want us to say

hi and then read the winner.

I could just pull someone up
from the audience and make them

dance with me, oh, my God,
Jonah, get up here.

Let's dance.

Let's dance.

Hi.

Look, kid.

I get it.

You're new.

But perky gets old
fast with this crowd.

You don't want to be the
presenter who tries too hard.

What, you mean like a guy who
would dress up in full "avatar"

makeup or something.

Or a green
motion-capture unitard?

Or joaquin Phoenix?

I am surprised you're not in the
"planet of the apes" out there.

It wasn't ready in time.

Here are the nominees for
achievement in visual effects.

"Harry Potter and the deathly
hallows part 2" -- Tim Burke,

David Vickery, Greg Butler
and John Richardson.

The facts are essential to the
story telling of Harry Potter.

This is one character they
did well but hundreds of

werewolves and wages and elves
and anything you can think of,

they dit on an industrial
scale every day.

"Hugo" -- rob legato, Joss Williams,
Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning.

Making a movie dealing with
the future of our technology in

cinema in so doing we wind up
back at the origins of cinema,

and that we're at a point right
now where Melies was then.

"Real steel" -- Erik Nash, John
Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg.

We puppeteered those robots.

"Rise of the planet of the
apes" -- Joe Letteri,

Dan Lemmon, R.
Christopher white and Daniel Barrett.

There is no whiz, bang effect.

That's made up of 1s and 0s.

That takes a special talent.

"Transformers: Dark of the
moon" -- Scott Farrar,

Scott Benza, Matthew
Butler and John Frazier.

There is true
complexity in these shots.

My thing is to make it dead real and
that's the magic of visual effects.

[ Applause ]

And the Oscar
goes to -- "Hugo."

Rob legato, Joss Williams, Ben
Grossmann and Alex Henning.

This is the first Academy award

nomination for Joss Williams, Ben
Grossmann and Alex henge and

the second for rob legato.

He said the level of quality
established on set was the

highest honor for
Martin scorsese.

Well, I didn't expect this.

I know it's a huge thrill to be
nominated but it's awesome to

win and really underrated.

I really wouldn't be here for not
the genius of Martin scorsese.

It is an epic thrill to work and
film Wil Marty and this movie

and the incredible collaborators
all of which are nominated here

tonight and by the grace of
hundreds of artists all over the

world working thousands and
thousands of hours, we're here

standing up here and appreciate
that and we want to thank the

Academy for recognizing them and
thank you to our producers for

giving us the go-ahead to do
what we did and Graham and Tim

and Paramount and everyone.

[ Applause ]

You know, this was the year we
said good-bye to Harry Potter.

Harry Potter's movies
made $7.7 billion.

And yet he only paid 14% income
tax, which is interesting.

I liked that one.

Last year she played a
feisty protective woman who

overindulged her sons
and run their lives.

Hey, she's a mother.

Please welcome 2011's best
supporting actress, Melissa Leo.

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any actor who has the
privilege of stepping into a

scene knows the unrivaled thrill
of becoming one with not only

your character, but with your
fellow performances as you

strive to reach out and
touch your audience.

The five men nominated for their
performances in supporting roles

did that, and more.

Here are the nominees -- Kenneth
Branagh -- "my week with Marilyn."

Maybe she's scared.

Not scared.

I spent half of my professional
life in bloody terror.

That's what actors do.

But you have the
training to do.

I wouldn't play the
little girl lost act.

It's tempting.

I bet she knows exactly
what she's doing.

[ Applause ]

Jonah hill -- "moneyball."

Pena is an all-star, okay,
and you dump him and this

Hatteberg thing doesn't work out
the way you want it to, you

know, this is -- this is the kind
of decision that gets you fired.

[ Applause ]

Nick Nolte -- "warrior."

Get it through your skull.

You called me so don't go threatening
to walk every five minutes.

And since this is about training,
you don't put whatever

it is you need to dump as far
as those pills are concerned.

I don't want to see them.

[ Applause ]

"Christopher Plummer
Beginners."

I just thought you and
mom weren't in love.

Oh, we loved each other.

You were gay the whole time.

I learned how not to be.

For 44 years.

Yeah.

And I knew I was gay, though.

At parties I'd be staring at the
husbands and not the wives.

[ Applause ]

Max Von Sydow -- "Extremely
Loud & Incredibly Close."

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

[ Applause ]

And the Oscar goes to --

Christopher Plummer, "beginners."

This first Academy award win
for Christopher Plummer puts him

in the record bookses
it age of 82.

He is the oldest actor
ever to win an Oscar.

[ Applause ]

You're only two years
older than me, darling.

Where have you been all my life?

I have a confession to make.

When I first emerged from my
mother's womb, I was already

rehearsing my Academy
thank you speech.

But it was so long ago mercifully
for you I've forgotten it.

But I haven't forgotten who to
thank, the Academy, of course,

for this extraordinary honor and
my fellow nominees, Kenneth,

Nick, Jonah, dear Max, I'm so proud to
be in your company and -- [ Applause ]

Of course, I wouldn't be here
if it wasn't for Michael mills

and his enchanting
film, "beginners."

And my screen partner, of course,
Ewan McGregor, that superb artist.

Who I would happily share this award
with if I had any decency but I don't.

Oh, all producers of Olympus
films especially Leslie and

Miranda, all the people at focus
for their tremendous generosity

and support and not to mention
my little band of provocateurs,

Lou pit and his wife Berta,
Pippa Markcouple, Perry who

tried so hard to keep me out of
jail, my daughter Amanda who

always makes me proud and,
lastly, my long suffering wife

Elaine who deserves the nobel
peace prize for coming to my

rescue every day of my life.

Thank you so much.

[ Applause ]

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female announcer: Martin scorsese waited
26 years after his first nomination to

win an Oscar for directing.

He's nominated tonight for
the first time since 2006.

Will this be his year again?

Male announcer: The Oscars will
continue with -- will ferrell --

Zach Galifianakis -- and a
tribute in memory of some

of the motion picture greats
we lost this past year.

The 84th annual Academy awards on abc
download Oscar nominated movies,

music and more at
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> Congratulations
to Mr. Plummer.

The average age of the
winner has now jumped to 67.

Now, here's something
that we love to do.

This is a pressure-packed night
for a lot of you and the

nominees are sitting in the audience and
people are wondering, what are they

thinking?

Well now, I have had this gift
since I first started the show

that I can look in anyone's eyes and I
know exactly what they're thinking.

So watch the screen.

I'll tell you what's
on their mind.

Hmm, this better
not go too late.

I have six parent teacher
conferences in the morning.

Billy Jolina, I love
the sound of that.

For 20 days and 20 night, the pemerer
penguin will march to a place so extreme.

Andy Dufresne was my friend.

Billy didn't tell me that
kiss was being filmed.

So I want to thank my agent, I
want to thank my writer and

director for creating the role
of a strong black woman that

wasn't played buy Tyler Perry.

Ready, camera, two, take Marty, take me,
push him, push him, come on, push him.

That's too close.

No, he looks too
serious, no, no, back.

Come back in, go back out,
back out, back out.

Come back in, come back in.

All right, take Nolte,
take Nolte, take Nolte.

Aaagh.

If I had them I'd lick them.

If I had them, I'd lick them and
that's what everybody is thinking.

Thank you.

Thanks, Nick.

Now please welcome the president
of the Academy of motion picture

arts and sciences, Tom Sherak.

Tonight's show is the highlight of
the year for our Academy's more than

6,000 members and for the
entire movie industry.

We are proud of what you are
seeing tonight for it is a

reminder of our mission -- to
promote excellence in the motion

picture industry.

To honor everyone who is part of
the filmmaking process, whether

in front of the
camera or behind it.

And, of course, to celebrate
that common thread that links us

all to the experience of
going to the theater.

On behalf of the Academy, I want
to give a special thank you to

Brian grazer, don Mischer, Michael Rosenberg
and Billy Crystal for being there

for us and for bringing
this show to life.

And to all of you watching, thank you
for sharing in our love of movies.

[ Applause ]

Thank you, Tom, and thank you for
whipping the crowd into a frenzy.

[ Laughter ]

Mr. excitement.

There are so many things that
go into making a movie great.

The script, the acting, costumes, sets,
the cinematography, and oftentimes

the finishing touch he music.

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eh.

[ Laughter ]

This is why there's a buffet.

Our next presenters have
Woody Allen in common.

She won an Oscar for "Vicky
Cristina Barcelona," please

welcome Penelope Cruz
and Owen Wilson.

Charlie chaplin, who won an
Oscar for the score he composed

for his film "limelight," said
that movie music "must convey

more to the audience than the
camera, but it must never be

"more than the voice
of that camera."

Here are the extraordinary composers
nominated for best original score -- ?

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[ applause ]

And the Oscar goes to
Ludovic Bource, "The Artist."

Ludovic Bource has
no formal training.

Childhood accordion lessons taught him to
read music and studied jazz as a teen.

This is his first Academy
award and nomination.

Congratulations.

Wow.

I want to tell you, first of all,
pay tribute for the power

of the music and I want to thank
you and pay tribute to my

co-nominees, Mr.
Williams, Mr. shore and Mr. Iglesias and

as you know, downstairs refers -- submit
to -- so I thank you for your chair, I

don't know if you can see.

Thank you all the
musicians tonight.

Wonderful show.

So -- [ Applause ]

Sorry.

I have a little speech.

I'd like to thank the
Academy with this Oscar, you

have given a man
a special honor.

And to all of you, please accept me
because I've got so much love to give.

I've got so much love to give
to you, my wife Sarah is there.

[ Speaking French ]

Thank you, all,
thank you, Michelle.

[ Applause ]

Announcer: Please welcome will
ferrell and Zach Galifianakis.

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hi.

[ Applause ]

I'm will ferrell.

And same Gadge Zabasavage.

As serious musicians, it
is our pleasure to step out from

our day jobs for a moment to present
the Oscar for best original song.

One of our nominees will join
the ranks of previous winners,

"when you wish upon a star,"

"moon river," "the way we were,"

and "it's hard out
here for a pimp."

[ Cymbal crash ]

Here are the nominees --
? I'm a man a muppet ?

♪ I'm a muppet of a man ♪

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♪ just won't find
it anywhere else ♪

[ applause ]

And the Oscar goes to --

Bret McKenzie for
"man or muppet."

He is member of the flight
of the concords and behind the

original soundtrack
to "the muppets."

Thank you, Academy.

I grew up watching "the muppets"

on TV.

Never dreamed I would work
with them and was genuinely

starstruck when I finally
met Kermit the frog.

But once you get to know him,
he's just a normal frog.

And like many stars here tonight
he's a lot shorter in real life.

Just a few jokes, okay, I'd like
to thank everyone who worked

with me on the film especially James
Bobin for bringing it to life on screen.

Mickey Petralia and Disney for
making movies with songs with them.

My wife and two kids, I feel
their love and support, friends

and family at home and my
parents for never telling me to

get a real job and finally Jim
henson and his original team for

creating the magical
world of the muppets.

It's a true honor to work in
the shadow of such legends.

Thank you.

[ Applause ]

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female announcer: Nine
"Saturday night live" cast

members have been nominated for
Oscars, but will kristen Wiig be

the first one in history to win?

Find out when we return.

Male announcer: The Oscars continue
with -- Colin firth -- Angelina Jolie --

and Tom Cruise.

The 84th annual Academy awards on abc,
brought to you by -- JC Penny.

No games.

No gimmicks.

Because that's fair and square.

And that's JC Penny.

[ Applause ]

> The front row, you know what
I'm thinking, why don't we chip

in and buy the Dodgers?

George, you can still play.

I can still play.

If we owned, we'd play.

Our next presenter is an Academy
award-winning actress who has

become a brilliant writer
and director Billy Jolena.

Please welcome the original girl with
the dragon tattoo, Angelina Jolie.

[ Applause ]

Good evening.

Legend has it that Oscar-winning
screenwriter Billy Wilder was

told by Samuel goldwyn,
"you have all the scenes."

"Just go home and word it in."

People think that what
writers do is easy.

And the better the writer,
the easier it looks.

Screenwriters who take on
adaptations must also stay true

to the original author's vision
as they impart their own

creativity in crafting a
story for the big screen.

Here are the nominees for
adapted screenplay, those who

work so hard to make
it look so easy.

Alexander Payne and nat Faxon and
Jim rash for "The Descendants."

Based on the novel by
Kaui hart Hemmings.

I'm sorry, man.

I was just laughing.

It's funny, I mean I think
she knows she's being funny.

I'm going to hit you.

John Logan for "Hugo."

Based on the book entitled "the invention
of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick.

Caught you at last.

Not the first time you've stolen
from me, is it, my little thief.

George Clooney and grant Heslov and
beau Willimon for "the ides of march."

Based on the play "farragut
north" by beau Willimon.

There's only one thing I value in
this world, Steven, it's loyalty.

Without it, you're nothing.

And you have no one.

"Moneyball" -- screenplay by
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin.

Story by Stan Chervin.

Based on the book
by Michael Lewis.

Do you want me to speak?

When I point to you, yeah.

Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan
for "tinker tailor soldier spy."

Based on the novel
by John le Carre.

And I know something you don't.

I know who he is.

And the Oscar goes to --
Alexander Payne, nat Faxon, Jim

rash, "The Descendants."

[ Applause ]

This is the first Academy award and
nomination for nat Faxon and Jim rash.

Alexander Payne takes
home his second Oscar.

This is Jim and this is nat.

I'm Alexander.

We bow to our fellow nominees.

Oh, stop the counter.

Thank you.

We bow to our fellow nominees.

We want to thank fox searchlight, producer
Jim Burke for all their good works.

We share this with George Clooney
and the rest of the cast

for interpreting our screenplay
so generously and we also share

it in particular with Kaui hart
Hemmings and on/brief personal

note my mother is with me from
Omaha and hold the applause and

after watching the show a few
years ago she made me promise if

I ever won another Oscar I had
to dedicate it to her just like

Javier Bardem did with his mother
so, mom, this one is for you.

[ Speaking a foreign language ]

And thanks for letting me skip nursery
school so we could go to the movies.

Thanks a lot.

Thank you.

[ Applause ]

And now five memorable
screenplays that were "original"

in every sense of the word.

Imaginative,
distinctive and new.

Here are the nominees for original
screenplay -- Michel Hazanavicius for "the"

artist."

Annie Mumolo and kristen
Wiig for "bridesmaids."

You're not married.

Okay.

Yes, you are.

No, I'm not and you started it.

No, you started it.

Did you forget to take
your Xanax this morning.

I feel bad for your parents.

I feel bad for your face.

J.C.
Chandor for "margin call."

Three ways to make a living in this
business, first, be smarter or cheat.

Woody Allen for
"midnight in Paris."

You box?

No.

No.

Not really, no.

Asghar Farhadi
for "a separation."

Oh.

[ Applause ]

And the Oscar goes to -- Woody
Allen, "midnight in Paris."

[ Applause ]

The Academy congratulates Woody Allen
and accepts the Oscar on his behalf.

Thank you.

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to me I have no set rule
of what makes a good movie.

Oh, gosh, that's
a hard question.

Define a great film -- who
don't know that I --

I think that's an excellent question
to have Verner Herzog contemplate.

Great is very hard to describe.

It's always mysterious.

When I'm really not feeling
great I like to watch Goldie

Hawn and Kurt Russell
in "overboard."

It's my favorite movie.

I'm not kidding.

It sticks to you.

It becomes part of
your existence?

">> The outlaw Josie wales."

Daniel day-Lewis
and "my left foot."

It gets into my soul
and just makes me happy.

So I guess in that way it's not
just thrill and entertainment.

I want to be transported.

Not that where I am
isn't intolerable.

What makes a person laugh?

What -- what makes a person cry?

What mays a person
feel anything.

The fact that he was a
freakin' alcoholic with one foot.

Well, every once in a while
you get the truth from a movie.

"Godfather" had all the qualities
of real honesty in my opinion.

When you see those moments
of digny, someone handle a

situation better than you would, that
shows you an example of nobility.

I want to make something I
myself would want to watch and I

just happen to want to watch
some really sick stuff.

I'm eventually trying
to one day tell the truth.

I don't know if I'm ever going
to get there but I'm slowly

letting pieces of myself out
there and then maybe by the time

I'm 85 I'll look back and say, all
right, that about summed it up.

[ Applause ]

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female announcer: Early in
the morning on January 24th,

these young producers of a short
film were trying to find out if

their dream would come true
with an Oscar nomination.

Make it real.

Yes!

We'll find out
if they win, next.

Male announcer: The Oscars will
continue with -- Michael Douglas --

and the cast of "bridesmaids."

Put a loaded gun
in Dougie's Harry-on.

The TSA is just going
to rip his ass apart.

Oh.

The 84th annual Academy awards
on abc brought to you by hyundai.

For your consideration, the
beautifully dramatic 2012 Azera.

Announcer: Please
welcome Milla Jovovich.

[ Applause ]

At the Academy's scientific
and technical awards ceremony

held earlier this month, ten awards
were presented to 29 individuals whose

achievements have had a lasting
and significant impact on the

process of making
motion pictures.

I was honored to have
presented those awards.

So let's take a look at some
highlights from that evening.

Among the honors bestowed on
this distinguished group was

recognition of a new generation
of high-speed digital cameras

that have made 2,000 frames
per second possible.

A new gyro system that allows
cinematographers the ability to

film with greater ease and
stability from moving vehicles

such as helicopters,
cars or boats.

An Oscar for the design and
development of the arrilaser

film recorder and an Oscar to
Doug trumbull -- a pioneer in

the field of visual effects
who created or invented many

techniques that are commonly
used in the industry.

Wow!

This is a beautiful thing.

Thank you.

[ Applause ]

This has been a great year for
strong, feminine characters,

some wore high heels an ran
countries like "The Iron Lady"

and "j.
Edgar" and the band loved that.

There were world leaders, civil
rights fighters and sink poopers.

So please welcome the cast of "bridesmaids"
Risten Wiig, Maya Rudolph,

wendi McLendon-covey, Ellie Kemper,
Melissa McCarthy and rose Byrne.

[ Applause ]

Six beautiful, some say
handsome women, invited by the

Academy not only to present
three awards, but also to

shatter the common belief
that "size does not matter."

I hate to tell you guys
this, but it kinda does.

Yes, but not length.

As my grandma used to say, "it can be
short and still make your toes curl."

And I believe in my heart my
grandma wasn't referring to

wieners, but short films.

See, I'd rather have a short
film with some heft that's nice

to me rather than a long film
that just lies there and makes

you do all the work.

But sometimes a
film can be too long.

Not for me.

Not for me.

Here are the nominees
for best live action short.

"Pentecost" -- Peter
McDonald and Eimear O'Kane.

"Raju" -- Max zã¤hle
and Stefan Gieren.

"The shore" -- Terry
George and Oorlagh George.

"Time freak" -- Andrew
bowler and Gigi Causey.

"Tuba Atlantic" Allvar Witzã.

And the Oscar goes to -- "the shore,"
Terry George and Oorlagh George.

[ Applause ]

This is the first Academy
award for Terry George and his

daughter Oorlagh George.

It was first shown in northern
Ireland by a cast and crew made

up of friends and family.

Thanks.

This is my daughter,
the producer.

I want to thank the Academy.

Now I don't have to wait for a wedding
to tell the world how brilliant she is.

Our little film was inspired by
the people of northern Ireland,

protestant and catholic, who
after 30 years of war sat down,

negotiated a peace and proved to the
world that the Irish are great talkers.

I want to dedicate this to
them and thank you again.

Thank you very much.

Whoopi!

Mom, this is for you.

[ Applause ]

Documentaries shine a spotlight
on the world around us.

And in the case of the best
documentary short subject, that

line shines for only a
short period of time.

Much like a moonbeam or a shooting
star, or a flicker of a candle.

Scorsese!

Scorsese.

And the nominees here are --
"the barber of Birmingham: Foot

soldier of the civil rights movement"
Obin Fryday and Gail Dolgin.

"God is the bigger Elvis" -- Rebecca
Cammisa and Julie Anderson.

"Incident in new Baghdad"
ames Spione.

"Saving face" -- Daniel Junge
and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

"The Tsunami and the cherry blossom"
Ucy Walker and Kira Carstensen.

And the Oscar goes to --

"saving face,"
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

[ Applause ]

This is the first Academy award for
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy grew up in Pakistan
and Daniel Junge was born in Wyoming.

To be emotionally detached was
the hardest thing on the other

side of the camera, they said.

[ Applause ]

Well, it's more important that the
Pakistani on the stage speak than me.

But I just quickly want to
simply thank hbo and Lisa for

making this film possible, my wife
Erin and our editor, please, speak.

I want to dedicate this to all the heroes on
the ground in Pakistan including Dr. mohamed

Jahva working on rehabilitating
all these women, Rockiesana, the

main subject of the film whose
resilience and bravery in the

face of such adversity is
admirable and to all the women

in Pakistan who is working for change,
don't give up on your dreams.

This is for you.

[ Applause ]

And last, but not least, we've
come to best animated short film.

In 1988, this award was presented to
the great John Lasseter, who has since

gone on to change the world of
animation when he helped create Pixar.

Yes.

So technically, every nominee in
this category has been given the

opportunity to live up
to those standards.

But no pressure, of course.

Here are the nominees for
best animated short film.

"Dimanche/sunday" Patrick Doyon.

"The fantastic flying books of Mr.
Morris Lessmore" -- William Joyce and

Brandon oldenburg.

"La luna" -- Enrico Casarosa.

"A morning stroll" -- grant
orchard and Sue Goffe.

"Wild life" -- Amanda
Forbis and Wendy Tilby.

And the Oscar goes to -- "the
fantastic flying books of"

Mr. Morris Lessmore", William
Joyce and Brandon oldenburg.

When asked what the biggest
challenge was in making the

film, William Joyce
says, not giving up.

They did 375 setups in 5 days.

It nearly killed them all and still
it was the most fun they've ever had.

This is their first Academy award
and nomination for the team.

Oh, my God.

Look, we're just these two like
swamp rats from Louisiana and

this is incredibly grand.

We love the movies.

We love the movies
more than anything.

It's been a part of our lives
since we were both kids.

It's been a part of our DNA
ever since we were children, and

it's made us story tellers.

And there's guy, thousands of
men and women through the whole

generations, through the
beginning of cinema that have

inspired us and movies that
moved us more than we ever knew

we could be moved, and it's
everything we try to do every

day is to try to honor those
people and those films, and

we're just down there in
Louisiana and we're going to

keep on trying and going and
thank you to the Academy.

Thank you, our wives,
thank you, our families.

Especially my kids.

The Academy.

And Elizabeth and you
guy, and thank you!

[ Applause ]

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female announcer: Who takes
home the Oscars for actor and

actress in a leading role?

With no clear favorite,
anyone could win.

The final acting awards next.

Male announcer: The Oscars will
continue with -- Michael Douglas --

Meryl Streep -- and the award
for achievement in directing.

If you've ever wondered where
your dreams come from, this is

where they're made.

The 84th annual Academy
awards on abc brought to you by

sprint.

[ Applause ]

> Our next presenter was occupying
wall street before it was cool.

Please welcome two-time Academy
award winner Michael Douglas.

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[ applause ]

Oscar-winning director
Leo McCarey was in a bank,

and he was trying to borrow
some money for a picture.

So sizing him up, the banker
said, "you know, I know what"

cameraman runs, the camera.

The actors act.

"Writers write, but
what do directors do?"

Leo paused, then went
to another bank.

The truth is, the director does
everything imaginable to realize

a singular vision.

These five such visionaries have been
nominated for their exemplary work.

Here are the nominees for
achievement in directing --

Michel Hazanavicius
- - "The Artist."

[ Speaking French ]

Alexander Payne --
"The Descendants."

Every single person is so
happy and so grateful to be

there and I think it
really stemmed from him.

It's rare to see films that are
so "a," culturally depicted in

the right way and "b," show human
life that aren't overexaggerated or

underexaggerated.

Martin scorsese -- "Hugo."

In that gesture I think the
Academy also would be rightly

placed in saying to Marty,
you have given us so much.

You take us so close to the heart of
cinema and the grandness of it is art.

Thank you.

Woody Allen --
"midnight in Paris."

I think the most engaged
in the present Woody is not

engaging in the things that come
or go or the things that may be

have bright lights and dazzle
us in the moment but about the

stuff that really matters to us in
the present and that's connecting

with us and telling
stories that will hit us.

Terrence Malick --
"The Tree Of Life."

I think Terrence Malick's films are the
perfect representation he is as a man.

How he does it is
a complete mystery.

When he does it, I
don't have a clue.

I suspect his wife Becky
knows but she's not saying.

[ Applause ]

And the Oscar goes to
Ichel Hazanavicius.

[ Applause ]

This is the third Academy
award nomination tonight for

Michel Hazanavicius
and his first Oscar.

Yes, thank you,
thank you very much.

I forget my speech.

Okay.

I am the happiest director
in the world right now.

Thank you for that.

Thank you the Academy,
thank you all of you.

I want to thank my beloved producer
Thomas Langmann, thank you.

I want to thank the
other company.

I want to thank the cast, Jean,
Berenice, you know, thank you.

John Goodman, Penelope, all of you,
Malcolm, thank you very much.

I want to thank all the crew, I
want to thank Uggie, the dog.

I think he doesn't care.

I'm not sure he understand what I say.
He's not that good, but thank you.

I want to thank the financial -- the crazy
person who put money in that movie.

I want to thank the people that
helped that moment like Terry or

Paul, thank you.

And also I want to thank the
movie because the movie since

this movie has been made its
life is full of grace and it

brings to us joy and happiness
and sometimes life is wonderful

and today is one of these days,
thank you for giving it to me.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

[ Applause ]

> Our next presenter
is Meryl Streep.

Now, counting tonight Meryl has
been nominated 17 times and

she's won twice, so 14 times she
has sat right there and had to

act thrilled when somebody else
won so for that I think she

deserves another Oscar.

She's received acting
nominations in the '70s, '

the '70s, '80s, '90s, 2000s even 2010s,
2 Oscars, 2 Emmys, seven golden globes,

she's either the greatest actress of our
time or a really dedicated hoarder.

Ladies and gentlemen, the
one and only Meryl Streep.

[ Applause ]

Thank you.

Following recent Academy
tradition, the governors awards

were again presented this past
November in the grand ballroom

at Hollywood and highland.

Let's take a look now at this
unforgettable evening that

celebrated the exceptional contributions
of three very special Academy members.

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Oprah winfrey is always thinking
about how she can help others.

James Earl Jones is one of the
greatest actors in American history.

Dick Smith, the greatest
makeup artist who ever lived.

I have loved being a
makeup artist so much.

This has been an incredible
joy that I will never forget

tonight, one of the greatest
I've ever had in my whole life.

[ Applause ]

Tonight, James Earl is in London
performing "driving miss Daisy."

James Earl Jones
from "star wars."

I am your father.

To "the lion king."

Remember who you are.

To Shakespeare.

You're always so damned good!

[ Applause ]

I'm more than grabber gassed.

There's a word I've learned here in
britain, they say I'm gob-smacked.

[ Applause ]

Tonight, the Academy
is giving you an Oscar.

I would give you a second Oscar
and that is for your film acting.

The Jean Hirshelt
humanitarian award means we make

a difference through
the life we live.

It's unimaginable I would be stand before
you voted by the board of governors.

[ Applause ]

It's unimaginable.

Thank you so much.

Tonight belongs to Oscar.

[ Applause ]

Ladies and gentlemen -- James Earl
Jones, dick Smith and Oprah winfrey.

[ Applause ]

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[ applause ]

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announcer: The Oscars will
continue with a remembrance of

some of the motion picture
greats we lost this past year.

The 84th annual Academy awards
on abc, brought to you by --

at&t, the nation's
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At&t.

Rethink possible.

Among the many people our
industry lost this year are two

former producers of this show,
Laura Ziskin and gil Cates.

Laura was a much loved and
respected producer who was at

the helm of two
Academy award shows.

And gill Cates produced 14
Oscars and he was the man who

first brought me to the show and
we ended up doing six Oscar

telecasts together.

His wit, his wisdom and his
reassuring presence is what made

him one of the greatest producers
the Oscars have ever known.

And he was my dear friend.

I've thought about him
every second tonight.

He's in my heart as are all
of these wonderful people.

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♪ I see trees of green
red roses too ♪

♪ I see them bloom
for me and you ♪

♪ and I think to myself
what a wonderful world ♪

? I see skies of blue clouds of
white the bright blessed day

and the dark sacred night ?

♪ and I think to myself
what a wonderful world ♪

? the colors of the rainbow so pretty
in the sky are also on the faces

of people passing by ?

? I see friends shaking hands they say
how do you do they're really sayin'

I love you ?

as you wish.

With great power comes
great responsibility.

In my vision, the hero always
defeats the villain, the boy

always gets the girl
and cancer is no more.

I'd like to thank the movies,
I know that sounds general but

it's very real to me.

And I have always
adored, worshipped talent.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Thank you all very much.

? the colors of the rainbow so pretty
in the sky are also on the faces

of people passing by ?

? I see friends shaking hands they say
how do you do they're really sayin'

I love you ?

I think that the fundamental job
of a producer is to be a dreamer.

? I hear babies cry and watch
them grow they'll learn much more

than I'll ever know ?

♪ and I think to myself
what a wonderful world ♪

I guess I need
to say thank you.

Thank you with all my heart.

♪ oh, I think to myself
what a wonderful world ♪

> the way I watch movies, I'm
searching for myself because I

don't get to see enough of
myself and I don't -- I kind of

don't like to get to
like myself enough.

You just discover the kind of
person that you are in movies

and what you believe in and what
you hold dear and precious.

You immediately identify
whether from your gut, not from

your head, and it
makes you happy.

You understand something that you
didn't understand before about life.

And every -- everything is stacked
up against that film ever getting made.

You're hurtling towards this
ideal that could be shattered by

anybody being selfish, by
anybody being fearful.

You're fighting with every
ounce you have to make sure that

you will love it forever, and
when it doesn't turn out that

way, it's painful and that's why
people are weird who make movies.

It's because they care more about
their film than themselves.

Well, that's the thing.

You go through all that 'misery
and then people don't know what

you go through and
they're not expected to.

With each one it is
that learning curve.

There is that experience, okay,
you know, there's the movie we

think we're making, and then
there's the movie, you know.

They basically are saying I'm
strapping myself to a rocket.

It's either going to blow up, or
I'm going to go up and do 900

loop-de-loops and your eyes will
burn out from splendor and awe.

A sign that it's great is
when it's over to the soles of

my feet I'm feeling how,
how did they do that?

How did they get that done?

[ Applause ]

I've never had any
of those feelings.

[ Laughter ]

Welcome back and thank you to all the
people that took part in these films.

I thought they were lovely,
tonight, didn't you?

Took the time to help us here.

And I especially want to
thank that great musician,

Esperanza Spalding and Southern
California children's chorus,

for their beautiful performance
of "what a wonderful world."

Now, our next presenter is

everything little girls want to
be when they grow up, smart,

talented, beautiful and
a murderer's ballerina.

Please welcome last year's best
actress winner, Natalie Portman.

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I am honored tonight to
present the nominees for

performance by an actor
in a leading role.

Demian -- you did what we
all dream of with your art.

You created so much empathy for
another human being that we all

left the theater looking
at the world differently.

As Carlos Galindo, an undocumented
immigrant fighting to give his son the

opportunities he never had,
you made us face a very true

portrait of a human being no one had
ever dared us to consider before.

You gave a voice to the voiceless
in the film "a better life."

Demian Bichir -- >> I'm
sorry about failing you.

No, no, you never failed me.

I was never there.

You were always there.

You were always, always.

[ Applause ]

George -- you did the near impossible
you managed to make us believe

you were just a regular guy, but
under very irregular circumstances.

As Matt king, a man whose wife
is in a coma when he finds out

she was cheating on him, you
subtly and movingly conveyed the

tricky mix of
betrayal and grief.

We will long remember your great
work in "The Descendants."

George Clooney.

Does she love him?

Who is he?

Matt -- >> I'm sorry to put you in
that position but I'm not really the

one that put you, am I?

I would like to know the guy
who my wife was -- seeing.

[ Applause ]

Jean -- what a way to introduce
yourself to American audiences!

Your every gesture brought back
memories of the silent film

legends from almost a century ago,
and your final dance had us

applauding as you finally
talked out loud.

Admittedly, you only said two
words on screen, but your

George valentin spoke
volumes in "The Artist."

Jean Dujardin.

[ Dog barking ]

[ Telephone ringing ]

[ Applause ]

Gary -- it is crazy to all of us
here tonight that tonight marks your

first ever Oscar nomination,
but you took a well-known

character played decades ago by
another brilliant actor and made

that character completely your own
with incredible nuance and restraint.

Your portrayal of George smiley
is a master class in acting in

"tinker, tailor, soldier, spy."

Gary Oldman.

We're not so
different, you and I.

We both spend our lives looking for the
weaknesses in one another's systems.

Don't you think it's time to
recognize there is as little

worth on your side
as there is on mine.

[ Applause ]

Brad -- we were not
watching a baseball story.

Because of your work as Billy
Beane, we were watching a

story about an underdog willing
to challenge the status quo and

question things that no one
had ever questioned before.

Whether one is a baseball fan
or not, your charisma and

inventiveness made us root for
that underdog to come out on

top in the film "moneyball."

Brad pitt.

I'm not picking your
pocket, you're picking mine.

What's wrong with him.

There's nothing wrong.

Can we say it's done in theory and
start drawing up the paperwok.

Okay, you -- >> great.

I think he was going
to say something else.

When you get the answer
you're looking for, hang up.

[ Applause ]

And the Oscar goes to
Jean Dujardin, "The Artist."

This is the first Academy award
and nomination for Jean Dujardin.

Well-known and celebrated
in his native France.

[ Applause ]

Oh, thank you.

Well, I love your country.

Okay.

Thank you to the Academy.

It's funny because in 1929 it
wasn't Billy Crystal but Douglas

Fairbanks who hosted the
first Oscar ceremony.

Tickets cost $5 and it
lasted 15 minutes.

Times have changed.

Though thank you dawg glass
Fairbanks, yes, Melissa, your

grandfather and joie de vivre
inspire me for this role and so

many here have inspired me.

Thank you, Michell, thank you for

this incredible gift.

Thank you my wonderful partner.

Thank you the wonderful,
cast and crew.

Oh, my wife, I love you.

Kisses, Simone, Claude, Joely
and if George valentin could

[speak, he would say
Speaking French]

Merci beaucoup, I love you!

[ Applause ]

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we'll return with the award
for actress in a leading role

and the final and most coveted
award in motion pictures, the

Oscar for best picture.

When the Academy awards return.

Male announcer: The 84th annual Academy
awards on abc, brought to you by --

hyundai.

For your consideration, the
beautifully dramatic 2012 Azera.

[ Applause ]

> Well, they must be going
nuts in France right now or

whatever the French
have in place of joy.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
last year's winner for best actor,

Colin firth.

[ Applause ]

Good evening.

It is my very good fortune
to present the nominees for

performance by an actress
in a leading role.

Glenn -- the range of roles you've
played over the years displays a

brilliance of somewhat
bewildering proportions.

One is constantly struck not
only by the skill, but also by

the humanity and intelligence
with which you imbue every part.

And your portrayal of a woman
living a life -- a double life

as a man is no less than
astonishing in "Albert Nobbs."

Glenn Close.

We'll make a great
success of our shop.

People will be coming to see us,
having tea with us in the parlor

and our wedding will
be a great wonder.

[ Applause ]

Viola -- very occasionally, when
watching a performance, one experiences a

mysterious thrill in the hair
follicles about five minutes in.

An actress whom we've admired for
years has just ventured even

deeper into our imagination and will
remain there for many years to come.

That's what you've done with your
breathtaking interpretation of

Aibileen Clark -- a woman of
quiet humility and a backbone of

steel in "The Help."

Viola Davis.

Anniversary of his death,
every year I can't breathe, but

it's just another day.

You stop this.

Everything I wrote, he wrote, everything
he was is going to die with him.

[ Applause ]

Rooney -- in a very short space of
time your presence has come to seem

indispensable.

Our cinemas would now seem
strangely empty without your

unique blend of fearlessness, grace,
honesty, fragility and attitude.

Qualities abundantly displayed
in your dazzling performance as

Elisabeth Salander in "the girl
with the Dragon Tattoo."

Rooney mara.

Do you doubt
anything I've said?

Do you doubt it in the reports that
have followed me around all my life?

What do they say if
you had to sum it up?

They say I'm insane.

No, it's okay.

You can nod because it's true.

I am insane.

[ Applause ]

Meryl -- "mamma Mia."

We were in Greece, we danced,
I was gay and we were happy.

I probably fathered
your only daughter.

They were perplexing times but
through all this I watched you

work, and it's all too
clear why you're on your 17th

nomination, more than any other actor
in the history of the Academy awards.

You are unreasonably good.

With every role you play, you
raise the bar, making it a

little more difficult for the
rest of us and you've just done

it again in your virtuoso portrayal of
Margaret Thatcher, in "The Iron Lady."

Meryl Streep.

I have done battle every
single day of my life, and many

men have underestimated
me before.

This lot seemed bound to do the
same, but they will rue the day.

Now, shall I be mother?

Tea, Al, how do you take
your tea, black or white?

[ Applause ]

Michelle -- you were my mentor
when we first worked together.

I was in awe of your experience,
your range and your depth,

qualities I hoped one day
to emulate as I matured.

And we can leave aside the fact
that you were 12 and I was 35.

Your abilities are enthralling to behold,
and tonight we salute you for your

portrait of the complicated
figure that you infused with

such tenderness and compassion
in "my week with Marilyn."

Michelle Williams.

I'm 30.

I guess that makes me
an old lady to you.

Seven years is nothing.

You know I've been married
three times already.

How did that happen?

Maybe you were just
looking for the right man.

They always look
right at the start.

[ Applause ]

And the Oscar goes to --

Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady."

This is the third Academy award and
17th nomination for Meryl Streep.

Her first Oscar win was for the
supporting role in "Kramer vs."

Kramer" and second for the leading
role in "Sophie's choice."

[ Applause ]

Oh, my God.

Oh, come on.

Oh, oh.

All right.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, thank you.

When they called my name I had
this feeling I could hear half

of America going, oh, no.

Oh, come on, why her again?

You know.

But whatever.

[ Applause ]

First I'm going to thank don
because when you thank your

husband at the end of the
speech, they play him out with

the music and I want him to know
that everything I value most in

our lives, you've given me.

And now secondly -- [ Applause ]

My other partner, 37 years
ago my first play in New York

city, I met the great
hairstylist and makeup artist

Roy Helland and worked
together pretty continuously.

His first film with me was
"Sophie's choice" and up to

tonight when he won for the beautiful
work in "The Iron Lady" 30 years later.

Every single movie in between.

[ Applause ]

And I just want to thank Roy but
also I want to thank because I

really understand I'll never be
up here again, I -- I really

want to thank all my colleagues,
all my friends, I look out here

and, you know, I see my life
before my eye, my old friends,

my new friends and really this
is such a great honor, but the

thing that counts the most with
me is the friendships and the

love and the sheer joy we have
shared making movies together.

My friends, thank you all of you,
departed and here for this,

you know, inexplicably
wonderful career.

Thank you.

[ Applause ]

And then there was one.

Here to present best picture is
someone who has been a movie

star since he was 19 years old.

Please welcome a man his entire
career is making the impossible

possible, Tom Cruise.

?

[ applause ]

Tonight is a celebration of
movies, watching a film on the

big screen, enjoying a shared
experience of being in a theater

with hundreds of other people.

There are so many reasons why we
all love to go to the movies.

Here are nine of them.

What's your name, boy.

Hugo.

If we win on our budget
we'll change the game.

I just want the you
to know that I'm okay.

Ready to change.

I'm ready to be a real
husband and a real father.

?

in man's palace there are two
way throughs life, the way of

nature and the way of grace.

I want to tell you something about
the point of view from "The Help."

I'm in love with you.

You're in love with a fantasy.

I promise you man to man that
I'll look after him as closely

as you have done.

Who are you?

Hemmingway.

Hemmingway.

If you've ever wanted to find
out where your dreams come from

you look around.

We're going to shake things up.

Dad, mom was cheating on you.

I'm in a very
perplexing situation.

You hear me.

Do you understand
what I'm saying?

She's gone.

Be brave.

Find the stairs
and you come home.

I don't want to leave you,
but it's time for me to go.

You rock.

I think the question we
should be asking is, do you

believe in this thing or not?

Happy endings only
happen in the movies.

This is our special place.

It's like seeing dreams
in the middle of the day.

The nominees for best motion
picture in 2011 are -- "The Artist."

"The Descendants."

"Extremely Loud &
Incredibly Close."

"The Help."

"Hugo."

"Midnight in Paris."

"Moneyball."

"The Tree Of Life."

"War Horse."

All of them such fine films.

Congratulations.

And the Oscar goes to...

The Artist.

[ Applause ]

Thomas Langmann, producer.

"The Artist" is a rarity, not
only is it black and white and

French director's take on old
Hollywood but the only movie

among the nine best picture
nominees from entirely Los

Angeles having ten Academy award
nominations this year, winning five Oscars.

I want to say thank you from
the bottom of my heart to you,

members of the Academy, to you,
R.V., not only because we

received tonight the award that
any filmmaker would dream to

receive but because tonight
you've given me the opportunity

to pay tribute to a member of
this Academy that I miss so

much, the Oscar winner Claude
Berry and he directed movies

like "the two of us" and
produced and worked with

directors such as Francis Ford coppola,
Pedro Almodovar, Milos foreman, Roman

polanski, and I always thought
and remember will I ever one day

be able to work with such
director, a director that could

stand in front of these examples
and tonight I know I do because

I am the producer of Michel Hazanavicius
and I am glad to be his producer.

Thank you.

And now, okay, thank you.

I'd like to say very,
very important things.

I want to say hi to my kids and
it's 6:00 in the morning in

Paris, so you should go
to bed in 30 seconds.

I want to say to my wife,
Berenice Bejo, who is here, that

I love you, but it's not just
that, it's about the movie, you

inspired the movie and you're
the soul of the movie and the

positive feeling of the movie.

Thank you for being this in the
movie and in my life and I want

to thank three person, I want to
thank Billy Wilder, I want to

thank Billy Wilder and I want to thank
Billy Wilder, thank you very much.

[ Applause ]

Well, that's our evening.

Good night, everybody.

[ Applause ]

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