Heath Ledger THE DARK KNIGHT [caption id="attachment_7655" align="alignright" width="197" caption="The Dark Knight - Oscar 2009 Winner"][/caption] NOMINATED ROLE Heath Ledger portrays the Joker, a psychopathic criminal mastermind who will stop at nothing in his scheme to outwit and humiliate Batman. ACCEPTANCE SPEECH Kim Ledger: First of ...

THE DUCHESS Michael O'Connor [caption id="attachment_7648" align="alignright" width="203" caption="THE DUCHESS - Oscar Winner 2009"][/caption] ACCEPTANCE SPEECH This unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. Before I forget, I must thank Rachel Portman for that music in The Duchess that wasn't the music, but music is fantastic in the ...

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Donald Graham Burt (Art Direction); Victor J. Zolfo (Set Decoration) ACCEPTANCE SPEECH Burt: Wow. We'd like to thank the Academy for this wonderful honor. We first & foremost want to thank our crews that we had in ...

WALL-E [caption id="attachment_7640" align="alignright" width="203" caption="WALL-E, OSCAR WINNER"][/caption] Andrew Stanton ACCEPTANCE SPEECH My producers Jim Morris & Lindsey Collins should really be up here to accept this with me. It's been such an inspiration to spend time with a character who so tenaciously struggles ...

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy [caption id="attachment_7634" align="alignright" width="300" caption="SlumDog Millionaire, Oscar Awards"][/caption] ACCEPTANCE SPEECH Hi gang. Thank you very much indeed. There are certain places in the universe you never imagine standing. For me, it's the moon, the South Pole, the Miss ...

MILK [caption id="attachment_7626" align="alignright" width="202" caption="milk-poster"][/caption] Written by Dustin Lance Black ACCEPTANCE SPEECH Oh my God. This was, um, this was not an easy film to make. First off, I have to thank Cleve Jones & Anne Kronenberg and all the real-life people who ...

Penelope Cruz [caption id="attachment_7620" align="alignright" width="263" caption="Penelope Cruz VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA"][/caption] VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA NOMINATED ROLE Penelope Cruz portrays the fiery Maria Elena, a divorced woman still locked in a complex relationship with her ex-husband. ACCEPTANCE SPEECH This is not going to be 45 seconds, I ...