Linda Hunt Wins Supporting Actress: 1984 Oscars

five actresses nominated for their work in supporting roles this year are all brilliant capable versatile and deserving you know what else they are what impatient they want us to stop talking and get to it so let's do that for them their names are share and so quick Glenn Close in the Big Chill Linda hunt in the year of living danger Amy Irving and Yentl Alfre Woodard and cross Creek and the winner is Linda hunt oh this is extraordinary ah there was an Indonesian phrase in the film which translates into English as water from the moon and it means that which is unattainable the impossible that one can never have or know making the year of living dangerously for me was water from the moon I want to thank the members of the Academy so much for honoring me with this recognition and this encouragement at the beginning of my working film when I still have so much to learn about such a complex and a powerful medium and I want to dedicate this to my parents and to Peter Weir with much love and to everyone I love who is out there watching tonight here's the sign you

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Published: Thu Oct 02 2008