The Deer Hunter and Michael Cimino winning Best Picture and Directing: 1979 Oscars

to present the award for outstanding directorial achievement the director's dream a dream of a director with five oscars of his own here are ali mcgraw and francis coppola in america he's called the director but in other countries he has a different name the french call them realization italians call him register it translates the realizer the one who realizes the dream actually uh whatever you call it the job is to to make dreams come true so that audiences can see them and hear them and be part of them you know i i'd like to say that i i think that we're on the eve of something that's going to make the industrial revolution look like a small town tryout out of town and i'm i'm talking about the communications revolution i think it's coming very quickly and that the the movies of the 80s are going to be amazing beyond what any of you can dream just a couple years away from now and i can i see i see a communications revolution that is about movies and art and music and digital electronics and computers and satellites and above all human talent and it's going to make things that the masters of the cinema who from whom we've inherited this business wouldn't believe the things that are going to be possible and in the spirit of this wonderful new cinema of the future we're very very honored to announce the nominees for the best director of 1979 pal ashby for coming home michael cimino for the deer hunter warren beatty and buck henry for heaven can wait woody allen for interiors alan parker from midnight express the winner francis you're the is my colleague in paisan mike lucimino for the deer hunter at a moment like this it's difficult to leven pride with humility but i am proud to be here and proud of our work proud to be part of this tradition i'm proud of my dear very special associates joanne corelli barry spikings chris watkin john savage meryl streep the late john casale and most especially i embrace robert de niro for his dedication and for his great dignity of heart thank you very much ladies and gentlemen last year at the 50th anniversary presentation of the academy awards an american institution stood on this stage and said some very heartfelt words about another american institution tonight we'd like to relive that moment with you before we get to the big one this is a word to one of hollywood's biggest he's in boston right now and we want you to know duke we miss you tonight we expect to see you handle out here in person next year because nobody else can walk in john wayne's boots ladies and gentlemen mr john wayne thank you thank you thank you ladies and gentlemen that's just about the only medicine fella i'd ever really need believe me when i tell you that i'm mighty pleased that i can't amble down here tonight well oscar and i have something in common oscar first came to the hollywood scene in 1928. so did i we're both a little weather beaten but we're still here and planned to be around for a whole lot longer my job here tonight is to identify your five choices for outstanding picture of the year and announce the winner so let's move them out the first nominated film is about two very different survivors of the vietnam war and the woman who served shared their survival coming home a jerome hellman enterprise production united artist jerome hellman producer the next the story of search for meaning of comradeship and for the meaning of the war in which it occurred the deer hunter an emi film michael cimino film production universal barry spikings michael dealey michael cipino cimino and john peverall are the producers a fantasy of afterlife that has a great deal to say about reality of our present day world heaven can wait dogwood productions paramount warner beatty producer a story of the capacity for human endurance under subhuman conditions a foreign prison system midnight express a casablanca film works production columbia alan marshall and david putman producer the story of the end of a marriage in the beginning of life an unmarried woman a 20th century production fox 20th century paul mazurki and tony ray producers and the winner is the deer hunter one more i love you madly thank you thank you to all the people who made the movie and thank you very much for your kindness and generosity i can only add to that thanks to two people one who helped us in the beginning who was bobby litman and one who helped us towards the end when we started the production which is harry upland thank you very much duke there is absolutely no way that we can follow your appearance here tonight except to say that we have a lot of friends of yours backstage who want to say hello so ladies and gentlemen thank you good night for the 51st annual academy awards show this is john harland speaking three great shows make great viewing wednesday on abc first it's the fun-filled new family show the mckenzies of paradise cove this week a mysterious gift brings the mckenzie kids an unforgettable surprise then 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Keywords: The Deer Hunter (Film), Michael Cimino, John Wayne, Academy Award For Best Picture (Award Category), Oscar, Oscars, acceptance speech, Academy Award For Best Director (Award Category), 1979, 1978, Ali McGraw, Johnny Carson, Francis Ford Coppola, Warren Beatty, Alan Parker, Brooke Shields, Gregory Peck, Raquel Welch, final, public, appearance, Valerie Perrine, Carol Lynley, Dom DeLuise, Sammy Davis Jr.

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Length: 12min 5sec (725 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 06 2013