"The Lord of the Rings" winning the Best Picture Oscar®

there's a reason they say best motion picture for last it's the sum of all the ingredients the end of a journey that always starts with a dream and this year those dreams were prompted by the j.r.r tolkien Lord of the Rings trilogy by Patrick O'Brian's massive Aubrey mature in novels Laura Hilton brands tribute to a fabled racehorse dennis lehane hotly written crime drama and in a moment when two disaffected characters meet in a foreign landscape these then of the nominees for Best Motion Picture the Lord of the Rings The Return of the King barium Osborn Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh producers lost in translation Ross Capps and Sofia Coppola producers [Music] Master and Commander the five side of the world Sano Goldwyn jr. Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson producers Mystic River Robert Lorenz Judy seaport and Clint Eastwood producers Seabiscuit Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall and Gary Ross producers and the Oscar goes to it's a clean sweep the Lord of the Rings The Return of the King Barry M Osborne Peter Jackson and Sam walls producer [Music] this is the 11th academy award went tonight for the Lord of the Rings The Return of the King tying the record for most wins with the film's Titanic and Ben Hur [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so I'm just waiting for friend to get Orosco there we go oh this is just unbelievable and I'm so honored attached and relieved that the Academy and the members of the Academy that supported us have they've seen past the trolls and the Wizards and the hobbits and a recognizing fantasy this year fantasies and if weird that hopefully the five-second delay won't do anything with I just want to say very few quick words especially to the people of New Zealand and the government of New Zealand and the City Council's and everybody who's supported us the length the length and breadth of the country billy crystal's welcome to come and make a film in New Zealand any time he wants the special thanks to Peter Nelson and Ken chemins who were with me right from the days of bad taste to meet the Feebles which were which were wisely overlooked by the Academy at that time and I especially want to pay tribute to our wonderful producer Barry Oz but when I please like him to say a few words it's it's a great honor to be here I start out in the business 35 years ago getting people coffee and I wonder if the fact that I dated Billy Crystal's cousin so many years ago has anything to do with but it is really a great pleasure to be in such great company I'm in trouble now to be nominated with this floor other Phil other four other great films and after this these many years to receive this award is a really a thrill for all of us and we all thank the Academy it's really a tribute to the talents of all the people both in front of the camera and behind the camera that we win this award I want to thank in particular my partner Carol my beautiful daughter Danielle and my 87 year old dad who's that there in the back somewhere here to celebrate this with us I want to thank also jr. our Tolkien and also the the fans that supported us on this on this journey and of course Bob Shaye and Michael Lynn whose courageous venture allowed us to make this film and their support throughout the journey and mark or deskey who worked alongside a side of us throughout and became a great film of the great friend sorry and of course to Peter Jackson who was never satisfied with a hundred percent but by his example of pushing for a hundred and ten percent he inspired all of us to do our utmost to make these films and bring them to the screen and finally to Wetty who is in Chicago in Wellington New Zealand and to the production team who are in the Port Nicholson Yacht Club it's time to celebrate [Music] a we related that elephants are not related

Channel: Oscars

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Rating: 4.9648614 out of 5

Keywords: Oscars, Academy, Awards, Best, Picture, Peter, Jackson, Lord, of, the, Rings

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Length: 5min 46sec (346 seconds)

Published: Wed May 14 2008

Reddit Comments

[u/Chen_Geller]

Denise Robert, producer for The Barbarian Invasions, Winner for Best Foreign Language film that year be like: "We're so thankful that Lord of the Rings did not qualify in this category."

[u/AgentMelyanna]

The one and only time I bothered to stay up and watch the Oscars start to finish. Worth it.