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MovieWes wrote:An open letter from Aaron Sorkin to the readers of AwardsDaily. He seems like a real class act.

" I apologize for crashing the conversation but now that the envelopes have been opened I wanted to say thanks to everyone here for being such great movie fans. You’re a tough audience to please but I have a hunch I speak for almost everyone who does what I do for a living that we’ll take tough to please over easy to please any day.



Finally, I think everyone here understands that movies aren’t race horses. There’s no such thing as the best. I could make an argument why any of the 10 nominated films should have won (and 10 more that weren’t nominated). The important thing is that those movies got MADE. That’s good for movie fans.

Don’t worry if your horse didn’t win. Raging Bull’s legacy is in fine shape. Just like The Graduate and The Wizard of Oz and Citizen Kane and that other movie with “network” in the title.

Thanks again for loving movies so much.

Aaron Sorkin "
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An open letter from Aaron Sorkin to the readers of AwardsDaily. He seems like a real class act.

" I apologize for crashing the conversation but now that the envelopes have been opened I wanted to say thanks to everyone here for being such great movie fans. You’re a tough audience to please but I have a hunch I speak for almost everyone who does what I do for a living that we’ll take tough to please over easy to please any day.



Finally, I think everyone here understands that movies aren’t race horses. There’s no such thing as the best. I could make an argument why any of the 10 nominated films should have won (and 10 more that weren’t nominated). The important thing is that those movies got MADE. That’s good for movie fans.

Don’t worry if your horse didn’t win. Raging Bull’s legacy is in fine shape. Just like The Graduate and The Wizard of Oz and Citizen Kane and that other movie with “network” in the title.

Thanks again for loving movies so much.

Aaron Sorkin "




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Franz Ferdinand wrote:Great speech, he speaks the way he writes. I think he had the best line of the night:

"Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award, I'm going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig."
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Great speech, he speaks the way he writes. I think he had the best line of the night:

"Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award, I'm going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig."
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anonymous wrote:Art Direction and Cinematography were minor surprises.


The Cinematography Guild winner also won the Oscar. Is that really surprising?




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<s>Best speech of the night.</s>

No, that would be Siedler's




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rolotomasi99 wrote:So far absolutely no surprises. So boring.
Art Direction and Cinematography were minor surprises.
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So far absolutely no surprises. So boring.
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Still think we should take back his emmys.
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