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Best acceptance speech of the night!
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OscarGuy wrote:He's also now passed George Burns as oldest Oscar winner...
Interesting to note though is how conceptually younger being an octogenarian is nowadays than it was 36 years ago – Burns was OLD, Plummer is distinguishably mature.
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I wasn't a fan of the movie but its hard to argue with an Oscar for Plummer. And that was a hell of a speech, best I recall in some years - how graceful, classy and funny.
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Glad Plummer won. Now I hope the Academy gives von Sydow the honorary award next year before it's too late.
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The second half of the speech was almost a carbon copy of his Spirit Awards speech, but the beginning was nice. He's also now passed George Burns as oldest Oscar winner...
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Okri wrote:The sheer dignity demonstrated by von Sydow in that clip is almost enough to get me watching the Daldry flick.
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Lovely speech, deserving winner. Though I have to say, the sheer dignity demonstrated by von Sydow in that clip is almost enough to get me watching the Daldry flick.
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Great speech.
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So much for his on-set difficulty being an obstacle for voters.
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Now THAT is an Oscar speech.

He was better in Dragon Tattoo though.
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Yay! A great performance and a lovely film. Hopefully more people will check it out on DVD.
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Both of the Von Trapp parents finally have Oscars. A well deserved win.
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