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Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks
"Two Soldiers"
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Speech
Aaron Schneider:
Oh, man, this is amazing. Billy Crystal, I'll bet you don't remember
recommending film school to a 20-year-old kid wondering what to
do with his life about 18 years ago. Thank you for that. Thank you
to the Academy. I'd like to thank our cast, Jonathan Furr his parents
David and Janet, Ben Allison, Ron Perlman, David Andrews and the
rest of our cast. Our crew, Kate Miller, Betsy Pollock, Bob Ducsay,
David Boyd, C. Robert Holloway Kelly Matsumoto, Alonzo Wilson, the
amazingly generous Alan Silvestri, Joe Roth for a ten-second grace
period on the speech clock please. Craig and Lisa Mae Fincannon,
Scott Gershin Melissa Hofmann, Rebecca Clark and the NCSA School
of Filmmaking.
Brian Sprule, Michael Zakula, Bev Woods, Zil Rabinski, Phil Radyn,
the lovely and talented Marc Shaiman down there somewhere, please
for coming in late on this next music cue. Leon Silverman, John
Stern, Howard Anderson, Lee Kaplan, Jill Faulkner Summers and our
American treasure William Faulkner who wrote "Two Soldiers"
in 1942 after the first unprovoked attack on the United States.
It's the story of two brothers who fight to preserve their family
and country. Like a sibling's love, a soldier's devotion is selfless
and unconditional and need not concern itself with politics of war.
I dedicate this to my family and soldiers who protect our loved
ones and the freedoms we celebrate. Thank you.
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