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Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
"Brokeback Mountain " |
Acceptance Speech
Diana: Thank you to the Academy. The duty of art is to send light into the
darkness of men's hearts. Thank you Annie Proulx, she's right over there, for
trusting us with your brilliant short story. Thank you to Ang Lee, and our
brilliant cast for breathing life into our words. Thank you to Universal, Focus
Features, Bill Pohlad, Michael Costigan, my dear friend. My good friend Mark
Poirier, for giving me "The New Yorker" that had that short story in it. And thank you to my writing partner, Larry. And thank you for giving him this award as well.
Larry: Since somehow I unaccountably failed to thank my brilliant partner Diana at the Golden Globes, I'm going to rattle off all the attributes I was going to thank her for at the Golden Globes. Smarts, guts, drive, good judgment, tenacity, loyalty, and generosity. That's the kind of virtues you need in the rough strife of movie making. I'd like to thank also James and Curtis, my son and grandson, with love and pride. I thank our loyal lawyers, Robert Thorne and Greg Redlitz. And finally I'm going to thank all the booksellers of the world. Remember, "Brokeback Mountain" was a book before it was a movie. From the humblest paperback exchange to the masters of the great bookshops of the world. All are contributors to the survival of the culture of the book. A wonderful culture, which we mustn't lose. Thank you.
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