ONSTAGE SPEECH
CATEGORY: Best Picture
SPEECH BY: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin
FILM: "The King's Speech"
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(Iain Canning)
What an incredible, incredible honor. What an amazing year for film. To be with those other films in that category is just absolutely incredible. Tom Hooper, you put so much passion and love into every frame of this film. Thank you directing the film. To our acting royalty, Colin, Geoffrey, Helena, thank you so much for saying yes. To our amazing best of British crew, so amazing to share the stage with you tonight. And to my parents, and to my boyfriend Ben, you help me everyday do what I do. Thank you.
(Emile Sherman)
To have been part of a film that's touched and moved people so much all around the world has been just a huge privilege and we're indebted to everyone standing behind us and you know, our financiers took a huge risk on this film. It's not an obvious film to back, to our distribution partners, the Weinstein Company, Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Momentum Pictures, and Transmission Films, your passion and commitment to this film, the UK Film Council, Aegis Film Fund, Molinare, Filmnation. Thank you to all our financiers and personally to my wife, Caroline, and my parents Brian and Jean for your love and support, my little boys, Milo, Zack, and Cy, thank you so much. Thank you.
(Gareth Unwin)
Just a massive thank you to the UK Film Council, for supporting this film and David Seidler for trusting us with his heartfelt story. Rosie, I love you. Simon, thank you for supporting me over the years, but thank you Academy, this is a boyhood ambition come true tonight.
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