The 76th Annual Academy Awards2004

Himself - Winner:
Best Live Action Short: Oh man, this is amazing. Billy Crystal, I'll bet you don't remember recommending film school to a twenty-year-old kid wondering what to do with his life about eighteen 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, Stanley Johnston, Rebecca Clark and the NCSA School of Filmmaking. Brian Sprule, Michael Zakula, Bev Woods, Zil Rabinski, Phil Radin - 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 the politics of war. I dedicate this to my family and the soldiers who protect our loved ones and the freedoms we celebrate. Thank you.