ACADEMY AWARDS WINNERS

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Thank you very much. This is the first time in the Oscar -- I am a little bit nervous. First of all, I have to thanks for my parents because they are not there. I hope that they can listen to me somewhere here because they are already gone. And I want to thank my family to support what I am working on and especially, thanks for Ang Lee.

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Thank you, Academy. Thank you, Dreamworks. Thank you Walter Parkes, Branko Lustig, Terry Needham, a huge thank you to Ridley Scott for his vision and his incredible inspiration. But this doesn't belong to me alone. It belongs to a huge costume crew who worked so hard in Malta and Morocco and in the U.K. It belongs to the armor makers, it belongs to the costume makers, to the jewelry footwear creators, and the costume breakers. I couldn't have done it without these people, without Vanessa Jones, without my husband, Tony Dixon, without Jake Scott, and I couldn't have done it without Rosemary Burrows, Annie Hadly, and Sammy Howarth. Thank you.

SPECIAL THANKS
William McPhail, Michael Mooney, Andrea Cripps, Amanda Trewin, Bruno de Santa, Tim Shanahan, William Steggle, Rupert Steggle, Neil Murphy, Annabel Campbell, Sarah Touaibi, Dave Whiting, Pete Edmunds, Pete Hornblower, Fabrizio Carraciolo, Abdul Karim & Team, Martin Adams - Principal Jeweller, Gaelle - Jeweller, John Cowell & Team, Miri, Ian (Beefy) Maskell, Nickie Cusworth

Armourers
FBFX - Grant, Justin & Team, Ivo Coveney & Team, Rod Vass - Armadillo & Team, Rob Allsop & Team, Terry English, Terry Gould, Julian Gilbert, Mike (Mr. Kinky)

Makers
Ros Tiddi, Jane Grimshaw, Wendy Cole, Pernilla Lindfors, Barbara Ohren, Wayne Martin, Abigail Houghton, Emma Carol, Sonya Eatwell, Mary Morton, Lara Flecker

Costume Houses etc.
Peruzzi, Carlo Pompeii, Rancati, Conejo, Bias Clothing (Martin & Team), O.B. Stock

And to everyone I may have accidentally omitted in all this excitement, I thank you all. 

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Millan: Well, first of all, we'd like to dedicate this award to Ken Weston, the other member of our crew, who couldn't be here tonight. He's at home and we miss him. We'd also like to thank Ridley Scott for his vision and his generosity. We'd like to thank Dreamworks, Universal Pictures, of course, Walter Parkes, and Laurie MacDonald, Marty Cohen, and Lisa Dennis Kennedy.

Beemer: We're proud to congratulate Doug Wick, David Franzoni, and Branko Lustig for a truly great film, as well as our picture editor Pietro Scalia and composers Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard. And everyone at Todd AO Studios. And a very special thanks to our supervising sound editor Per Hallberg and his great crew, and to our family, Cindy, Jessica, and Amy, and Mom and Dad.

Millan: And Debra, Ashley, and Brandon. Thank you, the Academy. Thank you!

SPECIAL THANKS
Ridley Scott
Dreamworks and Universal Pictures 

Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig, Martin Cohen, Lisa Dennis Kennedy, Lisa Marie Serra, Pietro Scalia, Chisako Yokoyama, Michael Reynolds, Fulvio Valsangiacomo, Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard, Klaus Badelt, Adam Smalley, Dashiell Rae 

Per Halberg and Sound Deluxe

Karen M. Baker, Chris Jargo, Craig Jaeger, Christopher Assells, Dan O'Connell, John Cucci, James Moriana, Jeffrey Wilhoit, James Ashwill, Nerses Gezalyan, Thomas J. O'Connell, Dean Drabin, Greg Steele, Frank Montano, Alan Meyerson. 

Todd AO Studios
Buzz Knudsen, Chris Jenkins, J. R. Delange, Richard Haussien, Marty Lakin, Andrea Lakin-Elisyan, Gary Simpson, Colin Codner, Sam Stella. 

Our Families:
Deborah Millan, Ashley Millan, Brandon Millan, Cindy Beemer, Jessica Beemer, Amy Beemer, And Bonnie Hunt (Thank you again). 

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Oh, wait. Clock's ticking, got this going. All right. First off, my thanks to the producers of U-571, Dino and Martha de Laurentiis, who make it exciting and an honor to be in this business. For the director, Jonathan Mostow, thank you for your loyalty, talent, and tenacity. For my whole crew, my deepest thanks. I would like to mention a few of them that I've tortured the longest, Miguel Rivera, Keith Bilderbeck, Val Kuklowsky, Bruce Stubblefield, Robert Troy, to the mixers Rick, Steve, Gregg, Ivan, you guys set the bar for the best mix i've ever been through. To my partner, chief antagonist, fiercest promoter, most loyal friend and my wife Jill. I love you forever and after. Kids, don't stay up tonight. We'll be out real late.

SPECIAL THANKS
If this is being read, then it is my great great honor to thank the following for their truly outstanding contributions for the sound of U-571.

Dino and Martha De Laurentiis are my ideal of film producing. Every film I've worked on for them has been a true pleasure and an education to what class and grace really is.

I cannot thank Jonathan Mostow enough for his tenacity and loyalty. With his support and critical ear, we moved mountains.

Wayne Wahrman, thank you for the perfect tempo to work with. I appreciate every cut you made. Teresa Kelly, what a battle you had and you made it all work so well. Deepest thanks to Gordon Antell.

To the best, smartest, funniest collection of sound editors, my deep thanks and appreciation: Miguel Rivera, the "Luca Brasi" of recording, muchas gracias, mi amigo. Keith Bilderbeck, the man behind the curtain whose talent I admire greatly. Angelo Palazzo, the resident Bauhaus artist with the talent of Loud. Tim Geddemer, no one could get it as wet as you. Charles Maynes, thanks for getting in at the right time with the right stuff. Guy Tsujimoto, thank you for taking the night shift and making an excellent contribution. Sandy Gendler, thanks for your unmatched talent. Robert "Center Track" Troy, the only dialogue editor I rely on to continually create the "silk purse." Bruce Stubblefield, thank you for always being able to be the guy to get it done and done well, and always take the opposing view. Val Kuklowsky a.k.a. "K.G.B.", no one can get a performance out of an actor like you. Michelle Perrone, thank you for taming the sync. Petra Bach, besides the great editing, we love your fresh eggs.

And the assistants. Every thanks I could give you times a gazillion: C.J. Hinkleman, as the first assistant, you made sense of nonsense and order out of chaos. Brian Jennings, thank you for staying awake and making what didn't work before, work now. Tanya Yarborough, keeping track of Val is a full time job and you made it look easy.

To the A.D.R. stage north of the border, Pinewood Studio in Vancouver, my thanks: David Horner, your miking is impeccable and made the material seamless. Scott Schmidt, thanks for bringing all in alive.

To the best sounding Foley artists and recordists I've ever had the luck to be associated with, everlasting thanks: Ed Steidele, whose talent is only exceeded by his good nature; Jerry Trent, what a hoofer and a great talent; Chris Trent and Sean Keegan, great stuff, boys; Gary Coppola, what a long road we've had and we only dunked one mike.

On the set: Ivan Sharrock, you suffered tortures of the damned to get these dialogue tracks and you saved scene after scene. My gratitude for your talent and your crew's tenacity. Thank God we have the Nagra D!

The Boys at the Console: Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Rick Kline - WHAT AWESOME TALENT! Thank you for making me look like I knew what I was doing and setting the bar for everyone else. I don?t care what the vote is, you boys created the Best Sounding Movie of the year.

The Boys in the Backroom: Brian Picassi and Frank Fleming, you guys are the best.

Universal Sound: Thank you for being the best, Bill Varney, George Borghi, and the great staff.

My personal thanks to my wife, business partner, chief antagonist, main promoter, and most loyal friend, Jill. Words aren't enough to start to convey all I owe you. You have my heart today, tomorrow, forever, and after. My son, Devin, and my daughter, Caitlin, as swell as this award is, you two are the biggest pride in my life. To Claudia Nova, you are the gift from Brazil that keeps this family unit together when my hours are insane.

And to all my family in Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska and California: 
YeeeeeeeeeeHHHaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Again, my thanks and love to you all, 
Jon Johnson 

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Nelson: Wow! Thank you, members of the Academy for this great honor. First and foremost, I would like to thank our director Ridley Scott for his genius, vision, leadership and trust. I would like to thank all my team at Mill Film London, who did the visual effects. Tim Burke, Rob Harvey, Laurent Huguenolt, Nikki Penny, Emma Norton, Nancy St. John, to Bill Schultz, a ton of other people I'm just forgetting right now. I would like to thank our great practical and prosthetics effect team with Paul and Neil Corbould, Trevor Wood, John Evans, Michelle Taylor and Dave Hunter. I would like to thank everyone at Dreamworks and Universal. They're a class act, a pleasure to work with. I would like to thank my wife Debra, my son Miles, my mom in heaven, my dad in and family in Detroit. Happy birthday, Dad, I love you.

SPECIAL THANKS
John Nelson thanks:
Thank you Academy members for this great honor.

First and foremost, I'd like to thank our director Ridley Scott for his genius, vision, leadership and trust. I'd like to thank my Visual Effects team at Mill Film London: Tim Burke, Rob Harvey, Laurant Huguenolt, Nikki Penny, Emma Norton, Graham Andrew, Nancy St. John, Wes Sewell, Bill Schultz, Scott Anderson, Dave Lomax, Chris Shaw, Steven Hall, Robin Shenfield, and all the artists at the Mill. I'd like to thank our great practical and prosthetic effects team of Neil Corbould, with Paul and Ian Corbould, Trevor Wood, John Evans, Michelle Taylor, and Dave Hunter. I'd like to thank everyone at Dreamworks and Universal, they are a class act and a pleasure to work with. I'd like to thank Pietro Scalia, John Mathieson, Arthur Max, Branko Lustig, Doug Wick, Steve Molen, Marty Cohen, Paul Hook, my wife Deborah, my son Miles, my Mom in heaven, my Dad and family in Detroit, happy birthday Dad, thank you.

Rob Harvey thanks:
I would like to thank my wife Penny for her love and support.

Grahame and Alison at Lola, John, Catherine and Alec, Michael, Gail and Chloe. Sarah Simon and Allie. Pauline and Ray. Hani and Gillian. Bill Schultz, Nikki Penny, Tim Caplan, Scott Anderson, Meg Aukdon. Polly and Dave, Sean Broughton, Dog, Grant and Karen, Belinda and John, Adrian, Mel and Georgia, Kai and James, Adam Seeley, Alex and Caroline, Sir Paul Smith, Mark and Lisa, Dawn, Jill, Josh and Eden, my grandmother, Paulo Dicanio, Julie, Harry and Lola, David Hay and Phil Dupee, Sylvain Despretz, Stuart Jamieson.

Everyone at Dreamworks and Universal.
Everyone at RSA.
Everyone who worked on the film at Mill Film.
Everyone at Smoke and Mirrors.

Finally to Mum. I hope Dad would have been proud.