JUNO and ONCE Both Win Academy Awards®!
Sunday night, February 24th, was Oscar® night and Fox Searchlight's JUNO and ONCE each won their own award this year.
JUNO's Diablo Cody Won "Best Original Screenplay"
Her acceptance speech:
"What is happening? This is for the writers, and I want to thank all the writers. I especially want to thank my fellow nominees because I worship you guys and I'm learning from you every day, so thank you very much. I want to thank the Academy, I want to thank Fox Searchlight, Mr. Mudd, Mandate, Dan Dubiecki. I want to thank our incredible cast including the superhuman Ellen Page. I want to thank Jason Reitman, who I consider a member of my family, and I'm in awe of his talent as a filmmaker. I want to thank Sarah Self. I want to thank Mason Novick who knew I could do this before I did. And most of all, I want to thank my family for loving me exactly the way I am."
ONCE's Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Won "Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly"
Marketa Irglova's acceptance:
"Hi everyone. I just want to thank you so much. This is such a big deal, not only for us, but for all other independent musicians and artists that spend most of their time struggling, and this, the fact that we're standing here tonight, the fact that we're able to hold this, it's just to prove no matter how far out your dreams are, it's possible. And, you know, fair play to those who dare to dream and don't give up. And this song was written from a perspective of hope, and hope at the end of the day connects us all, no matter how different we are. And so thank you so much, who helped us along way. Thank you."
Marketa also gave a special online thanks:
"Thank you John Carney!! And my dad who's watching from a hospital bed in Dublin."
Just got my hands on video of Glen's and Marketa's acceptance speeches. Enjoy:
Below is a snapshot of Glen, Marketa and their manager Howard Greynolds backstage at the Oscar® ceremony right after winning their trophies. (If you watched the show last night you've gotta agree the crowd fell in love with these two.)
Somebody said hope twice, and then the movie connected to the whole Barack Obama thing, hope connects us all. Hope at the start hope at the end, Grey brick upon brick, in Irish poetry this used to be called a duna (a closure). Great stuff, real art, in real life Christian Louboutin Boots.