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GLADIATOR
Douglas Wick, David Franzoni
and Branko Lustig |
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SPEECH
Wick: It takes a lot of people to make a coliseum. But it
only takes one or two to mess it up. To all the wizards who
brought to life the sights, sounds, and citizens of a faraway
world, we should take a chisel to this statue and give you your
fair share, but instead I hope you will accept our thanks for not
messing it up.
David Franzoni, great dreaming. Walter Parkes and Laurie
MacDonald, you swooped in on your chariot and ran over everything
and everybody in your way. Ridley Scott, you invaded three
continents with your tireless perfectionism, and brought -- and
brought -- Ridley, and you brought new meaning to the phrase,
"mad dogs and Engishman in the noonday sun."
Bill Nicholson and John Logan, you saved our flank. Russell Crowe,
you filled a whole arena with the force of your face and put the
human back in the hero. Stacey Snyder, Ronnie Meyer, Jeffrey
Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, Terry Press, in those early days
where it looked like all roads might lead not to Rome but to ruin,
you were gladiators. Sarah, Julia, Tessa, Lucy, for me, all roads
lead to you.
Franzoni: Thanking all the same people Doug thanked, but to
that gentleman genius Ridley Scott who transported us back
thousands of years in time so effortlessly and beautifully. Thank
you, Ridley. Russell, Joaquin, everyone, thank you so much. My
wife, Nancy, my son Hudson, my dearly departed dad, who was the
greatest storyteller who ever lived. I'm sure he's on high
somewhere with Oliver Reed right now throwing back some of the
dark stuff and enjoying the hell out of this. Thank you.
Lustig: Thank you to everybody who made this movie together
with us. Thank you, Ridley. Thank you for the honor to work with
you, and thanks to everybody in the international big crew all
around the world to help us to do it. Strength and honor!
Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig 's Nominee Bio
GLADIATOR
ACADEMY
AWARDS HISTORY
This is the second Academy Award nomination for Douglas Wick. He
was previously nominated for:
- WORKING GIRL (1988) -- Nominee,
Best Picture
Including his nomination this year
for Original Screenplay for GLADIATOR, this is the second Academy
Award nomination for David Franzoni.
This is the second Academy Award nomination for Branko Lustig. He
was previously nominated for:
- SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993) --
Winner, Best Picture
FILM SYNOPSIS
When the dying Roman emperor names his powerful general Maximus as
his heir, the emperor's jealous son Commodus betrays Maximus,
murders his family and seizes the throne. The embittered general
is made a gladiator and soon becomes the fiercest fighter in all
of Rome. http://www.oscar.com/oscarnight/winners/picture.html
