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February 25, 2012

The best Oscar acceptance speech ever. From Woody Allen, of course.

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One Response

twitter_zachiaalan says:

February 25, 2012 at 12:12 pm

Chris, about Woody, it wasnÂ´t really an acceptance speech.

As a matter of fact, it was the only time the director appeared in the academy ward and it was to talk about NYC. It was in 2002 and in that year his movie wasn’t running. It was “The Curse of the Jade Scorpion”. He was there to make a plea that the industry kept filming in the city, despite of the 9/11.