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Year: 1973 (46th) Academy Awards

Category: Foreign Language Film

Film Title: Day for Night

Winner: France (accepted by director François Truffaut)

Presenter: Yul Brynner

Date & Venue: April 2, 1974; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT:
Merci beaucoup. I need Gene Kelly. I am very happy because... because why? Because "Day for Night" is a film about show people. You are, all of you, movie people. Because [of] that I think this prize is yours. But if you agree with me I will keep it for you, alright? Thank you.

[Ed. note: Earlier in the show Gene Kelly translated the acceptance speech of the French-speaking Henri Langlois.]

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