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Year: 1976 (49th) Academy Awards
Category: Foreign Language Film
Film Title: Black and White in Color
Winner: Ivory Coast (accepted by producer Arthur Cohn)
Presenter: Pearl Bailey
Date & Venue: March 28, 1977; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
ARTHUR COHN:
I feel a little bit like Harry Truman when he was holding up the newspaper saying that Dewey had won the election. Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, I was privileged twice before to receive this award for "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" and for "Sky Above, Mud Below." Ironically, all three films have in common that they were made against well-meant advice and that they were made without any commercial concessions or considerations whatsoever. I believe it is a tribute to the Academy that it has chosen "Black and White in Color," a film entirely made in remote West Africa, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, a man who had never directed a feature film before, and played by a cast of excellent actors, albeit unknown. I would like to say that it is this kind of recognition and of encouragement which keeps our industry fresh and alive and ever creative. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]
