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Year: 1976 (49th) Academy Awards

Category: Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects)

Film Title: King Kong

Winner: Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, Frank Van der Veer

Presenter: Roy Scheider

Date & Venue: March 28, 1977; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

CARLO RAMBALDI:
Thank you for Academy. Thank you for Dino De Laurentiis – I don't too much speak English – who gave us opportunity to create "Kong." Grazie.

FRANK VAN DER VEER:
Ladies and gentlemen, this represents so much effort on the part of so many people. I'm most grateful to them, to "King Kong" and Dino for making this possible. I thank them. May God bless them. And thank you.

GLEN ROBINSON:
Again, I'm very thankful for this privilege. And I'm thankful to the Academy and to Mr. De Laurentiis who gave us this privilege. And the great gang that put it together. It took a lot of facets in the special effects field and we certainly appreciate the special effects people there. Thank you.

© Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]

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