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Year: 1980 (53rd) Academy Awards

Category: Scientific or Technical Award (Academy Award of Merit)

Winner: To LINWOOD G. DUNN, CECIL D. LOVE and ACME TOOL AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the concept, engineering and development of the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer for motion picture special effects. (Edward Furer accepted for Acme Tool and Manufacturing Co.)

Presenter: Lily Tomlin

Date & Venue: March 31, 1981; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion


LINWOOD G. DUNN:
My associates and I wish to express our very, very heartfelt appreciation for this great honor and particularly to the Academy's Scientific Award Committee and to the Board of Governors for conferring it. It is a great honor and we love it and we certainly appreciate everything that goes with it. Thank you very much.

CECIL D. LOVE:
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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