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Year: 1981 (54th) Academy Awards

Category: Visual Effects

Film Title: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Winner: Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston

Presenter: Dan Aykroyd

Date & Venue: March 29, 1982; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

RICHARD EDLUND:
Like a Boy Scout, I'm prepared this evening; I wrote it down. This year our studio, Industrial Light & Magic, received both nominations for visual effects. In accepting this great award I must pay tribute to our most talented crew who deserve it as much as we do. To George Lucas; Steven Spielberg, our director; Frank Marshall, the producer; and Howard Kazanjian, executive producer; thank you for the opportunity to work on so exciting a picture. And to my fellow Academy members, our gratitude for the wonderful trophy of all, the Oscar. Thank you.

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[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]

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