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Year: 1982 (55th) Academy Awards

Category: Music (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Adaptation Score)

Film Title: Victor/Victoria

Winner: Song Score by Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse; Adaptation Score by Henry Mancini

Presenter: Placido Domingo, Cher

Date & Venue: April 11, 1983; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

HENRY MANCINI:
It's been a while. It feels the same, though [holding the Oscar]. Thank you, Academy. And special thanks to Ginny and my lovely family. And special, special thanks for the beautiful twenty-five years between "Peter Gunn" and "Victor/Victoria" to Blake Edwards.

LESLIE BRICUSSE:
I'd like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, Blake and Julie, and all the wonderful people around you, especially my friend there, Henry/Henrietta [referring to Mancini]. And thank you, Academy. Evie, for you. Thanks.

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

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