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Year: 1984 (57th) Academy Awards

Category: Music (Original Song Score)

Film Title: Purple Rain

Winner: Prince (accompanied on stage by The Revolution band members Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin)

Presenter: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner

Date & Venue: March 25, 1985; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion


PRINCE:
Thank you very much. This is Lisa and this is Wendy. Want to hold it? [Gives the Oscar to Wendy.] This is very unbelievable. I could've never imagined this in my wildest dreams. And I would like to thank the Academy, Mr. Albert Magnoli, my manager Steven. Bob, Joe, Bobby, Mark and Matt, who couldn't be with us today. And most of all, God. Thank you very much.

© 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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