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Year: 1986 (59th) Academy Awards

Category: Visual Effects

Film Title: Aliens

Winner: Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson

Presenter: Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner

Date & Venue: March 30, 1987; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

STAN WINSTON:
Speaking for us all, including Dennis Skotak and Brian Johnson and the entire effects team, we'd like to thank the members of the Motion Picture Academy, our producer Gale Anne Hurd, and most of all the creative genius responsible for it all, Jim Cameron. Thank you, Jim.

JOHN RICHARDSON:
We'd also like to thank our respective crews who went to make up the Anglo-American team, because they did all the work. Thank you, fellows. Thank you, Academy.

ROBERT SKOTAK:
It's a great recognition. Thank you.

SUZANNE BENSON:
Thank you so 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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