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Year: 1986 (59th) Academy Awards

Category: Costume Design

Film Title: A Room with a View

Winner: Jenny Beavan, John Bright

Presenter: Lauren Bacall

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

JOHN BRIGHT:
Jenny and I are really pleased to have won this award on behalf of Merchant Ivory and Cinecom. We would like to thank Ismail Merchant for giving us the job, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala for a wonderful script, and James Ivory for inspired casting.

JENNY BEAVAN:
And we'd also like to thank Carol Hemming for the hair design and Chrissie Beveridge for the makeup for completing our picture. And our wonderful wardrobe team of William Pierce, Sally Turner, and also Christopher Prins and everyone at Cosprop. Thank you.

JOHN BRIGHT:
Thank you very much.

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