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Year: 1987 (60th) Academy Awards

Category: Short Film (Animated)

Film Title: The Man Who Planted Trees

Winner: Frédéric Back, Producer

Presenter: "Mickey Mouse", Tom Selleck

Date & Venue: April 11, 1988; Shrine Civic Auditorium


FRÉDÉRIC BACK:
I thank the Academy in name of the Société Radio-Canada and the CBC, and I'm grateful to Jean Giono for his strong message and to Philippe Noiret and Christopher Plummer who said it so well. My thanks to Lina Gagnon, Claude Lapierre, Jean Robillard, Léo Faucher, Normand Roger, Hubert Tison, Robert Roy and the whole team. Thanks to ASIFA and all those who make animation a great art. I will share this universal symbol with all the women and men who plant trees and hope, and work so hard to protect forests, wildlife, the health and the beauty of this world. Salut au beau Québec. Merci, Ghylaine. Merci, les enfants. Merci, à tous. Schönen Gruß daheim. Thanks to you all. Thank you. Au revoir.

© 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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