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Year: 1988 (61st) Academy Awards

Category: Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Film Title: Rain Man

Winner: Screenplay by Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow; Story by Barry Morrow

Presenter: Amy Irving, Richard Dreyfuss

Date & Venue: March 29, 1989; Shrine Civic Auditorium

BARRY MORROW:
Thank you, Academy members, and thank you, United Artists and the Guber-Peters Company. In particular I'd like to thank Tony Thomopoulos and Roger Birnbaum and Stan Brooks. And to Dustin and Tom and Barry and Mark, my heartfelt gratitude for making the movie and for breathing life into these characters and into this script. And to Gary Loder and Mark Tingloth* and Mike Adler*. And to Bev and Clay and Zoey, my love for your forbearance. And to Kim, and finally to Marna*, for her courage. I thank you so very much.

[Music begins to play.]

RONALD BASS:
I'm just going to say good night to Jennifer and Sasha and leave it at that.

[*Names and spelling not confirmed.]

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