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Year: 1988 (61st) Academy Awards

Category: Actress in a Leading Role

Film Title: The Accused

Winner: Jodie Foster

Presenter: Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman

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


JODIE FOSTER:
This is such a big deal and my life is so simple. There are very few things: there's love and work and family. And this movie is so special to us because it was all three of those things. And I'd like to thank all of my families, the tribes that I come from. The wonderful crew on "The Accused," Jonathan Kaplan, Kelly McGillis, Tom Topor. Paramount, the Academy, my schools—thank my schools. And my family. All my brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers out there. And most importantly my mother Brandy, who taught me that all of my finger paintings were Picassos, and that I didn't have to be afraid. And mostly that cruelty might be very human, and it might be very cultural, but it's not acceptable. Which is what this movie's about. Thank you so much.

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