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Year: 1996 (69th) Academy Awards

Category: Foreign Language Film

Film Title: Kolya

Winner: Czech Republic (accepted by director Jan Sverák; accompanied on stage by actor/screenwriter Zdenek Sverák, producer Eric Abraham, actor Andrej Chaliman)

Presenter: Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Valenti

Date & Venue: March 24, 1997; Shrine Auditorium & Expo Center


JAN SVERÁK:
Dear Oscar, I was not able to sleep because of you last night and I was all night long, I was wondering where you are going to end up tonight. And you are going to Prague. You don't know where it is; it's in Europe. And this is your new family. This is my papa, who wrote the script. This is producer Eric Abraham, and this is "Kolya." And we promise you that our next films will not make ashamed you, and maybe one day we will make a brother for you. Thanks to everyone at home and here. Thank you.

© 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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