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Year: 1999 (72nd) Academy Awards
Category: Film Editing
Film Title: The Matrix
Winner: Zach Staenberg
Presenter: Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd
Date & Venue: March 26, 2000; Shrine Auditorium & Expo Center
ZACH STAENBERG:
Thank you very much. It's really wild being up here. Thank you, Larry and Andy Wachowski, for your vision, creativity, intelligence, daily inspiration, and most of all, your friendship. You accomplished the seemingly impossible -- a movie with action, suspense, and an intelligent, provocative message. Take the blue pill and stay where you are, or take the red pill and see just how deep the rabbit hole goes. We had a great team, quite a few of whom have been honored here tonight. They made my work great. I'd like to thank Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and everybody at Warner Bros. for the creative freedom and support. Joel Silver and Barrie Osborne, for fighting some good fights on our behalf. My entire assistant editing team led by Peter Skarratt, you all know who you are. Thanks to my wife Bonnie, my son Robert. I love you. There is no spoon.
© Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]
