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Year: 1999 (72nd) Academy Awards
Category: Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film Title: American Beauty
Winner: Alan Ball
Presenter: Mel Gibson
Date & Venue: March 26, 2000; Shrine Auditorium & Expo Center
ALAN BALL:
Thank you so much. I -- wow, this is heavy. Sam Mendes, I thank my lucky stars for you every day, for your extraordinary talent, your tenacity, and your friendship, and for getting it just right. Dan and Bruce, you made a promise to me to keep me involved, you kept it. What were you thinking? An amazing cast in this movie that a screenwriter can only dream about. Kevin Spacey, you do indeed rule. Annette, you are astounding. Wes, Thora, Mena, Chris, Allison, Peter, Sam and Scott, you brought these characters to life with depths and shadings I never even thought of. Everybody at DreamWorks, for taking a chance on a bunch of first timers, for letting us make the movie and for marketing it so brilliantly. My agent Andrew Cannava. My family, especially my mom. All the writers I have ever worked with, for everything that they taught me. And finally, that plastic bag in front of the World Trade Center so many years ago, for being whatever it is that inspires us to do what we do. Thank you.
© Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]
