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Year: 1999 (72nd) Academy Awards
Category: Documentary (Feature)
Film Title: One Day in September
Winner: Arthur Cohn, Kevin Macdonald (accompanied on stage by producer John Battsek)
Presenter: Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke
Date & Venue: March 26, 2000; Shrine Auditorium & Expo Center
ARTHUR COHN:
Dear friends at the Academy, first of all I would like to say that this Oscar goes to the terrific team which made "One Day in September," headed by Kevin Macdonald, John Battsek, Justine Wright, Lillian Birnbaum, and above all, last not least, Michael Douglas. I want you to know that in contrast to all the films you are honoring tonight, this film, which took two years and four months in the making, was only completed in October. Consequently the film "One Day in September" hasn't been released anywhere in the world. And as a result, with this Oscar, you members of the Academy have given a terrific sign to members of all the world, if the filmmakers, that the Academy in its judgment is not basing itself at all and is not influenced by box office success but it is harping(?) and insisting only on the outstanding quality of a film which can be remembered for a long time. Thank you so much for this.
© Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]
