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Year: 2001 (74th) Academy Awards

Category: Art Direction

Film Title: Moulin Rouge

Winner: Art Direction: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch

Presenter: Cameron Diaz

Date & Venue: March 24, 2002; Kodak Theatre

CATHERINE MARTIN:
Another little scrap of paper. Thank you again to the Academy. Thank you to Mr. Ian Gracie and his colleagues, the best art director and art department in the world, who with his team of craftsmen managed to create the physical world of "Moulin Rouge" entirely on sound stages in my hometown of Sydney, Australia. To Mr. McAlpine, an artist and a teacher, I thank you. And to Baz. You come up with ideas that even I sometimes think are crazy, but you've taught me to live the dream that anything is possible through ideas, hard work and discipline. Thank you for letting me come on this journey with you. You are my other half. This is for you. Thank you. And thank you to my family and all my friends.

© 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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