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Year: 2009 (82nd) Academy Awards
Category: Makeup
Film Title: Star Trek
Winner: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
Presenter: Ben Stiller
Date & Venue: March 7, 2010; Kodak Theatre
MINDY HALL:
I don't want to step on your tail. It's hard to follow that face.
We thank you, the Academy. We thank J.J. Abrams. Your vision inspired us, your energy kept us going, and your insistence on perfection brought us here. We thank Bad Robot, Paramount Pictures; we felt your support every day. We had an amazing staff of artists, over forty. We share this with you and we'll be giving your names backstage at that backstage Thank You Cam. Thank you very much.
BARNEY BURMAN:
Happy anniversary, baby.
[Ed. note: Hall's opening statements refer to presenter Ben Stiller, who was made up like one of the Na'vi people in "Avatar."]
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[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]
