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Year: 2011 (84th) Academy Awards
Category: Short Film (Animated)
Film Title: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Winner: William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
Presenter: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper
Date & Venue: February 26, 2012; Hollywood & Highland Center
WILLIAM JOYCE:
My god. Look, we're just these two, like, swamp rats from Louisiana and this is incredibly grand. We love the movies. We love the movies more than anything. It's been a part of our lives since we were both kids.
BRANDON OLDENBURG:
It's been a part of our DNA ever since we were children and it's made us storytellers.
WILLIAM JOYCE:
And there's guys, there's thousands of men and women through the whole generations, since the beginning of cinema, that have inspired us and movies that moved us more than we ever knew you could be moved. And it's everything we try to do every day is to honor those people and those films. And we're just down there in Louisiana.We're gonna keep on tryin' and goin'. And thank you to the Academy.
BRANDON OLDENBURG:
Thank you, our wives. Thank you, our families.
WILLIAM JOYCE:
Especially my kids.
BRANDON OLDENBURG:
And the Academy.
WILLIAM JOYCE:
And Elizabeth, and you guys! And thank you!
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[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]
