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NOMINATIONS FOR GOOD WILL HUNTING OF THE 70TH ACADEMY AWARDS:

Best Picture
Actor in a leading Role
Actor in a supporting Role
Actress in a supporting Role
Directing
Film Editing
Original Dramatic Score
Original Song
Screen Play Written Directly For The Screen
The Winners for GOOD WILL HUNTING are: Robin Williams (Best Actor in a supporting Role) Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (Best Screen Play Written Directly For the Screen) Matt & Ben's Accpetance Speech:

I JUST SAID TO MATT, LOSING WOULD SUCK AND WINNING WOULD BE REALLY SCARY, AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY SCARY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST REALLY TWO YOUNG GUYS WHO WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE 
INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF GREAT

 PEOPLE WITH WHOM IT'S COMING UPON US THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE DOING THIS IN LESS THAN 20 SECONDS.

 IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO THANK. HARVEY WEINSTEIN WHO MADE THIS MOVIE, GUS VAN SANT,
 AND ROBIN WILLIAMS, AND MINNIE DRIVER.

 MY BROTHER CASEY, WHO'S BRILLIANT IN THE MOVIE. COLE HAUSER, AND MY MOTHER AND MATT'S MOTHER. 

JACKSON, HI TO YOU. ALL RIGHT?  JOHN GORDON FROM MIRAMAX. AND CHRIS MOORE.
 CHRIS MOORE. AND OUR BEST AGENT IN HOLLYWOOD. 

AND CUBA GOODING FOR SHOWING US HOW TO GIVE OUR ACCEPTANCE SPEECH . 

ALL OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND EVERYBODY BACK IN BOSTON WATCHING US TONIGHT.  
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. 

GOD, I KNOW WE'RE FORGETTING SOMEBODY.  WHOEVER WE FORGOT, WE LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ROBIN WILLIAMS' acceptance speech :

THANK YOU. OH, MAN. THIS MIGHT BE THE ONE TIME I'M SPEECHLESS. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ME IN A CATEGORY WITH THESE FOUR EXTRAORDINARY MEN. 

THANK YOU, BEN AND MATT. I STILL WANT TO SEE SOME I.D.

THANK YOU, GUS VAN SANT FOR BEING SO SUBTLE YOU WERE ALMOST SULIMINAL.

I WANT TO THANK THE CAST AND CREW, ESPECIAL THE PEOPLE IN SOUTH BOSTON. 

YOU'RE A CAN OF CORN. YOU'RE THE BEST. I WANT TO THANK THE WINESTEIN, MAZEL TOV.

AND I WANT TO THANK MARCIA FOR BEING THE WOMAN WHO LIGHTS MY SOUL ON FIRE EVERY MORNING. GOD BLESS YOU. 

AND MOST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MY FATHER UP THERE, THE MAN WHO WHEN I SAID I WANTED TO BE AN ACTOR, 

HE SAID, WONDERFUL, JUST HAVE A BACKUP PROFESSION LIKE WELDING. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.

Sorces From Oscar

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