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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-25-07 11:44 PM
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2. I liked the Italian scorer's speech, myself--very heartfelt NT
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  -Forest Whitaker gave the best speech tonight BeyondGeography  Feb-25-07 11:42 PM   #0 
  - Actually, you're not. What did he say?  aquart   Feb-25-07 11:43 PM   #1 
  - His starting point as an actor is his personal connection  BeyondGeography   Feb-25-07 11:44 PM   #3 
  - I liked the Italian scorer's speech, myself--very heartfelt NT  MADem   Feb-25-07 11:44 PM   #2 
  - Me too...looks like Eastwood speaks Italian!  BeyondGeography   Feb-25-07 11:45 PM   #4 
  - Either that or reading from a teleprompter.  CarolinaPeridot   Feb-25-07 11:46 PM   #5 
  - If so, the translations were incomplete, but accurate  BeyondGeography   Feb-25-07 11:48 PM   #8 
     - She's right--he got the main elements--but he cut corners.  MADem   Feb-26-07 12:03 AM   #16 
  - I imagine he does, having done all those spaghetti westerns over in Italy  MADem   Feb-26-07 12:02 AM   #15 
  - Actually Eastwood's translation left some things out.  JDPriestly   Feb-26-07 12:12 AM   #26 
     - He did. The composer's remarks were very flowery and detailed.  MADem   Feb-26-07 12:50 PM   #46 
  - That was good too.  JDPriestly   Feb-26-07 12:11 AM   #25 
  - I agree ... and I was THRILLED that he won.  TahitiNut   Feb-25-07 11:47 PM   #6 
  - His wife's reaction had me going for the hanky  BeyondGeography   Feb-25-07 11:50 PM   #12 
  - I liked it until the last lines, where he thanked god.  Oregonian   Feb-25-07 11:47 PM   #7 
  - Oh........get over it!!  discerning christian   Feb-25-07 11:54 PM   #13 
  - Um -- yeah Gee, you sound like a post 2000 election Republican. Get over it, huh?  Oregonian   Feb-26-07 12:00 AM   #14 
  - Nicely said Oregonian. And incidently I agree with your opinion.  bobbie   Feb-26-07 12:08 AM   #21 
     - Thanks, bobbie!  Oregonian   Feb-26-07 12:13 AM   #27 
        - Hee hee heeee! God one... Oops I mean Good one Oregonian.  bobbie   Feb-26-07 12:17 AM   #31 
  - Oh get over yourself dc. Oregonian can express their personal opinion  bobbie   Feb-26-07 12:03 AM   #17 
  - I really hope you both are having a really good time  discerning christian   Feb-26-07 12:37 AM   #36 
     - So you tell me to get over myself, when I was just expressing my opinion,  Oregonian   Feb-26-07 12:55 AM   #39 
        - This is the problem......  discerning christian   Feb-26-07 01:17 AM   #43 
  - Yeah, how dare anyone think God isn't orchestrating the Oscar winners!  mondo joe   Feb-26-07 12:07 AM   #20 
  - Hee hee. When people thank "the academy" they're actually thanking god  bobbie   Feb-26-07 12:10 AM   #24 
     - Yeah, but God is mostly into the music awards shows. NT  mondo joe   Feb-26-07 12:13 AM   #28 
     - Why did god screw over Peter O'Toole again?  Oregonian   Feb-26-07 12:13 AM   #29 
        - That's a damn good question. O'Toole should have every award in the world.  bobbie   Feb-26-07 12:24 AM   #34 
           - That damn butterfly ballot stikes again!  Oregonian   Feb-26-07 12:31 AM   #35 
  - I agree with you...  butterfly77   Feb-26-07 01:35 PM   #47 
  - I didn't hear it that way.  jobycom   Feb-26-07 12:22 AM   #33 
     - Thank you!  discerning christian   Feb-26-07 12:40 AM   #37 
     - Agreed  BeyondGeography   Feb-26-07 12:43 AM   #38 
  - he gave the best movie performance too in his class  Skittles   Feb-25-07 11:48 PM   #9 
  - It was a great performance, but I thought O'Toole's performance in Venus was phenomenal and deserved  EndElectoral   Feb-26-07 12:05 AM   #19 
     - I liked The Departed, but I couldn't wait for it to end  BeyondGeography   Feb-26-07 12:09 AM   #22 
     - I agree. I love O'Toole and hate the thought of such an incredible talent  Lorien   Feb-26-07 12:59 AM   #40 
  - agreed & if you get a chance  oldlady   Feb-25-07 11:48 PM   #10 
  - I Am Glad To Learn The Gentleman Won This, Sir  The Magistrate   Feb-25-07 11:49 PM   #11 
  - It was a little godly and kind of half-nutty,  Lautremont   Feb-26-07 12:04 AM   #18 
  - Loved him. He really spoke from his .heart  JDPriestly   Feb-26-07 12:10 AM   #23 
  - I was rooting for him to win  azurnoir   Feb-26-07 12:16 AM   #30 
  - He really did.  Hailtothechimp   Feb-26-07 12:22 AM   #32 
  - One of Forrest Whitaker's finest roles was in Crying Game  48percenter   Feb-26-07 01:01 AM   #41 
     - Did you or anyone else catch his  discerning christian   Feb-26-07 01:06 AM   #42 
     - No, I'll look for those when they repeat, thanks for the heads up!  48percenter   Feb-26-07 03:36 AM   #44 
     - wasn't that one of the best performances by an actor, ever?  dddem   Feb-26-07 05:09 AM   #45 
 

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