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- Award: Best Foreign Film
- Film: Departures
- Presented by: Freida Pinto and Liam Neeson
- 2009 marked the 81st Annual Academy Award ceremony
- Award ceremony date: February 22, 2009
- Host: Hugh Jackman
- Network: ABC
- Red Carpet television coverage also provided by E! and TV Guide
- Location: Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California
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Departures won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. The Academy Award was accepted by the film's director, Yojiro Takita.
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Acceptance Speech Transcription
"Thank you to all the Academy. Thank you to everybody who helped me with this film. I'm very, very happy. Thank you. I am here because of films. This is a new "departure" for me. And I will, we will be back. I hope. Thank you. Thank you."—Yojiro TakitaOfficial Site: Oscars-
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Best Foreign Film Oscar Acceptance Speech Questions
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Best Foreign Film Oscar Acceptance Speech
- ABC.com: Yojiro Takita Best Foreign Language Film Acceptance Speech (Time: 1:27)
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Best Foreign Film Oscar Acceptance Speech Transcript
"Thank you to all the Academy. Thank you to everybody who helped me with this film. I'm very, very happy. Thank you. I am here because of films. This is a new "departure" for me. And I will, we will be back. I hope. Thank you. Thank you"—Oscars
