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- Award: Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar Winner 2009
- Film: Man on Wire
- Presented by Bill Maher
- 2009 is the 81st Annual Academy Award ceremony
- Award ceremony date: February 22, 2009
- Host: Hugh Jackman
- TV coverage: ABC, with Red Carpet coverage on E! and TV Guide
- Location: Kodak Theater at Hollywood and Highland in Hollywood, California
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Man on Wire won the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award at the 2009 Oscars on February 22, 2009. James Marsh, Simon Chinn and Philippe Petit accepted the award.
Petit, who spoke last, balanced the Oscar award on his chin after his speech.
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Acceptance Speeches
"It doesn't feel right to be up here on my own, so Philippe you got about 20 seconds to get up here. As you do, thank you to everyone who was in the film. Thank you to everyone who worked on the film. Thank you to my dear wife Adametta and my lovely daughters Anamae and Ida. This is for you girls, nothing is impossible."—James Marsh"Time is short but I want to thank my beautiful wife Laura, my boys Aroon and Jonah. May they continue to have big dreams, but may they please not do what this man does."—Simon Chinn
"The shortest speech in Oscar history. Yes! But I always break the rule. I break my own rules very quickly..."—Philippe Petit
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Man on Wire Oscar Speech Questions
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Who is the biggest loser in Oscar history? 3 AnswersSound technician Kevin O'Connell. He has been nominated 20 times, without a win! read more -
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Man on Wire Oscar News and Blogs
- The New York Times: The Bagger at the Oscars: Man on Wire Nabs Best Documentary Feature (February 22, 2009)
Man on Wire Oscar Speech Transcripts
- "It doesn't feel right to be up here on my own, so Philippe you got about 20 seconds to get up here. As you do, thank you to everyone who was in the film. Thank you to everyone who worked on the film. Thank you to my dear wife Adametta and my lovely daughters Anamae and Ida. This is for you girls, nothing is impossible."—James Marsh
- "Time is short but I want to thank my beautiful wife Laura, my boys Aroon and Jonah. May they continue to have big dreams, but may they please not do what this man does."—Simon Chinn
- "The shortest speech in Oscar history. Yes! But I always break the rule. I break my own rules very quickly..."—Philippe Petit
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