Adrien Brody (00:00):
Good evening.
(00:06)
I'll eat it.
(00:12)
I know this has been a long night, but just one thing here to...
(00:30)
All right, all right. Come on. Stop, stop. Stop. Hold on. Hold the music, please. I do have something very important to say. And the nominees for lead actor are...
Announcer (00:48):
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon.
Ethan Hawke (00:50):
You tell her that Larry Hart is drunk with beauty. And italicize the word drunk.
Announcer (00:58):
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent.
Wagner Moura (00:59):
[foreign language 00:01:01].
Announcer (01:11):
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners.
Michael B. Jordan (01:20):
[inaudible 00:01:14] until it is.
Announcer (01:20):
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme.
Timothée Chalamet (01:21):
It goes without saying, if any musicians settle down there. Get that out of your mind. I will not settle down right now. Okay?
Announcer (01:31):
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another.
Leonardo DiCaprio (01:37):
Great. Yeah. Thank you. Hey, thank you, Sensei. Thank you, Sunset. Thank you. Dammit. Viva la revolucion!
Adrien Brody (01:56):
And the Oscar goes to Michael B. Jordan.
Announcer (01:58):
This is the first Oscar win and nomination for Michael B. Jordan.
Michael B. Jordan (03:02):
Man. God is good. God is good. And, mama, what's up? Y'all know how I feel about my mother. And my father's here. Yo, pops, where you at? My dad came in from Ghana. He flew in for Ghana to be here. My brother, my sister's here, my family. I want to thank Warner Brothers. I want to thank Mike and Pam for believing in this dream, this vision of Ryan Coogler, and betting on a culture, and betting on original ideas and original artistry. And you're an amazing, amazing person. I'm so honored to call you a collaborator and a friend. And you gave me the opportunity and space for me to be seen. And I love you too, bro. Love you to death.
(03:50)
I would like to thank my incredible cast. Wumi, thank you so much for giving Smoke opportunity to be him. Hailee at home, she's getting ready to have a baby right now. Thank you so much for being the other half of Stack. Miles, Delroy, Jamie, everybody. Li Li, Omar, that entire cast. I thank you guys for supporting me through this. My team, Phil Sun, Greg Slewitt, Lindsay Galland.
(04:21)
Hoo, man, y'all.
(04:27)
I stand in here because of the people that came before me. Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jamie Fox, Forrest Whitaker, Will Smith. And to be amongst those giants, amongst those greats, amongst my ancestors, amongst my guys, thank you everybody in this room and everybody at home for supporting me over my career. I feel it. I know you guys want me to do well, and I want to do that because you guys bet on me. Thank you for keep betting on me. And I'm going to keep stepping up, and I'm going to keep being the best version of myself I could be.
(05:02)
I just want to say thank you for everybody in this room that has something to do with my success. I love you guys. And everybody at home who supported Sinners who went to go see the movie once, twice, three, four, five times. Thank you, because you guys made this movie what it is. I love you. I love you. I love you.








