Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 2008

Leading up to the 2011 Oscars, we’ll showcase the past twenty years of Oscar Acceptance Speeches by Best Actress winners and Best Supporting Actress winners. (Note: In most cases, you’ll have to click through to YouTube in order to watch the speeches, as embedding has been disabled at the request of copyright owners.)
Best Actress Nominees: 2008
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose (La mome)
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno
Best Supporting Actress Nominees: 2008
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
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Marion Cotillard wins Best Actress for her performance in La Vie en Rose (La mome).
Tilda Swinton wins Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Michael Clayton.
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See nominees and winners in previous years:  19901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006, 2007

2 thoughts on “Oscar Acceptance Speeches, 2008”

  1. This is one year in particular that the right women won. Julie Christie was great in _Away from Her_ (a fabulous film that deserves a review on this site), but Marion Cotillard blew me away in her role as Edith Piaf. A rare biopic that I enjoyed. (What a gorgeous picture of her, too!)

    Similarly, I adored Cate Blanchett as Bob Dylan (how could you go wrong with those two?), but Tilda Swinton just nailed her part in _Michael Clayton_. That scene where she’s panicked in the bathroom stall remains vividly in my mind, though it’s been more than two years since I saw the movie.

  2. I was so surprised and happy when both these women won. They also seemed genuinely surprised and happy. The Oscars are always interesting to watch, I think, because occasionally The Deserving Underdog wins … like Crash. (OMG JUST KIDDING.)

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