00:00Ladies and gentlemen, your host for the 67th Annual Academy Awards, David Letterman!
00:16Thank you.
00:18How are you?
00:19How are you?
00:23Thank you very much.
00:27Thank you.
00:31All right, I'm out here.
00:33I'm out here.
00:34I'm here.
00:35I'm here.
00:39Thank you very much.
00:40Now we're five minutes late.
00:44By the way, if Mr. Hiller is still in the auditorium, there's some guys out in the parking lot that'd
00:49like to talk to him about hoop dreams.
00:51So...
00:59Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
01:01Welcome to the 67th Annual Academy Awards.
01:04I won't lie to you.
01:05I'm very, very excited.
01:08And I've been dying to do something all day, and I think maybe we can take care of this.
01:24Oprah?
01:27Oprah?
01:33Uma?
01:36Uma?
01:38Oprah?
01:40Oprah?
01:42I feel much better.
01:48Have you kids met Keanu?
01:55Ladies and gentlemen, before we go any farther, the people that I work for back in New York City have
02:01asked me to make the following announcement.
02:04CBS has signed off for the evening.
02:13As you know, of course, tonight is the night that celebrates the phrase, it's an honor just to be nominated.
02:21That's right, and Jim Carrey is subtle.
02:23But you know, here's the good news.
02:27Because losers tonight will not go home empty-handed.
02:31In fact, all nominees in the Best Actress category will get the opportunity to have a child with Anthony Quinn.
02:38So there you go.
02:42You can't...
02:44So I was thinking about this.
02:46Earlier this year, Newt Gingrich was talking about how a lot of social problems in this country
02:53could be watched by watching, could be fixed by watching movies.
02:56And he suggested, he recommended that, for example, for some of these problems, we could watch Boys Town.
03:02Take care of some of those problems by watching the movie Boys Town.
03:06And then he said that, you know, maybe we could settle the baseball strike.
03:09And he recommended then watching Field of Dreams.
03:11And I'm thinking to myself, you know, instead of being Speaker of the House,
03:15maybe this guy would be better off working at a Blockbuster, you know?
03:20Something to do.
03:40It's going to be one of those things I won't be able to stop doing all night long.
03:46Well, ladies and gentlemen, there's no getting around it.
03:48Tonight is certainly an important event, almost as important as a DreamWorks press conference.
03:59Are you like me?
04:00Are you getting a little tired about reading about these guys?
04:04Of course, Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen, one of the big stories of the year,
04:10got together and formed DreamWorks SKG, their own studio.
04:17Well, they're a hit already, aren't they?
04:23That'll send a stock sky high.
04:30DreamWorks SKG, not to be confused with the DreamWorks Etc.
04:35That's a place in the valley where you buy waterbeds, but that's a whole different deal.
04:42But, you know, to me, it's amazing when you think about it,
04:45what these three kids can do with a dream.
04:49With a dream and $1.8 billion.
04:57I actually, I think that this partnership is going to be really, really good for Hollywood,
05:01because now, instead of hoping that they're not successful individually,
05:09you know,
05:11it's really a time saver, because now,
05:16you can hope they're not successful as a group,
05:18and it's a much better deal that way.
05:22Uma,
05:24Oprah!
05:27Well, of course, Forrest Gump said,
05:28life is like a box of chocolates.
05:30You never know what you're going to get,
05:32unless, of course, you're sitting next to Roger Ebert,
05:34and then you know you're not going to get any.
05:40I'm sorry.
05:46You know, I don't feel good about that, by the way.
05:50It's another blockbuster year for Hollywood.
05:53The motion picture interview with the vampire
05:55did over $100 million business.
05:57Over $100 million business.
05:59Of course, now, in New York City,
06:01for marketing purposes,
06:02that movie was released under the title
06:04Bite Me.
06:05Hey, he's old.
06:10You know, I know that's not much of a joke,
06:12but I just thought it might be fun
06:13in front of a billion people to say,
06:14Bite Me!
06:15Thank you.
06:21Earlier this year,
06:22there was a deal now with Savoy Pictures
06:24and Sylvester Stallone.
06:26As I understand this now,
06:27they gave him $20 million
06:30to star in a yet-to-be-determined film.
06:34$20 million for a yet-to-be-determined film.
06:38Oh, yeah, right.
06:40The only thing yet-to-be-determined
06:41is which Roman numeral
06:42goes after the word Rocky.
06:43That's the only thing.
06:45Right, that's it.
06:50And then maybe get Oprah and Uma
06:53to work in the film.
06:58One of the pictures nominated tonight
06:59for Best Foreign Film,
07:01as you know,
07:02Eat, Drink, Man, Woman.
07:10Coincidentally, as I understand it,
07:11this is also how Arnold Schwarzenegger
07:13asked Maria Shriver out on their first date.
07:29Oh, man.
07:36Oh, jeez.
07:40It was quite a year for romance
07:42in the motion pictures.
07:44Hugh Grant, of course, kissed Andy McDowell.
07:46Warren Beatty kissed Annette Bening.
07:47And Marlon Brando kissed Larry King.
07:49Woo!
07:51I think I speak for all Americans
07:52who happen to see that on CNN
07:54when I say,
07:54Yee, yee, yee.
08:00Ladies and gentlemen,
08:01when I was given the honor
08:02of hosting the 67th Annual Academy Awards,
08:05I knew I had to find out
08:06as much as I possibly could
08:07about the motion picture industry.
08:09Well, living in New York City...
08:13Well, thank you very much.
08:16I'm also doing very well
08:17and hooked on phonics.
08:21Living in New York City,
08:23I've learned that when you really want
08:24to know about something, anything,
08:26there's a group of experts
08:27that are always willing and eager
08:28to share their knowledge and opinions.
08:30Yes, New York City cab drivers.
08:33So one night, I went out,
08:35hailed some cabs,
08:38and talked to cab drivers
08:40about the Academy Awards,
08:42movies, and life.
08:46Hey.
08:48Hi.
08:50Good, how are you?
08:51You've won an Academy Award,
08:53and we want your immediate reaction.
08:56And the winner is Charles.
08:58Charles.
09:01Wow.
09:02Have your friends told you
09:04that you look like a movie star?
09:05Yeah.
09:06Oh, really?
09:07Yeah.
09:07Who do they tell you you look like?
09:09I was younger.
09:09Jerry Lewis, slightly.
09:11Oh, Jerry Lewis.
09:12That's great.
09:14Dennis, did you ever see
09:15that Robert De Niro movie,
09:16Taxi Driver?
09:17You talking to me?
09:18You talking to me?
09:20Are you talking to me?
09:22Are you talking to me?
09:24Are you talking to me?
09:26Are you talking to me?
09:30Hakuna Matata?
09:31What does Hakuna Matata mean?
09:33Nothing to me.
09:34I don't know either,
09:35but it's funny to say it.
09:36Let's say it together a few times.
09:37Hakuna Matata.
09:39Hakuna Matata.
09:41Hakuna Matata.
09:42Hakuna Matata.
09:44Hakuna Matata.
09:46Hakuna Matata.
09:47Hakuna Matata.
09:49The circle of life.
09:51Are you talking to me?
09:52The circle of life.
09:53Are you talking to me?
09:54Are you talking to me?
09:55Hakuna Matata
09:57You talking to me, Hakuna Matata
10:00Do me a favor, try on a pair of these special 3D glasses
10:02I'll put mine on
10:08Edwin
10:09Are you enjoying the 3D glasses?
10:11Yes, that's fun
10:12Yeah
10:13What do you like better, goobers or raisinets?
10:22Raisinets
10:23Raisinets
10:25Raisinets
10:26Raisinets
10:26Goobers
10:27When you go to the movies, you usually get some of that movie theater popcorn?
10:31Yes
10:31Yeah, me too, I love the movie theater popcorn
10:34Would you like some now?
10:36I sure would
10:38Eddie, do you do any impressions of movie stars or anybody famous?
10:45James Cagney
10:46James Cagney?
10:47Yes
10:48Oh, let's see that
10:48You dirty rat
10:49You dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty rat
10:53That's pretty good
10:55I only do one impression really, Eddie
10:57It's a Jack Nicholson
10:58You want to see it?
10:58Oh, yeah, go ahead
10:59Okay
11:10Ladies and gentlemen
11:11How about a nice welcome to our New York City cab driver friend
11:14Thank you, gentlemen
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11:30You forward to meet with me
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