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Oh, thank you. Well, thank you, Academy, for this special recognition
for non-English movies. My thanks to my fellow producers Hsu Li
Kong, Bill Kong, and to an enormously talented cast and crew who
sacrificed so much. To James Schamus, David Linde, Ted Hope, and
everyone at Good Machine. And to Barbara Robinson at Columbia Asia,
and Gareth Wigan at Sony. And to Tom Bernard, Michael Barker, and
Marcy Bloom at Sony Classic for their masterpiece job. And finally,
to my friends and family in Taiwan, to my collaborators in Hong
Kong, and everyone, people in China who help us so much in making
this movie. It was a great honor. Thank you.
Special Thanks
On behalf of the filmmaking team, Ang Lee and James Schamus would
like to offer the following thanks:
First, to the crew and cast - all of them.
Hsu Li Kong, who started it all a decade ago in Taipei.
Bill Kong for putting his life on the line.
David Lee and Joyce Hsieh - who has been with us from the start.
Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, Marcie Bloom and Tom Prassis, Carmelo
Pirrone and Dylan Leiner and their teams at Sony Pictures Classics
- for a perfect and passionate job that has gone down in history.
Gareth Wigan - our godfather.
Barbara Robinson at Columbia Asia for her support.
Sal Ladestro, Tony Manne, Peter Schlessel, and everyone else who
has worked so hard at Sony, including Richard Napper in the U.K.
Tory Metzger for her civility, support, and loyalty.
Ira Schreck and Joe Dapello for their heroic efforts.
Reid Rosefelt and his team at Magic Lantern for their overwhelming
work on behalf of us.
Simon Halls for wonderful counsel.
Melody Korenbrot and Ziggy Kozlowski for fighting so hard.
The whole Good Machine family, and especially David Linde and Ted
Hope, with daily support for Ang from Beth Binnard, Heta Paarte,
and Anne Carey and their teams, and with a major assist from Peter
Kujawski and the whole GM International gang.
Jean Castelli, who helped shape the film from the start.
Bennett Passel, Donna Smith, Valero de Pails, Antonio Lorenz, Betrayal
Sandgren, Francis Boesphlug, Jan Olufson, and Rainer and Michael
Kolmel for believing in us from the beginning.
To the Manex team for their magical visions.
To the people of China who so warmly welcomed the filmmakers during
our stay there.
Peter Gelb and his team at Sony Classical for celestially harmonic
support.
Gao for his kung fu training.
Ah Cheng for his beautiful language.
Mrs. Wang Du Lu and her daughter for allowing us to honor Wang Du
Lu.
From James, thanks to his family and friends, to every Golden Boat
investor, to his students and colleagues at Columbia University
for keeping it all in perspective, and to his three muses: Nancy,
Nora, and Djuna.
From Ang, deepest thanks to his family and to the Chinese audience
throughout the world for their support. And to his children Haan
and Mason, and to his wife, Jane Lin.
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