Robert Altman Receives an Honorary Award: 2006 Oscars
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Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin presenting an honorary Oscar® to Robert Altman ("MASH," "Nashville," The Player," "Short Cuts") in recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike - 78th Annual Academys® in 2006.
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@Nick_Rigdon 6 years ago
Hurts my heart knowing he died only a few months after this speech. I have such deep affection for Mr. Altman and his films. One of a kind.
@LPJack02 1 year ago
RIP Robert Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006), aged 81
You will be remembered as a legend
You will be remembered as a legend
@technodroog 9 years ago
a brilliant way of presenting this award by Tomlin and Streep. Well done and kudos to one of the greatest American directors ever
@aprilwearsgucci 17 years ago
Seriously who couldn't like Meryl. She's not only the best actress ever but she's funny as hell.
@Sirigu93 9 years ago
Seeing also Heath Ledger and Philip Seymour Hoffman, kinda makes you cry before hearing the speech...
@gittes98 5 years ago
Did I mention Nashville? Well, it bears repeating. Yes it does Ms. Tomlin. over and over again. One of the great cinematic achievements that deserves to be so much better known.
@owenstephen8317 1 year ago
The overlapping dialogue from Streep and Tomlin to introduce him is fantastic.
@jamesdrynan 6 years ago
Robert Altman was an iconoclast. A maverick. My introduction to his style was MASH. As I became a cinephile, his movies were there as signposts of creating something unique. The multi-layered Nashville was mesmerizing in its scope and critique of the age. Hollywood needs the input of directors like Altman, Welles, etc. to bring a level of cinema that plays counterpoint to the pedestrian output.
@devilwearsprada8 15 years ago
"He's examined the minute particular of human behaviour and he's doing right now and he's dying for us" Great quote
Go Meryl <3
Go Meryl <3
@46metube 10 years ago
Great man and director. Just watched the long goodbye, again. Class. We need more Altman's.
@MrSebboxxx 10 years ago
He should already become an oscar for "Nashville" - one of the best US-american films ever made - in my opinion :-) even after 40 years it has not lost its deep meaning about modern society ... I am saying this from an european point of view :-)
@psychokarloff 5 years ago (edited)
The Maestro at last receives his due from the Academy. The unique filmmaker of our lifetime. His shambling eloquence is beautiful.
@JotaDM2023 7 years ago
Robert Altman
• Golden Palm - Best Picture (Cannes Film Festival): "M.A.S.H." (1970)
• Golden Bear - Best Picture (Berlin International Film Festival): "Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson" (1976)
• Golden Lion - Best Picture (Venice Film Festival): "Short Cuts" (1993)
• Honorary Oscar (Academy Awards): "In recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike". (2006)
• Golden Palm - Best Picture (Cannes Film Festival): "M.A.S.H." (1970)
• Golden Bear - Best Picture (Berlin International Film Festival): "Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson" (1976)
• Golden Lion - Best Picture (Venice Film Festival): "Short Cuts" (1993)
• Honorary Oscar (Academy Awards): "In recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike". (2006)
@bijibadness 13 years ago
ive always liked meryl streep, but today while watching "a prarie home companion", i decided im totally in love. what a beautiful, funny, unbelievably talented person.
Robert Altman Receives an Honorary Award: 2006 Oscars
Oscars
212,762 views
Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin presenting an honorary Oscar® to Robert Altman ("MASH," "Nashville," The Player," "Short Cuts") in recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike - 78th Annual Academys® in 2006.