THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Howard Berger and Tami Lane
FILM SYNOPSIS
The four Pevensie children have been evacuated from wartime London to the country home of Professor Kirke, where they discover a magical wardrobe through which they can enter the land of Narnia. There, they must help Narnia’s rightful ruler, the majestic lion Aslan, defeat the evil White Witch who has seized control of his kingdom.
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Well, I’m just glad that Clooney doesn’t do make-up. So it worked out well. This is really an amazing life. It all started when I was a little boy and my mother read me “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak and at that point I knew I wanted to go live with the monsters. Real quick I want to thank Disney, Mark Johnson, Walden Media, Cary Granat, Perry Moore, my partners in crime at K.N.B effects group, Robert Kurtzman and Gregory Nicotero. Everyone that was there with me through the journey a year and a half of this magnificent project. My Aslan, Andrew Adamson, my inspiration, Kelsey Travis and Jake, my best friend, Sandy. Rick Baker, Dick Smith, Stan Winston, Richard Taylor, Danny Striepeke, and I want to dedicate this to my parents Kenneth and Susan Berger, right now I know they’re looking down upon me and saying we’re proud of you that you’re living with the monsters and running through the forest with the wild things. Thank you.
SPECIAL ONLINE THANKS
Howard Berger and Tami Lane
Wow, what a wonderful life and it all started when my mother read me WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE and I knew then I wanted to be that little boy Max. I want to thank Disney, Walden Media, Mark Johnson, Perry Moore, Cary Granat, Douglas Gresham and my Aslan Andrew Adamson. My amazing children, Kelsey, Travis and Jake, I finally got to make a film they could see, my best friend Sandi Berger, Dick Smith, Stan Winston and Dan Striepeke, my partners in crime Greg Nicotero and Robert Kurtzman, everyone at KNB EFX GROUP, INC who followed me through Narnia for a year and a half, you know who you are, Charlize Theron for loving my nose, and I want to dedicate this award to my parents Kenneth and Susan Berger, who if they were here today would be so proud that their little Max who is still playing in the forest with the Wild Things. Thank you and good night.
THANK YOU
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Special Thanks to
James McAvoy; Richard and Tania Taylor; Gino Acevedo; The Gang at WETA Workshop; William, Anna, Skandar & Georgie; Tilda Swinton; All the Fauns, Satyrs, Minotaurs, Goblins, Boggles, Dwarves, Giants, Cyclops, Ogres, Hags, Centaurs, & Minoboars