Little surprise, Brad Pitt has completed his awards-season run with the big prize. Brad Pitt swept every major award – the Golden Globe, SAG Award, Critics Choice and BAFTA – for Best Supporting Actor before the Oscars, so all of this was fait accompli. Still, people were interested in hearing what Brad would say when he won, because he’s clearly been working with an awards-season speechwriter for the past few months. In his speech, Brad’s speechwriter did a good job… first, a political joke: “Thank you…this is incredible. They told me I’ve only got 45 seconds, which is 45 seconds more than the Senate gave John Bolton this week… ” Brad thanked Quentin Tarantino, calling him “one of a kind” and said, “Leo, I’ll ride on your coattails any day, man. The view’s fantastic.” Brad also said: “I want also want to say, while we’re doing all this, why don’t we give a little love to our stunt coordinator and stunt crews.”
He ended with this: “I’m a bit gobsmacked, I think about my folks taking me to my first drive-thru, taking me to see Butch & Sundance, and moving out here, Geena and Ridley giving me my first shot…all the wonderful people I’ve met along the way…to stand here now, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, ain’t that the truth…This is for my kids, who color everything I do, I adore you.”
Brad won for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to late ‘60s Hollywood. I went into the film not expecting anything other than exploitative drama and violence, but I actually enjoyed about 90% of the film. What’s weird is that I came out of it thinking that Leonardo DiCaprio was the one who should win tons of awards from it, but that hasn’t happened. Anyway, congrats to Brad. This is his first Oscar for acting, but he won his first Oscar for executive producing 12 Years a Slave.
Here’s the speech:
#Oscars Moment: Brad Pitt wins Best Supporting Actor for @OnceInHollywood pic.twitter.com/TSGjMB3v8P
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 10, 2020
Photos courtesy of WENN, Avalon Red, Backgrid and ‘OUATIH’.
No shock about the result, but I’ll go to my grave thinking Pesci deserved it. Quiet and tremendous work. Really liked Pacino and Anthony Hopkins too. Strong field this year
I am the same about Emanuelle Riva and Jennifer Lawrence. Eternal bitter taste in my mouth.
I agree about Pesci. Brad was excellent, but Pesci’s work in The Irishman blew me away.
I didn’t know he was that good, Pesci was robbed
Didnt plan B produce moonlight too though?
Yes, Plan B did produce Moonlight.
They produced Moonlight, but Brad wasn’t a direct producer on that one so he wasn’t part of the nominated producers (same thing with selma)
I really like OUATIH. Thought it was really well done and whimsical and funny. Loved the time period and the music and the clothes. Other than Jojo Rabbit which I also enjoyed, it was the only nominated movie I saw.
I rewatched Fight Club the other night and didn’t appreciate how good he was – so was Ed Norton.
Speaking of Ed Norton, I watched Motherless Brooklyn yesterday. He directed and starred in it. Good film
Leo’s performance was more outstanding and moving to me, but I realize they are in different categories. Hey at least he acknowledged his damn kids 😂
I used to like Pitt. But it’s hard to like him at this point for me.
Same, I look back at movies like Se7en, Fight Club and Ocean’s 11 with fondness, but also sadness, because I can’t enjoy him in that simple way anymore.
Me too I keep looking at those lips which are not the lips of a heavy smoker. How much filler is in there?
Woohoo! Taika Waititi won for best adapted screenplay for Jojo Rabbit. Both of the 2 movies I saw this season won oscars. Am thinking I’ve got a good picker heheh
So happy about Taika – the hero we didn’t know we needed 😉
Brad’s a good actor. Now he has his Oscar and he can go away. Nice of him to finally mention his kids in a speech.
I am still wrapping my head around the fact the he just swept awards season for a role where he possibly (he did) killed his wife because he was tired of her.
I mean…….
YUP..,
But that’s one of the questions: is art supposed to be didactic and morally prescriptive?
You win an acting award for acting not for what kind of person your character is. Sheesh!!! Were you horrified when Anthony Hopkins won for Silence of the Lambs?
@Ah-ha, it’s not about the art at all. It’s about what the audience responds to. Why does the audience respond so positively to the portrayal of a man who likely murdered his own wife? Why does the audience connect with and empathize with a character who committed violence against women? Why is this allowed to be seen as a complex, thought provoking film when domestic violence committed by men against women is so ubiquitous in our society?
Art is a reflection of life. What does it say about us when we reward such stories so much in our society?
A, it’s funny because it’s been widely reported that QT put that likely-murdered-his-wife storyline to make us uneasy about the otherwise unblemished heroic figure. Same with Pitt’s character’s oogling of the teenas but not quite going there. QT has always been into going meta with his films but this one’s as much a work of metacinema as you can get; constantly trying to remind the audience they’re watching a work of fiction, something completely constructed. Meta = self-reflexive. Leo is playing an actor. Margot as Sharon Tate is watching the real Sharon Tate in the cinema. The happy ending so tainted because everyone know what really happened to Tate in real life. etc. We are meant to feel uneasy about Pitt’s character. Also with the way he uses violence, it’s often intelligent commentary that makes you question how you’re taking pleasure in watching violence. There’s a lot written on this / QT’s use of violence. It’s all highly deliberate.
Just what I was going to say…he can go away now.
I missed it. What did he say about the kids?
Did you see him fumble and stammer when a journalist asked him directly about Maddox after the awards?
Really revealing…
Really? I’ve read & seen some fairly mumbling, quasi-deep but fairly bro-sensical interviews…he definitely knows how to do less press because its fairly obvious he’s not that comfortable or clear in off-the-cuff press conversations!!!
Like that candid Oscar ballot person implied…Pitt won because everyone loves a male survivor of ‘that woman/womenkind’ and his production company has made some good movies too. It’s same as it ever was…the neu-patriarchy is a bit diff and a lot the same as the ol’
Gotta say, the wiglet looks good no?
Hehehe! It’s true. He has good ones.
And so the white bro saviour carpenter wins! Blessed, make it white, Oscars!!
Well deserved! Just watched OUATIH last night and ❤️ the GREAT cast and story. Brad Pitt on that rooftop without that shirt -OMG Yummy! I love his confidence and good-bad boy persona
lol with the crazy-eyed pic of Pitt. Hadn’t seen it in a while here, time to bring it out tonight.
Wonderful to see Brad Pitt who looked wonderful and proud to see him make a political statement. Need more statements like that from everyone. Didn’t watch the show. Excruciatingly boring. I can not bare it. You would think after all the years of making those shows they could manage to cut two hours off of them and just pass out the statuettes and everyone could go on to parties or home whichever they prefer. Some of those people look sadly botoxed to death. I miss seeing Frances McDormond who always looks so natural.
Must be time for me to go block Trump trolls.
When asked about maddox backstage and what he thought of the film the man turned to jelly. But nice he mentioned his kids I guess. Guessing the ones that are still forced to see him.
What do you mean turned to jelly?
He couldn’t answer properly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IU9s2XWcG4&feature=youtu.be
It’s a cheap shot question though… And that shows exactly why he avoided mentioning the kids during award season
Except he didn’t avoid it? He talked about them more than once and it was natural and not this awkward. “I got great kids, I love my dog and my coffee.” During the Marc interview he mentioned them too. Totally casual and fine.
Would it be so hard to say, “he enjoys Quentin’s films”?
No it wasn’t. Pitt dedicated this award to his kids so he shouldn’t be surprised with the questions about his children and their reaction or thought. His director Tarantino mentioned previously that Maddox gave one of best film reviews he had ever heard of for the movie the Good, the Bad and the Ugly so it naturally begged the question of his thoughts on this movie from Pitt.
I thought it was a really tacky question. Maddox is a private citizen and a college student. He was also a minor when the incident occurred. It’s not fair to constantly bring his name up.
But it’s not tacky or fair when Pitt team leaked that Maddox and Pax not going to spend time with Pitt for the holidays or that Zahara didn’t do it last year either. I see. It’s all good when Pitt did it for his benefits but if it makes him uncomfortable then it’s tacky lol.
Agree Leigh, very tacky. There is no debate.
Tacky af.
He couldn’t come up with an answer.
So, what’s Maddox’s review of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood? Pitt told ET that he’s keeping that to himself for now. “I just keep that indoors,” he explained.
Not to mention he struggled to get those words out. Apparently his son liking or disliking a film is very very private info? Even though Quentin made headlines about it before.
@OriginalCarol – I was defending Maddox, not Brad, when I said the question was tacky. I never said or implied that it was fine for Brad’s team or anyone else to leak information about his kids. I’m saying that everyone, including tacky reporters with their tacky questions, should leave the poor kids alone.
They are still estranged and probably not talking and he didn’t want to say that. He is still trying to sell the image of a doting dad trying to see his kids whenever he can from the evil ex wife.
Great. He won. Now maybe he can get out of our faces for a while. Too much.
+1
Loved both him and Leo in this movie. Say what you want about Brad but he’s at the top of his game. Oh and he looks better than he has in years too.
whatever – let him be quiet now
Agree.
That rooftop antenna scene was the first time in my life I’ve ever had a hubba moment over Pitt.
Lol. No he does not. He looks old and that hair is ridiculous.
Great speechwriter!
I think he deserved the Oscar and I don’t see any reason why a reporter should bring up Maddox who is away at college. He clearly didn’t answer because they haven’t spoken.
It’s time to stop blaming Brad for everything that happened in his marriage.
Angelina was not at all blameless. It’s getting ridiculous the way she is treated like a Saint on this site.
Estranged from his kids speaks volumes. Kids will desperately try to forgive parents for abuse but something serious happened for the Jolie-Pitt kids to turn from their dad. Child abuse should not be diminished ever, not by drunkenness or any other excuse. It’s all on him not Jolie.
I don’t think it’s blame situation. It’s a truth situation, @Shirley and BP is trying to deny, lie and not present the whole truth of the matter. It’s six kids not just one, not just Maddox who hasn’t been seen w/ him in almost four years. Six don’t want to be w/ him and that’s seeks volumes. How many award shows did he do? None of the kids showed up and yes celebs have their kids w/ them at these things. That’s strange and that’s not on Angie, that’s on him.
Plus why is he not fighting to see them? That’s the bigger question no one seems to want to ask. If he adores them so much why not fight tooth and nail to see them and be w/ them. I know I would if they were my kids. I think any parent worth their salt would. He’s not.
HE WAS THE DRUNK ON THE PLANE . NOT HER .
His ruined his relationships with his 6 children all by himself.
Enough with blaming Angelina who did what most mothers would do. Take the children and get the hell out of there and away from abuse.
She’s not treated like a “saint” on this site. This is the only gossip site I notice that actually DEFENDS her. Have you read comments on Jolie from JustJared, Radar Online, Daily Mail, Yahoo, New York Post, and TMZ? They are absolutely vitriolic on her and her kids and in favor of Brad, Jennifer Aniston, and anyone else who they feel Jolie has “wronged.” So, I am quite tired of hearing about how Celebitchy and/or “the Angeloonies” (I HATE that term) worship Angie as a saint. This woman has been through the ringer with the media …. very undeservedly so. Rant over.
@Katebush ROTFL That was one of his weakest roles. They practically issued him a sympathy Oscar! Sorry
And him not being able to answer a simple question referencing his son about an incident that happens years ago is strange, weird and disturbingly dysfunctional.
All that private crap is just that. I have not once in my life heard any father answer a question so nervously vague in all my years.
Idk wtf is going on with that family but it is sad. He is too uncomfortable about speaking about them.
Those hit pieces and planted stories this award season by his team have been over the top and Un called for.
Boy bye and please don’t come back!!!
Meh. He campaigned hard and got what he wanted by joking about his ex-wife and playing up sympathy. Joe Pesci acted better in his role.
True story: two of my friends had no idea who Charles Manson was, had no idea about the Family, Polanski, Tate, etc (they’re both under 30, one from Ireland, another from Egypt). And yet they stilled loved the movie, even though I imagine a lot of the creeping dread would have been lost to anyone unaware of Spahn Ranch etc. That’s some powerful filmmaking, I guess? Apparently it’s great for some people even without the context. (I’m glad I had that context, though, because it made things a lot more moving for me at the end.)
Anyway, I’m happy with any award given to OUATIH, but super delighted about Parasite!
Im just glad he mentioned his kids, I think he had to do it for the big and last award, less talk about it afterwards. The first time he became emotional, deep inside, Brad is not well yet and has not moved on. I mean, he is single up to now, cant find anyone to replace Angie yet. Must be really hard for him.
Mentioning his kids now makes him a hypocrite. After the Globes his team said he didn’t mention them because he was respecting their privacy. Turns out he was just trying to avoid uncomfortable questions because the Oscar voting wasn’t closed yet.
Brad doesn’t look like he has a wig but he needs to let go of that shade of blonde and let it grey.
Good Speech, brief and to the point. Looking forward to this film and Paradise.
Thoroughly enjoyed The Irishman, steeped in US History, Kennedy’s, Hoffa, Teamsters Union, Irish Mafia.
Shrug
I think Maddox was the winner at the Oscars his presence was there, South Korea, his university and being named all connected.