Harvey
Weinstein: the most powerful man in Hollywood (according to Oscars’ Speeches)
My passion and
dedication to Oscars’ acceptance speeches brought me to a conclusion: Harvey is
frequently PRESENT!
This year
he was up with five movies on the road to Oscars including: August: Osage County,
Philomena, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, The Butler and Fruitvale Station.
He describes
himself as an hard reader, confirming the fact that the most important thing for
a Producer is a Good Screenplay.
In the late 1970's he funded the Miramax, the company won the first Academy Award in 1996 with The English Patient. The success was repeated again with Shakespeare in Love and Good Will Hunting.
Harvey and Bob Weinstein
Harvey with his ACADEMY AWARD for the Best Picture in 1998 "Shakespeare in Love"
In 2005
again together with his brother Bob he founded The Weinstein Company (TWC)
that has the HQ in NYC.
Robert Rodriguez, Harvey, Quentin Tarantino and Bob.
Weinstein Company Logo
Harvey and President Barack Obama
I think he's up to become the next winner of The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award a prize for "Creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production."
The Irving G. Thalberg Award
I have analyzed the Academy Awards Acceptance Speech
Database to check how many times he’s present.
Check out the results:
1993 (66th) Academy
Awards
Actress in a Leading Role: Holly Hunter “The Piano”
“… Harvey and Bob
Weinstein, you also break my heart with your uncensored passion and support for
this movie…”
1993 (66th) Academy Awards
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the
Screen): Jane Campion “The Piano”
“… And a
special thank you to the Miramax brothers, Harvey and Bob, for bringing this
film to America. Thank you very much…”
1994 (67th) Academy
Awards
Actress in a Supporting Role: Dianne Wiest “Bullets over Broadway”
“…My thanks also to
Tracey Jacobs, Bobby Greenhut, Jean Doumanian, and Harvey and Bob Weinstein…”
1996 (69th) Academy
Awards
Directing: Anthony
Minghella “The English Patient”
“… To Bob and Harvey
Weinstein and all the great team at Miramax. Bless you, guys. Thank you very
much indeed…”
1996 (69th) Academy
Awards
Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score): Rachel Portman “Emma”
“… The producers of
"Emma", Harvey Weinstein and
everyone at Miramax...”
1996 (69th) Academy
Awards
Best Picture: Saul Zaentz, Producer “The English
Patient”
“… And then Harvey
and Bob Weinstein came through and financed the picture -- and we had final
cut, though. And all, everyone just who was involved, with all the people at
Miramax who were wonderful in working on the picture…”
1996 (69th) Academy
Awards
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published): Billy Bob Thornton “Sling Blade”
“… Harvey
Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, God bless 'em...”
1997 (70th) Academy
Awards
Actor in a Supporting Role: Robin Williams “Good Will Hunting”
“…I want to thank
the Meshpucha Weinstein. Mazel tov!...”
1997 (70th) Academy
Awards
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen): Ben Affleck, Matt
Damon “Good Will Hunting”
“… Harvey
Weinstein, who believed in us and made this movie…”
1998 (71st) Academy
Awards
Actress in a Leading Role: Gwyneth Paltrow “Shakespeare in
Love”
“… But I would like
to thank Harvey Weinstein and everybody at Miramax Films for their undying
support of me…”
1998 (71st) Academy
Awards
Foreign Language Film: Italy (accepted by director
Roberto Benigni) “Life Is Beautiful”
“… Harvey Weinstein
of Miramax Film[s], thank you very much for what you did…”
1998 (71st) Academy
Awards
Best Picture: David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein,
Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, Producers “Shakespeare in
Love”
DONNA GIGLIOTTI:
The other guy that we really need to thank, though, is Harvey Weinstein, who
had the guts, the courage, the commitment to make this picture and get it done.
Here he is. Say a few words...
HARVEY WEINSTEIN:
This was an ensemble film, and it took an ensemble team to make it. I want to
thank at Disney: Michael Eisner and Joe Roth, who've given me great latitude
and great support. At Universal: Edgar Bronfman, Ron Meyer, Stacey, Nadia
Bronson, Chris McGurk. At Miramax: My brilliant Meryl Poster, my head of
production who rocks the universe and makes us look good. Oh man, Julie
Goldstein, who is the most persevering, brilliant executive producer. To Bob
Osher, to Mark Gill and Marcy Granata, who are the one and two most dynamite
marketing team.
HARVEY WEINSTEIN:
I'm getting there, okay. I don't know, we made this movie -- this is a movie
about life and art. And art and life combining is called magic. For me, this
was a great experience, a passion, for five years. And nobody inspires me more
than my brother Bob, who is my partner and best friend every day. My loving
wife Eve; my two rotten kids, Lily and Emma; my beautiful nieces, Sarah and
Nicole; and my mom Miriam. The Miriam of Miramax [music begins to play] who
makes Jewish mothers look good. Okay, and the rest of you guys, thank you.
1998 (71st) Academy
Awards
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen): Marc Norman, Tom
Stoppard “Shakespeare in Love”
“…I'd like to thank
on behalf of Tom, everybody at Miramax who worked so hard, especially Harvey Weinstein,
a man of dedication and vision…”
1999 (72nd) Academy
Awards
Actor in a Supporting Role: Michael Caine "The Cider House Rules”
“… I want to thank Harvey and Bob Weinstein and Meryl Poster at Miramax…”
1999 (72nd) Academy
Awards
Foreign Language Film: Spain (accepted by director
Pedro Almodóvar) “All about My Mother”
“… Harvey Weinstein, well listen, so, for just to have the one idea,
consider my sisters' Oscar campaign. You know, they, they just lighting a lot
of candles to these saints, presided by a photograph of my mother with Penélope
and me next to a twig of laurel, which brings good luck…”
2002 (75th) Academy
Awards
Actress in a Supporting Role: Catherine Zeta-Jones “Chicago”
“…Everyone involved in
"Chicago." There's so many people. Rob Marshall, Harvey Weinstein,
Craig, Neil, everybody, and all the cast and crew…”
2002 (75th) Academy
Awards
Film Editing: Martin Walsh “Chicago”
“…Thank you. Bill
Condon, for a fabulous script. Harvey, Meryl, Julie, Jen. Everybody at Miramax…”
2002 (75th) Academy
Awards
Best Picture: Martin Richards, Producer (accompanied on stage by director Rob Marshall) “Chicago”
“... And then Harvey Weinstein
came in with Meryl Poster and they stood by and they believed and they just
stayed with me. And here I am. And oh my God, my mind is going. It truly is
going…”
2002 (75th) Academy
Awards
Sound: Michael
Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee “Chicago”
“…So Harvey Weinstein, thank
you very much for that. And not to be redundant but, Rob, you're fantastic and
thank you very much for everything…”
2003 (76th) Academy Awards
Actress in a Supporting Role: Renée Zellweger “Cold Mountain”
“… Thank you for
all that you taught me, for making me be better and for your friendship. My
friends at Miramax, for making this film, especially Harvey and Meryl Poster.
Quite a gamble. Thank you for doing it…”
2003 (76th) Academy
Awards
Foreign Language Film: Canada (accepted by director
Denys Arcand; accompanied on stage by producers Denise Robert and Daniel Louis)
“The Barbarian Invasions”
“…Thank you, Harvey
Weinstein, for putting your heart behind this film and shining the light on this.
We'd really like to share this with you, and share it with the actors and the
technicians who worked so well on this film...”
2004 (77th) Academy
Awards
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo
Schiavo “The Aviator”
“…to Harvey Weinstein. And
all the entire art department, which, without them, it was impossible for me to
do this for us. Thank you…”
2004 (77th) Academy
Awards
Music (Original Score): Jan A.P. Kaczmarek “Finding
Neverland”
“… I should
certainly take opportunity to, as the first person in the room, to thank Harvey
Weinstein for his support. And very thankful as well for supporting
"Finding Neverland" and my case…”
2008 (81st) Academy Awards
Actress in a Supporting Role: Penélope Cruz “Vicky Cristina
Barcelona”
“…Thank you, Harvey Weinstein…”
2009 (82nd) Academy
Awards
Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz “Inglourious
Basterds”
“…And then I was introduced
to Quentin Tarantino who was putting together an expedition that was equipped
by Harvey Weinstein and Lawrence Bender and David Linde…”
2010 (83rd) Academy
Awards
Actor in a Leading Role: Colin Firth “The King's Speech”
“… The men who
finessed this to the screen: Gareth, Emile, Iain, Xavier, and of course Harvey,
who first took me on twenty years ago when I was a mere child sensation…”
2010 (83rd) Academy
Awards
Best Picture: Iain Canning, Emile
Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers (accompanied on
stage by 14 members of the cast and crew) “The King's Speech”
“… To our
distribution partners, The Weinstein Company, Harvey and Bob Weinstein,
Momentum Pictures and Transmission Films, for your passion and commitment to
this film…”
2011 (84th) Academy
Awards
Costume Design: Mark Bridges “The Artist”
“…And Harvey Weinstein and
The Weinstein Company, for getting it out to the world…”
2011 (84th) Academy
Awards
Directing: Michel
Hazanavicius “The Artist”
“…I want to thank the, the Harvey Weinstein Company, okay…”
2011 (84th) Academy
Awards
Documentary (Feature): TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas (accompanied on stage by producers Ed Cunningham, Glen Zipper, Seth
Gordon) “Undefeated”
“…Harvey Weinstein, The
Weinstein Company, Nigel Sinclair, Spitfire…”
2011 (84th) Academy
Awards
Best Picture Thomas Langmann, Producer (accompanied on stage by director Michel Hazanavicius and 12 additional
members of the cast and crew) “The Artist”
“…I want to say thank you
from the bottom of my heart to you, members of the Academy, to you, Harvey, not
only because we receive tonight the award that any filmmaker would ever dream
to receive, but because you're offering me tonight the opportunity to pay
tribute to a member of this Academy that I miss so much: the Oscar winner
Claude Berri…”
2012 (85th) Academy Awards
Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz “Django
Unchained”
“…I thank Harvey Weinstein
and Amy Pascal, Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone…”
