02.25.08
Javier Bardem’s Oscar Dedication
Javier Bardem, Best Supporting Actor, for No Country for Old Men dedicated his Academy Award to his mother. He added in a small thanks in Spanish for her. I figured I would translate it for those who do not have the advantage of three years of high school Spanish under their belts (or an online translator).
“
Wow. Alright, this is very amazing. It’s a great honor for me to have this. I want to I have to speak fast here, man. Thank you to the Coens for being crazy enough to think that I could do that and put one of the most horrible haircuts in history over my head.
Thank you for really proving my work. I want to share this with the cast, with the great Tommy Lee Jones, with the great Josh Brolin, with the great Kelly MacDonald. And I want to dedicate this to my mother, and I have to say this in Spanish, and I’m sorry…
Mama esto es para ti. Esto es para tus abuelos, para tus padres, Rafael y Matilde. Esto es para los comicos de Espana que han traido la dignidad y el orgullo a nuestro oficio.
Esto es para Espana. Y esto es para todos vosotros.
Thank you very much!”
Translated:
“Mom this is for you. This is for your grandfathers, for your parents, Rafael and Matilde. This is for the Spanish comics that have brought the dignity and the pride to our position.
This is for Spain. And this is for all you”.
abby normal said,
February 27, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Doing it for Spain seems a little over blown but somehow more believable than Halle Berry’s acceptance speech “for every nameless, faceless woman of colour that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened.”
crazymonkey909 said,
February 27, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Berry was the first black female to win an Oscar but not the first one to be nominated by any stretch. So it was a big step for Black American women historically. Most people would agree she came off as quite dramatic and hysterical.
I think his speech was quite simple in comparison. I don’t think I would have thought to link the two. It is a little funny that a majority of awards this year went to foreign born nominees Day-Lewis, Cotillard and Bardem.