In the first award of the night, Christoph Waltz takes the Oscar for best supporting actor for his portrayal of Hans Landa, aka "The Jew Hunter," in "Inglourious Basterds."
"Oscar and Penelope, that’s an uber-Bingo," said Waltz, in his acceptance speech, refering to presenter Penelope Cruz and one of the actor’s clasic lines in the movie (see second clip below if you don’t get the reference).
Text of acceptance speech:
Oscar and Penélope that’s an über bingo. I always wanted to discover some new continent and I thought I had to go this way, 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, and he put this script in front of me and he said, "This is where we’re going, but we’re going the other way."
So Brad Pitt helped me on board and Diane Kruger was there Melanie Laurent and Denis Menochet and Bob Richardson and Sally Menke and Adam Schweitzer and Lisa Kasteler. Everybody helped me find a place. Universal and The Weinstein Company and ICM and Quentin, with his unorthodox methods of navigation, this fearless explorer, took this ship across and brought it in with flying colors and that’s why I’m here.
And this is your welcoming embrace and there’s no way I can ever thank you enough, but I can start right now. Thank you.
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