Yes I loved her narration and showing what a COMPLETE a-hole Guy Hamilton was (Mel Gibson) and how as Billy Kwan he/she was so in love with Sigourney Weaver’s character.
The best thing about this is that her parents were both there to see her win the award. They were the ones who enrolled her in acting lessons with a coach to help her with her struggles in life. Little did they know she would be a star.
And it was directed by one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Peter Weir. His body of work speaks for itself --- here are some of the more memorable ones --- *_Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave, Gallipoli, The Year of Living Dangerously, Witness, Dead Poet's Society, Fearless, The Truman Show, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World._* He was a tremendous talent, who deserves far more credit for his work.
It was / is a fantastic movie. Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver made an amazing screen couple. And of course, Linda Hunt was the main trophy of this film.
Linda Hunt gave a hauntingly beautiful performance in TYOLD and this award was so well deserved. So much humility in her speech--it brought tears to my eyes. I love it when nice things happen to nice people.
One of my favorite films of all times. The romantic tension between Gibson and Weaver is magical. The same romantic tension exists between Ford and McGillis in Witness. Both films directed by Peter Weir. Linda Hunt's performance is one for the ages. Brilliant!
I remember this film so well, after Star Wars, it was the next film that I saw twice in a theater. I wanted to see it so much when it first came out, nobody was interested in seeing it with me. I went by myself and thought it was one of the best films I’d ever seen. It was enough for me to convince some friends to come with me again. They agreed, and I was thrilled when Linda Hunt won the Oscar. I just knew she would.
As an Indonesian people I`m very proud of her because in her speech Oscar winner she quoted the Indonesian phrase "Water from the moon" from one of Indonesian film she watched that even I did not know which Indonesian film she meant.
I thought maybe she meant “moon from the water” or “fetching moon from the water” which is also a Chinese saying that means an unattainable task. I’m not sure if that’s what she meant, or whether it’s also an Indonesian phrase, but a beautiful sentiment nevertheless.
That's amazing to hear. In a time where people are cancelled for portraying different races etc I feel like it helps build bridges and breaks down walls, if done respectfully and with dignity.
It is incredible that I can watch this in 2023 after only just rewatching TYOLDangerously lasty night for only the 3rd time in my life - I adore this film - I adore Linda's performance and the film is just as powerful now as it was then. Thankyou Linda
One of the most beautiful voices any actress has ever been blessed with, which is why it is so often used for narration. Probably the shortest winner in this category except perhaps Anna Paquin. I thought Dyan Cannon was going to pick her up. Hunt's performance in The Year of Living Dangerously is a phenomenon--daring, feisty, and sweet.
Linda Hunt was a collegial favorite judging from the applause her peers gave the mention of her name, and rightly so. She really made the living links between the principal characters, the story line and the Indonesian background. Great performance. She "supported" like Atlas holding up the world.
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You cannot buy talent = Linda was great in YoLD, Peter Weir was great, Mel was great - one of my favorite movies, brutal and sensitive at the same time as life itself, and beautifully shot, directed and acted to convey the turmoil of the times and passion of love! And music... oh my! When everything falls apart in violent world everything you have is your empathy and love.
Year of etc is one of my favorite flicks. I knew Linda Hunt was a lady playing the part of a man. She, amazingly, upstaged both Gibson and Weaver...that by itself was a jolt. I love her...she touches me somehow. Check out her expression when, in "year" she sees a car in front of the bungalow, touches the bullet holes, and smiles tenderly when she realizes the lovers are inside her home. She (as Billy cannot have Jill but is happy Gibson can. A great heart....
Linda Hunt gave one of the greatest performances of all time. Her acting was and is superb and is one of the pillars of greatest roles ever seen on the screen. It was a good film, but it is Linda Hunt who made it great. Bravo, bravo.
There are only a few (very few) actors that i am driven to watch in anything , Linda Hunt is one of those , her presence on the screen makes her larger then life in my opinion , her brilliant acting and her powerful, intelligent voice makes it a joy to view whatever character she may be portraying .
A shot of the audience behind the elderly couple is great actress Lee Remic. She looked beautiful! Sadly she died several years later after a long struggle against breast cancer. RIP sweet beautiful lady!
I love this woman She really deserved her Oscar She is a real powerhouse and a great actor I really miss her on NCIS LA The temporary replacements were ok but to me it was like ordering filet mignon and getting hamburger I am glad she is feeling somewhat better so that she has started doing a few minutes on screen and I can't wait till she is back in charge again as Hetty Lang God bless Ms Hunt
The all-time shortest actor to ever win an Oscar. But also one of the most gracious and eloquent. But I swear Dyan Cannon was going to pick her up at first!!
One of the most eloquent and gracious acceptance speeches ever given. Not a fan of MEL GIBSON but forced myself to watch this film about ten years ago and LINDA HUNT stole the show.
Gallipoli and Mrs Soffel. He was a much better actor as a young man. That was before the self-destruction which made him progressively self-conscious both on and off the screen. What an asshole.
You wouldn't believe that The Year of Living Dangerously is so hard to get on DVD in the UK and that so few people are familiar with it.... Along with The Mission, and The Killing Fields, its one of the best films of that decade... She's great here; so humble and gracious!
My earliest memory of Linda was her work on Kindergarten Cop, which I loved... fast forward to 2012 and NCIS:LA... she's simply irreplaceable in my mind!
Linda Hunt was incredible as the - male - reporter in that movie, Kwan. I didn't even know it was a woman until the movie was over. I had no idea she was that tiny till I saw this. I wish I was as good as her.
That was a lovely acceptance speech by Linda Hunt (& a great performance in a memorable film; especially (for me) when Sigourney Weaver's walk in the rain to find Mel Gibson. ~That~'s a love scene, made in the 'old way' -not showing a lot of unnecessary skin, but still showing the heat b/w the two characters. It's almost palpable, the attraction/passion/love b/w Weaver's character & Gibson's. The soundtrack helps, too.)
A big talent & personality tightly wrapped in a tiny body. That too is "water from the moon". Even Oscar is not quite up to Linda Hunt's standard. Brava, Ms Hunt 👏👏👏
+Amamkoncahuanquichu I don't think that she meant anything by it actually. I think she just didn't want to be encumbered under Kilmer's arm, and wanted to feel free.
I Love her, she's such an amazing actress - and an aside, if you've seen the animated movie 'the incredibles, the 'designer' character is based on combination of her and real life costume designer Edith Head.
Thanks so much for posting this video. What a talented actress! One of my favorites. Loved the movie, and her part as Billy Kwan was inspired. She totally deserved the award.
Linda Hunt has great acting in The Year of Living Dangerously. She becoming the first person to win an Oscar for playing a character of the opposite sex.
@mulberrytoast They clearly designed the look of the character after her, but the director of The Incredibles, Brad Bird, did a great voice for the character in the tests they do, so they just kept him. I think they talk about it in the DVD special features.
Edith Head was the inspiration for Edna Mode. Edith Head was a costume designer from the 30s to the 70s and won about 8 Oscars herself. Linda Hunt's look was just a coincidence.
Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeiffer, Julianne Moore, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Allen, five multi-nominated, talented actresses who have never won! YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY is one of my favorite films.
Love cher in Silwood, and glenn close but I love Linda Hunt in "The Year of Living Dangerously". That woman is a force in everything she does. Watch her also as a judge in the practice or hear her voice in the great tv show "Carnivale" (as management).
Linda Hunt was flawless In the of Living Dangerously...she deserved this Oscar...she's a wonderful actress.
Indeed! She is brilliant!
Yes I loved her narration and showing what a COMPLETE a-hole Guy Hamilton was (Mel Gibson) and how as Billy Kwan he/she was so in love with Sigourney Weaver’s character.
Yes she was a wonderful white woman playing an Asian man
I saw her the 1st time in Silverado, then backtracked. Brilliant as Brilliant gets 👏
I am a great admirer of Linda Hunt! She es gorgeous, phantastic actress!
The best thing about this is that her parents were both there to see her win the award. They were the ones who enrolled her in acting lessons with a coach to help her with her struggles in life. Little did they know she would be a star.
Richly deserved. One of the finest actresses ever. My God, was Alfre Woodard gorgeous. Still is!
Who??
She has aged well, robbed of a nomination for Clemency.
+Shimmering Fairy Dusy. the first time i heard of Alfre Woodard was Take The Lead in 2006 where she played the headmistress miss James
@@dannydougin3925 Did you watch the video or is it too long for your attention span?
Everybody who hasn't seen this movie, go out and see this film. It's got Linda, Mel and Sigourney freakin' Weaver in it! It's great.
Seen it a dozen times. Amazing film.
It reminds me of films like "Missing" and "Salvador," only it has a more optimistic (but still bittersweet) ending.
And it was directed by one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Peter Weir. His body of work speaks for itself --- here are some of the more memorable ones --- *_Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave, Gallipoli, The Year of Living Dangerously, Witness, Dead Poet's Society, Fearless, The Truman Show, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World._* He was a tremendous talent, who deserves far more credit for his work.
I have met the lovely Alfre Woodward several times. She is by far the nicest, Kindest person i have ever met.
It was / is a fantastic movie. Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver made an amazing screen couple. And of course, Linda Hunt was the main trophy of this film.
Linda Hunt gave a hauntingly beautiful performance in TYOLD and this award was so well deserved. So much humility in her speech--it brought tears to my eyes. I love it when nice things happen to nice people.
I love it too when people give thoughtful and genuine acceptance speeches.
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Oh Tally HO.......I agree
What a great film -- more than a film, an experience, and a rare mesmerizing performance by Linda Hunt.
Billy Kwan death was sad
One of my favorite films of all times. The romantic tension between Gibson and Weaver is magical. The same romantic tension exists between Ford and McGillis in Witness. Both films directed by Peter Weir. Linda Hunt's performance is one for the ages. Brilliant!
I remember this film so well, after Star Wars, it was the next film that I saw twice in a theater. I wanted to see it so much when it first came out, nobody was interested in seeing it with me. I went by myself and thought it was one of the best films I’d ever seen. It was enough for me to convince some friends to come with me again. They agreed, and I was thrilled when Linda Hunt won the Oscar. I just knew she would.
As an Indonesian people I`m very proud of her because in her speech Oscar winner she quoted the Indonesian phrase "Water from the moon" from one of Indonesian film she watched that even I did not know which Indonesian film she meant.
I think the phrase was from the movie she won Oscar. The Year of Living Dangerously
I thought maybe she meant “moon from the water” or “fetching moon from the water” which is also a Chinese saying that means an unattainable task. I’m not sure if that’s what she meant, or whether it’s also an Indonesian phrase, but a beautiful sentiment nevertheless.
That's amazing to hear. In a time where people are cancelled for portraying different races etc I feel like it helps build bridges and breaks down walls, if done respectfully and with dignity.
@@paperbackonly8438 its wayang philosophy JAVA
@@paperbackonly8438 pretty sure she told us exactly what she meant and didn't stutter while saying it
2019 - a rarity for a 35 year old Awards show = all 5 nominees and both presenters are still with us :-)
It is incredible that I can watch this in 2023 after only just rewatching TYOLDangerously lasty night for only the 3rd time in my life - I adore this film - I adore Linda's performance and the film is just as powerful now as it was then. Thankyou Linda
One of the most beautiful voices any actress has ever been blessed with, which is why it is so often used for narration. Probably the shortest winner in this category except perhaps Anna Paquin. I thought Dyan Cannon was going to pick her up. Hunt's performance in The Year of Living Dangerously is a phenomenon--daring, feisty, and sweet.
Linda Hunt was a collegial favorite judging from the applause her peers gave the mention of her name, and rightly so. She really made the living links between the principal characters, the story line and the Indonesian background. Great performance. She "supported" like Atlas holding up the world.
She may only stand about so high, but she's played some very formidable characters onscreen.
It’s a shame the Emmys never gave her an award for her work in The Practice. Such a talent.
Had to be one of the most eloquent acceptance speeches in the history of the Oscars.. 👏
Glenn Close seems like such a classy lady.
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You cannot buy talent = Linda was great in YoLD, Peter Weir was great, Mel was great - one of my favorite movies, brutal and sensitive at the same time as life itself, and beautifully shot, directed and acted to convey the turmoil of the times and passion of love! And music... oh my! When everything falls apart in violent world everything you have is your empathy and love.
Linda Hunt is one of our most versatile actors. Watch her in TYOLD and then her performance as Hetty on "NCIS-LA" She owns any role she takes!
Well earned and deserved. I just watched this film again yesterday. Linda was indeed magnificent.
I loved cher in Silkwood :( but linda hunt is awsome...like in If Looks Could Kill :D
One of the best Oscar speeches ever.
"Listen with your heart, you will understand..."
Like if you get this reference to Linda Hunt.
Edna Mode!!!...
looks like her so much eh??? glad i'm not the only one who noticed!!
Only came her for this comment LMAO
yeah, wonder why not many realized that
No capes!
imgur.com/gallery/lYDaL2S Not so it seems
She gave an outstanding performance in TYOLD. I knew her work before the movie but 3 mins into the film, she WAS Billy Kwan.
Much deserved & one of the best acceptance speeches ever! 🙏
her act in Year.of.Living.Dangerously.1982 was amazing!
Year of etc is one of my favorite flicks. I knew Linda Hunt was a lady playing the part of a man. She, amazingly, upstaged both Gibson and Weaver...that by itself was a jolt. I love her...she touches me somehow. Check out her expression when, in "year" she sees a car in front of the bungalow, touches the bullet holes, and smiles tenderly when she realizes the lovers are inside her home. She (as Billy cannot have Jill but is happy Gibson can. A great heart....
Among all the Supporting Actress winners, Linda almost certainly ranks in my Top 3.
Omg, what a stellar lineup of deserving actors... wow!!!
Linda Hunt gave one of the greatest performances of all time. Her acting was and is superb and is one of the pillars of greatest roles ever seen on the screen. It was a good film, but it is Linda Hunt who made it great.
Bravo, bravo.
Love her voice
What a beautiful speech.
There are only a few (very few) actors that i am driven to watch in anything , Linda Hunt is one of those , her presence on the screen makes her larger then life in my opinion , her brilliant acting and her powerful, intelligent voice makes it a joy to view whatever character she may be portraying .
How gorgeous does Alfre Woodard look here!?
It was one of the most pivotal roles in movie history, Linda Hunt played Billy Kwan, a dwarf man. It was a great movie, and I highly recommend it.
She is gracious, elegant and charming... love her.
Alfre Woodard sole Oscar nomination to go with her scores of Emmys.
She has more offers and projects in tv.
A shot of the audience behind the elderly couple is great actress Lee Remic. She looked beautiful! Sadly she died several years later after a long struggle against breast cancer. RIP sweet beautiful lady!
I believe she died as a result of kidney cancer
Just based on applause alone you knew who won. She had the loudest applause even some woos thrown in for good measure.
I love this woman She really deserved her Oscar She is a real powerhouse and a great actor I really miss her on NCIS LA The temporary replacements were ok but to me it was like ordering filet mignon and getting hamburger I am glad she is feeling somewhat better so that she has started doing a few minutes on screen and I can't wait till she is back in charge again as Hetty Lang God bless Ms Hunt
The all-time shortest actor to ever win an Oscar. But also one of the most gracious
and eloquent. But I swear Dyan Cannon was going to pick her up at first!!
One of the most eloquent and gracious acceptance speeches ever given. Not a fan of MEL GIBSON but forced myself to watch this film about ten years ago and LINDA HUNT stole the show.
Gibson was actually very good in this movie, perhaps he was directed well. I can't think of any of his work that in any way approaches this.
Gallipoli and Mrs Soffel. He was a much better actor as a young man. That was before the self-destruction which made him progressively self-conscious both on and off the screen. What an asshole.
Loved her in Kindergarten Cop. I think now I have to see The Year of Living Dangerously.
You wouldn't believe that The Year of Living Dangerously is so hard to get on DVD in the UK and that so few people are familiar with it.... Along with The Mission, and The Killing Fields, its one of the best films of that decade...
She's great here; so humble and gracious!
My earliest memory of Linda was her work on Kindergarten Cop, which I loved... fast forward to 2012 and NCIS:LA... she's simply irreplaceable in my mind!
Linda Hunt was incredible as the - male - reporter in that movie, Kwan. I didn't even know it was a woman until the movie was over. I had no idea she was that tiny till I saw this. I wish I was as good as her.
That was a lovely acceptance speech by Linda Hunt (& a great performance in a memorable film; especially (for me) when Sigourney Weaver's walk in the rain to find Mel Gibson. ~That~'s a love scene, made in the 'old way' -not showing a lot of unnecessary skin, but still showing the heat b/w the two characters. It's almost palpable, the attraction/passion/love b/w Weaver's character & Gibson's. The soundtrack helps, too.)
She's very sincere and genuine, god bless her
Cher looks great!😘
She had clear braces at the time on her teeth.
She was fabulous playing a boy in that movie. I love her in NCIS Los Angelos. She is a great actress.
I could sit and listen to her speak for eternity.
A big talent & personality tightly wrapped in a tiny body. That too is "water from the moon". Even Oscar is not quite up to Linda Hunt's standard. Brava, Ms Hunt 👏👏👏
I love all her movies! But her character went through so much. Mrs. Hunt was incrediable!
What a classy delivery. It's rare to see and hear something like it - even moreso nowadays.
Thanks for posting this, it was great to see. Linda Hunt was brilliant in that movie and totally deserving of an Oscar. Nice speech too :)
Linda won against Hollywood royalty!
Bravo.
brilliant, brilliant actress and voice-over artist.
Cher was ridiculed when people found out she’d be doing ‘silkwood’ but she got the last laugh!
I really wanted her to win! No one could have foreseen she would be nominated again 4 years later for "Moonstruck" much less win.
What a great performance. She was so deserving!
Linda Hunt..❤ You..Rock Girl ❤💪👍
Superb performance. Also saw her getting her car washed a few years ago off Santa Monica. Lovely human.
Linda hunt ...great actresss
Amazing and important film, and such a well deserved Oscar.
She's really good in NCIS. We never watched a lot untill this year.
Ha! Cher's like, "no touching," at :20.
+Amamkoncahuanquichu It really is a funny and telling moment.
+Amamkoncahuanquichu I don't think that she meant anything by it actually. I think she just didn't want to be encumbered under Kilmer's arm, and wanted to feel free.
NOBODY deserved this more than Linda Hunt. And I'm a die-hard fan of Glenn Close.
Dyan Cannon, such a beautiful, talented actress in her own right.
Your sarcasm is delicious!!
I Love her, she's such an amazing actress - and an aside, if you've seen the animated movie 'the incredibles, the 'designer' character is based on combination of her and real life costume designer Edith Head.
She’s like that character from The Incredibles, you know?
Dang, who know Hetty Lang was such a gifted actress?
when the best performances used to consistently win.... before the Mira Sorvino's, Helen Hunt's, Gwyneth Paltrow's etc
Grandmother Willow taking home some Oscar gold!
Well deserved ! I love her !
very deserved it. She was great in that movie.
Saw the film again last week. She is by far the best thing in it, superb performance of a very difficult character role and a highly deserved win!
LOL!!! when they say cher and u see her, u can see her son waving at the camera with the cutest grin on his face!
her grace and eloquence somehow manage to match her voice and delivery. a treasure.
Thanks so much for posting this video. What a talented actress! One of my favorites. Loved the movie, and her part as Billy Kwan was inspired. She totally deserved the award.
One of the best wins of all time.
Linda Hunt has great acting in The Year of Living Dangerously. She becoming the first person to win an Oscar for playing a character of the opposite sex.
Academy got it right. Well deserved Oscar.
It's sad but I bet tons of people have never scene this film. Vastly reccomend it. A young Mel Gibson is also pretty darn good in this too!
@mulberrytoast They clearly designed the look of the character after her, but the director of The Incredibles, Brad Bird, did a great voice for the character in the tests they do, so they just kept him. I think they talk about it in the DVD special features.
Edith Head was the inspiration for Edna Mode. Edith Head was a costume designer from the 30s to the 70s and won about 8 Oscars herself.
Linda Hunt's look was just a coincidence.
So much power packed into such a compact package.
Give Linda another Award for the speech. It was one of its kind.
Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeiffer, Julianne Moore, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Allen, five multi-nominated, talented actresses who have never won! YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY is one of my favorite films.
Totally agree ! She's such a classy and delightful lady ! And a F...G awesome actress !!!
0:39 Glenn and Meryl look like twins here! I don't know why they never played sisters in a movie.
One of my all-time all-time all-time favorite I love love love love love love love Linda Hunt she's an amazing actress unique I love all her movies
Is that Val Kilmer next to Cher?
I would gladly pay Linda Hunt to read the phone directory to me. What an amazing voice! What an amazing artist!
Cher may be not as good as Linda Hunt ! I love Linda in Living dangerously because of her engaging and flawless performance !!!
Love cher in Silwood, and glenn close but I love Linda Hunt in "The Year of Living Dangerously". That woman is a force in everything she does. Watch her also as a judge in the practice or hear her voice in the great tv show "Carnivale" (as management).
One of the best Oscar speeches ever!!!
So Great in SO MANY MOVIES & NCIS Los Angeles.
@MsAlleybear - Val Kilmer is sitting to Cher's right and I think the young boy is Elijah Blue, her son with Greg Allman.
A wonderful speech! Very moving!
As Linda grasped the golden idol, the sun's fierce rays pierced through the dark clouds, and lit the way to the temple of Ares.