When you're a kid and have dreams of some day gracing the stage at the Academy
Awards, often you may make a few strange and unusual bets with your friends as to what you may say should you have the
chance to speak to millions of people across the globe.
Best actor front runner, Philip Seymour Hoffman, made one such bet....and it could come back to bite him in the ass. When he was 16, Hoffman, along with friends Bennett Miller (director of Capote) and Dan Futterman (writer of Capote) got a tiny bit wasted one night. Hoffman explains, "We had this friend at the time, Steven, and we all made this drunken pact that if one of us ever won the Academy Award, that we would bark the whole acceptance speech. We were very serious. Literally, we were like, 'I'll do that. I will definitely commit to that."
Now that they're all grown up and their film, Capote, may play a big role at this year's Oscar ceremony, what have the men decided to do? Well, according to Hoffman, when they met back up with their friend Steven recently, he reminded the Oscar-nominated actor that the bet was still valid...and Hoffman isn't happy. ""The thing is you can't just bark, you have to bark until they pull you off (the stage). Let's hope I don't have to get up there." Oh, what I would give to see this go down.
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2-24-2006 @ 7:06PM
Julian Lopez said...
I will teach the "Capote" nominees to bark like a big dog, so well, that even real dogs will turn their head to LISTEN, then bark back, "who is that? a new neighbor??"
I have many years of barking experience, and I am serious about my barking. Email me if interested. It would start a new era for the Oscars.
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2-26-2006 @ 9:21AM
Dorothy said...
If I were in this situation and won the Ocsar, I would have someone come on stage with me. Then I would bark two or three times and and the other person would "translate" the speech for me. This way you could keep your pact and still thank all the people via the translator. I think it would be hilarious and entertaining to do it that way.
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2-26-2006 @ 9:24AM
Tom Gatz said...
Most dogs "growl" before they bark, wonder if Phil Hoffman will start out or end with a growl...just wondering.
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2-26-2006 @ 1:10PM
Herb said...
I don't believe that there is a thing in the world wrong with barking like a dog for an acceptance speech. Especially an Oscar™ acceptance speech. Why, it seems like it was only yesterday that I was squeaking like a dolphin at my high school graduation.
Americans have a long and distinguished history of grunting an animal reply to some very important events and historic undertakings. Who can forget Armstrong's famous first broadcast from the moon, when he stated "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind," his voice keenly mimicking the magnificent sound of an Alaskan bull-moose elk. (Dude, seriously, if I ever get to the moon, you watch... I'm gonna do it dude, bull-Moose baby! Harrroooogahhh!)
In any event, Mr. Hoffman sir, we are behind you 110%, we will be watching Oscar™ Night! (Note: Before typing and publication, that last sentence was spoken out-loud in feline meow noises similar to that of a typical kitten, and should be thought of as such.)
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