Marlon Brando's Oscar® win for "The Godfather"

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Marlon Brando's Oscar® win for "The Godfather"
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Sacheen Littlefeather refuses to accept the Best Actor Oscar® on behalf of Marlon Brando for his performance in "The Godfather" at the 45th annual Academy Awards® in 1973. Liv Ullmann and Roger Moore presented the award.
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ShadowWhelp
ShadowWhelp
2 years ago
She said all this so politely and respectfully, but people still booed her.

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KebabMusicLtd
KebabMusicLtd
6 days ago
She was the only true 'american' there that night.

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Mr Pink
Mr Pink
4 months ago
Im here to denounce the treatment of native americans in Hollywood....
*gets mistreated inmediately *

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Shubham Thakur
Shubham Thakur
4 months ago
Never seen a human talking so politely.

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Japhy Ryder
Japhy Ryder
3 months ago
"Your boos mean nothing. I've seen what makes you cheer!"
- Rick Sanchez

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NoExcuseWarrior
NoExcuseWarrior
1 year ago
“ I suppose they were booing at me as I interrupted their fantasy with a little reality”. -Marlon Brando

-Real Man

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Freddie Fonda
Freddie Fonda
1 month ago
Wow. Marlon's method acting is insane, I didn't even recognize him.

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Paco L.
Paco L.
1 month ago
They gave him an Oscar he could refuse

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Ryan W
Ryan W
2 months ago
What I see is the Immigrants booing the Native.

Times may have changed, but we have learnt nothing.

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Suman Kumar
Suman Kumar
2 days ago
Hollywood and Oscars are still racists and bigots.
Marlo was way ahead of his time.

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Jason Jackson
Jason Jackson
11 months ago
The people who booed inadvertently proved Brando’s point about racism. He was way ahead of his time.

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ayush shrote
ayush shrote
2 months ago
this video is a proof that they're actually mistreated.

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Daniel Keller
Daniel Keller
3 months ago
For people who say the times were better “back then,” yeah maybe for white people. Smh

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Ahmad JK
Ahmad JK
3 months ago (edited)
The people who disliked this video are descendants of them who booed that night.

Edit:
Although her motive was true and right, but we all know why she is so impressing in this speach? Because she is an actor and knows how to conquer facial expressions.

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Jerry Polverino
Jerry Polverino
5 months ago
A truly beautiful moment in American cinema.  One of Brando’s finest moments and he was not even in it.

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tori2dles
tori2dles
3 months ago
Wow. This is 47 years ago during the height of the Wounded Knee protests.

She’s so graceful, reverent and poignant. Her face makes me tear up. She is also stunningly beautiful.

How terribly sad it has taken us this long to even do the smallest acknowledgment of ancestral lands. Thank you, Taika Waititi, for doing that last night (2020 Oscars). As a Maori, you get it.

The USA could learn A LOT from NZ about race relations, truth and reconciliation. It hasn’t been a perfect process, but at least there is some attempt at redress.

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SunnyD
SunnyD
3 months ago
2020: Joaquin Phoenix sends a calf to accept his Oscar for “Joker”

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Milan Henegamage
Milan Henegamage
2 months ago
Probably the most badass moment in the history of Oscar's and the strongest ever speech of acceptance/rejection delivered by one of the most elegant women ever to step on the stage 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Dylan Ginther
Dylan Ginther
4 months ago
I cant believe ppl booed her seeing how heart felt she looked

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roham naderi
roham naderi
2 years ago
This is why nobody can be marlon brando
Nobody can ignore an oscar
But he did
He is one
He is a true godfather

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I-IA/\/\ N
I-IA/\/\ N
1 day ago
1:39 They tried to boo her out but Brandon's friends clapped quiet the booers.

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Rudy G.
Rudy G.
4 months ago
Wow I didn’t know Marlon Brando was such a big human being.  Much love to him.  Rip.

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jaylecia davila
jaylecia davila
1 month ago
She was booed for standing up for herself and her community. Smh.

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Ann Oldham
Ann Oldham
3 months ago
Brando was ahead of his time.  I remember seeing this on TV.  Apparently,  John Wayne was held back from intervening.

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Kankan Malakar
Kankan Malakar
10 months ago
Marlon Brando: "They made me an offer...that i refused."

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psynchro
psynchro
5 months ago
I love her hand shushing the Oscar. It was like, "This is not the moment you are looking for". A moment of grace.

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Visuvius The Spirit Child
Visuvius The Spirit Child
3 months ago
At least Hollywood was honest back then about their contempt for minorities and others not in their elite circle, as opposed to the disingenuous virtue signaling we get these days.

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Harrison
Harrison
4 months ago
Marlon Brando was way ahead of his time

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HitchensImmortal
HitchensImmortal
3 months ago
Anyone who really pisses off John Wayne is a friend of mine.

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GreshTooFresh
GreshTooFresh
8 months ago
Omg imagine if someone booed today, their career would be instantly shut down

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Ney Neys
Ney Neys
4 months ago
the way she talks calms me gosh! Her eyes are so expressive

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Author Juliet D. Jones
Author Juliet D. Jones
1 month ago
John Wayne's true racist and misogynistic character was revealed on this night in Oscar History....he had to be restrained from physically attacking her!

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C Karthikesavan
C Karthikesavan
2 months ago
Oscars: Here's the Oscar
Marlon Brando: Oscar... Who?
Oscar Wilde: Nowadays people know the price of everything and value of nothing.