A Beautiful Mind (2001) Written by Akiva Goldsman, based on a book by Sylvia Nasar. http://movieclips.com/iRK9-a-beautiful-mind-movie-the-nobel-prize/ John Nash: I've always believed in numbers. In the equations and logics that lead to reason. But after a lifetime of such pursuits, I ask, what truly is logic? Who decides reason? My quest has taken me through the physical, the metaphysical, the delusional and back. And I have made the most important discovery of my career. The most important discovery of my life. It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logical reasons can be found. I'm only here tonight because of you. You are the reason I am. You are all my reasons. Thank you. Trivia: At the Nobel Prize Award ceremony, His Majesty the King of Sweden hands each Laureate a diploma, a medal, and a document confirming the Prize amount. The Laureates do not give acceptance speeches. The scene in the movie A Beautiful Mind in which Nash thanks his wife Alicia for her continued support during his illness is fictional. Laureates are each invited to give an hour-long lecture; however, the Nobel committee did not ask Nash to do so, due to concerns over his mental health. Source: http://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/nash.shtml

An acceptance speech that is an inciting incident. In & Out (1997) Written by Paul Rudnick. http://movieclips.com/gExcr-in-and-out-movie-and-hes-gay/ Cameron: Nice, man. Nice. I'd like to thank a great director, an incredible cast, my agent, and my new agent, but... I'm just an actor playing someone. This really belongs to all the gay soldiers and sailors and other guys and women who defend this country to keep us free but can't date. So maybe I should thank someone else. Someone who's really been there, someone who taught me a lot, about poetry and Shakespeare, and just like, y'know, stayin' awake, man. Someone who's just an overall great guy, a great teacher... to Howard Brackett from Greenleaf, Indiana! And he's gay. Y'know, I've been thinking a lot about this night, and I've decided to dedicate this whole night to a great, gay teacher. Mr. Brackett, WE WON!

Nixon (1995) Written by Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson & Oliver Stone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuOdLY4EYSs Richard Nixon: When the strongest nation in the world can be tied down for four years in a war in Vietnam, with no end in sight; when the richest nation in the world can't manage its own economy; when the nation with the greatest tradition of the rule of law is plagued by unprecedented lawlessness; when a nation that has been known for a century for equality of opportunity is torn by unprecedented racial violence; when the president of the United States cannot travel abroad or to any major city at home without fear of a hostile demonstration, then it is time for new leadership for the United States of America. As we look at America, we see cities enveloped in smoke and flame, millions of Americans crying out in anguish "Did we come all the way for this? Did American boys die in Normandy and Valley Forge for this?" I pledge to you that the current wave of violence will not be the wave of the future. Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth, to find the truth, to speak the truth and to live the truth. A new voice is being heard across America today. It is not the voice of the protesters or the shouters. It is the quiet voice of the majority of Americans who've been forgotten. The non-shouters, the non-demonstrators. They're the good people. They work hard and they save and they pay their taxes. Now, who are they? Let me tell you who they are. They're in this audience by the thousands. They're the white Americans and black Americans, Mexican Americans and Italian Americans. They're the great silent majority and they have become angry, finally. Angry, not with hate, but angry, my friends, because they love America and they don't like what's happened to America these last four years. Let us understand. North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that! I say to you tonight I say to you tonight we must have a new feeling of responsibility of self-discipline. We must look to renew state and local government. We must have a complete reform of a big, bloated federal government. Those of us in public service know we can have full prosperity in peacetime. Yes, we can cut the defense budget. We can reduce conventional forces in Europe. We can restore the natural environment. We can improve health care and make it more available to all people. And yes, we can have a complete reform of this government. We can have a new American revolution! - So much have changed in the world of politics in the past 44 years...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfI_HT39eeM Gale Sayers: [accepting the George S. Halas award] I'd like to tell you about a guy I know, a friend of mine. His name is Brian Piccolo. And he has the heart of a giant, and that rare form of courage that allows him to kid himself and his opponent, cancer. He has a mental attitude that makes me proud to have a friend who spells out the world 'courage,' 24 hours a day, every day of his life. Now you honor me by giving me this award. But I say to you here now Brian Piccolo is the man who deserves the George S. Halas award. It is mine tonight... and Brian Piccolo's tomorrow. [Theme "Brian's Song" begins to play] Gale Sayers: I love Brian Piccolo. And I'd like all of you to love him too. And so tonight, when you hit your knees, please ask God to love him.

This is great. I was looking for acceptance speech in Wag the Dog but guess what there never IS one. Will keep looking.

THE POSTMAN screenplay by Brian Helgeland and Eric Roth EXT. ST. ROSE - DAY 167 A beach town. No wall, no sentries, just cottages lining a dozen sand-swept streets. A crowd has gathered to hear The Postman's daughter, HOPE, mid-thirties, speak. Beside her, a bearded, 52-year-old Ford in his postmaster's uniform. They stand before a large, tarp-draped statue. HOPE But he never did see St. Rose. There was too much to be done. He'd made a promise and in keeping it -- he traded one dream for another. With no regrets. And so, in honor of my father... She unveils the statue: we've seen this before. It's The Postman on his horse, low-slung in the saddle, leaning down to pluck the letter from the Little Boy's hand. There's an OLDER MAN in the audience who seems especially moved by the statue. There's a younger man beside him. OLDER MAN That was me. As St. Rose applauds... (this is whole movie, go to end for speech) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENRuWNS1h9s&feature=colike

Wag the Dog is so funny. I have to watch it again.

Once again the DDT fans represent. Still need a couple to fill out this week's roster.

General Douglas MacArthur (Gregory Peck) presented his acceptance speech to West Point cadets on May 12, 1962 on the occasion of his receiving the Sylvanus Thayer Award: MacArthur (1977) Written by Hal Barwood & Matthew Robbins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsLjj5N-neY Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, and what you will be. They are your rallying points. They give you a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a freshness of the deep springs of life, a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, an appetite for adventure over love of ease. In this way, they will teach you to be an officer and a gentleman. From your ranks come the great captains who will hold the nation's destiny in their hands the moment the war tocsin sounds. The Long Gray Line has never failed us. Were you to do so, a million ghosts in olive drab, in brown khaki, in blue and gray, would rise from their white crosses thundering those magic words: "Duty, Honor, Country." This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. But always in our minds ring the ominous words of Plato: “Only the dead have seen the end of war.”