The best acceptance speech ever: Mickey Rourke wins best actor for ‘The Wrestler’

02.24.2013
12:23 pm

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Okay, it’s not the Academy Award, but that doesn’t stop it from being one of the sweetest, funniest and raunchiest acceptance speeches ever. Mickey takes best actor for his staggering performance in The Wrestler. 2009, Independent Spirit Awards.

Tonight, I’ll be rooting for Searching For Sugarman, Life Of Pi, Quvenzhané Wallis, Christoph Waltz, Helen Hunt and wishing Holy Motors and Deny Lavant had been nominated.

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