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This new gala of the Oscar awards He has left moments that will remain forever in history, from Brendan Fraser’s emotional speech to John Travolta’s tears when talking about Olvia Newton-John.
In turn, another of the most iconic moments was starred by the Irish actor James Martin, who participated in the film “An Irish Goodbye”.
Also called “An Irish Goodby” this production won the statuette in the best short film category, and the directors, Ross White and Tom Berkely, took the stage with the main cast.
The audience sang “Happy Birthday” to James Martin
James Martin is an actor with Down Syndrome and upon receiving the precious statuette, he gave a thank you speech, but also took the opportunity to tell everyone that it was his birthday: “To all the nominees, your work has inspired us so much, thank you to everyone in Northern Ireland, we would have loved name them all, but they know who they are. Something very important that we want is that it is the second prize that we have won and the best thing is that it’s my birthday, We are in Hollywood, in a tuxedo and celebrating”.
This is why director Tom Berkeley asked the audience at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles to join him in singing happy birthday to Martin: “There is something very important that we have to talk about and that is that today is this man’s birthday and he is here in Hollywood in a leopard suit.”
“An Irish Goodby”
This short film presents the story of the reunion of two brothers after the death of their motherwho must also fulfill a wish list that their mother left before she passed away.
In the synopsis of this film you can read:
In a rural area of Northern Ireland, the Turlough brothers and Lorcan meet again after the unexpected death of their mother.. But the brothers’ painful return home is made worse by the fact that Turlough has to relocate Lorcan, who has Down’s Syndrome. When the brothers discover their mother’s unfulfilled wish list, Lorcan sees an opportunity: he’ll only agree to leave the farm if he and Turlough fulfill every wish on that list… All 100.
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