Michael Fassbender and Golden Lion winning director Aleksandr Sokurov react to their award wins

(10 Sep 2011) SHOTLIST
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Venice, Italy, 10 September 2011
1. Wide shot, pan of crowds
2. Wide shot, with zoom in, best actor winner Michael Fassbender, UPSOUND Reporter: "For everybody you were the winner." SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Fassbender: "Grazie, grazie mille."
Reporter: "But I just apologize because they haven''t awarded the movie because the movie is wonderful too."
Fassbender: "Well you know, that is really the reason I''m standing here is because of Steve, Steve McQueen. He always tries to ask questions which are relevant to today and put us in a place that sometimes is not so comfortable and that is what is so special about here - that the Venice audience really took it on board and they were honest and appreciated the film. I''m very very grateful."
Reporter: "I am so happy they have understood the movie."
Fassbender: "Me too, you know, that is the thing, when you start doing something like this you think it is important to yourself and you hope that it''s going to affect other people like does yourself and that is the best we try and do. You know, real story telling and hopefully it touches people and they ask some questions and we try and figure out exactly what we are doing here as a human race."
Reporter: "Your first important award."
Fassbender: " Yes, that you (shows off award)."
Reporter: "How are you going to celebrate?"
Fassbender: "I''ve already drank some beer out of this, look, you can see there is still a little bit left in here. In fact, I''ll drink some more (drinks beer out of award). It''s very good."
Reporter: " Have you managed to phone anybody yet? Any family members?"
Fassbender: "Yeah, I just send a photo to my parents, so I''m waiting to hear a reply there."
Reporter: "Congratulations."
Fassbender: "Thank you so much."
Fassbender posing for photos with award
3. Cutaway cameraman
4. Wide of Golden Lion winning director Aleksandr Sokurov for the film "Faust", with zoom in, UPSOUND (English) Reporter: "Aleksandr congratulations, how do you feel?"
SOUNDBITE (English) Alexander Sokurov: "Thank you very much, it is very sudden for me."
Reporter: "Who were you calling right now?"
Sokurov: "Yeah, yeah, from many countries and Russia of course too. Thank you very much, thank you very much."
Reporter: "How did you feel when you heard that your name was called out? Did you feel nervous, excited?
Sokurov (Russian): "Not nervous at all because I am in Venice not to win the prize but to show my film."
5. Close up Golden Lion award
6. UPSOUND (English) Reporter: "Thank you to Sokurov and to Goethe."
Sokurov (English): "To Goethe, to Goethe, thank you to Goethe, not Sokurov, Goethe and our cinema culture. Our cinema culture in Russia, Europe, of course. Thank you very much."
7. Wide shot head of jury, director Darren Aronofsky, UPSOUND Reporter: "Darren, it''s all over, how did you find the experience?"
Aronofsky: "I don''t think I''m going to watch another movie for a month." Aronofsky walks away
8. Tracking shot of Silver Lion winner director Shangjun Cai for "People Mountain People Sea"
STORYLINE
FASSBENDER STARTS VENICE CELEBRATIONS EARLY
Michael Fassbender started his celebrations early Saturday (10 SEPT.) as he scooped the Best actor award at the 68th Venice Film Festival for his role in Steve McQueen''s "Shame."
As he left the auditorium for the winner''s press conference he told AP that he had already got the party started by putting his cup shaped award to good use:
The 34 year old actor, who rose to fame in McQueen''s debut feature "Hunger" was reunited with the director for "Shame."
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