Ang Lee ‪Wins Best Directing: 2006 Oscars

[@youdbettertube]

he's won 2 oscars yet i still feel he's one of the most underrated directors of our time.

[@blupatches3030]

same

[@davy209]

Well technically 3 Oscars but I know I What you mean!

[@jordanbee1764]

youdbettertube My fav director. He can do anything. Very diverse.

[@32radendevantiary.k63]

U right

[@800Ms-k6n]

and he beat Spielberg, twice.....

[@hg82met]

Brokeback Mountain was a cultural milestone - people still watch and talk about it after 15 years. The best film winner (Crash) is now mostly forgotten.

[@lostdeeply397]

True 😭😭

[@澳洲龍蝦芝士焗]

like Argo.

[@jlo12]

@@澳洲龍蝦芝士焗 Argo was a good film

[@LearnwithfunEnglish]

It's a universal love story. Can watch this 100 times

[@djm55]

Thank you! I just made a similar comment. I can't believe this movie won the Best Picture Oscar. It's beyond mediocre.

[@robertoruggio6438]

Thank you for this movie, Ang Lee. You were robbed of Best Picture and everyone knows that.

[@3916690]

Yeah agreed with you.....Brokeback Mountain should win best picture at the Oscar ceremony....

[@nickmesafilms]

How did a remarkable film such as Brokeback Mountain lose the Best Picture to the hypocritical and pretentious Crash?

[@independentfilmchannel1476]

I loved Crash despite its stupid title. It was an audacious and surprising expose of social prejudices we are all supposed to be over, convincingly presented. But everything pointed to Brokeback Mountain winning, having been honored by virtually every other single award-giving body. It was rather gutless of the academy, for whatever reason, to reward its screenplay and direction but not going the extra mile to best picture (though it's happened before with The Informer, the Treasure of the Sierra Madre, probably others). Perhaps it was just too scary a prospect for individual voters to give a gay love story their ultimate stamp of approval--a very odd but telling complication from a community as enlightened as Hollywood supposedly is.

[@elephantbluepeter]

The same can be said for "Life of Pi".

[@youdbettertube]

+INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL that in itself is a more interesting story of social prejudice than anything in crash

[@jwelch5742]

Brokeback Mountain has great directing. Ang Lee became the first non-white, first Asian and first person of color to win the Academy Award for Best Director.

[@lpphillyfan]

And now 7 out of the last 8 winners have been either Latin American or Asian!

[@Zanderthegrape]

@@lpphillyfan Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, and Guillermo Del Toro are considered White . Predominate Spanish race with no Indigenous or Chicanao roots.

[@lpphillyfan]

@@Zanderthegrape So? It's still an achievement for a non- American to win. Especially with all the anti-Mexican xenophobia recently.

[@Zanderthegrape]

Leo Mount for sure it is awesome that Mexico is getting representation. There’s just an intersection of race and class that exists within the Latino community that isn’t really addressed

[@lpphillyfan]

@@Zanderthegrape That's fair enough.

[@ylin17]

Love how gracious Ang Lee always acts, and acknowledges Taiwan during his Oscar speeches

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Massively ahead of its time, that movie. The general public didn't take it seriously in 2005.

[@emmanuelbucaneg9291]

The public actually took it seriously. The movie was critically aclaimed and it was a box office success.

[@albertstock85]

The public did take it seriously! As recent Oscar movies go, it was a very solid box office performer, critics deservedly praised it non stop, and it was the recipient of numerous awards and nominations. Alongside Munich, it was my favorite film of the year, and I watched it multiple times in the theater. It is still considered the rightful winner of Best Picture. I have long contested that Crash is not a horrible film, it has a lot of merit. But it’s abundantly clear that Brokeback Mountain should have won Best Picture that year. It is a timeless and eternal classic that seized upon the zeitgeist of those early 2000s. I was in my 4th semester of film school at the time and it was a extremely influential film upon that generation of film students.

[@gergq5888]

And if it came out today, I would roll my eyes. It’s the perfect movie that came at the perfect time.

[@yelyint5620]

'Ang Lee' is a gentleman. Not an ordinary gentleman, he's an extraordinary one. 'Ang Lee' is an artist. Not an ordinary artist, he has an incredibly visionary instinct. 'Ang Lee' is a masterpiece-creator. Not an ordinary one-hit wonder, he is one of a kind whose beautiful works will never be forgotten and will always be remembered. #BrokebackMountain #AngLee #BestDirector #OSCARs

[@tonyswe9463]

i agree

[@sarahkim9328]

aww such a humble and genuine speech. seems like a great guy

[@59771006]

The right person won it's as simple as that.

[@tanchotique4635]

Brokeback Mountain, the movie of all time

[@tanchotique4635]

great

[@dhruvildesai6911]

facts

[@viethunghoang2669]

Respect Heath Ledger , Ang Lee , Michelle Williams , Jake Gyllenhaal and all of person who make this great movie

[@mochamediwan7291]

Wait heath died?? 😭😭

[@Shywhisperer]

@@mochamediwan7291 Yes :( 💔 I think he passed away in 2008 due to Cardiac Arrest. I watched this movie today and it was SO...just indescribable. So touching and almost broke me by the end. A must watch for all, irrespective of their sexuality ❤️👏🏻

[@papillonvu]

Ang Lee was robbed of a nomination for directing Sense & Sensibility. He was robbed of an Oscar for directing Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. And most egregious, he was robbed of a Best Picture Oscar for Brokeback Mountain!

[@paulchen355]

I was so surprised he actually directed sense and sensibility. Seems like it was a lot of pressure. The cast are all formidable actors

[@andrisbogdans5103]

Sense and sensibility. Sure For the Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - no. Peter Jackson displayed better directing for all 3 Lord of the Ring's movies but you know I guess they just decided to ram every oscar for the Return of the King. Ether way, noone was winning directing award that year besides Jackson and that's only fair. And the best picture well, you're right. Nobody gived and still gives a fuck about Crash. It's just that bad. Most people still enjoy Brokeback Mountain though.

[@jcmat9917]

Interestingly enough, the 2 films for which Ang Lee won Best Director Oscars (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and LIFE OF PI) failed to win the Best Picture Oscar… 😕

[@py.5831]

@@andrisbogdans5103 Um, Steven Soderbergh won the directing award that year for Traffic, not Peter Jackson, the first LOTR is nominated next year and still Peter Jackson did not win that year, so you gotta make your opinion on whether Lee is better than Soderbergh that year

[@indiiedreamer]

I'm still so upset that Brokeback didn't win best pìcture

[@tonism-music]

Ang Lee is incredible. He's done Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Sense and Sensibility, Life of Pi, among others. How can all those films be directed by the same person.

[@thynguyen911]

Brokeback Mountain has got to be one of my all time favorite movies. That movie is just so fucking amazing! I had to watch it twice to really understand the beauty of it and what a heartbroken story it was!

[@Elias_Elemn]

I knew about Brokeback Mountain when I was 6 years old, everybody was talking about it, but in my country (Paraguay) it was a joke object. Gays were a joke object and still, but not as it was at that time. Now that I’m 22 years old gay man I saw it for the first time and I can say that this is the best movie I have ever seen in my life. I can totally understand why it was such a big thing and now it is going to be me. Thank you for making this movie. ❤️ Pd: Rest In Peace Heath Ledger, that was tremendous.

[@adrietc]

Oww, tenemos la misma edad y me acuerdo de lo mismo que vos, también soy de Paraguay y sólo se burlaban de esa película y eran muy homofóbicos, incluso hasta hoy en día no toman en serio a la película acá

[@JKiNG945]

what an inspiring man.

[@kentonpryor7091]

Ang Lee is one amazing storyteller!

[@Yeswecan99]

Saw the movie today....oh my god!! It is a masterpiece..every aspect of the movie is perfect and so subtle..

[@NiVi192]

Oh come on, I just stopped cryin having seen Brokeback Mountain, now I start crying again, because of this clip... and I thought I'm none of these hyper- dramatical girls!! Sorry, this brilliant movie really is represented by an extraordinary cast. Congratulations Mr. Lee and THANK YOU!

[@josearce4526]

Great director!

[@ChristianFrates1997]

That's why Hulk is so underrated.

[@Boomboxboi]

He won for brokeback mountain and 6 yrs later Life of Pi!! Two socially groundbreaking films with spectacular stories!!

[@Lin_Zhou]

so so so proud of Ang Lee. i loved Brokeback Mountain, and despite the whole controversy regarding it being two cowboys, i think Ang Lee directed the movie perfectly. also, for him to mention how gay love is denied by society, ah, so proud!

[@AnneSmith-l8t]

Absolutely one of the best love stories ever, brilliant cast, magnificent storytelling.

[@blupatches3030]

I keep coming back to his speeches, interviews; the words in his book traced profoundly magical lines in my head. It's a palpable sense of appreciation and genuine love which connects the humanity. I can't thank him more for existing, as I look up to him as a role model, a life mentor. 謝謝您，李安。

[@rahulvinalnarayan9743]

One of my all time favorite directors.

[@Robson1898vascao]

Crash wasnt even NOMINATED to Golden Globe Awards Best Picture.

[@tavellclinton9256]

He was supposed to direct Terminator 3 but he decided to direct Hulk instead.

[@SlenWash]

Tavell Clinton I'm curious as to what the final product would have been.

[@57yearoldjamesbond]

Neither was The Sting

[@kdmiranda]

Such a great movie!!!! So well deserved.....Amazing director!

[@sanyrub]

Crash is on every single list I´ve seen about the worst films to win an Oscar lol I remember that night and I couldn´t believe it. All the other 4 nominees were better, especially Brokeback Mountain of course.

[@RendyLannister]

a 100% Asian director made a 100% western gay film, and the result is stunning.

[@imohsam4390]

2018 here. And yes, he mentioned to Oscar: “ I wish I knew how to quit you” - Jack Twist (line that broke Ennis heart)

[@robingronwald7993]

Such a great director and artist

[@gavinmasterson8202]

SO WELL DESERVED THAT YEAR!

[@virginialong7353]

Yes, they were cheated. BBM should have won Best Picture. Heath and Jake, each should have won Oscars !!!!! Give credit where credit is do. That what pisses people off.

[@khalidamajoud2437]

I can't say for sure about Heath and Jake, though their performances were nothing short of remarkable. But if there is one indisputable fact in life, it's that BBM should have won the best movie category. Alas, CRASH, albeit good, was more moral lesson giver, consensual prize rabbing material...

[@MrAkashvj96]

i agree Brokeback mountain should have won best picture but i don't think either Heath or Jake could have won those oscars because Hoffman and Clooney had picked up most of the pre-oscar awards and were hot favorites to win that night.

[@eddjoey]

Akash Vijay clooney only won the Globe prior to oscar night, it was a very open race

[@MrAkashvj96]

eduardo ramirez oh i'm sorry i meant to say only phillip seymour picked up all awards but you're right jake still had a shot at this.

[@jwelch5742]

There wasn't no cheated, the Academy voters are always right.

[@girubaasnee2699]

One of my favourite film BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN my favourite director Ang Lee he deserve it great picturiation best man

[@Avalyn_Wu]

That just shows how awesome Ang Lee is

[@sethd6485]

the Oscars actually did Crash and themselves a disservice because Crash will now forever be known as the film that stole Brokeback Mountain’s rightful Oscar. one of the worst upsets in Oscar history.

[@jealousofmypuddin]

Heath was very deserving that year. Nuanced, amazing performance.

[@mr.introvert6173]

Jake too

[@valmacclinchy]

​@@mr.introvert6173yes, absolutely! Jake won a well-deserved BAFTA for his role, and should have won an Oscar, too!

[@NeoConnor1]

That was Philip Seymour Hoffman's year. He deserved it for Capote.

[@FrancisKLJ292]

Brokeback mountain is the best movie of its kind.

[@abdandjarminzget4998]

Thank you for this movie Ang Lee.

[@nguyenuchoainam1735]

Thank you Ang Lee for a really touching Speech

[@kgpppp]

I’m so proud of you sir

[@brackenalexander1163]

I still don't understand how Brokeback Mountain lost best picture to Crash. I mean, crash was a pretty good movie, but it didn't have the cultural impact that Brokeback had. Besides, Brokeback did WAY better at the box office and has much more positive reviews on rotten tomatoes.

[@dinisjia5682]

NYPD is better than Crash

[@axr7149]

With all due respect, I personally believe neither film deserved to win that year. In my view, both Picture and Director should've gone to MUNICH instead.

[@ItingaNicholas]

He so deserved it! Brokeback Mountain is awesome!

[@sterlingtsai2579]

謝謝大家的關心🙌🙌🙌

[@nimadresvlog]

The two times when Ang Lee has been nomited for the Oscar is Spielberg there too.

[@marneebox]

My nominees: Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"*(WINNER) Paul Haggis, "Crash" George Clooney, "Good Night & Good Luck" Peter Jackson, "King Kong" Steven Spielberg, "Munich"

[@rickardkaufman3988]

My nominees: Ang Lee: Brokeback Mountain (WINNER) George Clooney: Good Night & Good Luck Steven Spielberg: Munich James Mangold: Walk The Line Caché: Michael Haneke

[@rickardkaufman3988]

@Diego Pisfil Agreed. Brokeback Mountain has better quality than a "racism is over" movie like Crash. I literally cry every time Heath Ledger says," Jack.. I swear."

[@slickchrissy]

He seems like he would be a lovely director to work for........

[@TedExpo1]

Such a humble guy.

[@bluelleia]

thank you ang lee!!

[@hassanelawad]

about time they put this up

[@Lizu_twist]

實至名歸 十八年過去了 ““斷背山””依舊是部值得一再回味的好作品

[@mateuscarvalho3870]

It's funny how "Shakespeare in Love" and "Crash" both lost Best Director to the one who really deserved to win.

[@MariaPaula-mh1yz]

We love Ang Lee.

[@peppesz9974]

What a wonderful movie ❤

[@ericklistyanto6419]

The music background make me cry, tnx u Gustavo Santolalla for the sad music, it was broke my heart , Thx u Diana Ossana for the brilliant story between Ennis and Jack

[@conrad7155]

Why didn't he get a standing ovation?!

[@jfuya2000]

don't worry, they stood right away when he won again for Life of Pi :)

[@LadyJay114]

Remember, this was 2006. The Oscars were a lot different back then. The US was in the middle of the war in Iraq & Afghanistan so there was no love lost in the country. Also, unfortunately, many people didn't take the "gay cowboy movie" seriously. It turned out to be at the Academy & Hollywood's chagrin.

[@indiegamedevleven]

谢谢李安. 期待更好的作品 赢得Oscars

[@gl-jj3tk]

Ang Lee walked so Bong Joon Ho could run

[@thegamerkid8403]

Simply the best he speaks with grace

[@Daviysoh]

I hope the Academy will give him 'Best Picture' someday.

[@browndbeanz7446]

omg I saw Heath Ledger

[@apullcan]

so did I! i got so sad...

[@ccchezzaa]

because he’s the main actor in the movie?

[@rickardkaufman3988]

@@ccchezzaa because he died a decade ago and we still love his work today.

[@ccchezzaa]

Rickard Kaufman yeh me too lol

[@user-hp9bg9oq5r]

Anyone noticed Hanks calling Stewart a douchebag and something with "fuck" in it?

[@Xeisin]

I didn't notice that before, lol.

[@VanildoJunior]

+Nτινος Σταματιου Yeah, I heard once that he was angry because of the Forrest Gump music that played when he entered. He didn't like very much to be associated to the character he once played. But I really don't know if this is true.

[@chelseapoet3664]

I wish he'd thanked Jake and Heath. Two outstanding performances.

[@470George]

What is a Crash again?

[@jinba1287]

Ang lee really deserves this award

[@user-qf3cv3yn5e]

Thank YOU Ang Lee xoxo

[@Paullittos]

Ang lee have won 2 times vs Spielberg

[@millyfoster]

so so so well deserved

[@davy209]

I give credit to Ang Lee for having the courage to make Brokeback Mountain, especially during a time when homosexuality was still a taboo subject and gay marriage wasn’t legal in the country back in 2005.

[@Randika-is6yz]

when the Mr. Hank come out, the music remind me, Forrest

[@inotubol]

A well desered Oscar : He is an excellent director movies...

[@rosabbx]

I guess best director is all Brokeback Mountain could come close to for that best picture to make up for their loss. The most disappointing night in Oscar history. They deserved that award for best picture and everyone knew it. Ironically Crash director Paul Haggis himself later said Crash didn’t deserve that award

[@joewhitehead3]

Rosa Baca Its been over ten years & if people, such as yourself, are still talking about Brokeback Mountain, then it didn’t need to win best picture. Besides, the Crash director was probably just being modest

[@rickardkaufman3988]

@@joewhitehead3 He wasn't being modest. He didn't want the film to win as he loved Brokeback Mountain.

[@joewhitehead3]

Rickard Kaufman I’m sure most filmmakers feel that way

[@croftw9325]

He is great

[@MeganWoodard1984]

:) Love you Ang!

[@inderdeepsingh2390]

Legend♥️♥️♥️

[@jaburuians]

legend.

[@joseph32427]

When the camera focused on Heath Ledger, I was like when did Taylor Swift and he got together?? And then it was Michelle all along. Lol.

[@thekeonjhariatokaa7609]

This guy beat Spielberg twice.

[@loghen01]

The co-writer and producer of the film.

[@moamoris3155]

Merecido amo esta pelicula😭

[@djhao0901]

Ang lee is movie god

[@JayASolIs]

"I wish I knew how to quit you"

[@tonyswe9463]

To Ang Lee, please make another wuxia genre movie like Crouching tiger hidden dragon. It was a masterpiece.

[@ani2756]

So humble, should have thanked the cast though, Heath and Jake made this movie so special 👨‍❤️‍👨

[@jonlogan8153]

And yet Brockeback lost to Crash WTF!!

[@NZ-DongFangMedia]

Thanks a lot 李安

[@adamzanzie]

Tom Hanks looks MAD AS HELL at 0:12. I wonder why? Roger Ebert wrote: "Many Oscarcast viewers thought they saw Hanks saying something angry to host Jon Stewart. Lip-readers who recorded it came up with highly colorful possibilities. But was he talking to Stewart? From the TV viewer's POV, Hanks seemed to be looking at Stewart. But he could also, in the same line of sight, have been looking at Bill Conti, the musical director, who was not visible in the TV shot. Defamer.com has produced a plausible theory. The site says Hanks thought he had a deal with Conti and the Academy that they would not play the theme from 'Forrest Gump' when he came onstage; he is tired of always being identified with it. But that was the music played, and that's why he was unhappy."

[@foolishbit]

If Edward Yang were still alive, he could have been another filmmaker besides Ang Lee with the potential to win Oscars. His exceptional talent and profound explorations of Taiwanese society in films like "Yi Yi" and "A Brighter Summer Day" remain among my favorites.

[@nedagoligolkhani5173]

Best love story movie i ever seen 😍😍😍

[@dionatantss5985]

Deveria ter ganho de melhor filme também

[@ledgehall]

I was crushed when Brokeback lost Best Picture. Was a 20 year old, coming to terms with my own sexuality. Strange to say, but it still hurts a little.

[@mhaliza8594]

this speech makes me cry

[@zoehe1038]

Ang Lee❤Taiwan,HongKong and China

[@winter1861]

Asian are underrated in hollywood

[@facemakerable]

WOOHOO !! AWESOME !!

[@amiralcherani2662]

It should've won best picture but director belonged to George Clooney

[@jeffersonborges9932]

No, John Ford was the first. Two of his movies: The Informer (1935) and The Grapes of Wrath (1940) both were nominated for Best Picture and no one won. These two movies earned John Ford a Academy Award for Best Director.

[@scottwilliam3470]

munich!!!!!!!!!!!! best film of that year.

[@ronaldmcdonald2817]

Totally agree. It should have won best picture

[@rckkatansky5783]

Brokeback Mountain is much better than Moonlight

[@HAL-vm3wn]

Many, maaaannyyy movies are better than motherfucking Moonlight

[@Pascali_Huang]

Moonlight is not original. The film copied many scenes from several Hong Kong movies directed by Wong Kar Wai.