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In 2010, the Oscar acceptance speech time limit was reduced to 45 seconds, and this year, producers asked nominees to send them a list of all those they would like to thank. The producers are hopeful that this will end the lengthy tradition of winners producing a handwritten list of names, or running out of time before they get to speak "from the heart about the art, about the vision, about the experience, about the meaning of the moment," producer David Hill explained. To welcome this new era of Oscar speechmaking, take a look back at 10 of the Oscars' most longwinded winners.
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