Congrats to London, Ontario born Paul Haggis who was still floating on cloud nine Monday morning after winning the best picture Oscar for his film Crash on Sunday night.
Haggis and producer Cathy Schulman accepted the Best Picture Award from screen ledgend Jack Nicholson.
Coming from directly from Hollywood celebrations and hobnobbing with the biggest stars, and still without a wink of sleep, Haggis told reporters it was "pretty darn cool" getting an award from Jack Nicholson. "It was an amazing feeling," he said.
The film was the directorial debut for Haggis, who also won the Academy Award for best original screenplay with co-writer Bobby Moresco. Crash beat out the heavily favoured Brokeback Mountain for the top Oscar.
In typical Canadian humbleness, Haggis heartily laughed off suggestions the awards, plus a nomination last year for Million Dollar Baby script, had made him Hollywood's top dog.
"That's a pretty scary thought," he said. "I don't think so."
Haggis says he never believed either Crash or Million Dollar Baby would make it to the silver screen because his topics were offbeat and even slightly depressing.
"When I wrote Million Dollar Baby and [Crash], I didn't believe either one of them would ever get made. Crash – I figured no one would ever make it. It had all these characters. It was about race relations and fear and intolerance. Who'd want to see that?
"I thought my grandchildren would read these scripts and go, 'Oh look, grandpa tried to get into the movies. Isn't that cute?' "
Haggis' next project is a film entitled Flags of Our Fathers. It is based on the story of six men who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima during the Second World War. Haggis wrote the script.
IMDb mini-bio: Paul Haggis
Later,
Kenaz
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