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You have to hear Michael Moore's Oscar acceptance speech (MP3, 680 kB).

Thanks Heiko for pointing me to the file.

On behalf of our producers Kathleen Glynn and Michael Donovan from Canada, I'd like to thank the Academy for this.

I have invited my fellow documentary nominees on the stage with us, and we would like to - they're here in solidarity with me because we like nonfiction.

We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times.

We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president.

We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons.

Whether it's the fictition of duct tape or fictition of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush.

Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you.

And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

Thank you very much.

Moore later: "Don't report that there was a split decision in the hall because five loud people booed."

United Press International: " The audience [...] might have heard even more political speeches from the podium, but academy officials insisted that only Oscar winners - not presenters - would have the freedom to speak their minds on the show."

Scotsman.com: Oscars blacklist stars in bid to prevent peace protest speeches