The film created a huge stir abroad and locally, winning the Sundance jury prize as well as some 30 other awards, and stimulating dialogue about a traditionally taboo subject in Cambodia itself.
Aaron Sorkin School of Dialogue award: "Bentwing dropped like a rock at the end of August".
The organization also presents the Interfaith Gold Medallion Peace Through Dialogue award for outstanding contributions to interfaith understanding.
Surprisingly, Coogan's Oscar-nominated drama beats his sitcom spin-off for a shot at the best line of dialogue award.
It makes a certain sense that Wayne, playing the trigger-happy drunk Rooster Cogburn, finally got his Academy Award by delivering dialogue largely borrowed from Portis — most famously this exchange before a gunfight: Rooster: "I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned, or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience.
He has been awarded with the prestigious W.E.B DuBois / Nelson Mandela Commitment to Dialogue and Education Award, an award that is given to students that have improved the NYU climate through engaging peers, students, faculty, and/or staff in thoughtful dialogue and education.
"Hopefully this awards show will create dialogue that will get things moving as far as the Oscars is concerned, as far as casting is concerned, as far as what people write and produce, and how we're perceived in television and how we're shown in the media," Tony Rock said on US TV show Entertainment Tonight.
To understand the Nobel Peace Prize committee's decision to award the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, just look at the map above.
Sophisticated storytelling, sharp dialogue, and award-worthy performances make this show a cornerstone of our original programming lineup," said USA co-presidents Jeff Wachtel and Chris McCumber in a statement.
Eurogamer also disapproved of the amount of experience that was awarded for certain dialogues later in the game.
He also said the alternative awards show was "needed" because dialogue "can create a change".
