Minutes after winning an Academy Award for the animated feature "Rango," director Gore Verbinski credited Johnny Depp for getting the movie made.
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"It helps when you're friends with Johnny Depp," he said. "I mean, we needed money and once Johnny said he was in, things started to happen."
He said the first 18 months of the movie "were just out of our house."
Verbinski, who is now directing Depp in Disney's "The Lone Ranger," said he has to get back to work on Monday.
For now, though, he said, "I'm feeling I'm dreaming right now. … It's here. It's in my hand. It's very heavy. It feels good."
