Tom Fleischman—a South Nyacker—nabbed the Oscar at Sunday night's award show for .
Fleischman, who has had four previous nominations, climbed the stage with fellow sound mixer John Midgley.
He accepted the golden statue teary-eyed and with a pithy, gracious speech.
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Fleischman's work on Hugo beat out The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Moneyball, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and War Horse.
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