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Academy Awards

68th edition

  • March 25, 1996
  • United States

The 68th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1995 in the United States and took place on March 25, 1996, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by David Salzman and Quincy Jones and directed by Jeff Margolis. Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the second time, having previously presided over the 66th ceremony in 1994. Three weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on March 2, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Richard Dreyfuss.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
Braveheart Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey, Alan Ladd Jr. - as producer(s) Winner
Apollo 13 Brian Grazer - as producer(s) —
Babe George Miller, Doug Mitchell, Bill Miller - as producer(s) —
The Postman Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano Daniele - as producer(s) —
Sense and Sensibility Lindsay Doran - as producer(s) —
Best Directing
Braveheart Mel Gibson Winner
Babe Chris Noonan —
Dead Man Walking Tim Robbins —
Leaving Las Vegas Mike Figgis —
The Postman Michael Radford —
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Leaving Las Vegas Nicolas Cage Winner
Mr. Holland's Opus Richard Dreyfuss —
Nixon Anthony Hopkins —
Dead Man Walking Sean Penn —
The Postman Massimo Troisi —
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Dead Man Walking Susan Sarandon Winner
Leaving Las Vegas Elisabeth Shue —
Casino Sharon Stone —
The Bridges of Madison County Meryl Streep —
Sense and Sensibility Emma Thompson —
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Usual Suspects Kevin Spacey Winner
Babe James Cromwell —
Apollo 13 Ed Harris —
12 Monkeys Brad Pitt —
Rob Roy Tim Roth —
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mighty Aphrodite Mira Sorvino Winner
Nixon Joan Allen —
Apollo 13 Kathleen Quinlan —
Georgia Mare Winningham —
Sense and Sensibility Kate Winslet —
Best Original Screenplay
The Usual Suspects Christopher McQuarrie Winner
Braveheart Randall Wallace —
Mighty Aphrodite Woody Allen —
Nixon Oliver Stone, Christopher Wilkinson, Stephen J. Rivele —
Toy Story Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft —
Best Adapted Screenplay
Sense and Sensibility Emma Thompson Winner
Apollo 13 Al Reinert, William Broyles Jr. —
Babe George Miller, Chris Noonan —
Leaving Las Vegas Mike Figgis —
The Postman Michael Radford, Anna Pavignano, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi —
Best International Feature Film
Antonia's Line Marleen Gorris Winner
All Things Fair Bo Widerberg —
Dust of Life Rachid Bouchareb —
The Quartet Fábio Barreto —
The Star Maker Giuseppe Tornatore —
Best Documentary Feature Film
Anne Frank Remembered Jon Blair Winner
The Battle Over Citizen Kane Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein —
Small Wonders Allan Miller, Walter Scheuer —
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream Mike Tollin, Fredric Golding —
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern Jeanne Jordan, Steven Ascher —
Best Cinematography
Braveheart John Toll Winner
Batman Forever Stephen Goldblatt —
A Little Princess Emmanuel Lubezki —
Sense and Sensibility Michael Coulter —
Shanghai Triad Lü Yue —
Best Original Dramatic Score
The Postman Luis Bacalov Winner
Apollo 13 James Horner —
Braveheart James Horner —
Nixon John Williams —
Sense and Sensibility Patrick Doyle —
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Pocahontas Stephen Schwartz, Alan Menken Winner
The American President Marc Shaiman —
Sabrina John Williams —
Toy Story Randy Newman —
Unstrung Heroes Thomas Newman —
Best Original Song
Pocahontas Stephen Schwartz, Alan Menken - "Colors of the Wind" Winner
Dead Man Walking Bruce Springsteen - "Dead Man Walkin'" —
Don Juan DeMarco Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange - "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" —
Sabrina John Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman - "Moonlight" —
Toy Story Randy Newman - "You've Got a Friend in Me" —
Best Sound Editing
Braveheart Lon Bender, Per Hallberg Winner
Batman Forever John Leveque, Bruce Stambler —
Crimson Tide George Watters II —
Best Sound Mixing
Apollo 13 Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, David MacMillan Winner
Batman Forever Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montaño, Michael Herbick, Petur Hliddal —
Braveheart Andy Nelson, Scott Millan, Anna Behlmer, Brian Simmons —
Crimson Tide Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Gregory H. Watkins, William B. Kaplan —
Waterworld Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Keith A. Wester —
Best Production Design
Restoration Eugenio Zanetti Winner
Apollo 13 Michael Corenblith, Merideth Boswell —
Babe Roger Ford, Kerrie Brown —
A Little Princess Bo Welch, Cheryl Carasik —
Richard III Tony Burrough —
Best Film Editing
Apollo 13 Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley Winner
Babe Marcus D'Arcy, Jay Friedkin —
Braveheart Steven Rosenblum —
Crimson Tide Chris Lebenzon —
Se7en Richard Francis-Bruce —
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Braveheart Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, Lois Burwell Winner
My Family Ken Diaz, Mark Sanchez —
Roommates Greg Cannom, Bob Laden, Colleen Callaghan —
Best Costume Design
Restoration James Acheson Winner
12 Monkeys Julie Weiss —
Braveheart Charles Knode —
Richard III Shuna Harwood —
Sense and Sensibility Jenny Beavan, John Bright —
Best Special Effects
Babe Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox Winner
Apollo 13 Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Leslie Ekker, Matt Sweeney —
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Lieberman in Love Christine Lahti, Jana Sue Memel Winner
Brooms Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas —
Duke of Groove Griffin Dunne, Thom Colwell —
Little Surprises Jeff Goldblum, Tikki Goldberg —
Tuesday Morning Ride Dianne Houston, Joy Ryan —
Best Documentary Short Film
One Survivor Remembers Kary Antholis Winner
Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls Nancy Dine, Richard Stilwell —
The Living Sea Greg MacGillivray, Alec Lorimore —
Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper Terry Sanders, Freida Lee Mock —
The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America Charles Guggenheim —
Best Animated Short Film
A Close Shave Nick Park Winner
The Chicken from Outer Space John R. Dilworth —
The End. Chris Landreth, Robin Barger —
Gagarin Alexiy Kharitidi —
Runaway Brain Chris Bailey —
Honorary Award
— Kirk Douglas - for fifty years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community. Winner
— Chuck Jones - for the creation of classic cartoons which have brought worldwide joy for more than half a century. Winner
Special Achievement Award
— John Lasseter - for his inspired leadership of the Pixar Toy Story team, resulting in the first feature-length computer-animated film. Winner

Braveheart
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Braveheart 5
  • Apollo 13 2
  • Pocahontas 2
  • Restoration 2
  • The Usual Suspects 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • Braveheart 10
  • Apollo 13 9
  • Babe 7
  • Sense and Sensibility 7
  • The Postman 5
  • Dead Man Walking 4
  • Leaving Las Vegas 4
  • Nixon 4
  • Batman Forever 3
  • Crimson Tide 3
  • Toy Story 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • Apollo 13 2 / 9
  • Babe 1 / 7
  • Sense and Sensibility 1 / 7
  • Braveheart 5 / 10
  • The Postman 1 / 5
  • Nixon 0 / 4
  • Dead Man Walking 1 / 4
  • Leaving Las Vegas 1 / 4
  • Batman Forever 0 / 3
  • Crimson Tide 0 / 3
  • Toy Story 0 / 3

Only one nomination

38 movies:
  • All Things Fair
  • The American President
  • Anne Frank Remembered
  • Antonia's Line
  • The Battle Over Citizen Kane
  • The Bridges of Madison County
  • Brooms
  • Casino
  • The Chicken from Outer Space
  • A Close Shave
  • Don Juan DeMarco
  • Duke of Groove
  • Dust of Life
  • The End.
  • Gagarin
  • Georgia
  • Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
  • Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls
  • Lieberman in Love
  • Little Surprises
  • The Living Sea
  • Mr. Holland's Opus
  • My Family
  • Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
  • One Survivor Remembers
  • The Quartet
  • Rob Roy
  • Roommates
  • Runaway Brain
  • Se7en
  • The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
  • Shanghai Triad
  • Small Wonders
  • The Star Maker
  • Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
  • Tuesday Morning Ride
  • Unstrung Heroes
  • Waterworld

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