67th Academy Awards

Infobox Academy Awards | name = 67th
poster =
caption = Forrest Gump
date = March 27, 1995
site = Shrine Auditorium
Los Angeles, California
host = David Letterman
producer = Gilbert Cates
director = Jeff Margolis
duration = 3 hours, 30 minutes [ [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117903888.html?categoryid=32&cs=1&query=Rene+Russo%2C+%2267th+Annual+Academy+Awards%22 75th Annual Academy Awards by "Variety"] ]
network = ABC
ratings = 48.87 million
last = 66th
next = 68thThe 67th Academy Awards, honoring the best movies of 1994, were held on March 27, 1995 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by well-known comedian and talk show host David Letterman.

The ceremony is perhaps best remembered for Letterman's performance as the host. Although some thought of him as different but good, most critics labelled his performance as terrible and vowed for him never to host the Oscars again. This negative criticism arose from Letterman's absurdist brand of comedy, and it would lead to "Late Show with David Letterman" losing in the ratings to "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" by the summer of 1995.cite news|first=Fred|last=Schruers|title= Dave vs. Dave: Forget Leno & Koppel - Letterman May Be His Own Worst Enemy|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=May 30, 1996|url=http://www.geocities.com/davidletterman82/RollingStone1996Interview.html] Letterman seems to have a sense of humor about it, however, because around Academy Award season he frequently references his lackluster appearance at the Academy awards on his show in a humorous tone.

"Forrest Gump" won Best Picture, and 6 Oscars, including Tom Hanks' second straight Academy Award for Best Actor.

Winners & Nominees

Best Picture

"Forrest Gump"
*"Quiz Show"
*"The Shawshank Redemption"
*"Four Weddings and a Funeral"
*"Pulp Fiction"

Best Actor in a Leading Role

"Forrest Gump - Tom Hanks"
*"Pulp Fiction - John Travolta"
*"The Shawshank Redemption - Morgan Freeman"
*"The Madness of King George - Nigel Hawthorne"
*"Nobody's Fool - Paul Newman"

Best Actress in a Leading Role

"Blue Sky - Jessica Lange"
*"The Client - Susan Sarandon"
*"Little Women - Winona Ryder"
*"Nell - Jodie Foster"
*"Tom & Viv - Miranda Richardson"

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

"Ed Wood - Martin Landau"
*"Forrest Gump - Gary Sinise"
*"Pulp Fiction - Samuel L. Jackson"
*"Quiz Show - Paul Scofield"
*"Bullets Over Broadway - Chazz Palminteri"

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

"Bullets Over Broadway - Dianne Wiest"
*"Bullets Over Broadway - Jennifer Tilly"
*"The Madness of King George - Helen Mirren"
*"Pulp Fiction - Uma Thurman"
*"Tom & Viv - Rosemary Harris"

Best Director

"Forrest Gump - Robert Zemeckis"
*"Quiz Show - Robert Redford"
*"Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino"
*"Bullets Over Broadway - Woody Allen"
*"Red - Krzysztof Kieslowski"

Best Original Screenplay

"Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary"
*"Bullets Over Broadway - Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath"
*"Four Weddings and a Funeral - Richard Curtis"
*"Red - Krzysztof Kieslowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz"
*"Heavenly Creatures - Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh"

Best Adapted Screenplay

"Forrest Gump - Eric Roth"
*"The Madness of King George - Alan Bennett"
*"Nobody's Fool - Robert Benton"
*"Quiz Show - Paul Attanasio"
*"The Shawshank Redemption - Frank Darabont"

Best Cinematography

"Legends of the Fall - John Toll"

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

"The Madness of King George - Ken Adam and Carolyn Scott"

Best Costume Design

"The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel"

Best Sound

"Speed - Gregg Landaker , Steve Maslow , Bob Beemer and David MacMillan"

Best Film Editing

"Forrest Gump - Arthur Schmidt"

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

"Speed - Stephen Hunter Flick"

Best Effects, Visual Effects

"Forrest Gump - Ken Ralston , George Murphy , Stephen Rosenbaum and Allen Hall"

Best Makeup

"Ed Wood - Ve Neill , Rick Baker and Yolanda Toussieng"

Best Music, Original Song

"The Lion King - Elton John and Tim Rice for the song Can You Feel the Love Tonight"

Best Music, Original Score

"The Lion King - Hans Zimmer"

Best Short Film, Animated

"Bob's Birthday"

Best Short Film, Live Action

"Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life" "Trevor"

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

"A Time for Justice"

Best Documentary, Features

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Best Foreign Language Film

"Utomlyonnye solntsem - Russia"

Honorary Oscars

Filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni was given the Honorary Oscar.

Actor and Director Clint Eastwood was awarded The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.

Singer and Composer Quincy Jones was given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

In Memoriam

Presented by Sigourney Weaver. In a video montage, the Academy acknowledged the contributions of the following film makers who died during the previous year: Fernando Rey, Cameron Mitchell, Barry Sullivan, Giulietta Masina, Peter Cushing, executive Frank Wells, Noah Beery, Jr., Woody Strode, Jessica Tandy, Tom Ewell, Lionel Stander, composer Jule Styne, executive Arthur Krim, animator Walter Lantz, art director Ferdinando Scarfiotti, screenwriter Robert Bolt, Donald Pleasence, producer Harry Saltzman, director Terence Young, Burt Lancaster, composer Henry Mancini, Martha Raye, George Peppard, Gilbert Roland, Rossano Brazzi, Cab Calloway, Mildred Natwick, Macdonald Carey, David Wayne and Raul Julia.

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/1995 Complete list of nominees & winners]