- 68th Academy Awards
Infobox Academy Awards | name = 68th
date = Monday,March 25 ,1996
site =Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles, California
host =Whoopi Goldberg
producer =Quincy Jones
director =Jeff Margolis
duration = 3 hours, 39 minutes
network = ABC
ratings = 44.48 million
30.5 (Nielsen rating)
last = 67th
next = 69thThe 68th Academy Awards was held onMarch 25 ,1996 at theDorothy Chandler Pavilion inLos Angeles, California . The show was hosted byWhoopi Goldberg . The ceremony was watched 44.48 million viewers, with 30.5% households watching. Despite controversy from theNAACP concerning what was deemed as a lack of attention toAfrican-American actors by the Academy, this show was the one and only time anAfrican-American was hired to produce the show to date.Key moments in this presentation included
Christopher Reeve making his first public appearance onstage after becoming paralyzed, the performance of the troupe Stomp, the sextetTake 6 , and a lifetime achievement award toKirk Douglas recovering from a stroke. A special tribute toGene Kelly was also produced."
Braveheart " won five Oscars including Best Picture.Winners & Nominees
Best Picture
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Braveheart "
*"Apollo 13 "
*"Babe "
*"Il Postino "
*"Sense and Sensibility "Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Leaving Las Vegas -Nicolas Cage "
*"Dead Man Walking -Sean Penn "
*"Il Postino -Massimo Troisi "
*"Mr. Holland's Opus -Richard Dreyfuss "
*"Nixon -Anthony Hopkins "Best Actress in a Leading Role
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Dead Man Walking -Susan Sarandon "
*"Sense and Sensibility -Emma Thompson "
*"Leaving Las Vegas -Elizabeth Shue "
*"Casino -Sharon Stone "
*"The Bridges of Madison County -Meryl Streep "Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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The Usual Suspects -Kevin Spacey "
*"Apollo 13 -Ed Harris "
*"Babe -James Cromwell "
*"Rob Roy -Tim Roth "
*"Twelve Monkeys -Brad Pitt "Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Mighty Aphrodite -Mira Sorvino "
*"Apollo 13 -Kathleen Quinlan "
*"Sense and Sensibility -Kate Winslet "
*"Nixon -Joan Allen "
*"Georgia -Mare Winningham "Best Director
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Braveheart -Mel Gibson "
*"Babe -Chris Noonan "
*"Dead Man Walking -Tim Robbins "
*"Leaving Las Vegas -Mike Figgis "
*"Il Postino -Michael Radford "Best Original Screenplay
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The Usual Suspects -Christopher McQuarrie "
*"Braveheart -Randall Wallace "
*"Mighty Aphrodite -Woody Allen "
*"Nixon -Oliver Stone ,Christopher Wilkinson andStephen J. Rivele "
*"Toy Story -Joss Whedon ,Andrew Stanton ,Joel Cohen ,Alec Sakolow ,John Lasseter ,Pete Docter andJoe Ranft "Best Adapted Screenplay
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Sense and Sensibility -Emma Thompson "
*"Apollo 13 -Al Reinert andWilliam Broyles Jr. "
*"Babe -George Miller andChris Noonan "
*"Leaving Las Vegas -Mike Figgis "
*"Il Postino -Michael Radford ,Anna Pavignano ,Furio Scarpelli ,Giacomo Scarpelli andMassimo Troisi "Best Cinematography
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Braveheart -John Toll "Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
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Restoration -Eugenio Zanetti "Best Costume Design
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Restoration -James Acheson "Best Sound
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Apollo 13 -Rick Dior ,Steve Pederson ,Scott Millan andDavid MacMillan "Best Film Editing
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Apollo 13 - Mike Hill andDaniel P. Hanley "Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
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Braveheart -Lon Bender andPer Hallberg "Best Effects, Visual Effects
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Babe -Scott E. Anderson ,Charles Gibson ,Neal Scanlan andJohn Cox "Best Makeup
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Braveheart -Peter Frampton ,Paul Pattison andLois Burwell "Best Music, Original Song
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Pocahontas -Alan Menken andStephen Schwartz for the songColors of the Wind "Best Music, Original Dramatic Score
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Il Postino -Luis Enriquez Bacalov "Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score
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Pocahontas -Alan Menken andStephen Schwartz "Best Short Film, Animated
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Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave "Best Short Film, Live Action
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Lieberman in Love "Best Documentary, Short Subjects
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One Survivor Remembers "Best Documentary, Features
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Anne Frank Remembered "Best Foreign Language Film
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Antonia -Netherlands "In Memoriam
Presented by
Sharon Stone , a tribute honoring those members in the motion picture industry that died in the previous year:Ginger Rogers , composerMiklós Rózsa , Maxine Andrews,Michael V. Gazzo ,Dean Martin ,Viveca Lindfors ,Martin Balsam , animatorFriz Freleng ,Burl Ives ,Butterfly McQueen , costume designerDorothy Jenkins ,Nancy Kelly ,Lana Turner ,Elisha Cook Jr. ,Ida Lupino , art directorHarry Horner , writerTerry Southern ,Haing S. Ngor ,Michael Hordern , producerDon Simpson , producerRoss Hunter , directorFrank Perry ,Alexander Godunov , directorLouis Malle , director/writer Howard Koch, andGeorge Burns .
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