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65th Academy Awards
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Date March 29, 1993
Site Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Los Angeles, California
Host Billy Crystal
Highlights
Best Picture Unforgiven
Most wins Unforgiven (4)
Most nominations Howard's End and Unforgiven (9)
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The 65th Academy Awards ceremony, which honored the best achievements in film in 1992, was held on March 29, 1993 at Los Angeles' Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the fourth consecutive year. In related events, during a ceremony held at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on March 6, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Sharon Stone.

Unforgiven won four Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director for Clint Eastwood and Best Supporting Actor for Gene Hackman. Best Director winner Clint Eastwood became the seventh person nominated for lead acting and directing for the same film. Best Actor winner Al Pacino was the sixth performer to receive nominations in the lead and supporting categories in the same year. He also became the first person to win in the lead acting category after achieving the aforementioned feat. By virtue of his second straight win in both music categories, Alan Menken became the third person to win two Oscars in two consecutive years.

Nominees and Winners[]

The nominees for the 66th Academy Awards were announced on February 17, 1993. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 29, 1993.

Best Picture[]

See also: Best Picture

Winner
UnforgivenClint Eastwood, producer
Nominees
The Crying GameStephen Woolley, producer
A Few Good MenDavid Brown, Rob Reiner and Andrew Scheinman, producers
Howards EndIsmail Merchant, producer
Scent of a WomanMartin Brest, producer

Best Director[]

See also: Best Director

Winner
UnforgivenClint Eastwood
Nominees
The Crying GameNeil Jordan
Howards EndJames Ivory
The PlayerRobert Altman
Scent of a WomanMartin Brest

Best Actor[]

See also: Best Actor

Winner
Al PacinoScent of a Woman
Nominees
Robert Downey Jr.Chaplin
Clint EastwoodUnforgiven
Stephen ReaThe Crying Game
Denzel WashingtonMalcolm X

Best Actress[]

See also: Best Actress

Winner
Emma ThompsonIn the Name of the Father
Nominees
Catherine DeneuveIndochine
Mary McDonnellPassion Fish
Michelle PfeifferLove Field
Susan SurandonLorenzo's Oil

Best Supporting Actor[]

See also: Best Supporting Actor

Winner
Gene HackmanUnforgiven
Nominees
Jaye DavidsonThe Crying Game
Jack NicholsonA Few Good Men
Al PacinoGlengarry Glen Ross
David PaymerMr. Saturday Night

Best Supporting Actress[]

See also: Best Supporting Actress

Winner
Marisa TomeiMy Cousin Vinny
Nominees
Judy DavisHusbands and Wives
Joan PlowrightEnchanted April
Vanessa RedgraveHowards End
Miranda RichardsonDamage

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen[]

See also: Best Original Screenplay

Winner
The Crying GameNeil Jordan
Nominees
Husbands and WivesWoody Allen
Lorenzo's OilGeorge Miller and Nick Enright
Passion FishJohn Sayles
UnforgivenDavid Webb Peoples

Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published[]

See also: Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner
Howards EndRuth Prawer Jhabvala
Nominees
Enchanted AprilPeter Barnes
The PlayerMichael Tolkien
A River Runs Through ItRichard Friedenberg
Scent of a WomanBo Goldman

Best Foreign Language Film[]

See also: Best Foreign Language Film

Winner
Indochine from FranceRégis Wargnier
Nominees
Close to Eden from RussiaNikita Mikhalkov
Daens from BelgiumStijn Coninx
A Place in the World from UruguayAdolfo Aristarain
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. After nominations were announced, information came to light that showed that this film was wholly produced in Argentina, and had insufficient Uruguayan artistic control. The film was declared ineligible and removed from the final ballot.]
Schtonk! from GermanyHelmut Dietl

Best Documentary Feature[]

See also: Best Documentary Feature

Winner
The Panama DeceptionBarbara Trent and David Kasper, producers
Nominees
Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn HookerDavid Haugland, producer
Fires of KuwaitSally Dundas, producer
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War IIWilliam Miles and Nina Rosenblum, producers
Music for the Movies: Bernard HerrmannMargaret Smilow and Roma Baran, producers

Best Documentary Short[]

See also: Best Documentary Short

Winner
Educating PeterThomas C. Goodwin and Gerardine Wurzburg, producers
Nominees
At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-WaiGeoffrey O'Connor, producer
Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review'Wendy L. Weinberg, producer
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam BorensteinRichard Elson and Sally Bochner, producers
When Abortian Was Illegal: Untold StoriesDorothy Fadiman, producer

Best Live Action Short[]

See also: Best Live Action Short

Winner
OmnibusSam Karmann
Nominees
ContactJonathan Darby and Jana Sue Memel
Cruise ControlMatt Palmieri
The Lady in WaitingChristian M. Taylor
Swan SongKenneth Branagh and David Parfitt

Best Animated Short[]

See also: Best Animated Short

Winner
Mona Lisa Descending a StaircaseJoan C. Gratz
Nominees
AdamPeter Lord
Reci, Reci, Reci... (Words, Words, Words)Michaela Pavlatova
The SandmanPaul Berry
Screen PlayBarry J.C. Purves

Best Original Score[]

See also: Best Original Score

Winner
AladdinAlan Menken
Nominees
Basic InstinctJerry Goldsmith
ChaplinJohn Barry
Howards EndRichard Robbins
A River Runs Through ItMark Isham

Best Original Song[]

See also: Best Original Song

Winner
"A Whole New World" from Aladdin — Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Tim Rice
Nominees
"Beautiful Maria of My Soul" from Mambo Kings — Music by Robert Kraft; Lyric by Arne Glimcher
"Friend Like Me" from Aladdin — Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
"I Have Nothing" from The Bodyguard — Music by David Foster; Lyric by Linda Thompson
"Run To You" from The Bodyguard — Music by Jud Friedman; Lyric by Allan Rich

Best Cinematography[]

See also: Best Cinematography

Winner
A River Runs Through ItPhilippe Rousselot
Nominees
HoffaStephen H. Burum
Howards EndTony Pierce-Roberts
The LoverRobert Fraisse
UnforgivenJack N. Green

Best Art Direction[]

See also: Best Art Direction

Winner
Howards End — Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
Nominees
Bram Stoker's Dracula — Art Direction: Thomas Sanders; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
Chaplin — Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Chris A. Butler
Toys — Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
Unforgiven — Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Janice Blackie-Goodine

Costume Design[]

See also: Best Costume Design

Winner
Bram Stoker's DraculaEiko Ishioka
Nominees
Enchanted AprilSheena Napier
Howards EndJenny Beavan and John Bright
Malcolm XRuth Carter
ToysAlbert Wolsky

Best Makeup[]

See also: Best Makeup

Winner
Bram Stoker's DraculaGreg Cannom, Michèle Burke and Matthew W. Mungle
Nominees
Batman ReturnsVe Neill, Ronnie Specter and Stan Winston
HoffaVe Neill, Greg Cannom and John Blake

Best Film Editing[]

See also: Best Film Editing

Winner
UnforgivenJoel Cox
Nominees
Basic InstinctFrank J. Urioste
The Crying GameKant Pan
A Few Good MenRobert Leighton
The PlayerGeraldine Peroni

Sound[]

See also: Best Sound

Winner
The Last of the MohicansChris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith and Simon Kaye
Nominees
AladdinTerry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane
A Few Good MenKevin O'Connell, Rick Kline and Bob Eber
Under SiegeDon Mitchell, Frank A. Montaño, Rick Hart and Scott D. Smith
UnforgivenLes Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander and Rob Young

Best Sound Effects Editing[]

See also: Best Sound Effects Editing

Winner
Bram Stoker's DraculaTom C. McCarthy and David E. Stone
Nominees
AladdinMark Mangini
Under SiegeJohn Leveque and Bruce Stambler

Best Visual Effects[]

See also: Best Visual Effects

Winner
Death Becomes HerKen Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe and Tom Woodruff, Jr.
Nominees
Alien 3Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff, Jr. and George Gibbs
Batman ReturnsMichael Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno and Dennis Skotak

Honorary Awards[]

  • Federico Fellini in recognition of his place as one of the screen's master storytellers.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award[]

Gordon E. Sawyer Award[]

  • Erich Kaestner

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD[]

  • Chadwell O'Connor of the O'Connor Engineering Laboratories for the concept and engineering of the fluid-damped camera head for motion picture photography.
  • Loren Carpenter, Rob Cook, Ed Catmull, Tom Porter, Pat Hanrahan, Tony Apodaca and Darwyn Peachey for the development of "RenderMan" software which produces images used in motion pictures from 3D computer descriptions of shape and appearance.
  • Clause Wiedemann and Robert Orban for the design and Dolby Laboratories for the development of the Dolby Labs 'Container.'
  • Ken Bates for the design and development of the Bates Decelerator System for accurately and safely arresting the descent of stunt persons in high freefalls.
  • Al Mayer for the camera design, Iain Neil and George Kraemer for the optical design, Hans Spirawski and Bill Eslick for the opto-mechanical design and [[Don Earl]] for technical support in developing the Panavision System 65 Studio Sync Sound Reflex Camera for 65mm motion picture photography.
  • Doublas Trumbull for the concept, Geoffrey H. Williamson for the movement design, Robert D. Auguste for the electronic design and Edmund M. Guilio for the camera system design of the CP-65 Showscan Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography.
  • Arnold & Richter, Otto Blascheck and the Engineering Department of Arri, Austria for the design and development of the Arriflex 765 Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography.
  • Ira Tiffen of the Tiffen Manufacturing Corporation for the production of the Ultra Contrast Filter Series for motion picture photography.
  • Robert R. Burton of Audio Rents, Incorporated, for the development of the Model S-27 4-Band Splitter/Combiner.
  • Ianin Neil for the optical design and Kaz Fudano for the mechanical design of the Panavision Slant Focus Lens for motion picture photography.
  • Tom Brigham for the original concept and pioneering work and Douglas Smythe and the Computer Graphics Department of Industrial Light & Magic for the development and the first implementation in feature motion pictures of the "MORF" system for digital metamorphosis of high resolution images.

AWARD OF COMMENDATION[]

  • To the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees in recognition of the indispensable contributions of its members, who represent the full spectrum of artists, technicians and craftspeople, to the art of motion pictures on the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary of the Alliance's founding.

MEDAL OF COMMENDATION[]

  • Petro Vlahos in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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