| 68th Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | March 25, 1996 | |||
| Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles, California | |||
| Host | Whoopi Goldberg | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | Braveheart | |||
| Most wins | Braveheart (5) | |||
| Most nominations | Braveheart (10) | |||
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The 68th Academy Awards ceremony, which honored the best achievements in film in 1995, was held on March 25, 1996 at Los Angeles' Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the second time, having previously presided over the 66th Academy Awards 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. Braveheart won five awards, including Best Director for Mel Gibson and Best Picture.
Braveheart was the ninth film to win Best Picture without acting nominations. With her Best Supporting Actress win for Mighty Aphrodite, Mira Sorvino became the second consecutive actress to win the aforementioned category for a performance in a film directed by Woody Allen. Best Adapted Screenplay winner Emma Thompson was the first person to win Oscars for both acting and screenwriting. She had previously won Best Actress for her performance in the 1992 film Howards End.
Nominees and Winners[]
The nominees for the 68th Academy Awards were announced on February 13, 1996. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 25, 1996.
Best Picture[]
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- Braveheart — Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr., Bruce Davey
- Nominees
- Apollo 13 — Brian Grazer
- Babe — George Miller, Doug Mitchell, Bill Miller
- The Postman (Il Postino) — Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano Daniele
- Sense and Sensibility — Lindsay Doran
Best Director[]
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Braveheart — Mel Gibson
- Nominees
- Babe — Chris Noonan
- Dead Man Walking — Tim Robbins
- Leaving Las Vegas — Mike Figgis
- The Postman (Il Postino) — Michael Radford
Best Actor[]
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Nicolas Cage — Leaving Las Vegas
- Nominees
- Richard Dreyfuss — Mr. Holland's Opus
- Anthony Hopkins — Nixon
- Sean Penn — Dead Man Walking
- Massimo Troisi — The Postman (Il Postino)
Best Actress[]
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Susan Sarandon — Dead Man Walking
- Nominees
- Elisabeth Shue — Leaving Las Vegas
- Sharon Stone — Casino
- Meryl Streep — The Bridges of Madison County
- Emma Thompson — Sense and Sensibility
Best Supporting Actor[]
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Kevin Spacey — The Usual Suspects
- Nominees
- James Cromwell — Babe
- Ed Harris — Apollo 13
- Brad Pitt — 12 Monkeys
- Tim Roth — Rob Roy
Best Supporting Actress[]
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Mira Sorvino — Mighty Aphrodite
- Nominees
- Joan Allen — Nixon
- Kathleen Quinlan — Apollo 13
- Mare Winnngham — Georgia
- Kate Winslet — Sense and Sensibility
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen[]
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- The Usual Suspects — Christopher McQuarrie
- Nominees
- Braveheart — Randall Wallace
- Mighty Aphrodite — Woody Allen
- Nixon — Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Oliver Stone
- Toy Story — Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, John Lasseter, Peter Docter, Joe Ranft
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published[]
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- Sense and Sensibility — Emma Thompson
- Nominees
- Apollo 13 — William Broyles, Jr., Al Reinert
- Babe — George Miller, Chris Noonan
- Leaving Las Vegas — Mike Figgis
- The Postman (Il Postino) — Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi
Best Foreign Language Film[]
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- Antonia's Line from The Netherlands — Marleen Gorris
- Nominees
- All Things Fair from Sweden — Bo Widerberg
- Dust of Life from Algeria — Rachid Bouchareb
- O Quatrilho from Brazil — Fábio Barreto
- The Star Maker from Italy — Giuseppe Tornatore
Best Documentary Feature[]
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- Anne Frank Remembered — Jon Blair
- Nominees
- The Battle over Citizen Kane — Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein
- Fiddlefest--Roberta Tzavaras and Her East harlem Violin Program — Allan Miller, Walter Scheuer
- Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream — Mike Tollin, Fredric Golding
- Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern — Jeanne Jordan, Steven Ascher
Best Documentary Short[]
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- One Survivor Remembers — Kary Antholis
- Nominees
- 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 — Charles Guggenheim
Best Live Action Short[]
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- Lieberman in Love — Christine Lahti, Jana Sue Memel
- Nominees
- 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 Animated Short[]
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- A Close Shave — Nick Park
- Nominees
- The Chicken from Outer Space — John R. Dilworth
- the end — Chris Landreth, Robin Bargar
- Gagarin — Alexij Kharitidi
- Runaway Brain — Chris Bailey
Best Original Dramatic Score[]
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- The Postman (Il Postino) — Luis Enrique Bacalov
- Nominees
- Apollo 13 — James Horner
- Braveheart — James Horner
- Nixon — John Williams
- Sense and Sensibility — Patrick Doyle
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score[]
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- Pocahontas — Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
- Nominees
- The American President — Marc Shaiman
- Sabrina — John Williams
- Toy Story — Randy Newman
- Unstrung Heroes — Thomas Newman
Best Original Song[]
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas — Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
- Nominees
- "Dead Man Walking" from Dead Man Walking — Bruce Springsteen
- "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" from Don Juan DeMarco — Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams, Robert "Mutt" Lange
- "Moonlight" from Sabrina — John Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
- "You've Got a Friend in Me" from Toy Story — Randy Newman
Best Cinematography[]
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Braveheart — John Toll
- Nominees
- Batman Forever — Stephen Goldblatt
- A Little Princess — Emmanuel Lubezki
- Sense and Sensibility — Michael Coulter
- Shanghai Triad — Lu Yue
Best Art Direction[]
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- Restoration — Eugenio Zanetti
- Nominees
- Apollo 13 — Michael Corenblith, Merideth Boswell
- Babe — Roger Ford, Kerrie Brown
- A Little Princess — Bo Welch, Cherl Carasik
- Richard III — Tony Burrough
Costume Design[]
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- Restoration — James Acheson
- Nominees
- Braveheart — Charles Knode
- Richard III — Shuna Harwood
- Sense and Sensibility — Jenny Beavan, John Bright
- 12 Monkeys — Julie Weiss
Best Makeup[]
See also: Best Makeup
- Winner
- Braveheart — Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, Lois Burwell
- Nominees
- My Family, Mi Familia — Ken Diaz, Mark Sanchez
- Roommates — Greg Cannom, Bob Laden, Colleen Callaghan
Best Film Editing[]
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Apollo 13 — Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
- Nominees
- Babe — Marcus D'Arcy. Jay Friedkin
- Braveheart — Steven Rosenblum
- Crimson Tide — Chris Lebenzon
- Seven — Richard Francis-Bruce
Sound[]
See also: Best Sound
- Winner
- Apollo 13 — Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, David MacMillan
- Nominees
- 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 Sound Effects Editing[]
See also: Best Sound Effects Editing
- Winner
- Braveheart — Per Hallberg, Lon Bender,
- Nominees
- Batman Forever — John Leveque, Bruce Stambler
- Crimson Tide — George Watters II
Best Visual Effects[]
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- Babe — Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox
- Nominees
- Apollo 13 — Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Leslie Ekker, Matt Sweeney
Special Achievement Award[]
- John Lasseter for his inspired leadership of the Pixar Toy Story team, resulting in the first feature-length computer-animated film.
Honorary Awards[]
- Kirk Douglas for fifty years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community.
- Chuck Jones for the creation of classic cartoons which have brought worldwide joy for more than half a century.
Gordon E. Sawyer Award[]
- Donald C. Rogers