65th Academy Awards (1993)

Highlights of 65th Academy Awards ceremony

The 65th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1992.
The award ceremony was held on 29th March 1993 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California.
Billy Crystal was the anchor of the show.
Unforgiven won the Best Picture award.
Al Pacino won the Best Actor award for his role in Scent of a Woman.
Emma Thomson won the Best Actess award for her role in Howards End.
Clint Eastwood won the Best Director award for Unforgiven.
- WINNER

Best Picture

Unforgiven
The Crying Game
A Few Good Men
Howards End
Scent of a Woman

Best Director

Unforgiven - Clint Eastwood
The Crying Game - Neil Jordan
Howards End - James Ivory
The Player - Robert Altman
Scent of a Woman - Martin Brest

Best Original Screenplay

The Crying Game - Neil Jordan
Husbands and Wives - Woody Allen
Lorenzo's Oil - George Miller, Nick Enright
Passion Fish - John Sayles
Unforgiven - David Peoples

Best Adapted Screenplay

Howards End - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Enchanted April - Peter Barnes
The Player - Michael Tolkin
A River Runs Through It - Richard Friedenberg
Scent of a Woman - Bo Goldman

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino
Chaplin - Robert Downey, Jr.
The Crying Game - Stephen Rea
Malcolm X - Denzel Washington
Unforgiven - Clint Eastwood

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Howards End - Emma Thompson
Indochine - Catherine Deneuve
Lorenzo's Oil - Susan Sarandon
Love Field - Michelle Pfeiffer
Passion Fish - Mary McDonnell

Best Supporting Actor

Unforgiven - Gene Hackman
The Crying Game - Jaye Davidson
A Few Good Men - Jack Nicholson
Glengarry Glen Ross - Al Pacino
Mr. Saturday Night - David Paymer

Best Supporting Actress

My Cousin Vinny - Marisa Tomei
Damage - Miranda Richardson
Enchanted April - Joan Plowright
Howards End - Vanessa Redgrave
Husbands and Wives - Judy Davis

Best Art Direction

Howards End - Ian Whittaker, Luciana Arrighi
Bram Stoker's Dracula - Thomas E. Sanders, Garrett Lewis
Chaplin - Stuart Craig, Chris Butler
Toys - Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Linda DeScenna
Unforgiven - Henry Bumstead, Janice Blackie-Goodine

Best Cinematography

A River Runs Through It - Philippe Rousselot
L'amant - Robert Fraisse
Hoffa - Stephen H Burum
Howards End - Tony-Pierce Roberts
Unforgiven - Jack N Green

Best Original Song

Aladdin - Alan Menken, Tim Rice for "A Whole New World"
Aladdin - Alan Menken, Howard Ashman for "Friend Like Me"
The Bodyguard - David Foster, Linda Thompson for "I Have Nothing"
The Bodyguard - Jud Friedman, Allan Dennis Rich for "Run to You"
The Mambo Kings - Robert Kraft, Arne Glimcher for "Beautiful Maria of My Soul"

Best Original Score

Aladdin - Alan Menken
Basic Instinct - Jerry Goldsmith
Chaplin - John Barry
Howards End - Richard Robbins
A River Runs Through It - Mark Isham

Best Sound Mixing

The Last of the Mohicans - Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, Simon Kaye
Aladdin - Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson, Doc Kane
A Few Good Men - Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Robert Eber
Under Siege - Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montano, Rick Hart, Scott D. Smith
Unforgiven - Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Rick Alexander, Rob Young

Best Sound Editing

Bram Stoker's Dracula - David E. Stone, Tom C. McCarthy
Aladdin - Mark A. Mangini
Under Siege - John Leveque, Bruce Stambler

Best Visual Effects

Death Becomes Her - Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe, Tom Woodruff Jr.
Alien 3 - Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff, Jr., George Gibbs
Batman Returns - Michael L. Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno, Dennis Skotak

Best Costume Design

Bram Stoker's Dracula - Eiko Ishioka
Enchanted April - Sheena Napier
Howards End - Jenny Beaven, John Bright
Malcolm X - Ruth E. Carter
Toys - Albert Wolsky

Best Makeup

Bram Stoker's Dracula - Greg Cannom, Michele Burke, Matthew W. Mungle
Batman Returns - Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter, Stan Winston
Hoffa - Ve Neill, Greg Cannom, John Blake

Best Animated Short Film

Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase - Joan C Gratz
Adam - Peter Lord
Reci, reci, reci... - Michaela Pavlátová
The Sandman - Paul Berry
Screen Play - Barry Purves

Best Documentary Feature

The Panama Deception
Changing Our Minds - The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker
Fires of Kuwait
Liberators - Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
Music for the Movies - Bernard Herrmann

Best Documentary Short Subject

Educating Peter
At the Edge of Conquest - The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai
Beyond Imagining - Margaret Anderson and the Little Review
The Colours of My Father - A Portrait of Sam Borenstein
When Abortion Was Illegal - Untold Stories

Best Foreign Language Film

Indochine
Daens
Un Lugar en el mundo
Schtonk!
Urga

Academy Honorary Award

Federico Fellini for "In recognition of his cinematic accomplishments that have thrilled and entertained worldwide audiences"

Gordon E Sawyer Award

Erich Kaestner

Best Live Action Short Film

Omnibus
Contact
Cruise Control
The Lady in Waiting
Swan Song

Best Film Editing

Unforgiven - Joel Cox
Basic Instinct - Frank J. Urioste
The Crying Game - Kant Pan
A Few Good Men - Robert Leighton
The Player - Geraldine Peroni

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Audrey Hepburn
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