68th Academy Awards (1996)
Highlights of 68th Academy Awards ceremony
The 68th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1995.
The award ceremony was held on 25th March 1996 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California.
Whoopi Goldberg was the anchor of the show.
Mel Gibson starrer Braveheart won the Best Picture award.
Nicolas Cage won the Best Actor award for his role in Leaving Las Vegas.
Susan Sarandon won the Best Actess award for her role in Dead Man Walking.
- WINNER
Best Picture
Braveheart
Apollo 13
Babe
Il Postino
Sense and Sensibility
Best Director
Braveheart
- Mel Gibson
Babe
- Chris Noonan
Dead Man Walking
- Tim Robbins
Leaving Las Vegas
- Mike Figgis
Il Postino
- Michael Radford
Best Original Screenplay
The Usual Suspects
- Christopher McQuarrie
Braveheart
- Randall Wallace
Mighty Aphrodite
- Woody Allen
Nixon
- Oliver Stone, Christopher Wilkinson, Stephen J. Rivele
Toy Story
- Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sakolow, John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft
Best Adapted Screenplay
Sense and Sensibility
- Emma Thompson
Apollo 13
- Al Reinert, William Broyles Jr.
Babe
- George Miller, Chris Noonan
Leaving Las Vegas
- Mike Figgis
Il Postino
- Michael Radford, Anna Pavignano, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi
Best Actor in a Leading Role
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
Dead Man Walking
- Susan Sarandon
Sense and Sensibility
- Emma Thompson
Leaving Las Vegas
- Elisabeth Shue
Casino
- Sharon Stone
The Bridges of Madison County
- Meryl Streep
Best Supporting Actor
The Usual Suspects
- Kevin Spacey
Apollo 13
- Ed Harris
Babe
- James Cromwell
Rob Roy
- Tim Roth
12 Monkeys
- Brad Pitt
Best Supporting Actress
Mighty Aphrodite
- Mira Sorvino
Apollo 13
- Kathleen Quinlan
Sense and Sensibility
- Kate Winslet
Nixon
- Joan Allen
Georgia
- Mare Winningham
Best Art Direction
Restoration
- Eugenio Zanetti
A Little Princess
- Bo Welch, Cheryl Carasik
Apollo 13
- Michael Corenblith, Merideth Boswell
Babe
- Roger Ford, Kerrie Brown
Richard III
- Tony Burrough
Best Cinematography
Braveheart
- John Toll
A Little Princess
- Emmanuel Lubezki
Shanghai Triad
- Lu Yue
Sense and Sensibility
- Michael Coulter
Batman Forever
- Stephen Goldblatt
Best Original Song
Pocahontas
- Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
for "Colors of the Wind"
Dead Man Walking
- Bruce Springsteen
for "Dead Man Walkin"
Don Juan DeMarco
- Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange
for "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman"
Sabrina
- John Williams, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
for "Moonlight"
Toy Story
- Randy Newman
for "You've Got a Friend in Me"
Best Original Score
Il Postino
- Luis Enriquez Bacalov
Sense and Sensibility
- Patrick Doyle
Apollo 13
- James Horner
Braveheart
- James Horner
Nixon
- John Williams
Best Sound Mixing
Apollo 13
- Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, David MacMillan
Braveheart
- Andy Nelson, Scott Millan, Anna Behlmer, Brian Simmons
Batman Forever
- Donald Mitchell, Frank Montano, Michael Herbick, Peter Hliddal
Crimson Tide
- Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Gregory Watkins, William Kaplan
Waterworld
- Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Keith Wester
Best Sound Editing
Braveheart
- Lon Bender, Per Hallberg
Crimson Tide
- George Watters II
Batman Forever
- John Leveque, Bruce Stambler
Best Visual Effects
Babe
- Scott Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox
Apollo 13
- Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Leslie Ekker, Matt Sweeney
Best Costume Design
Restoration
- James Acheson
Braveheart
- Charles Knode
Sense and Sensibility
- Jenny Beavan, John Bright
12 Monkeys
- Julie Weiss
Richard III
- Shuna Harwood
Best Makeup
Braveheart
- Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, Lois Burwell
Roommates
- Greg Cannom, Bob Laden, Colleen Callaghan
My Family
- Ken Diaz, Mark Sanchez
Best Animated Short Film
Wallace And Gromit in A Close Shave
Best Documentary Feature
Anne Frank Remembered
Best Documentary Short Subject
One Survivor Remembers
Best Foreign Language Film
Antonia
Best Live Action Short Film
Lieberman in Love
Best Film Editing
Apollo 13
- Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley
Crimson Tide
- Chris Lebenzon
Babe
- Marcus D'Arcy, Jay Friedkin
Seven
- Richard Francis Bruce
Braveheart
- Steven Rosenblum
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Pocahontas
- Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
Sabrina
- John Williams
The American President
- Marc Shaiman
Toy Story
- Randy Newman
Unstrung Heroes
- Thomas Newman