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
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