Subject: Oscar-Ergebnisse ========================= Newsgroup: alt.cult-movies From: Alex Fung (aw220@freenet.carleton.ca) The winners of the 68th Annual Academy Awards, as presented Monday, March 25, 1996: --- Best picture of the year WINNER: "BRAVEHEART" (Paramount) An Icon Productions/Ladd Company Production - MEL GIBSON, ALAN LADD, Jr. and BRUCE DAVEY, Producers Other Nominees: "Apollo 13" (Universal) An Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures Production - Brian Grazer, Producer "Babe" (Universal) A Kennedy Miller Pictures Production - George Miller, Doug Mitchell and Bill Miller, Producers "Il Postino (The Postman)" (Miramax) A C. G. Group Tiger - Pentafilm/Esterno Mediterraneo/Blue Dahlia Production - Mario and Vittorio Cecchi Gori and Gaetano Daniele, Producers "Sense and Sensibility" (Columbia) A Mirage Production - Lindsay Doran, Producer --- Best performance by an actor in a leading role: WINNER: NICOLAS CAGE in "LEAVING LAS VEGAS" (MGM/UA) Other Nominees: Richard Dreyfuss in "Mr. Holland's Opus" (Buena Vista) Anthony Hopkins in "Nixon" (Buena Vista) Sean Penn in "Dead Man Walking" (Gramercy) Massimo Troisi in "Il Postino (The Postman)" (Miramax) --- Best performance by an actress in a leading role WINNER: SUSAN SARANDON in "DEAD MAN WALKING" (Gramercy) Other Nominees: Elisabeth Shue in "Leaving Las Vegas" (MGM/UA) Sharon Stone in "Casino" (Universal) Meryl Streep in "The Bridges of Madison County" (Warner Bros.) Emma Thompson in "Sense and Sensibility" (Columbia) --- Best performance by an actor in a supporting role: WINNER: KEVIN SPACEY in "THE USUAL SUSPECTS" (Gramercy) Other Nominees: James Cromwell in "Babe" (Universal) Ed Harris in "Apollo 13" (Universal) Brad Pitt in "12 Monkeys" (Universal) Tim Roth in "Rob Roy" (MGM/UA) --- Best performance by an actress in a supporting role WINNER: MIRA SORVINO in "MIGHTY APHRODITE" (Miramax) Other Nominees: Joan Allen in "Nixon" (Buena Vista) Kathleen Quinlan in "Apollo 13" (Universal) Mare Winningham in "Georgia" (Miramax) Kate Winslet in "Sense and Sensibility" (Columbia) --- Best achievement in directing WINNER: MEL GIBSON for "BRAVEHEART" (Paramount) Other Nominees: Chris Noonan for "Babe" (Universal) Tim Robbins for "Dead Man Walking" (Gramercy) Mike Figgis for "Leaving Las Vegas" (MGM/UA) Michael Radford for "Il Postino (The Postman)" (Miramax) --- Best achievement in art direction WINNER: "RESTORATION" (Miramax) Art Direction: EUGENIO ZANETTI Other Nominees: "Apollo 13" (Universal) Art Direction: Michael Corenblith; Set Decoration: Merideth Boswell "Babe" (Universal) Art Direction: Roger Ford; Set Decoration: Kerrie Brown "A Little Princess" (Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik "Richard III" (MGM/UA) Art Direction: Tony Burrough --- Best achievement in cinematography WINNER: JOHN TOLL for "BRAVEHEART" (Paramount) Other Nominees: Stephen Goldblatt for "Batman Forever" (Warner Bros.) Emmanuel Lubezki for "A Little Princess" (Warner Bros.) Michael Coulter for "Sense and Sensibility" (Columbia) Lu Yue for "Shanghai Triad" (Sony Pictures Classics) --- Best achievement in costume design WINNER: JAMES ACHESON for "RESTORATION" (Miramax) Other Nominees: Charles Knode for "Braveheart" (Paramount) Shuna Harwood for "Richard III" (MGM/UA) Jenny Beavan and John Bright for "Sense and Sensibility" (Columbia) Julie Weiss for "12 Monkeys" (Universal) --- Best achievement in documentary features WINNER: "ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED" A Jon Blair Film Company Limited Production - Jon Blair Other Nominees: "The Battle over Citizen Kane" A Lennon Documentary Group Production for The American Experience - Thomas Lennon and Michael Epstein "Fiddlefest" Roberta Guaspari-Tzavara and Her East Harlem Violin Program; A Four Oaks Foundation Production - Allan Miller and Walter Scheuer "Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream" A TBS Production - Mike Tollin "Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern" A West City Films, Inc. Production - Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher --- Best achievement in documentary short subjects WINNER: "ONE SURVIVOR REMEMBERS" A Home Box Office and The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Production - Kary Antholis Other Nominees: "Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls" An Outside in July, Inc. Production - Nancy Dine and Richard Stilwell "The Living Sea" A MacGillivray Freeman Films Production - Greg MacGillivray and Alec Lorimore "Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper" An American Film Foundation Production - Terry Sanders and Freida Lee Mock "The Shadow of Hate" A Guggenheim Productions, Inc. Production for the Southern Poverty Law Center - Charles Guggenheim --- Best achievement in film editing WINNER: MIKE HILL and DAN HANLEY for "APOLLO 13" (Universal) Other Nominees: Marcus D'Arcy for "Babe" (Universal) Steven Rosenblum for "Braveheart" (Paramount) Chris Lebenson for "Crimson Tide" (Buena Vista) William Hoy for "Seven" (New Line) --- Best foreign language film of the year WINNER: "ANTONIA'S LINE" A Bergen Theatre-Film-Television Production - The Netherlands Other Nominees: "All Things Fair" A Per Holst Film Production - Sweden "Dust of Life" A 3B Production - Algeria "O Quatrilho" A Producoes Cinematograficas L.C. Barreto Ltda./ Filmes do Equador Ltda. Production - Brazil "The Star Maker" A C. G. Group Tiger Cinematografica Production - Italy --- Best achievement in makeup WINNER: PETER FRAMPTON, PAUL PATTISON and LOIS BURWELL for "BRAVEHEART" (Paramount) Other Nominees: Ken Diaz and Mark Sanchez for "My Family, Mi Familia" (New Line) Greg Cannom, Bob Laden and Colleen Callaghan for "Roommates" (Buena Vista) --- Best achievement in music (original musical or comedy score) WINNER: "POCAHONTAS" (Buena Vista) Music by ALAN MENKEN; Lyrics by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ; Orchestral Score by Alan Menken Other Nominees: "The American President" (Columbia) Marc Shaiman "Sabrina" (Paramount in association with Constellation Films) John Williams "Toy Story" (Buena Vista) Randy Newman "Unstrung Heroes" (Buena Vista) Thomas Newman --- Best achievement in music (original dramatic score) WINNER: LUIS BACALOV for "IL POSTINO (THE POSTMAN)" (Miramax) Other Nominees: James Horner for "Apollo 13" (Universal) James Horner for "Braveheart" (Paramount) John Williams for "Nixon" (Buena Vista) Patrick Doyle for "Sense and Sensibility" (Columbia) --- Best achievement in music (original song) WINNER: "COLORS OF THE WIND" from "POCAHONTAS" (Buena Vista) Music by ALAN MENKEN; Lyric by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ Other Nominees: "Dead Man Walking" from "Dead Man Walking" (Gramercy) Music and Lyric by Bruce Springsteen "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" from "Don Juan DeMarco" (New Line) Music and Lyric by Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams and Robert John Lange "Moonlight" from "Sabrina" (Paramount in Association with Constellation Films) Music by John Williams Lyric by Alan and Marilyn Bergman "You've Got a Friend" from "Toy Story" (Buena Vista) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman --- Best achievement in animated short films WINNER: "A CLOSE SHAVE" An Aardman Animations Production Nick Park Other Nominees: "The Chicken from Outerspace" A Stretch Films, Inc. Production John R. Dilworth "The End" An Alias/Wavefront Production - Chris Landreth and Robin Bargar "Gagarin" A Second Frog Animation Group Production - Alexij Kharitidi "Runaway Brain" A Walt Disney Pictures Production - Chris Bailey --- Best achievement in live action short films WINNER: "LIEBERMAN IN LOVE" A Chanticleer Films Production - Christine Lahti and Jana Sue Memel Other Nominees: "Brooms" A Yes/No Production - Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas "Duke of Groove" A Chanticleer Films Production - Griffin Dunne and Thom Colwell "Little Surprises" A Chanticleer Films Production - Jeff Goldblum and Tikki Goldberg "Tuesday Morning Ride" A Chanticleer Films Production - Dianne Houston and Joy Ryan --- Best achievement in sound WINNER: "APOLLO 13" (Universal) RICK DIOR, STEVE PEDERSON, SCOTT MILLAN and DAVID MacMILLAN Other Nominees: "Batman Forever" (Warner Bros.) Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montano, Michael Herbick and Petur Hliddal "Braveheart" (Paramount) Andy Nelson, Scott Millan, Anna Behlmer and Brian Simmons "Crimson Tide" (Buena Vista) Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Gregory H. Watkins and William B. Kaplan "Waterworld" (Universal) Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker and Keith A. Wester --- Best achievement in sound effects editing WINNER: "BRAVEHEART" (Paramount) LON BENDER and PER HALLBERG Other Nominees: "Batman Forever" (Warner Bros.) John Leveque and Bruce Stambler "Crimson Tide" (Buena Vista) George Watters II --- Best achievement in visual effects WINNER: "BABE" (Universal) SCOTT E. ANDERSON, CHARLES GIBSON, NEAL SCANLAN and JOHN COX Other Nominees: "Apollo 13" (Universal) Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Leslie Ekker and Matt Sweeney. --- Best screenplay written directly for the screen WINNER: "THE USUAL SUSPECTS" (Gramercy) Written by CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE Other Nominees: "Braveheart" (Paramount) Written by Randall Wallace "Mighty Aphrodite" (Miramax) Written by Woody Allen "Nixon" (Buena Vista) Written by Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson & Oliver Stone "Toy Story" (Buena Vista) Screenplay by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow; Story by John Lasseter, Peter Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft --- Best screenplay based on material previously produced or published WINNER: "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY" (Columbia) Screenplay by EMMA THOMPSON Other Nominees: "Apollo 13" (Universal) Screenplay by William Broyles, Jr. & Al Reinert "Babe" (Universal) Screenplay by George Miller & Chris Noonan "Leaving Las Vegas" (MGM/UA) Screenplay by Mike Figgis "Il Postino (The Postman)" (Miramax) Screenplay by Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi ==== end ====