The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996) (TV)

Director:

Jeff Margolis

Writers:

Alec Berg (special material)
Jay Cocks (special material)

Release Date:

25 March 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Family

Plot Keywords:

Oscar Statuette | Live Performance | Award | Oscar | Awards Show

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 8 nominations

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg	...	Herself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Short Subjects Awards
James Acheson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Bryan Adams	...	Himself - Performer
Joan Allen	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Woody Allen	...	Lenny (archive footage)
Patricia Arquette	...	Herself - Audience Member
Angela Bassett	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Song
Pierce Brosnan	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Costume Design
Sandra Bullock	...	Herself - Presenter
Lois Burwell	...	Herself - Winner: Best Makeup
Nicolas Cage	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards
Naomi Campbell	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Costume Design
Jim Carrey	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Cinematography
Christine Cavanaugh	...	Babe the Gallant Pig (voice)
Jackie Chan	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Short Subjects Awards
Michael Coulter	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography
James Cromwell	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Bruce Davey	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Kirk Douglas	...	Himself - Honorary Award recipient
Michael Douglas	...	Himself - Audience Member
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Gloria Estefan	...	Herself - Performer
Mike Figgis	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director & Best Adapted Screenplay
Laurence Fishburne	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Song
Peter Frampton	...	Himself - Winner: Best Makeup
Mel Gibson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture & Best Director / Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film (also archive footage)
Stephen Goldblatt	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography
Marleen Gorris	...	Herself - Winner: Best Foreign Language Film
Tom Hanks	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Ed Harris	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Goldie Hawn	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Film Editing
Arthur Hiller	...	Himself
Anthony Hopkins	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay
Anjelica Huston	...	Herself - Presenter: 'Sense and Sensibility' Film Clip
Jeremy Irons	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Braveheart' Film Clip
Burl Ives	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Chuck Jones	...	Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
Quincy Jones	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Original Dramatic Score
Nicole Kidman	...	Herself - Presenter: 'Babe' Film Clip
Alan Ladd Jr.	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Christine Lahti	...	Herself - Winner: Best Short Film, Live Action
Martin Landau	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nathan Lane	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Colors of the Wind' Song
Jessica Lange	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role
John Lasseter	...	Himself - Special Award Recipient
Viveca Lindfors	...	Herself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Lyle Lovett	...	Himself - Performer
Emmanuel Lubezki	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography
Amy Madigan	...	Herself - Audience Member
Christopher McQuarrie	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay
Liam Neeson	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Il Postino' Film Clip
Randy Newman	...	Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Original Song
Chris Noonan	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director & Best Adapted Screenplay
Chris O'Donnell	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Moonlight' Song
Frank Oz	...	Miss Piggy (voice)
Paul Pattison	...	Himself - Winner: Best Makeup
Sean Penn	...	Matthew Poncelet (archive footage)
Brad Pitt	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sidney Poitier	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
Kathleen Quinlan	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Michael Radford	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director & Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Reeve	...	Himself
Tim Robbins	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director
Tim Roth	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Kurt Russell	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Film Editing
Winona Ryder	...	Herself - Presenter: 'Dead Man Walking' Song
Susan Sarandon	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Original Screenplay
Claudia Schiffer	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Costume Design
Steven Seagal	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Sound
Elisabeth Shue	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards
Alicia Silverstone	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Makeup
Will Smith	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects
Jimmy Smits	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman' Song
Mira Sorvino	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Paul Sorvino	...	Himself - Audience Member
Kevin Spacey	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Kirk Douglas
Bruce Springsteen	...	Himself - Performer
Sharon Stone	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Best Original Dramatic Score
Meryl Streep	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Quentin Tarantino	...	Himself - Audience Member
Emma Thompson	...	Herself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay / Presenter: Best Art Direction / Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
John Toll	...	Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography (also archive footage)
John Travolta	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Apollo 13' Film Clip
Massimo Troisi	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Dianne Wiest	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Robin Williams	...	Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Chuck Jones
Vanessa Williams	...	Herself - Performer
Mare Winningham	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kate Winslet	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
James Woods	...	Lester Diamond (archive footage)
Robert Zemeckis	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Director

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles County Music Center - 135 N. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Quotes:

[accepting his Best Director award]
Mel Gibson: Now that I'm a bona fide director with a golden boy, what I really want to do is act.

Movie Connections:

Featured in ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman

Remember William Wallace!

Today, the people who run the Academy Awards are probably a little bit embarrassed that they gave Mel Gibson an Oscar, what with his anti-Semitic rant and all. I was never one of his fans to begin with, but I like that he reminded viewers not to forget the Wallace clan when he accepted his Oscar (I take special note of people mentioning the Wallace clan because I am a descendant of William Wallace).

Other than that, I was glad that Susan Sarandon finally won an Oscar; it was about time. I guess that Kevin Spacey's win for "The Usual Suspects" was a preview of his role in "American Beauty". I think that my favorite scene of the night was what Jim Carrey did with the "Toy Story" characters. I know that some people find Whoopi Goldberg obnoxious, but I like it when she hosts the Oscars.

All in all, "The 68th Annual Academy Awards" was a pretty good night. Although I think that "To Die For" and "Unstrung Heroes" both got completely snubbed.