68th Academy Awards

68th Academy Awards
Date	Monday, March 25, 1996
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion; Los Angeles, California
Host	Whoopi Goldberg
Producer	Quincy Jones
Director	Jeff Margolis
	Highlights
Best Picture	Braveheart
	TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 38 minutes
Viewership	44.81 million; 30.48 (Nielsen rating)

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The 68th Academy Awards were held on March 25, 1996 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The show was hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. The ceremony was watched 44.48 million viewers, with 30.5% households watching. Despite controversy from the NAACP^{[citation needed]} concerning what was deemed as a lack of attention to African-American actors by the Academy^{[citation needed]}, this show was the one and only time an African-American (Quincy Jones) was hired to produce the show to date^{[citation needed]}.

Key moments in this presentation included Christopher Reeve making his first public appearance onstage after becoming paralyzed, the performance of the troupe Stomp, the sextet Take 6, and a lifetime achievement award to Kirk Douglas recovering from a stroke. A special tribute to Gene Kelly was also produced. Perhaps the most moving moment of all for those more concerned with true heroes than the celluloid variety, was when Best Documentary Feature winner Jon Blair introduced the distinctly unglamourous, tiny, gray-haired, bespectacled lady next to him as Miep Gies, the last survivor of the group of people who had sheltered Anne Frank and her family and 4 other people in their secret Amsterdam hiding place during World War 2, and the person who had saved Anne Frank's now famous diary for posterity. The entire audience in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion rose to their feet and gave Miep a lengthy standing ovation.

Braveheart won five Oscars out of ten nominations including Best Picture. It is however, one of the few Best Picture winners that did not receive any acting nominations.

[edit] Notable Quotes

"Elisabeth Shue played a hooker. Sharon Stone played a hooker. Mira Sorvino played a hooker. How many times did Charlie Sheen get to vote?" - host Whoopi Goldberg.

"Whoever Keyser Soze is, I can tell you he's going to get gloriously drunk tonight." - Kevin Spacey, after winning award for Best Supporting Actor.

"When you give me this award, you honor my father, Paul Sorvino, who has taught me everything I know about acting." - Mira Sorvino, after winning award for Best Supporting Actress (cameras showed Paul Sorvino in the audience crying).

"Who will take home the lord of all knickknacks?" - Jim Carrey, while presenting the Cinematography Award.

"I have been in place for six incredible years where "winning" meant a crust of bread and to live another day...I wish to thank you for honoring their memory. And you cannot do it in any better way than when you return to your homes tonight, to realize that each of you who know the joy of freedom are winners." - Gerda Weissmann Klein, the subject of the Oscar-winning Documentary Short Subject "One Survivor Remembers."

"I see my four boys. They are proud of the old man." - Kirk Douglas, accepting his Honorary Oscar.

"I went to visit Jane Austen's grave in Westminster Cathedral, to pay my respects and tell her about the grosses." - Emma Thompson upon winning award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

"What you probably don't know is that I left New York last September and I just arrived here this morning." - Christopher Reeve.

Thank God for your stubbornness. Thank God for everything about you. This is yours as much as mine. Thank God we live together." - Best Actress Susan Sarandon, to her partner, Tim Robbins.

[edit] Winners & Nominees

[edit] In Memoriam

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Presented by Sharon Stone, a tribute honoring those members in the motion picture industry that died in the previous year: Ginger Rogers, composer Miklós Rózsa, Maxine Andrews, Michael V. Gazzo, Dean Martin, Viveca Lindfors, Martin Balsam, animator Friz Freleng, Burl Ives, Butterfly McQueen, costume designer Dorothy Jenkins, Nancy Kelly, Lana Turner, Elisha Cook Jr., Ida Lupino, art director Harry Horner, writer Terry Southern, Haing S. Ngor, Michael Hordern, producer Don Simpson, producer Ross Hunter, director Frank Perry, Alexander Godunov, director Louis Malle, director/writer Howard Koch, and George Burns.

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[edit] Notable Quotes

[edit] Winners & Nominees

[edit] Best Picture

[edit] Best Actor in a Leading Role

[edit] Best Actress in a Leading Role

[edit] Best Actor in a Supporting Role

[edit] Best Actress in a Supporting Role

[edit] Best Director

[edit] Best Original Screenplay

[edit] Best Adapted Screenplay

[edit] Best Cinematography

[edit] Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

[edit] Best Costume Design

[edit] Best Sound

[edit] Best Film Editing

[edit] Best Sound Effects Editing

[edit] Best Visual Effects

[edit] Best Makeup

[edit] Best Music, Original Song

[edit] Best Original Dramatic Score

[edit] Best Original Musical or Comedy Score

[edit] Best Short Film, Animated

[edit] Best Short Film, Live Action

[edit] Best Documentary, Short Subjects

[edit] Best Documentary, Features

[edit] Best Foreign Language Film

[edit] In Memoriam

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