Oscars Rematch: 1996
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- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.Best Picture!
Winner: Fargo!
Nominees:
Hamlet
Jerry Maguire
Sling Blade
Trainspotting - DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.Best Director!
Winner: Joel Coen!
Nominees:
Kenneth Branagh - Hamlet
Milos Forman - The People vs. Larry Flynt
Mike Leigh - Secrets & Lies
Danny Boyle - Trainspotting - DirectorScott HicksStarsGeoffrey RushArmin Mueller-StahlJustin BrainePianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.Best Actor!
Winner: Geoffrey Rush!
Nominees:
Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient
Ewan McGregor - Trainspotting
Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade - DirectorMike LeighStarsTimothy SpallBrenda BlethynPhyllis LoganFollowing the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.Best Actress!
Winner: Brenda Blethyn!
Nominees:
Diane Keaton - Marvin's Room
Frances McDormand - Fargo
Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient
Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves - DirectorGregory HoblitStarsRichard GereLaura LinneyEdward NortonAn altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.Best Supporting Actor!
Winner: Edward Norton!
Nominees:
Steve Buscemi - Fargo
Robert Carlyle - Trainspotting
William H. Macy - Fargo
Paul Scofield - The Crucible - DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsRalph FiennesJuliette BinocheWillem DafoeAt the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.Best Supporting Actress!
Winner: Juliette Binoche!
Nominees:
Joan Allen - The Crucible
Barbara Hershey - The Portrait of a Lady
Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Secrets and Lies
Renee Zellweger - Jerry Maguire - DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.Best Original Screenplay!
Winner: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen!
Nominees:
Cameron Crowe - Jerry Maguire
John Sayles - Lone Star
Mike Leigh - Secrets & Lies
Jan Sardi and Scott Hicks - Shine - DirectorDanny BoyleStarsEwan McGregorEwen BremnerJonny Lee MillerRenton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.Best Adapted Screenplay!
Winner: John Hodge!
Nominees:
Arthur Miller - The Crucible
Anthony Minghella - The English Patient
Kenneth Branagh - Hamlet
Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade - DirectorJan SverákStarsZdenek SverákAndrey KhalimonLibuse SafránkováA confirmed bachelor is in for the surprise of his life when a get-rich-quick scheme backfires and leaves him with a pint-sized new roommate.Best Foreign Language Film!
Winner: Kolya!
Nominees:
A Chief in Love
The Other Side of Sunday
Prisoners of the Mountain
Ridicule - DirectorTom HanksStarsTom HanksLiv TylerCharlize TheronA local Pennsylvania band scores a one-hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager.Best Original Song!
Winner: "That Thing You Do!", That Thing You Do!
Nominees:
"You Must Love Me" - Evita
"I Finally Found Someone" - The Mirror Has Two Faces
"For the First Time" - One Fine Day
"Because You Loved Me" - Up Close & Personal - DirectorLeon GastStarsMuhammad AliGeorge ForemanDon KingBoxing documentary on the 1974 world heavyweight championship bout between defending champion, George Foreman, and the underdog challenger, Muhammad Ali.Best Documentary Feature!
Winner: When We Were Kings!
Nominees:
The Line King: The Al Hirschfield Story
Mandela
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press - DirectorJessica YuStarsMark O'BrienElizabeth DuvallIan BerzonPortrait of writer Mark O'Brien, who contracted polio as a child and spent much of his life in an iron lung.Best Documentary Short!
Winner: Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien!
Nominees:
An Essay on Matisse
Cosmic Voyage
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage - DirectorDavid FrankelStarsBebe NeuwirthBrian KerwinRhea Silver-SmithThe film revolves around a New York magazine art director, married and the mother of two, who, having just turned 40, decides to record the events of her day in a journal.Best Live Action Short!
Winner: Dear Diary!
Nominees:
De tripas, Corazon
Ernst & lyset
Esposados
Senza parole - DirectorTyron MontgomeryIn the desolate landscapes of an unforgiving desert, a desperate for water wanderer summons up the strength to follow the muffled sound of dripping liquid, only to pay the high price of pursuing a dream. Is all hope lost?Best Animated Short!
Winner: Quest!
Nominees:
Canhead
La Salla
Wat's Pig - DirectorScott HicksStarsGeoffrey RushArmin Mueller-StahlJustin BrainePianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.Best Original Dramatic Score!
Winner: Shine!
Nominees:
The English Patient
Hamlet
Michael Collins
Sleepers - DirectorGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsDemi MooreJason AlexanderMary Kay BergmanA deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.Best Original Musical or Comedy Score!
Winner: The Hunchback of Notre Dame!
Nominees:
The First Wives Club
Emma
James and the Giant Peach
The Preacher's Wife - DirectorStephen HopkinsStarsMichael DouglasVal KilmerTom WilkinsonA bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.Best Sound Editing!
Winner: The Ghost and the Darkness!
Nominees:
Daylight
Eraser - DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsRalph FiennesJuliette BinocheWillem DafoeAt the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.Best Sound Mixing!
Winner: The English Patient!
Nominees:
Evita
Independence Day
The Rock
Twister - DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsLeonardo DiCaprioClaire DanesJohn LeguizamoShakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.Best Art Direction!
Winner: Romeo + Juliet!
Nominees:
The Birdcage
The English Patient
Evita
Hamlet - DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.Best Cinematography!
Winner: Fargo!
Nominees:
The English Patient
Evita
Fly Away Home
Michael Collins - DirectorTom ShadyacStarsEddie MurphyJada Pinkett SmithJames CoburnGrossly overweight yet good-hearted professor Sherman Klump takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love.Best Makeup!
Winner: The Nutty Professor!
Nominees:
Ghosts of Mississippi
Star Trek: First Contact - DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghJulie ChristieDerek JacobiHamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.Best Costume Design!
Winner: Hamlet!
Nominees:
Angels and Insects
Emma
The English Patient
The Portrait of a Lady - DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.Best Film Editing!
Winner: Fargo!
Nominees:
Evita
Jerry Maguire
Shine
Trainspotting - DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsWill SmithBill PullmanJeff GoldblumThe aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.Best Visual Effects!
Winner: Independence Day!
Nominees:
Dragonheart
Twister