The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995) (TV)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Jeff Margolis

Writers:

Michael Barrie (special material)
Jon Beckerman (special material)

Release Date:

27 March 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Family

Plot Keywords:

Stuffed Animal | Audition | TV Special | Credit Card | Taxicab

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 6 nominations

Cast

David Letterman	...	Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tim Allen	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Short Film, Live Action
Woody Allen	...	Himself (archive footage)
Michelangelo Antonioni	...	Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
Roger Avary	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay
Ellen Barkin	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Sound
Angela Bassett	...	Herself - Presenter: "Circle of Life" & "Hakuna Matata" Songs
Hinton Battle	...	Himself - Performer
Noah Beery Jr.	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Annette Bening	...	Herself - Presenter: 'Four Weddings and a Funera' Film Clip
Robert Bolt	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Cab Calloway	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Macdonald Carey	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Tim Chappel	...	Himself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Tim Curry	...	Himself - Performer
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Herself - Host: Technical Awards Banquet
Peter Cushing	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Robert De Niro	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Picture
Matt Dillon	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Look What Love Has Done' Song
Clint Eastwood	...	Himself - Thalberg Award Recipient
Tom Ewell	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Sally Field	...	Herself - Presenter: 'Forrest Gump' Film Clip
Wendy Finerman	...	Herself - Winner: Best Picture
George Fisher	...	Himself - accepting Technical Award for Kodak (pre-recorded)
Jodie Foster	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Lizzy Gardiner	...	Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Hugh Grant	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Original Score
David Alan Grier	...	Himself - Performer
Tom Hanks	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nigel Hawthorne	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Arthur Hiller	...	Himself
Anthony Hopkins	...	Himself - Presenter: Writing Awards
Tara Nicole Hughes	...	Dancer
Holly Hunter	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jeremy Irons	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role & Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards
Elton John	...	Himself - Performer & Winner: Best Original Song
Quincy Jones	...	Himself - Hersholt Award Recipient
Tommy Lee Jones	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Raul Julia	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Krzysztof Kieslowski	...	Himself (archive footage)
Arthur Krim	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Martin Landau	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jessica Lange	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Henry Mancini	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Steve Martin	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Editing
Giulietta Masina	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Helen Mirren	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Cameron Mitchell	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Freida Lee Mock	...	Herself - Winner: Best Documentary
Kathy Najimy	...	Herself - Performer
Mildred Natwick	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Paul Newman	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Presenter: Best Cinematography / In 'Cabin Boy' audition reel (pre-recorded)
Randy Newman	...	Himself - Performer
Jack Nicholson	...	Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Michelangelo Antonioni
Julia Ormond	...	Herself - Presenter: "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Song
Al Pacino	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Picture
Anna Paquin	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Sound Effects Editing
Gregory Peck	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Quiz Show' Film Clip
George Peppard	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Brad Pitt	...	Himself - Presenter
Donald Pleasence	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Kelly Preston	...	Herself - Audience Member
Martha Raye	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Robert Redford	...	Himself (archive footage)
Keanu Reeves	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Pulp Fiction' Film Clip
Fernando Rey	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Miranda Richardson	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Tim Robbins	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Gilbert Roland	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Stephen Rosenbaum	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Eric Roth	...	Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay
Rene Russo	...	Herself - Presenter: "Make Up Your Mind" Song
Winona Ryder	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Ernie Sabella	...	Himself - Performer
Terry Sanders	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary
Susan Sarandon	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Arthur Schmidt	...	Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Himself - Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Award
Gary Sinise	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Patty Smyth	...	Herself - Performer
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Director
Sylvester Stallone	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Original Song
Lionel Stander	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Steve Starkey	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Sharon Stone	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Costume Design
Woody Strode	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Jule Styne	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Barry Sullivan	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Jessica Tandy	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay & Nominee: Best Director (also archive footage)
Uma Thurman	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Presenter: Best Makeup
Jennifer Tilly	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Steve Tisch	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
John Toll	...	Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography
Mary Ellen Trainor	...	Herself - Audience Member
John Travolta	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards
Paul Vlahos	...	Himself - Technical Award Winner (pre-recorded)
Petro Vlahos	...	Himself - Technical Award Winner (pre-recorded)
Denzel Washington	...	Himself - Presenter: 'The Shawshank Redemption' Film Clip
David Wayne	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Sigourney Weaver	...	Herself - Presenter: Memorial Tribute
Dianne Wiest	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mara Wilson	...	Herself - Performer
Oprah Winfrey	...	Herself - Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Terence Young	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Robert Zemeckis	...	Himself - Winner: Best Director (also archive footage)
Hans Zimmer	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Score

Runtime:

215 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Trivia:

Host David Letterman pre-recorded a sequence in which he talked to New York cab drivers about the movies, and another which featured gag auditions by various celebrities for his recent cameo in the film Cabin Boy (1994).

Quotes:

David Letterman: Nominated for Best Foreign Film - "Eat Drink Man Woman" -- which is also how Arnold Schwarzenegger asked Maria Shriver out on their first date.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "20 to 1: Great Aussie Movies (#3.5)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Hakuna Matata

An Underrated presentation of the Oscars!

I have to admit that David Letterman tried too hard to host the Academy Awards just like his own late night show. Too bad the audience were made up of Hollywood celebrities and not the locals or tourists from New York! His monologue and ad-lib jokes just did not work. Not because it wasn't funny, but because it's not the type of humor that is televised well in front of celebrities and your prime-time audiences.

But what David Letterman did do that made this Academy Award memorable, were his two skits. The cab drivers that were auditioning lines. "Are you talking to me?" & "Hakuna Matata". I almost fell off of my chair when they drove through the red light! The other skit was "Do you want to buy a monkey?" Classic! I had tears in my eyes when you heard Barry White & Michael Buffer recite those lines!

How about Tom Hanks? Only the 2nd actor to ever win back-to-back Oscars! They were Philadelphia (1993) & Forrest Gump (1994). The 1st actor to accomplish that feat was the great actor Spencer Tracy for Captains Courageous (1937) & Boys Town (1938).

Another credit to the 67th Academy Awards were the two movies nominated for Best Picture. Almost everybody saw either Forrest Gump or Pulp Fiction. Pulp Fiction was the more original movie that has changed dark/comedy/action movies to today's standards, but Forrest Gump had everything a movie needed to be considered as the Best Picture of 1994.