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

Director:

Jeff Margolis

Writers:

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

Release Date:

25 March 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Family

Plot Keywords:

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

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 8 nominations

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg	...	Herself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Animated Short Film
James Acheson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Bryan Adams	...	Himself - Performer
Joan Allen	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tim Allen	...	Buzz Lightyear (voice)
Woody Allen	...	Lenny (archive footage)
Scott E. Anderson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Maxene Andrews	...	Herself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage) (as Maxine Andrews)
Kary Antholis	...	Herself - Winner: Best Documentary Short
Patricia Arquette	...	Herself - Audience Member
Luis Bacalov	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Dramatic Score
Martin Balsam	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute
Angela Bassett	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Original Song
Lon Bender	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing
Jon Blair	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature
Pierce Brosnan	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Costume Design
Sandra Bullock	...	Herself - Presenter
George Burns	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute
Lois Burwell	...	Herself - Winner: Best Makeup
Nicolas Cage	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Naomi Campbell	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Costume Design
Jim Carrey	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Cinematography
Christine Cavanaugh	...	Babe the Gallant Pig (voice)
Jackie Chan	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Animated Short Film
Joan Collins	...	Herself - Audience Member
Elisha Cook Jr.	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Michael Coulter	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography
John Cox	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
James Cromwell	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Bruce Davey	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Rick Dior	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Mixing
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
Friz Freleng	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Michael V. Gazzo	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute
Charles Gibson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Mel Gibson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture & Best Director / Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film (also archive footage)
Alexander Godunov	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute
Stephen Goldblatt	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography
Marleen Gorris	...	Herself - Winner: Best Foreign Language Film
Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Himself - Audience Member
Per Hallberg	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing
Tom Hanks	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role and Woody - (voice)
Daniel P. Hanley	...	Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Ed Harris	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Goldie Hawn	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Film Editing
Lonnie Henderson	...	Himself (Dancer) (as Lonnie L. Henderson)
Mike Hill	...	Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Arthur Hiller	...	Himself
Anthony Hopkins	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay
Michael Hordern	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute
Harry Horner	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Ross Hunter	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Anjelica Huston	...	Herself - Presenter: 'Sense and Sensibility' Film Clip
Jeremy Irons	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Braveheart' Film Clip
Burl Ives	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Dorothy Jeakins	...	Herself - Memorial Tribute
Chuck Jones	...	Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
Quincy Jones	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score and Best Original Dramatic Score
Gene Kelly	...	Himself - Special Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Nancy Kelly	...	Herself - Memorial Tribute
Nicole Kidman	...	Herself - Presenter: 'Babe' Film Clip
Howard Koch	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute
Alan Ladd Jr.	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Christine Lahti	...	Herself - Winner: Best Live Action Short Film
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: 'You've Got a Friend'
Emmanuel Lubezki	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography
Ida Lupino	...	Herself - Memorial Tribute
David MacMillan	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Mixing
Amy Madigan	...	Herself - Audience Member
Louis Malle	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Dean Martin	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Christopher McQuarrie	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay
Butterfly McQueen	...	Herself - Memorial Tribute
Jana Sue Memel	...	Herself - Winner: Best Live Action Short Film
Alan Menken	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score and Best Original Song
Scott Millan	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Mixing
Liam Neeson	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Il Postino' Film Clip
Randy Newman	...	Himself
Haing S. Ngor	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute
Chris Noonan	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director & Best Adapted Screenplay
Chris O'Donnell	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Moonlight' Song
Frank Oz	...	Miss Piggy (voice)
Nick Park	...	Himself - Winner: Best Animated Short Film
Paul Pattison	...	Himself - Winner: Best Makeup
Steve Pederson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Sound Mixing
Sean Penn	...	Matthew Poncelet (archive footage)
Frank Perry	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (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
Natasha Richardson	...	Herself
Tim Robbins	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director
Ginger Rogers	...	Herself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
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
Miklós Rózsa	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute
Susan Sarandon	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Original Screenplay
Neal Scanlan	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Claudia Schiffer	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Costume Design
Stephen Schwartz	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score and Best Original Song
Steven Seagal	...	Himself
Elisabeth Shue	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter
Alicia Silverstone	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Makeup
Don Simpson	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
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
Terry Southern	...	Himself - Memorial Tribute
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 & Presenter: Best Music
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)
Lana Turner	...	Herself - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Raquel Welch	...	Herself - Audience Member
Dianne Wiest	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Robin Williams	...	Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Chuck Jones and Special Achievement Award to John Lasseter
Vanessa Williams	...	Herself - Performer: 'Colors of the Wind'
Rita Wilson	...	Herself - Audience Member
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)
Eugenio Zanetti	...	Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction
Robert Zemeckis	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Director
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)
Miss Piggy	...	Herself (uncredited)

Directed by
Jeff Margolis

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alec Berg		special material
Jay Cocks		special material
Tom Gammill		special material
Stephen Pouliot
Daniel M. Salzman		special material
Jeff Schaffer		special material
Bruce Vilanch

Produced by
Danette Herman	....	coordinating producer
Quincy Jones	....	executive producer
David Salzman	....	producer
Phil Savenick	....	clip segment producer
Michael B. Seligman	....	associate producer
Michael J. Shapiro	....	segment producer

Film Editing by
Robert M. Malachowski Jr.

Production Design by
Ray Klausen

Art Direction by
Rebecca Holler Barkley
Keaton S. Walker

Makeup Department
Cathrine A. Marcotte	....	assistant hair stylist
Dale Miller	....	key hair stylist
Julia L. Walker	....	hair stylist: Ms. Goldberg

Production Management
Kathryn Hammond	....	production manager

Art Department
Scotty Meek	....	scenic artist

Sound Department
Robert Douglass	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Sandweiss	....	production sound mixer
Thomas Vicari	....	production sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Ralph Alcocer	....	camera operator: electronic camera
Theodore Ashton	....	camera operator: electronic camera
Greg Brunton	....	lighting designer
Dale Carlson	....	camera operator: electronic camera
Dave Eastwood	....	camera operator: electronic camera
Thomas Geren	....	camera operator: electronic camera
Larry Heider	....	camera operator: electronic camera
Dave Hilmer	....	camera operator: electronic camera
David Irete	....	camera operator: electronic camera
David Levisohn	....	camera operator: electronic camera
Jeff Mydock	....	camera operator: electronic camera
Bill Philbin	....	camera operator: electronic camera
David Plakos	....	camera operator: electronic camera
Bill Pope	....	camera operator: electronic camera
Hector Ramirez	....	camera operator: electronic camera
Blair White	....	camera operator: electronic camera

Music Department
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Tom Scott	....	musical director
Thomas Vicari	....	orchestra mixer

Other crew
Mary Aymar	....	executive assistant: David Salzman and Quincy Jones
Mary Aymar	....	personal assistant to producer
Steve Berry	....	senior video
Peter Margolis	....	dga stage manager
Jean Mason	....	senior video
Jonathan Mussman	....	production coordinator
Averill Perry	....	technical director
Vince Poxon	....	stage manager
Jim Ralston	....	technical director
Faryl Saliman Reingold	....	production coordinator
Mark Sanford	....	senior video

Thanks
Melissa Swazey	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1996) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Canal 13 (1996) (Argentina) (TV)

Other Companies

• ShowBiz Enterprises  draperies

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

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:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Phil Hartman/Gin Blossoms (#21.16)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

Colors of the Wind

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.