Credited cast: | |||
Billy Crystal | ... | Self - Host | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Muhammad Ali | ... | Self | |
Joan Allen | ... | Self - Nominee | |
John Alton | ... | Self - Memorial Tribute | |
David LeRoy Anderson | ... | Self - Winner | |
Julie Andrews | ... | Self - Presenter | |
Lew Ayres | ... | Self - Memorial Tribute (archive footage) | |
Hank Azaria | ... | Self - Audience Member | |
Lauren Bacall | ... | Self - Nominee | |
Rick Baker | ... | Self - Winner | |
Saul Bass | ... | Self - Memorial Tribute | |
Angela Bassett | ... | Self - Presenter | |
Mark Berger | ... | Self - Winner | |
Pandro S. Berman | ... | Self - Memorial Tribute | |
Juliette Binoche | ... | Self - Presenter & Winner |
Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940 known as "Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of cinematographic art for their contribution to creation of movies.
OK, so Billy Crystal is little more than a joke machine when hosting the Oscars, but he does tell some good ones. But I can't understand why the Oscars gave Best Picture to "The English Patient" (which I found uninspired when I saw it) when there were "Shine" and "Secrets and Lies".
But otherwise, I enjoyed "The 69th Annual Academy Awards", especially when David Helfgott played the piano, and when Muhammad Ali came up on the stage (it would have been neat to have Larry Flynt on the stage).
So, it was an OK ceremony. But it seems like this one paved the way for them to over-award "Titanic".