Oscar
68th Academy Awards

Oscars 1996

March 25, 1996  ·  Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles  ·  Host: Whoopi Goldberg
5
Braveheart wins
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10
Braveheart nominations
Best Picture: Braveheart
Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Braveheart
IMDb
Mel Gibson, dir.
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Apollo 13 IMDb
Babe IMDb
Il Postino IMDb
Sense and Sensibility IMDb
Best Director
Winner
Mel Gibson
IMDb
Braveheart
IMDb
Chris Noonan IMDb — Babe
Ron Howard IMDb — Apollo 13
Mike Leigh IMDb — Secrets & Lies
Tim Robbins IMDb — Dead Man Walking
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Nicolas Cage
IMDb
Leaving Las Vegas
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Richard Dreyfuss IMDb — Mr. Holland's Opus
Anthony Hopkins IMDb — Nixon
Massimo Troisi IMDb — Il Postino
Woody Harrelson IMDb — The People vs. Larry Flynt
Best Actress
Winner
Susan Sarandon
IMDb
Dead Man Walking
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Elisabeth Shue IMDb — Leaving Las Vegas
Sharon Stone IMDb — Casino
Meryl Streep IMDb — The Bridges of Madison County
Emma Thompson IMDb — Sense and Sensibility
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Kevin Spacey
IMDb
The Usual Suspects
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James Cromwell IMDb — Babe
Ed Harris IMDb — Apollo 13
Brad Pitt IMDb — 12 Monkeys
Tim Roth IMDb — Rob Roy
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Mira Sorvino
IMDb
Mighty Aphrodite
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Joan Allen IMDb — Nixon
Kathleen Quinlan IMDb — Apollo 13
Mare Winningham IMDb — Georgia
Kate Winslet IMDb — Sense and Sensibility
Writing
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
The Usual Suspects
IMDb
Christopher McQuarrie
IMDb
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner
Sense and Sensibility
IMDb
Emma Thompson
IMDb
Technical Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner
Antonia's Line
IMDb
Netherlands — Marleen Gorris, dir.
IMDb
Best Original Score
Winner
Il Postino
IMDb
Luis Enríquez Bacalov
IMDb
Best Original Song
Winner
"Colors of the Wind"
IMDb
Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz — Pocahontas
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Best Cinematography
Winner
Braveheart
IMDb
John Toll
IMDb
Best Film Editing
Winner
Apollo 13
IMDb
Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
IMDb
Best Visual Effects
Winner
Babe
IMDb
Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox
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