68th Academy Awards

68th Academy Awards
Official poster
Date	March 25, 1996
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Whoopi Goldberg
Produced by	David Salzman Quincy Jones
Directed by	Jeff Margolis
Highlights
Best Picture	Braveheart
Most awards	Braveheart (5)
Most nominations	Braveheart (10)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 39 minutes
Ratings	44.81 million 30.48% (Nielsen ratings)

The 68th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1995 in the United States and took place on March 25, 1996, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST.^[1] During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories.^[1] The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by David Salzman and Quincy Jones and directed by Jeff Margolis.^[1] Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the second time, having previously presided over the 66th ceremony in 1994.^[2] Three weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on March 2, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Richard Dreyfuss.^[3]

Braveheart won five awards, including Best Picture.^[4][5] Other winners included Apollo 13, Pocahontas, Restoration, and The Usual Suspects with two awards and Anne Frank Remembered, Antonia's Line, Babe, A Close Shave, Dead Man Walking, Leaving Las Vegas, Lieberman in Love, Mighty Aphrodite, One Survivor Remembers, Il Postino: The Postman, and Sense and Sensibility with one. The telecast garnered almost 45 million viewers in the United States.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 68th Academy Awards were announced on February 13, 1996, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater by president of the academy, and the music producer Quincy Jones.^[6] Braveheart led all nominees with ten nominations; Apollo 13 came in second with nine.^[7][8]

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 25, 1996.^[9] Braveheart was the ninth film to win Best Picture with no acting nominations.^[10] With her Best Supporting Actress win for Mighty Aphrodite, Mira Sorvino became the second consecutive actress to win the aforementioned category for a performance in a film directed by Woody Allen.^[11] Best Adapted Screenplay winner Emma Thompson was the first person to win Oscars for both acting and screenwriting. She had previously won Best Actress for her performance in the 1992 film Howards End.^[12] This was the first year since the 42nd Academy Awards—and last to date—that none of the acting winners appeared in Best Picture nominees.

Awards

Mel Gibson, Best Picture co-winner and Best Director winner

Nicolas Cage, Best Actor winner

Susan Sarandon, Best Actress winner

Kevin Spacey, Best Supporting Actor winner

Mira Sorvino, Best Supporting Actress winner

Christopher McQuarrie, Best Original Screenplay winner

Emma Thompson, Best Adapted Screenplay winner

Alan Menken, Best Original Musical or Comedy Score co-winner and Best Original Song co-winner

Marleen Gorris, Best Foreign Language Film winner

Christine Lahti, Best Live Action Short Film co-winner

Nick Park, Best Animated Short Film winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[13]

Best Picture Braveheart – Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey and Alan Ladd Jr., producers‡ Apollo 13 – Brian Grazer, producer Babe – George Miller, Doug Mitchell and Bill Miller, producers Il Postino: The Postman – Mario Cecchi Gori (posthumous nomination), Vittorio Cecchi Gori and Gaetano Daniele, producers Sense and Sensibility – Lindsay Doran, producer	Best Director Mel Gibson – Braveheart‡ Chris Noonan – Babe Tim Robbins – Dead Man Walking Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas Michael Radford – Il Postino: The Postman
Best Actor Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas as Ben Sanderson‡ Richard Dreyfuss – Mr. Holland's Opus as Glenn Holland Anthony Hopkins – Nixon as Richard Nixon Sean Penn – Dead Man Walking as Matthew Poncelet Massimo Troisi (posthumous nomination)  – Il Postino: The Postman as Mario Ruoppolo	Best Actress Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking as Helen Prejean‡ Elisabeth Shue – Leaving Las Vegas as Sera Sharon Stone – Casino as Ginger McKenna Meryl Streep – The Bridges of Madison County as Francesca Johnson Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility as Elinor Dashwood
Best Supporting Actor Kevin Spacey – The Usual Suspects as Roger "Verbal" Kint/Keyser Soze‡ James Cromwell – Babe as Farmer Arthur Hoggett Ed Harris – Apollo 13 as Gene Kranz Brad Pitt – 12 Monkeys as Jeffrey Goines Tim Roth – Rob Roy as Archibald Cunningham	Best Supporting Actress Mira Sorvino – Mighty Aphrodite as Linda Ash‡ Joan Allen – Nixon as Pat Nixon Kathleen Quinlan – Apollo 13 as Marilyn Gerlach Lovell Mare Winningham – Georgia as Georgia Flood Kate Winslet – Sense and Sensibility as Marianne Dashwood
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen The Usual Suspects – Christopher McQuarrie‡ Braveheart – Randall Wallace Mighty Aphrodite – Woody Allen Nixon – Oliver Stone, Christopher Wilkinson and Stephen J. Rivele Toy Story – Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, John Lasseter, Pete Docter and Joe Ranft	Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Sense and Sensibility – Emma Thompson adapted from the novel by Jane Austen‡ Apollo 13 – Al Reinert and William Broyles Jr. based on the book Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger Babe – George Miller and Chris Noonan based on the book The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith Leaving Las Vegas – Mike Figgis based on the novel by John O'Brien Il Postino: The Postman – Michael Radford, Anna Pavignano, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli and Massimo Troisi (posthumous nomination) based on the novel Ardiente paciencia by Antonio Skármeta
Best Foreign Language Film Antonia's Line (The Netherlands) in Dutch – Marleen Gorris, director‡ All Things Fair (Sweden) in Swedish – Bo Widerberg, director Dust of Life (Algeria) in French  – Rachid Bouchareb, director O Quatrilho (Brazil) in Portuguese and Italian – Fábio Barreto, director The Star Maker (Italy) in Italian – Giuseppe Tornatore, director	Best Documentary Feature Anne Frank Remembered – Jon Blair‡ The Battle Over Citizen Kane – Thomas Lennon and Michael Epstein Fiddlefest—Roberta Tzavaras and Her East Harlem Violin Program – Allan Miller and Walter Scheuer Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream – Mike Tollin and Fredric Golding Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern – Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher
Best Documentary Short Subject One Survivor Remembers – Kary Antholis‡ Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls – Nancy Dine and Richard Stilwell The Living Sea – Greg MacGillivray and Alec Lorimore Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper – Terry Sanders and Freida Lee Mock The Shadow of Hate – Charles Guggenheim	Best Live Action Short Film Lieberman in Love – Christine Lahti and Jana Sue Memel‡ Brooms – Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas Duke of Groove – Griffin Dunne and Thom Colwell Little Surprises – Jeff Goldblum and Tikki Goldberg Tuesday Morning Ride – Dianne Houston and Joy Ryan
Best Animated Short Film A Close Shave – Nick Park‡ The Chicken from Outer Space – John R. Dilworth The End – Chris Landreth and Robin Barger Gagarin – Alexiy Kharitidi Runaway Brain – Chris Bailey	Best Original Dramatic Score Il Postino: The Postman – Luis Bacalov‡ Apollo 13 – James Horner Braveheart – James Horner Nixon – John Williams Sense and Sensibility – Patrick Doyle
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Pocahontas – Music by Alan Menken; lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; orchestral score by Alan Menken‡ The American President – Marc Shaiman Sabrina – John Williams Toy Story – Randy Newman Unstrung Heroes – Thomas Newman	Best Original Song "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas – Music by Alan Menken; lyrics by Stephen Schwartz‡ "Dead Man Walkin'" from Dead Man Walking – Music and lyrics by Bruce Springsteen "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" from Don Juan DeMarco – Music and lyrics by Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams and Robert John Lange "Moonlight" from Sabrina – Music by John Williams; lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman "You've Got a Friend in Me" from Toy Story – Music and lyrics by Randy Newman
Best Sound Effects Editing Braveheart – Lon Bender and Per Hallberg‡ Batman Forever – John Leveque and Bruce Stambler Crimson Tide – George Watters II	Best Sound Apollo 13 – Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan and David MacMillan‡ Batman Forever – Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montaño, Michael Herbick and Petur Hliddal Braveheart – Andy Nelson, Scott Millan, Anna Behlmer and Brian Simmons Crimson Tide – Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Gregory H. Watkins and William B. Kaplan Waterworld – Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker and Keith A. Wester
Best Art Direction Restoration – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Eugenio Zanetti‡ Apollo 13 – Art Direction: Michael Corenblith; Set Decoration: Merideth Boswell Babe – Art Direction: Roger Ford; Set Decoration: Kerrie Brown A Little Princess – Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik Richard III – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Tony Burrough	Best Cinematography Braveheart – John Toll‡ Batman Forever – Stephen Goldblatt A Little Princess – Emmanuel Lubezki Sense and Sensibility – Michael Coulter Shanghai Triad – Lü Yue
Best Makeup Braveheart – Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison and Lois Burwell‡ My Family, Mi Familia – Ken Diaz and Mark Sanchez Roommates – Greg Cannom, Bob Laden and Colleen Callaghan	Best Costume Design Restoration – James Acheson‡ 12 Monkeys – Julie Weiss Braveheart – Charles Knode Richard III – Shuna Harwood Sense and Sensibility – Jenny Beavan and John Bright
Best Film Editing Apollo 13 – Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley‡ Babe – Marcus D'Arcy and Jay Friedkin Braveheart – Steven Rosenblum Crimson Tide – Chris Lebenzon Seven – Richard Francis-Bruce	Best Visual Effects Babe – Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan and John Cox‡ Apollo 13 – Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Leslie Ekker and Matt Sweeney

Academy Honorary Awards

• Chuck Jones^[14]
• Kirk Douglas^[15]

Special Achievement Award

• John Lasseter for Toy Story ^[16]

Multiple nominations and awards

The following 19 films received multiple nominations: Nominations Film 10 Braveheart 9 Apollo 13 7 Babe Sense and Sensibility 5 Il Postino: The Postman 4 Dead Man Walking Leaving Las Vegas Nixon Toy Story 3 Batman Forever Crimson Tide 2 12 Monkeys A Little Princess Mighty Aphrodite Pocahontas Restoration Richard III Sabrina The Usual Suspects

The following five films received multiple awards: Awards Film 5 Braveheart 2 Apollo 13 Pocahontas Restoration The Usual Suspects

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.^[17]

Presenters

Name(s)	Role
Les Marshak	Announcer for the 68th annual Academy Awards
Pierce Brosnan Naomi Campbell Claudia Schiffer	Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design
Dianne Wiest	Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Alicia Silverstone	Presenter of the award for Best Makeup
John Travolta	Presenter of the film Apollo 13 on the Best Picture segment
Emma Thompson	Presenter of the award for Best Art Direction
Chris O'Donnell	Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "Moonlight"
Robin Williams	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Chuck Jones and the Special Achievement Award to John Lasseter who comes onto the stage with a Sheriff Woody doll and a Buzz Lightyear action figure. As they come to life, Tom Hanks and Tim Allen reprise their respective voice roles.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jackie Chan	Presenters of the awards for Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Film
Sandra Bullock	Presenter of the award Best Sound Effects Editing
Jeremy Irons	Presenter of the film Braveheart on the Best Picture segment
Steven Seagal	Presenter of the award Best Sound
Martin Landau	Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Jim Carrey	Presenter of the award for Best Cinematography
Goldie Hawn Kurt Russell	Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Richard Dreyfuss	Presenter of the segment of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Winona Ryder	Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "Dead Man Walking"
Will Smith	Presenter of the award for Best Visual Effects
Nicolas Cage Elisabeth Shue	Presenters of the awards for Best Documentary Short Subject and Best Documentary Feature
Nathan Lane	Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "Colors of the Wind"
Mel Gibson	Presenter of the award Best Foreign Language Film
Anjelica Huston	Presenter of the film Sense and Sensibility on the Best Picture segment
Steven Spielberg	Presenter of the Honorary Award to Kirk Douglas
Quincy Jones Sharon Stone	Presenters of the awards for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score and Best Original Dramatic Score
Liam Neeson	Presenter of the film Il Postino: The Postman on the Best Picture segment
Arthur Hiller (AMPAS President)	Presenter of the "In Memoriam" tribute
Jimmy Smits	Introducer of the performance of Best Original Song nominee "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"
Susan Sarandon	Presenter of the award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Anthony Hopkins	Presenter of the award for Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Christopher Reeve	Presenter of the montage on films that address social issues
Angela Bassett Laurence Fishburne	Presenters of the award for Best Original Song
Robert Zemeckis	Presenter of the award Best Director
Nicole Kidman	Presenter of the film Babe on the Best Picture segment
Tom Hanks	Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Jessica Lange	Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Sidney Poitier	Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers

Name(s)	Role	Performed
Tom Scott	Musical arranger	Orchestral
Gloria Estefan	Performer	"Moonlight" from Sabrina
Lyle Lovett Randy Newman	Performers	"You've Got a Friend in Me" from Toy Story
Stomp	Performers	Best Sound Effects Editing montage
Bruce Springsteen	Performer	"Dead Man Walkin'" from Dead Man Walking
Savion Glover	Performer	"Singin' in the Rain" tap-dance tribute to Gene Kelly
Vanessa Williams	Performer	"Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas
Bryan Adams	Performer	"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" from Don Juan DeMarco
Take 6	Performers	Best Original Song medley

Ceremony information

Whoopi Goldberg hosted the 68th Academy Awards.

As a result of the negative reception of David Letterman's stint as host from the preceding year's ceremony, veteran film and television director Gil Cates declined to helm the upcoming festivities.^[18] In November 1995, AMPAS recruited music producer and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient Quincy Jones as producer of the 1996 ceremony.^[19] Jones immediately selected actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg to host the ceremony.^[19] In an interview with Los Angeles Times writer Susan King, Jones explained the decision to hire Goldberg saying, "She has all the qualifications to move on a dime, to carry the elegance and the dignity of the show and is very funny. She understands the street. She has everything."^[20]

One segment that was staged during the ceremony was an elaborate fashion show showcasing the nominees for Best Costume Design.^[21] Produced by fashion photographer Matthew Rolston, the production featured models such as Cameron Alborzian, Tyson Beckford, Tyra Banks, Marcus Schenkenberg and Joel West sporting various costumes from the five films nominated in the category.^[22] Initially, actor Jack Nicholson was approached to introduce the segment along with models Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer. However, actor Pierce Brosnan accepted the role of presenter of the segment and award after Nicholson declined those respective duties.^[21]

Several other people and elements were also involved with the production of the ceremony. Jeff Margolis served as director for the program.^[23] Actress and talk show host Oprah Winfrey interviewed several nominees and other attendees during a seven-minute red carpet arrival segment shown at the beginning of the telecast.^[24] Musician and saxophonist Tom Scott served as musical director for the ceremony.^[25] Choreographer Jamie King supervised the performances of the Best Song nominees and two dance numbers.^[26] Babe, the pig from the eponymous film, and Miss Piggy participated in a comedy sketch during the proceedings.^[25] Actor Christopher Reeve, who was paralyzed in a horse riding accident nearly a year earlier, made a surprise appearance on the telecast urging filmmakers to make movies that face the world's most important issues head-on.^[27]

Rainbow Coalition protest

Several days before the ceremony, activist group Rainbow Coalition, led by Reverend Jesse Jackson, planned a protest regarding African Americans and other racial minorities in the film industry.^[28] The group was voicing its objections to unflattering portrayals of minorities in film and television and the fact that minorities were underemployed in the entertainment industry.^[28] Jackson further pointed out the disparity in racial minorities in Hollywood by noting that Best Live Action Short Film nominee Dianne Houston was the only African American nominated that year.^[29] Although the group initially planned to demonstrate outside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, an agreement between Jackson and producer Jones caused the protest to be moved adjacent to the broadcast facilities of the local ABC affiliate KABC-TV.^[30] Nevertheless, Jones remarked that the Academy Awards were not the appropriate venue for such protest declaring "Why should the movie business be different from anything else in America? It's a problem that permeates everything in the country. Every facet of America discriminates."^[31]

Division of Best Original Score category

Beginning with this ceremony, the AMPAS music branch divided the category of Best Original Score into two categories: Best Dramatic Score and Best Musical or Comedy Score.^[32] This was seen as a response to the dominance of Walt Disney Feature Animation films in the Original Score and Original Song categories in recent years.^[33] Four years later, the two scoring categories were merged back into one category.^[34]

Christopher Reeve appearance

At the ceremony, Christopher Reeve presented a montage of films which tackled social issues. His appearance was a surprise to the majority of those present and occurred less than a year after the horse-riding accident in which he was paralyzed. Reeve's appearance was kept secret in part so that if any physical issue came about, he could drop out quietly. He attended an early morning closed-door rehearsal, during which he vetoed the idea of using John Williams' 1978 Superman Theme as entrance music. Reeve, along with Jones, had chosen the film clips used in the montage.^[35] Reeve received a two-minute standing ovation at during his appearance.^[36]

Box office performance of nominees

At the time of the nominations announcement on February 13, the combined gross of the five Best Picture nominees at the US box office was $333 million, with an average of $66.5 million per film.^[37] Apollo 13 was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees with $172 million in domestic box office receipts.^[37] The film was followed by Braveheart ($67 million), Babe ($58.2 million), Sense and Sensibility ($24.6 million) and finally Il Postino: The Postman ($10.7 million).^[37]

Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 47 nominations went to 14 films on the list. Only Toy Story (2nd), Apollo 13 (3rd), Braveheart (23rd), Babe (29th), 12 Monkeys (31st), Casino (38th) and Mr. Holland's Opus (39th) were nominated for directing, acting, screenwriting, or Best Picture.^[38] The other box office hits that earned nominations were Batman Forever (1st), Pocahontas (4th), Seven (9th), Crimson Tide (10th), Waterworld (12th), The Bridges of Madison County (21st), The American President (27th) and Sabrina (34th).^[38]

Critical reviews

The show received a positive reception from most media publications. The New York Times film critic Janet Maslin raved, "Mr. Jones pointedly turned this year's ceremony into a showcase for Hollywood's new guard." She also praised host Goldberg's opening monologue, remarking that it "established the sharpness of this year's gag writing."^[39] People columnist Janice Min wrote that "the most egregious crime at the 68th Academy Awards on March 25 was–egad!–the relentless elegance and good taste that deprived viewers of genuine, Grade A snicker fodder.^[40] Television critic Howard Rosenberg of the Los Angeles Times applauded Goldberg's performance, noting that her "confident performance [...] was symbolic of her whopping improvement as host over her showing on the 1994 Oscars."^[41]

Some media outlets were more critical of the show. Chicago Tribune television critic Steve Johnson lamented that Goldberg "settled into bland script reading that made one long for David Letterman's cranky unpredictability in the role last year." He also stated that the "Best Costume Design fashion show" was the silliest opening Oscar production number since Rob Lowe and Snow White sang "Proud Mary" in 1989.^[42] Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly bemoaned that the dominance of Best Picture winner Braveheart and the lack of fashion glamour "had the makings of a tiresome evening."^[43]

Ratings and reception

The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 44.81 million people over its length, which was a 9% decrease from the previous year's ceremony.^[44][45] The show also garnered lower Nielsen ratings compared to the previous ceremony, with 30.48% of households watching over a 48.88 share.^[46] It also earned a lower 18–49 demographic rating with an 18.76 rating over a 35.27 share among viewers in that demographic.^[46]

In July 1996, the ceremony presentation received seven nominations at the 48th Primetime Emmys.^[47] Two months later, the ceremony won one of those nominations for Greg Brunton's lighting design and direction during the telecast.^[48]

"In Memoriam"

The annual "In Memoriam" tribute was presented by Academy President Arthur Hiller. The montage featured an excerpt of the main title of The Prince of Tides composed by James Newton Howard.^[49]

• Miklós Rózsa – Composer
• Ginger Rogers
• Maxine Andrews
• Michael V. Gazzo
• Dean Martin
• Viveca Lindfors
• Martin Balsam
• Friz Freleng – Animator
• Burl Ives
• Butterfly McQueen
• Dorothy Jeakins – Costume Designer
• Nancy Kelly
• Lana Turner
• Elisha Cook Jr.
• Ida Lupino
• Harry Horner – Art Director
• Terry Southern – Writer
• Haing S. Ngor
• Michael Hordern
• Don Simpson – Producer
• Ross Hunter – Producer
• Frank Perry – Director
• Alexander Godunov
• Louis Malle – Director
• Howard Koch – Writer
• George Burns

A separate tribute to actor, dancer and veteran Oscar host Gene Kelly featured tap dancer Savion Glover dancing to the song "Singin' in the Rain" from the 1952 film of the same name.^[50]

See also

• 2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards
• 16th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 38th Grammy Awards
• 48th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 49th British Academy Film Awards
• 50th Tony Awards
• 53rd Golden Globe Awards
• List of submissions to the 68th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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• Pond, Steve (2005). The Big Show: High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards. New York, United States: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-21193-3.

External links

Official websites

• Academy Awards Official website Archived March 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Official website Archived January 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
• Oscar's Channel Archived October 2, 2018, at the Wayback Machine at YouTube (run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Video Highlights

Analysis

• 1995 Academy Awards Winners and History Archived March 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Filmsite
• Academy Awards, USA: 1996 Archived December 5, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Internet Movie Database

News resources

• Academy Awards coverage Archived October 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine CNN

Other resources

• The 68th Annual Academy Awards at IMDb