The Academy Awards Season 68 Episode 1

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• Nicolas Cage -- Leaving Las Vegas ("Ben Sanderson")

• Richard Dreyfuss -- Mr. Holland's Opus ("Glenn Holland")

• Anthony Hopkins -- Nixon ("Richard Nixon")

• Sean Penn -- Dead Man Walking ("Matthew Poncelet")

• Massimo Troisi -- The Postman (Il Postino) ("Mario")



ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• James Cromwell -- Babe ("Farmer Hoggett")

• Ed Harris -- Apollo 13 ("Gene Kranz")

• Brad Pitt -- 12 Monkeys ("Jeffrey Goines")

• Tim Roth -- Rob Roy ("Archibald Cunningham")

• Kevin Spacey -- The Usual Suspects ("Roger 'Verbal' Kint")



ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Susan Sarandon -- Dead Man Walking ("Sister Helen Prejean")

• Elisabeth Shue -- Leaving Las Vegas ("Sera")

• Sharon Stone -- Casino ("Ginger McKenna")

• Meryl Streep -- The Bridges of Madison County ("Francesca Johnson")

• Emma Thompson -- Sense and Sensibility ("Elinor Dashwood")



ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Joan Allen -- Nixon ("Pat Nixon")

• Kathleen Quinlan -- Apollo 13 ("Marilyn Lovell")

• Mira Sorvino -- Mighty Aphrodite ("Linda")

• Mare Winningham -- Georgia ("Georgia")

• Kate Winslet -- Sense and Sensibility ("Marianne Dashwood")



ART DIRECTION

• 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

• Restoration -- Eugenio Zanetti

• Richard III -- Tony Burrough



CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Batman Forever -- Stephen Goldblatt

• Braveheart -- John Toll

• A Little Princess -- Emmanuel Lubezki

• Sense and Sensibility -- Michael Coulter

• Shanghai Triad -- Lu Yue



COSTUME DESIGN

• Braveheart -- Charles Knode

• Restoration -- James Acheson

• Richard III -- Shuna Harwood

• Sense and Sensibility -- Jenny Beavan, John Bright

• 12 Monkeys -- Julie Weiss



DIRECTING

• Babe -- Chris Noonan

• Braveheart -- Mel Gibson

• Dead Man Walking -- Tim Robbins

• Leaving Las Vegas -- Mike Figgis

• The Postman (Il Postino) -- Michael Radford



DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

• Anne Frank Remembered -- Jon Blair

• The Battle over Citizen Kane -- Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein

• Fiddlefest--Roberta Tzavaras and Her East Harlem Violin Program -- Allan Miller, Walter Scheuer

• Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream -- Mike Tollin, Fredric Golding

• Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern -- Jeanne Jordan, Steven Ascher



DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

• Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls -- Nancy Dine, Richard Stilwell

• The Living Sea -- Greg MacGillivray, Alec Lorimore

• Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper -- Terry Sanders, Freida Lee Mock

• One Survivor Remembers -- Kary Antholis

• The Shadow of Hate -- Charles Guggenheim



FILM EDITING

• Apollo 13 -- Mike Hill, Dan Hanley

• Babe -- Marcus D'Arcy, Jay Friedkin

• Braveheart -- Steven Rosenblum

• Crimson Tide -- Chris Lebenzon

• Seven -- Richard Francis-Bruce



FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• All Things Fair -- Sweden

• Antonia's Line -- The Netherlands

• Dust of Life -- Algeria

• O Quatrilho -- Brazil

• The Star Maker -- Italy



MAKEUP

• Braveheart -- Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, Lois Burwell

• My Family, Mi Familia -- Ken Diaz, Mark Sanchez

• Roommates -- Greg Cannom, Bob Laden, Colleen Callaghan



MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score)

• Apollo 13 -- James Horner

• Braveheart -- James Horner

• Nixon -- John Williams

• The Postman (Il Postino) -- Luis Enrique Bacalov

• Sense and Sensibility -- Patrick Doyle



MUSIC (Original Musical or Comedy Score)

• The American President -- Marc Shaiman

• Pocahontas -- Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Alan Menken

• Sabrina -- John Williams

• Toy Story -- Randy Newman

• Unstrung Heroes -- Thomas Newman



MUSIC (Original Song)

• "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas -- Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

• "Dead Man Walkin'" from Dead Man Walking -- Music and Lyric by Bruce Springsteen

• "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" from Don Juan DeMarco -- Music and Lyric by Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams and Robert John Lange

• "Moonlight" from Sabrina -- Music by John Williams; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman

• "You've Got a Friend in Me" from Toy Story -- Music and Lyric by Randy Newman



BEST PICTURE

• Apollo 13 -- Brian Grazer, Producer

• Babe -- George Miller, Doug Mitchell and Bill Miller, Producers

• Braveheart -- Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr. and Bruce Davey, Producers

• The Postman (Il Postino) -- Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori and Gaetano Daniele, Producers

• Sense and Sensibility -- Lindsay Doran, Producer



SHORT FILM (Animated)

• The Chicken from Outer Space -- John R. Dilworth

• A Close Shave -- Nick Park

• the end -- Chris Landreth, Robin Bargar

• Gagarin -- Alexij Kharitidi

• Runaway Brain -- Chris Bailey



SHORT FILM (Live Action)

• Brooms -- Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas

• Duke of Groove -- Griffin Dunne, Thom Colwell

• Lieberman in Love -- Christine Lahti, Jana Sue Memel

• Little Surprises -- Jeff Goldblum, Tikki Goldberg

• Tuesday Morning Ride -- Dianne Houston, Joy Ryan



SOUND

• Apollo 13 -- Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, David MacMillan

• Batman Forever -- Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montaño, Michael Herbick, Petur Hliddal

• Braveheart -- Andy Nelson, Scott Millan, Anna Behlmer, Brian Simmons

• Crimson Tide -- Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Gregory H. Watkins, William B. Kaplan

• Waterworld -- Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Keith A. Wester



SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

• Batman Forever -- John Leveque, Bruce Stambler

• Braveheart -- Lon Bender, Per Hallberg

• Crimson Tide -- George Watters II



VISUAL EFFECTS

• Apollo 13 -- Robert Legato, Michael Kanfer, Leslie Ekker, Matt Sweeney

• Babe -- Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox



WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

• Apollo 13 -- William Broyles, Jr., Al Reinert

• Babe -- George Miller, Chris Noonan

• Leaving Las Vegas -- Mike Figgis

• The Postman (Il Postino) -- Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi

• Sense and Sensibility -- Emma Thompson



WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

• Braveheart -- Randall Wallace

• Mighty Aphrodite -- Woody Allen

• Nixon -- Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Oliver Stone

• Toy Story -- Screenplay by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow; Story by John Lasseter, Peter Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft

• The Usual Suspects -- Christopher McQuarrie



SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• To John Lasseter, for his inspired leadership of the Pixar Toy Story team, resulting in the first feature-length computer-animated film.



HONORARY AWARD

• To Kirk Douglas, for fifty years as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community.

• To Chuck Jones, for the creation of classic cartoons which have brought worldwide joy for more than half a century.



GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD

• Donald C. Rogers



SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)

• To ARNOLD AND RICHTER CINE TECHNIK for the development of the Arriflex 535 Series of Cameras for motion picture cinematography. [Camera]

• To DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEMS for the design and development of the DTS Digital Sound System for motion picture exhibition. [Sound]

• To DOLBY LABORATORIES for the design and development of the SR-D Digital Sound System for motion picture exhibition. [Sound]

• To SONY CORPORATION for the design and development of the SDDS Digital Sound System for motion picture exhibition. [Sound]

• To HOWARD FLEMMING and RONALD UHLIG for their pioneering work leading to motion picture digital sound. [Sound]

• To RONALD C. GOODMAN, ATTILA SZALAY, STEVEN SASS and SPACECAM SYSTEMS, INC. for the design of the SpaceCam gyroscopically stabilized Camera System. [Photography]

• To COLIN MOSSMAN, JOE WARY, HANS LEISINGER, GERALD PAINTER and DELUXE LABORATORIES for the design and development of the Deluxe Quad Format Digital Sound Printing Head. [Sound]

• To DAVID GILMARTIN, JOHANNES BORGGREBE, JEAN-PIERRE GAGNON, FRANK RICOTTA and TECHNICOLOR, INC. for the design and development of the Technicolor Contact Printer Sound Head. [Sound]

• To IAIN NEIL for the optical design; RICK GELBARD for the mechanical design; ERIC DUBBERKE for the engineering and PANAVISION INTERNATIONAL, L.P., for the development of the Primo 3:1 Zoom Lens. [Lenses and Filters]

• To MARTIN S. MUELLER for the design and development of the MSM 9801 IMAX 65mm/15 perf production motion picture camera. [Camera]

• To ALVY RAY SMITH, ED CATMULL, THOMAS PORTER and TOM DUFF for their pioneering inventions in Digital Image Compositing. [Special Photographic]



SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)

• To PASCAL CHEDEVILLE for the design of the L.C. Concept Digital Sound System for motion picture exhibition. [Sound]

• To JAMES DEAS of the Warner Bros. Studio Facility for the design and subsequent development of an Automated Patchbay and Metering System for motion picture sound transfer and dubbing operations. [Sound]

• To CLAY DAVIS and JOHN CARTER of Todd-AO for their pioneering efforts in creating an Automated Patchbay System for motion picture sound transfer and dubbing operations. [Sound]

• To AL JENSEN, CHUCK HEADLEY, JEAN MESSNER and HAZEM NABULSI of CEI Technology for producing a self-contained, flicker-free Color Video-Assist Camera. [Camera]

• To PETER DENZ of Präzisions-Entwicklung Denz for developing a flicker-free Color Video-Assist Camera. [Camera]

• To DAVID PRINGLE and YAN ZHONG FANG for the design and development of "Lightning Strikes," a flexible, high-performance electronic lightning effect system. [Stage Operations]

• To BHP, INCORPORATED for their pioneering efforts developing Digital Sound Printing Heads for motion pictures. [Sound]

• To JOE FINNEGAN (a.k.a. Joe Yrigoyen) for his pioneering work in developing the Air Ram for motion picture stunt effects. [Stage Operations]

• To GARY DEMOS, DAVID RUHOFF, DAN CAMERON and MICHELLE FERAUD for their pioneering efforts in the creation of the Digital Productions Digital Film Compositing System. [Special Photographic]

• To DOUGLAS SMYTHE, LINCOLN HU, DOUGLAS S. KAY and INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC for their pioneering efforts in the creation of the ILM Digital Film Compositing System. [Special Photographic]

• To the COMPUTER FILM COMPANY for their pioneering efforts in the creation of the CFC Digital Film Compositing System. [Special Photographic]

• To INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE DE TOULOUSE for the concept; KODAK PATHE CTP CINE for the prototype; and ECLAIR LABORATORIES and MARTINEAU INDUSTRIES for the development and further implementation of the Toulouse Electrolytic Silver Recovery Cell. [Laboratory]