67th Academy Awards

"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the president of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Arthur Hiller!"

The 1995 Academy Awards Ceremony. The 67th Oscars on the 100th aniversary of the commercial screening of motion pictures. This year presented by the utterly brilliant Dave Letterman!

Each Oscar is thirteen and a half inches high, weighs about eight pounds and costs under one hundred pounds ($150) to make! So, no... they're not solid gold.

"Ladies and gentlemen; hang onto your wigs and keys! It's time to start handing out Academy Awards!"

The Academy Awards

Other awards

In Memoriam

Dave's Academy Awards Top 10 List

My short summary of the evening

Presented by:

• Tommy Lee Jones

• Rosemary Harris (Tom and Viv)
• Helen Mirren (The Madness of King George)
• Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction)
• Jennifer Tilly (Bullets Over Broadway)
• Dianne Wiest (Bullets Over Broadway)

• Dianne Wiest

Presented by:

• Sharon Stone

• Adventures of Prisilla, Queen of the Desert (Lizzy Gardiner, Tim Chappel)
• Bullets Over Broadway (Jeffrey Curlin)
• Little Women (Coleen Adwood)
• Maverick (April Fairy)
• Queen Margot (Model Bicco)

• Adventures of Prisilla, Queen of the Desert

Presented by:

• Uma Thurman

• Ed Wood (Rick Baker, Ve Neill, Yolanda Toussieng)
• Forrest Gump (Daniel C. Streepeck, Hally Dumore, Judith A. Cory)
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Daniel Parker, Paul Englin, Carol Hemming)

• Ed Wood

Presented by:

• Sarah Jessica Parker

• Clear And Present Danger (Bruce Standler, John LeBeck)
• Forrest Gump (Gloria S. Borders, Randy Tom)
• Speed (Stephen Hunter Flick)

• Speed

Presented by:

• Steve Martin

• Forrest Gump (Arthur Schmidt)
• Hoop Dreams (Frederick Marx, Steve James, Bill Howdsie)
• Pulp Fiction (Sally Menkie)
• The Shawshank Redemption (Richard Francis Bruce)
• Speed (John Wright)

• Speed

Presented by:

• Anna Paquin

• Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction)
• Martin Landau (Ed Wood)
• Chazz Palminteri (Bullets Over Broadway)
• Paul Scofield (Quiz Show)
• Garry Sinise (Forrest Gump)

• Martin Landau

Presented by:

• Paul Newman

• Forrest Gump (Don Burgess)
• Legends of the Fall (John Toll)
• ? (Roger Deacons)
• ? (Owen Royceman)
• ? (Pieter Sevinsky)

Note: Paul Newman totally forgot to announce all but Forrest Gump, and the other information given was given by John Toll. I know also that Wyatt Earp with Kevin Costner was one of the films, but not which cinematographer it matches up with.

Winner:

• Legends of the Fall

Presented by:

• Tim Allen

• Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (Peter Capaldi, Ruth Kenley-Letts)
• Kangaroo Court
• On Hope
• Sura
• Trevor (Peggy Rajski, Randy Stone)

• Tie between:
• Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
• and
• Trevor

Presented by:

• Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck

• The Big Story (Tim Watts, David Scotton)
• Bob's Birthday (Alison Snowden, David Fine)
• The Janitor (Vanessa Schwartz)
• The Monk and the Fish (Michael Doodonk DeVitt)
• Triangle (Erica Russell)

• Bob's Birthday

Presented by:

• Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon

• Bullets Over Broadway (Art direction: Santa Laquasto, Set direction: Susan Boda)
• Forrest Gump (Art direction: Rick Carter, Set direction: Nancy Hay)
• Interview with the Vampire (Art direction: Don Tefferenti, Set direction: Francesca Losciada)
• Legends of the Fall (Art direction: Lilly Kilbert, Set direction: Dorry Cooper)
• The Madness of King George (Art direction: Ken Adam, Set direction: Carolyn Scott)

• The Madness of King George

Presented by:

• Steven Segal

• Forrest Gump (Ken Raston, George Murphy, Steven Rosenbaum, Ellen Hall)
• The Mask (Scott Squires, Steve Williams, Tom Bettertino, John Fodhart)
• True Lies (John Bruno, Thomas Fischer, Jack Stroweiss, Patrick McClung)

• Forrest Gump

Presented by:

• John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson

• Blues Highway (Mence Dupurzio, Bill Guttentie)
• 89 Millimetres from Europe (Marcelle Lezinski)
• School of Assassins (Robert Richter)
• Straight from the Heart (Dean Mansbacher, Francis Ree)
• A Time For Justice (Charles Guggenheim)

• A Time for Justice

Presented by:

• John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson

• Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (Deobrah Hoffman)
• D-day Remembrance (Charles Guggenheim)
• Freedom on My Mind (Connie Field, Marilyn Mulford)
• A Great Day in Harlem (Gene Buck)
• Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (Freida Lee Mack, Terry Sanders)

• Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision

Presented by:

• Ellen Barkin

• Clear And Present Danger (Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbert, Frank A. Montagneau, Arthur Rochester)
• Forrest Gump (Randy Tom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplin)
• Legends of the Fall (Paul Massey, David Campbell, Christopher David, Douglas Ganting)
• The Shawshank Redemption (Robert J. Lip, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbert, Billy Burton)
• Speed (Greg Landacre, Steve Masloe, Bob Biemer, David R. B. McMillan)

• Speed

Presented by:

• Jack Nicholson

• Michaelangelo Antoinioni

Presented by:

• Hugh Grant, Andie McDowell

• Forrest Gump (Alan Sevestri)
• Interview with the Vampire (Elliot Goldenthal)
• The Lion King (Hans Zimmer)
• Little Women (Thomas Newman)
• The Shawshank Redemption (Thomas Newman)

• The Lion King

Presented by:

• Jeremy Irons

• Before the Rain (Macedonia - Milcho Mancheski)
• Burnt by the Sun (Russia - Nikita Mikhalkov)
• Eat Drink Man Woman (Taiwan - Ann Lee)
• Farinelli il Castro (Belgium - Gerard Cobillio)
• Strawberry and Chocolate (Cuba - Thomas Guttieris Ilea, Juan Carlos Tabillio)

• Burnt by the Sun

Presented by:

• Sylvester Stallone

• Make up Your Mind (The Paper - Randy Newman)
• Look at What Love Has Done (Junior - Carol Bersager, James Newton Howard, James Ingram, Paddy Smythe)
• Hakuna Matata (The Lion King - Elton John, Tim Rice)
• Circle of Life (The Lion King - Elton John, Tim Rice)
• Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (The Lion King - Elton John, Tim Rice)

• Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

Presented by:

• Sir Anthony Hopkins

• Bullets Over Broadway (Woody Allen, Douglas McGrath)
• Four Weddings and a Funeral (Richard Curtis)
• Heavenly Creatures (Frances Walsh, Peter Jackson)
• Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary)
• Red (Krysztov Piesiewicz, Krysztov Kieslowski)

• Pulp Fiction

Presented by:

• Sir Anthony Hopkins

• Forrest Gump (Eric Roth)
• The Madness of King George (Alan Bennnett)
• Nobody's Fool (Robert Benton)
• Quiz Show (Paul Attanasio)
• The Shawshank Redemption (Frak Darabont)

• Forrest Gump

Presented by:

• Tom Hanks

• Jodie Foster (Nell)
• Jessica Lange (Blue Sky)
• Miranda Rishardson (Tom and Viv)
• Winona Ryder (Little Women)
• Susan Sarandon (The Client)

• Jessica Lange

Presented by:

• Holly Hunter

• Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption)
• Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)
• Nigel Hawthorn (The Madness of King George)
• Paul Newman (Nobody's Fool)
• John Travolta (Pulp Fiction)

• Tom Hanks

Presented by:

• Steven Spielberg

• Woody Allen (Bullets Over Broadway)
• Robert Zemekis (Forrest Gump)
• Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction)
• Robert Redford (Quiz Show)
• Krysztov Kieslowski (Red)

• Robert Zemekis

Presented by:

• Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino

• Pulp Fiction
• Forrest Gump
• Quiz Show
• Four Weddings and a Funeral
• The Shawshank Redemption

• Forrest Gump

Presented by:

• Oprah Winfrey

• Quincy Jones

Presented by:

• Arnold Schwarzeneger

• Clint Eastwood

Presented by:

• Sigourney Weaver

• Fernando Rey
• Cameron Mitchell
• Barry Sullivan
• Giulietta Masina
• Peter Cushing
• Frank Wells (executive)
• Noah Beery Jr.
• Woody Strode
• Jessica Tandy
• Tom Ewell
• Lionel Strander
• Jules Styne (composer)
• Walter Lantz (animator)
• Arthur Krim (executive)
• Ferdinando Scarfiotti (art director)
• Robert Belt (screenwriter)
• Donald Pleasance
• Harry Saltzman (producer)
• Terence Young (director)
• Burt Lancaster
• Henry Mancini (composer)
• Martha Raye
• George Peppard
• Gilbert Roland
• Rossano Brazzi
• Cabell "Cab" Calloway
• Mildred Natwick
• MacDonald Carey
• David Wayne
• Raul Julia

"Ladies and gentlemen; here in my right hand I have a copy of tonight's top 10 list... Let's get right to it!"

"From the home office in Hollywood, California, tonight's top 10 list category: top ten signs that the movie you're watching will not win an Academy Award. Here we go..."

10. It still has the time code from the camcorder

9. Any combination of the words "Police" and "Academy" in the title

8. It's a movie about the civil war and General Grant is wearing dockers

7. You hear someone yelling "Focus!" and you realize it's the director

6. It's a beautifully made documentary about two kids in the inner city trying to realize their dream of playing professional basketball

5. The last 20 minutes is a shot of Richie from local 262 eating donuts

4. Your date had to jam a hypodermic needle full of adrenaline into your heart just to keep you awake

3. Before it starts, you hear, "Thank you for coming to Loews, sit back and relax, this movie blows!"

2. Nude scene with Uma Thurman replaced by nude scene with Strom Thurmond

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1. Four words: "Dom DeLuise is Ghandi!"

I don't know about anyone else, but I thought the Oscars was very well put on, I guess mainly due to the great Dave!

Forrest Gump didn't clean up in quite the way that people had predicted, but it did go finish the evening with a total of 6 awards.

Paul Newman totally botched his presentation of Best Cinematography by forgetting to announce any but the first in the line-up of five nominees. John Toll of Legends of the Fall took it upon himself in his acceptance speech to mention the names of the other cinematographers who were nominated in a kind gesture.

Tom Hanks made a speech that was as expected highly emotionally charged and positive in nature, saying how great his wife is among other things. It was like last year re-run all over again... Not to belittle it. He's a genuine caring guy and I respect that very much.

Dave really made the evening happen with his usual madcap and sometimes slightly confusing humour. His top 10 list was very funny and although his "Oprah...... Uma...... Uma...... Oprah......" thing got a teeny wee bit anoying, he carried the evening along brilliantly. One particularly hillarious bit was where Dave played a clip of himself in Cabin Boy saying "Do you want to buy a monkey?" and then showed a film of small clips of an amazing line-up of stars doing funny variations on the theme, saying that they were other stars who auditioned for "the plum role". The stars included Martin Short, Steve martin, Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, Rosie O'Donnell, Madonna, Danny DeVito, Paul Newman, Michael Keaton, Barry White, and a couple of others who I couldn't quite identify although they were all terribly familiar... Michael Keaton was his usual nutty self, Rosie O'Donnell was hillarious ("You're gonna buy this *beep* *beep* *beep* monkey!!!" or something to that effect), and Barry White deep voiced as ever.

The first two nominated best original songs were pretty useless in my opinion, but the three Disney The Lion King songs were good, especially the one that actually won, Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

Congratulations to all who won and to those who lost... Try again next year!

By the way, there are probably a lot of mistakes in the spelling of names, etc. as they were not put up on the screen and I had to interpret a lot of them as well as I could and write them as I heard them. If you can correct any mistakes on the page for me, please e-mail me with the correction and I'll change it as soon as possible.