Mar 25, 1996
The 68th Annual Academy Awards were presented on March 25, 1996 in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Whoopi Goldberg hosted.
It was a night for Mel Gibson and "Braveheart". The action filled epic won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Other films winning multiple awards included "The Usual Suspects", "Apollo 13", and "Pocahontas" for its music.
68th Academy Awards Winners
| Best Picture | |
| Braveheart |    |
| Mel Gibson; Alan Ladd Jr; Bruce Davey | |
| Other Nominees: Apollo 13; Babe; The Postman; Sense and Sensibility | |
| Best Actor | |
| Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas) | |
| Other Nominees: Richard Dreyfuss (Mr Holland's Opus); Anthony Hopkins (Nixon); Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking); Massimo Troisi (The Postman) | |
| Best Actress | |
| Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking) | |
| Other Nominees: Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas); Sharon Stone (Casino); Meryl Streep (Bridges of Madison County); Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) | |
| Best Director | |
| Mel Gibson (Braveheart) | |
| Other Nominees: Chris Noonan (Babe); Tim Robbins (Dead Man Walking); Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas); Michael Radford (The Postman) | |
| Best Supporting Actor | |
| Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects) | |
| Other Nominees: James Cromwell (Babe); Ed Harris (Apollo 13); Brad Pitt (12 Monkeys); Tim Roth (Rob Roy) | |
| Best Supporting Actress | |
| Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) | |
| Other Nominees: Joan Allen (Nixon); Kathleen Quinlan (Apollo 13); Mare Winningham (Georgia); Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility) | |
| Writing | |
| Sense and Sensibility | |
| Emma Thompson | |
| Other Nominees: Apollo 13; Babe; Leaving Las Vegas; The Postman | |
| Writing | |
| The Usual Suspects | |
| Christopher McQuarri | |
| Other Nominees: Braveheart; Mighty Aphrodite; Nixon; Toy Story | |
| Art Direction | |
| Restoration | |
| Eugenio Zanetti | |
| Other Nominees: Apollo 13; Babe; A Little Princess; Richard III | |
| Cinematography | |
| Braveheart | |
| John Toll | |
| Other Nominees: Batman Forever; A Little Princess; Sense and Sensibility; Shanghai Triad | |
| Film Editing | |
| Apollo 13 |  |
| Mike Hill; Dan Hanley | |
| Other Nominees: Babe; Braveheart; Crimson Tide; Seven | |
| Documentary Feature | |
| Anne Frank Remembered |  |
| Jon Blair | |
| Other Nominees: The Battle Over Citizen Kane; Fiddlefest; Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream; Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern | |
| Documentary Short | |
| One Survivor Remembers | |
| Katy Antholis | |
| Other Nominees: Jim Dine: A Self Portrait on the Walls; The Living Sea; Never Give Up; The Shadow of Hate | |
| Foreign Language Film | |
| Antonia's Line |  |
| Other Nominees: All Things Fair; Dust of Life; O Quatrilho; The Star Maker | |
| Short Subject Animated | |
| A Close Shave |  |
| Nick Park | |
| Other Nominees: The Chicken From Outer Space; the end; Gagarin; Runaway Brain | |
| Short Subject Live Action | |
| Lieberman In Love | |
| Christine Lahti & Jana Sue Memel | |
| Other Nominees: Brooms; Duke Of Groove; Little Surprises; Tuesday Morning Ride | |
| Costume Design | |
| Restoration | |
| James Acheson | |
| Other Nominees: Braveheart; Richard III; Sense and Sensibility; 12 Monkeys | |
| Makeup | |
| Braveheart | |
| Peter Frampton; Paul Pattison; Lois Burwell | |
| Other Nominees: My Family Mi Familia; Roommates | |
| Sound Editing | |
| Braveheart | |
| Lon Bender; Per Hallberg | |
| Other Nominees: Batman Forever; Crimson Tide | |
| Sound Mixing | |
| Apollo 13 | |
| Rick Dior; Steve Pederson; Scott Milan; David MacMillan | |
| Other Nominees: Batman Forever; Braveheart; Crimson Tide; Waterworld | |
| Visual Effects | |
| Babe | |
| Scott E Anderson; Charles Gibson; Neal Scanlon; John Cox | |
| Other Nominees: Apollo 13 | |
| Original Score | |
| The Postman | |
| Luis Enrique Bacalov | |
| Other Nominees: Apollo 13; Braveheart; Nixon; Sense and Sensibility | |
| Original Score | |
| Pocahontas | |
| Alan Menken; Stephen Schwartz | |
| Other Nominees: The American President; Sabrina; Toy Story; Unstrung Heroes | |
| Original Song | |
| Colors of the Wind (Pocahontas) | |
| Alan Menken; Stephen Schwartz | |
| Other Nominees: Dead Man Walkin' (Dead Man Walking); Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman (Don Juan DeMarco); Moonlight (Sabrina); You've Got A Friend In Me (Toy Story) | |
| Special Award | |
| Kirk Douglas (Fifty years as a creative and moral force in motion pictures) | |
| Special Award | |
| Chuck Jones (Creation of classic cartoons) | |
| Special Award | |
| John Lasseter (Toy Story) | |
Movie Trailer for 'Braveheart'
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