Mar 24, 1997
The 69th Annual Academy Awards were presented on March 24, 1997 in the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Billy Crystal hosted while "The English Patient" dominated the Oscars, winning nine awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Supporting Actress.
The acting awards were won by Geoffrey Rush ("Shine"), Frances McDormand ("Fargo"), Cuba Gooding Jr ("Jerry Maguire"), and Juliette Binoche ("The English Patient").
69th Academy Awards Winners
| Best Picture | |
| The English Patient |    |
| Saul Zaentz | |
| Other Nominees: Fargo; Jerry Maguire; Secrets and Lies; Shine | |
| Best Actor | |
| Geoffrey Rush (Shine) | |
| Other Nominees: Tom Cruise (Jerry Maguire); Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient); Woody Harrelson (The People vs Larry Flint); Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade) | |
| Best Actress | |
| Frances McDormand (Fargo) | |
| Other Nominees: Brenda Blethyn (Secrets and Lies); Diane Keaton (Marvins Room); Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient); Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves) | |
| Best Director | |
| Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) | |
| Other Nominees: Joel Coen (Fargo); Milos Forman (The People vs Larry Flint); Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies); Scott Hicks (Shine) | |
| Best Supporting Actor | |
| Cuba Jr Gooding (Jerry Maguire) | |
| Other Nominees: William H Macy (Fargo); Armin Mueller-Stahl (Shine); Edward Norton (Primal Fear); James Woods (Ghosts of Mississippi) | |
| Best Supporting Actress | |
| Juliette Binoche (The English Patient) | |
| Other Nominees: Joan Allen (The Crucible); Lauren Bacall (The Mirror Has Two Faces); Barbara Hershey (The Portrait of a Lady); Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets and Lies) | |
| Writing | |
| Sling Blade | |
| Billy Bob Thornton | |
| Other Nominees: The Crucible; The English Patient; Hamlet; Trainspotting | |
| Writing | |
| Fargo | |
| Ethan Coen; Joel Coen | |
| Other Nominees: Jerry Maguire; Lone Star; Secrets and Lies; Shine | |
| Cinematography | |
| The English Patient | |
| John Seale | |
| Other Nominees: Evita; Fargo; Fly Away Home; Michael Collins | |
| Art Direction | |
| The English Patient | |
| Stuart Craig; Stephenie McMillan | |
| Other Nominees: The Birdcage; Evita; Hamlet; William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet | |
| Film Editing | |
| The English Patient | |
| Walter Murch | |
| Other Nominees: Evita; Fargo; Jerry Maguire; Shine | |
| Documentary Feature | |
| When We Were Kings | |
| Leon Gast; David Sonenberg | |
| Other Nominees: The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story; Mandela; Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse; Tell the Truth and Run | |
| Documentary Short | |
| Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien | |
| Jessica Yu | |
| Other Nominees: Cosmic Voyage; An Essay on Matisse; Special Effects-Nova; The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage | |
| Foreign Language Film | |
| Kolya | |
| Other Nominees: A Chef In Love; The Other Side of Sunday; Prisoner of the Mountains; Ridicule | |
| Short Subject Animated | |
| Quest | |
| Tyron Montgomery; Thomas Stellmach | |
| Other Nominees: Canhead; La Salla; Wat's Pig | |
| Short Subject Live Action | |
| Dear Diary | |
| David Frankel & Barry Jossen | |
| Other Nominees: De Tripas Corazon; Ernst & Lyset; Esposados; Wordless | |
| Costume Design | |
| The English Patient | |
| Ann Roth | |
| Other Nominees: Angels and Insects; Emma; Hamlet; The Portrait of a Lady | |
| Makeup | |
| The Nutty Professor | |
| Rick Baker; David LeRoy Anderson | |
| Other Nominees: Ghosts of Mississippi; Star Trek: First Contact | |
| Sound Editing | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness | |
| Bruce Stambler | |
| Other Nominees: Daylight; Eraser | |
| Sound Mixing | |
| The English Patient | |
| Walter Murch; Mark Berger; David Parker; Chris Newman | |
| Other Nominees: Evita; Independence Day; The Rock; Twister | |
| Visual Effects | |
| Independence Day | |
| Volker Engel; Douglas Smith; Clay Pinney; Joseph Viskocil | |
| Other Nominees: Dragonheart; Twister | |
| Original Score | |
| Emma | |
| Rachel Portman | |
| Other Nominees: The First Wives Club; The Hunchback of Notre Dame; James and the Giant Peach; The Preacher's Wife | |
| Original Song | |
| You Must Love Me (Evita) | |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber; Tim Rice | |
| Other Nominees: Because You Loved Me (Up Close and Personal); For the First Time (One Fine Day); I Finally Found Someone (The Mirror Has Two Faces); That Thing You Do (That Thing You Do) | |
| Original Score | |
| The English Patient | |
| Gabriel Yared | |
| Other Nominees: Hamlet; Michael Collins; Shine; Sleepers | |
| Special Award | |
| Michael Kidd (Services to the art of the dance on the screen) | |
| Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award | |
| Saul Zaentz | |
Movie Trailer for 'The English Patient'
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