67th Academy Awards

The nominees for the 67th Academy Awards were announced on February 14, 1995, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Arthur Hiller, the then-president of the Academy, and actress Angela Bassett.[6] Forrest Gump earned the most nominations with thirteen. It was the most nominated film since 1966's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the fifth film to earn that many nominations.[7] Bullets Over Broadway, Pulp Fiction, and The Shawshank Redemption tied for second with seven each.[8]

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 27, 1995. For only the second time in Oscar history, three of the four acting winners were previous winners. The 11th ceremony held in 1939 previously accomplished this feat.[9] Best Actor winner Tom Hanks became the fifth performer to win consecutive acting Oscars and the second person to do so in the aforementioned category since Spencer Tracy won for his performances in Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938).[10][11] He also was the sixth person to win Best Actor twice.[12] Best Supporting Actress winner Dianne Wiest became the first person to win two acting Oscars for performances in films directed by the same person. She first won in that same category for her role in Woody Allen's 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters.[13] Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life and Trevor's joint win in the Best Live Action Short category marked the fifth occurrence of a tie in Oscar history; the next tie would occur at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013.[14]

Awards

Steve Tisch, Best Picture co-winner

Robert Zemeckis, Best Director winner

Tom Hanks, Best Actor winner

Jessica Lange, Best Actress winner

Martin Landau, Best Supporting Actor winner

Dianne Wiest, Best Supporting Actress winner

Quentin Tarantino, Best Original Screenplay co-winner

Roger Avary, Best Original Screenplay co-winner

Peter Capaldi, Best Live Action Short Film co-winner

Hans Zimmer, Best Original Score winner

Elton John, Best Original Song co-winner

Tim Rice, Best Original Song co-winner

Ken Adam, Best Art Direction co-winner

Rick Baker, Best Makeup co-winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().[15]

Best Picture Forrest Gump – Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey, producers Four Weddings and a Funeral – Duncan Kenworthy, producer Pulp Fiction – Lawrence Bender, producer Quiz Show – Robert Redford, Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, and Michael Nozik, producers The Shawshank Redemption – Niki Marvin, producer	Best Director Robert Zemeckis – Forrest Gump Woody Allen – Bullets Over Broadway Quentin Tarantino – Pulp Fiction Robert Redford – Quiz Show Krzysztof Kieślowski – Three Colours: Red
Best Actor Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump as Forrest Gump Morgan Freeman – The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding Nigel Hawthorne – The Madness of King George as King George III Paul Newman – Nobody's Fool as Donald "Sully" Sullivan John Travolta – Pulp Fiction as Vincent Vega	Best Actress Jessica Lange – Blue Sky as Carly Marshall Jodie Foster – Nell as Nell Kellty Miranda Richardson – Tom & Viv as Vivienne Haigh-Wood Winona Ryder – Little Women as Josephine "Jo" March Susan Sarandon – The Client as Regina "Reggie" Love
Best Supporting Actor Martin Landau – Ed Wood as Bela Lugosi Samuel L. Jackson – Pulp Fiction as Jules Winnfield Chazz Palminteri – Bullets Over Broadway as Cheech Paul Scofield – Quiz Show as Mark Van Doren Gary Sinise – Forrest Gump as Lt. Dan Taylor	Best Supporting Actress Dianne Wiest – Bullets Over Broadway as Helen Sinclair Rosemary Harris – Tom & Viv as Rose Robinson Haigh-Wood Helen Mirren – The Madness of King George as Queen Charlotte Uma Thurman – Pulp Fiction as Mia Wallace Jennifer Tilly – Bullets Over Broadway as Olive Neal
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Pulp Fiction – Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino; Stories by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary Bullets Over Broadway – Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath Four Weddings and a Funeral – Richard Curtis Heavenly Creatures – Peter Jackson and Frances Walsh Three Colours: Red – Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz	Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Forrest Gump – Eric Roth based on the novel by Winston Groom The Madness of King George – Alan Bennett based on his stage play The Madness of George III Nobody's Fool – Robert Benton based on the novel by Richard Russo Quiz Show – Paul Attanasio based on the book Remembering America: A Voice from the Sixties by Richard N. Goodwin The Shawshank Redemption – Frank Darabont based on the short novel "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King
Best Foreign Language Film Burnt by the Sun (Russia) in Russian – Nikita Mikhalkov, director Before the Rain (FYR Macedonia) in Macedonian, Albanian, and English – Milcho Manchevski, director Eat Drink Man Woman (Taiwan) in Mandarin Chinese – Ang Lee, director Farinelli: Il Castrato (Belgium) in French and Italian – Gérard Corbiau, director Strawberry and Chocolate (Cuba) in Spanish – Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío, directors	Best Documentary Feature Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision – Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter – Deborah Hoffmann D-Day Remembered – Charles Guggenheim Freedom on My Mind – Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford A Great Day in Harlem – Jean Bach
Best Documentary Short Subject A Time for Justice – Charles Guggenheim 89mm from Europe – Marcel Łoziński Blues Highway – Vince DiPersio and Bill Guttentag School of the Americas Assassins – Robert Richter Straight from the Heart – Dee Mosbacher and Frances Reid	Best Live Action Short Film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life – Peter Capaldi and Ruth Kenley-Letts Trevor – Peggy Rajski and Randy Stone Kangaroo Court – Sean Astin and Christine Astin On Hope – JoBeth Williams and Michele McGuire Syrup – Paul Unwin and Nick Vivian
Best Animated Short Film Bob's Birthday – Alison Snowden and David Fine The Big Story – Tim Watts and David Stoten The Janitor – Vanessa Schwartz The Monk and the Fish – Michaël Dudok de Wit Triangle – Erica Russell	Best Original Score The Lion King – Hans Zimmer Forrest Gump – Alan Silvestri Interview with the Vampire – Elliot Goldenthal Little Women – Thomas Newman The Shawshank Redemption – Thomas Newman
Best Original Song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice "Circle of Life" from The Lion King – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice "Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice "Look What Love Has Done" from Junior – Music and Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, James Newton Howard, James Ingram and Patty Smyth "Make Up Your Mind" from The Paper – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman	Best Sound Effects Editing Speed – Stephen Hunter Flick Clear and Present Danger – Bruce Stambler and John Leveque Forrest Gump – Gloria Borders and Randy Thom
Best Sound Speed – Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer and David MacMillan Clear and Present Danger – Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño and Art Rochester Forrest Gump – Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands and William B. Kaplan Legends of the Fall – Paul Massey, David E. Campbell, Chris David and Douglas Ganton The Shawshank Redemption – Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick and Willie D. Burton	Best Art Direction The Madness of King George – Art Direction: Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Carolyn Scott Bullets Over Broadway – Art Direction: Santo Loquasto; Set Decoration: Susan Bode Forrest Gump – Art Direction: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh Interview with the Vampire – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo Legends of the Fall – Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert; Set Decoration: Dorree Cooper
Best Cinematography Legends of the Fall – John Toll Forrest Gump – Don Burgess The Shawshank Redemption – Roger Deakins Three Colours: Red – Piotr Sobociński Wyatt Earp – Owen Roizman	Best Makeup Ed Wood – Ve Neill, Rick Baker and Yolanda Toussieng Forrest Gump – Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D'Amore and Judith A. Cory Mary Shelley's Frankenstein – Daniel Parker, Paul Engelen and Carol Hemming
Best Costume Design The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel Bullets Over Broadway – Jeffrey Kurland Little Women – Colleen Atwood Maverick – April Ferry Queen Margot – Moidele Bickel	Best Film Editing Forrest Gump – Arthur Schmidt Hoop Dreams – Frederick Marx, Steve James and Bill Haugse Pulp Fiction – Sally Menke The Shawshank Redemption – Richard Francis-Bruce Speed – John Wright
Best Visual Effects Forrest Gump – Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum and Allen Hall The Mask – Scott Squires, Steve Spaz Williams, Tom Bertino and Jon Farhat True Lies – John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis and Patrick McClung

The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.[19]

Despite earning critical praise for the previous year's ceremony, actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg announced that she would not host the ceremony for a second consecutive year saying, "I've had a great time, but I've done it."[20] She added that her role in the upcoming movie Bogus would jeopardize her busy schedule.[21] In addition, her Comic Relief co-host and veteran Oscar emcee Billy Crystal declined to host the show citing his commitment to his film Forget Paris which he directed, wrote, starred in, and produced.[21] Producer Gil Cates hired actor, comedian, and Late Show host David Letterman as host of the 1995 ceremony.[22] Cates explained his decision to hire the late-night talk show host saying, "He's punctual, he's well groomed, and he knows how to keep an audience awake."[23] ABC entertainment president Ted Harbert also approved of the choice stating, "If Dave likes the experience, this could be a great answer for the show, just the way Johnny Carson did the show for many years."[24]

As with previous ceremonies he produced, Cates centered the show on a theme. This year, he christened the show with the theme "Comedy and the Movies" commenting "This year, because of the earthquakes and floods and Bosnia and Rwanda, it was a (terrible) year, and therefore seemed a great year to celebrate what movies can really give us, which is an opportunity to go for two hours in the dark and laugh together. Even with television, it's not a community experience unless you have a very big family. So it's unique to movies and theater, and it's this very human thing."[23][25] In tandem with the theme, the ceremony's opening number featured a montage produced by Chuck Workman featuring scenes of humorous moments from a variety of both comedic and non-comedic films projected on a large screen on the stage. During that segment, actors Tim Curry, Kathy Najimy, and Mara Wilson performed a modified version of the song "Make 'Em Laugh" from the film Singin' in the Rain, using blue screen technology to make it appear that they were jumping in and out of the montage on the screen.[26][27] Several collections of film clips were shown throughout the broadcast highlighting various aspects of comedy such as troupes and dialogue.[28]

Several other people were also involved with the production of the ceremony. Bill Conti served as musical director and conductor for the event.[29] Production designer Roy Christopher designed a new stage for the ceremony which prominently featured a proscenium which was designed to resemble the iris of a camera.[30] Moreover, Christopher commented that the iris motif was inspired by the iris shot prominently featured in several comedic films and shorts.[25] Dancer Debbie Allen choreographed The Lion King musical number.[31] Actors Alec Baldwin, Jack Lemmon, Steve Martin, and Rosie O'Donnell participated in a pre-taped comedic sketch lampooning auditions for a role in Cabin Boy, the film in which Letterman made his film acting debut.[32]

The annual In Memoriam tribute, presented by actress Sigourney Weaver, honored the following people:[32]

• 1st Screen Actors Guild Awards
• 15th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 37th Grammy Awards
• 47th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 48th British Academy Film Awards
• 49th Tony Awards
• 52nd Golden Globe Awards
• American Express Gold card dress of Lizzy Gardiner
• List of submissions to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

Official websites

• Academy Awards Official website
• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Official website
• Oscar's Channel at YouTube (run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

Analysis

• 1994 Academy Awards Winners and History Filmsite
• Academy Awards, USA: 1995 Internet Movie Database

Other resources

• The 67th Annual Academy Awards at IMDb