68th Academy Awards
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{{Infobox Academy Awards | name = 68th
| image = Oscars1995.jpg
| date = Monday, [[March 25]], [[1996]]
| site = [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]]<br>[[Los Angeles, California]]
| host = [[Whoopi Goldberg]]
| producer = [[Quincy Jones]]
| director = [[Jeff Margolis]]
| duration = 3 hours, 39 minutes
| network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| ratings = 44.48 million<br>30.5 (Nielsen rating)
| last = 67th
| next = 69th
}}
The '''68th Academy Awards''' was held on [[March 25]], [[1996]] at the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] in [[Los Angeles, California]]. The show was hosted by [[Whoopi Goldberg]]. The ceremony was watched 44.48 million viewers, with 30.5% households watching. Despite controversy from the [[NAACP]] concerning what was deemed as a lack of attention to [[African-American]] actors by the Academy, this show was the one and only time an [[African-American]] was hired to produce the show to date.
Key moments in this presentation included [[Christopher Reeve]] making his first public appearance onstage after becoming paralyzed, the performance of the troupe [[Stomp (dance troupe)|Stomp]], the sextet [[Take 6]], and a lifetime achievement award to [[Kirk Douglas]] recovering from a stroke. A special tribute to [[Gene Kelly]] was also produced.
''[[Braveheart]]'' won five [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]s including Best Picture.
==The Awards==
===Feature Films===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!width="220"|'''Award'''
!width="190"|'''Winner'''
!width="245"|'''Producer'''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| ''' ''[[Braveheart]]'' '''
| [[Mel Gibson]], [[Alan Ladd, Jr.]], [[Bruce Davey]]
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
| ''' ''[[Antonia's Line]]'' ''' - [[Netherlands]]
| [[Marleen Gorris]]
|-
| [[Academy Award for Documentary Feature|Best Documentary Feature]]
| ''' ''[[Anne Frank Remembered]]'' '''
| [[Jon Blair]]
|}
===Acting===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!width="220"|'''Award'''
!width="190"|'''Winner'''
!width="245"|'''Film'''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
| '''[[Nicolas Cage]]'''
| ''[[Leaving Las Vegas]]''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| '''[[Susan Sarandon]]'''
| ''[[Dead Man Walking (film)|Dead Man Walking]]''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| '''[[Kevin Spacey]]'''
| ''[[The Usual Suspects]]''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
| '''[[Mira Sorvino]]'''
| ''[[Mighty Aphrodite]]''
|}
===Directing===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!width="220"|'''Award'''
!width="190"|'''Winner'''
!width="245"|'''Film'''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Directing]]
| '''[[Mel Gibson]]'''
|''[[Braveheart]]''
|}
===Writing===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!width="220"|'''Award'''
!width="190"|'''Winner'''
!width="245"|'''Film'''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay|Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay]]
| '''[[Emma Thompson]]'''
| ''[[Sense and Sensibility (film)|Sense and Sensibility]]''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay|Best Writing - Original screenplay]]
| '''[[Christopher McQuarrie]]'''
| ''[[The Usual Suspects]]''
|}
=== In Memoriam ===
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Presented by [[Sharon Stone]], a tribute honoring those members in the motion picture industry that died in the previous year: [[Ginger Rogers]], composer [[Miklós Rózsa]], [[The Andrews Sisters|Maxine Andrews]], [[Michael V. Gazzo]], [[Dean Martin]], [[Viveca Lindfors]], [[Martin Balsam]], animator [[Friz Freleng]], [[Burl Ives]], [[Butterfly McQueen]], costume designer [[Dorothy Jenkins]], [[Nancy Kelly]], [[Lana Turner]], [[Elisha Cook Jr.]], [[Ida Lupino]], art director [[Harry Horner]], writer [[Terry Southern]], [[Haing S. Ngor]], [[Michael Hordern]], producer [[Don Simpson]], producer [[Ross Hunter]], director [[Frank Perry]], [[Alexander Godunov]], director [[Louis Malle]], director/writer [[Howard Koch (screenwriter)|Howard Koch]], and [[George Burns]].
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