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65th
Annual Academy Awards

(1992)


Format: DVD-R (VHS-Transfer) Date: March 29, 1993
Total Time: 2 h 56 m Venue: The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
(The first 90 min have poor picture quality...) Host: Billy Crystal

John Williams

not nominated


Best Picture: Unforgiven



















BEST PICTURE
1992 (65th) BEST PICTURE
The Crying Game -- Stephen Woolley, Producer
A Few Good Men -- David Brown, Rob Reiner and Andrew Scheinman, Producers
Howards End -- Ismail Merchant, Producer
Scent of a Woman -- Martin Brest, Producer
* Unforgiven -- Clint Eastwood, Producer

DIRECTING
1992 (65th) DIRECTING
The Crying Game -- Neil Jordan
Howards End -- James Ivory
The Player -- Robert Altman
Scent of a Woman -- Martin Brest
* Unforgiven -- Clint Eastwood

ACTRESS -- LEADING ROLE
1992 (65th) ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Catherine Deneuve -- Indochine {"Eliane"}
Mary McDonnell -- Passion Fish {"May-Alice"}
Michelle Pfeiffer -- Love Field {"Lurene Hallett"}
Susan Sarandon -- Lorenzo's Oil {"Michaela Odone"}
* Emma Thompson -- Howards End {"Margaret Schlegel"}

ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING ROLE
1992 (65th) ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Judy Davis -- Husbands and Wives {"Sally"}
Joan Plowright -- Enchanted April {"Mrs. Fisher"}
Vanessa Redgrave -- Howards End {"Ruth Wilcox"}
Miranda Richardson -- Damage {"Ingrid"}
* Marisa Tomei -- My Cousin Vinny {"Mona Lisa Vito"}

ACTOR -- LEADING ROLE
1992 (65th) ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Robert Downey, Jr. -- Chaplin {"Charles Chaplin"}
Clint Eastwood -- Unforgiven {"Bill Munny"}
* Al Pacino -- Scent of a Woman {"Lt. Col. Frank Slade"}
Stephen Rea -- The Crying Game {"Fergus"}
Denzel Washington -- Malcolm X {"Malcolm X"}

ACTOR -- SUPPORTING ROLE
1992 (65th) ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jaye Davidson -- The Crying Game {"Dil"}
* Gene Hackman -- Unforgiven {"Little Bill Daggett"}
Jack Nicholson -- A Few Good Men {"Col. Nathan R. Jessep"}
Al Pacino -- Glengarry Glen Ross {"Ricky Roma"}
David Paymer -- Mr. Saturday Night {"Stan"}

ART DIRECTION
1992 (65th) ART DIRECTION
Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Art Direction: Thomas Sanders; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
Chaplin -- Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Chris A. Butler
* Howards End -- Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
Toys -- Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
Unforgiven -- Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Janice Blackie-Goodine

CINEMATOGRAPHY
1992 (65th) CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hoffa -- Stephen H. Burum
Howards End -- Tony Pierce-Roberts
The Lover -- Robert Fraisse
* A River Runs Through It -- Philippe Rousselot
Unforgiven -- Jack N. Green

COSTUME DESIGN
1992 (65th) COSTUME DESIGN
* Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Eiko Ishioka
Enchanted April -- Sheena Napier
Howards End -- Jenny Beavan, John Bright
Malcolm X -- Ruth Carter
Toys -- Albert Wolsky

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
1992 (65th) DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker -- David Haugland, Producer
Fires of Kuwait -- Sally Dundas, Producer
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II -- William Miles and Nina Rosenblum, Producers
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann -- Margaret Smilow and Roma Baran, Producers
* The Panama Deception -- Barbara Trent and David Kasper, Producers

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
1992 (65th) DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)
At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai -- Geoffrey O'Connor, Producer
Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review' -- Wendy L. Weinberg, Producer
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein -- Richard Elson and Sally Bochner, Producers
* Educating Peter -- Thomas C. Goodwin and Gerardine Wurzburg, Producers
When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories -- Dorothy Fadiman, Producer

FILM EDITING
1992 (65th) FILM EDITING
Basic Instinct -- Frank J. Urioste
The Crying Game -- Kant Pan
A Few Good Men -- Robert Leighton
The Player -- Geraldine Peroni
* Unforgiven -- Joel Cox

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1992 (65th) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Close to Eden -- Russia
Daens -- Belgium
* Indochine -- France
A Place in the World -- Uruguay
[NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. After nominations were announced, information came to light that showed that this film was wholly produced in Argentina, and had insufficient Uruguayan artistic control. The film was declared ineligible and removed from the final ballot.]
Schtonk! -- Germany

HONORARY AWARD
1992 (65th) HONORARY AWARD
* To Federico Fellini in appreciation of one of the screen's master storytellers.
MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
* To Petro Vlahos in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
1992 (65th) JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
* Audrey Hepburn
[NOTE: The Academy's Board of Governors voted to confer this award on January 12, 1993. Ms. Hepburn passed away on January 20th, and the award was accepted on her behalf by her son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer.]
* Elizabeth Taylor

MAKEUP
1992 (65th) MAKEUP
Batman Returns -- Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter, Stan Winston
* Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Greg Cannom, Michčle Burke, Matthew W. Mungle
Hoffa -- Ve Neill, Greg Cannom, John Blake

MUSIC (SCORING)
1992 (65th) MUSIC (Original Score)
* Aladdin -- Alan Menken
Basic Instinct -- Jerry Goldsmith
Chaplin -- John Barry
Howards End -- Richard Robbins
A River Runs Through It -- Mark Isham

MUSIC (SONG)
1992 (65th) MUSIC (Original Song)
"Beautiful Maria of My Soul" from The Mambo Kings -- Music by Robert Kraft; Lyric by Arne Glimcher
"Friend Like Me" from Aladdin -- Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
"I Have Nothing" from The Bodyguard -- Music by David Foster; Lyric by Linda Thompson
"Run to You" from The Bodyguard -- Music by Jud Friedman; Lyric by Allan Rich
* "A Whole New World" from Aladdin -- Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Tim Rice

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL (ACADEMY AWARD OF MERIT)
1992 (65th) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Academy Award of Merit)
* To CHADWELL O'CONNOR of the O'Connor Engineering Laboratories for the concept and engineering of the fluid-damped camera head for motion picture photography. [Stage Operations]

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL (BONNER MEDAL)
1992 (65th) MEDAL OF COMMENDATION
* To Petro Vlahos in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL (GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD)
1992 (65th) GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
* Erich Kaestner

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL (SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING AWARD)
1992 (65th) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award)
* To LOREN CARPENTER, ROB COOK, ED CATMULL, TOM PORTER, PAT HANRAHAN, TONY APODACA and DARWYN PEACHEY for the development of 'RenderMan' software which produces images used in motion pictures from 3D computer descriptions of shape and appearance. [Special Photographic]
* To CLAUS WIEDEMANN and ROBERT ORBAN for the design and DOLBY LABORATORIES for the development of the Dolby Labs 'Container.' [Sound]
* To KEN BATES for the design and development of the Bates Decelerator System for accurately and safely arresting the descent of stunt persons in high freefalls. [Stage Operations]
* To AL MAYER for the Camera Design; IAIN NEIL and GEORGE KRAEMER for the optical design; HANS SPIRAWSKI and BILL ESLICK for the opto-mechanical design and DON EARL for technical support in developing the Panavision System 65 Studio Sync Sound Reflex Camera for 65mm motion picture photography. [Camera]
* To DOUGLAS TRUMBULL for the concept; GEOFFREY H. WILLIAMSON for the movement design; ROBERT D. AUGUSTE for the electronic design and EDMUND M. DIGIULIO for the camera system design of the CP-65 Showscan Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography. [Camera]
* To ARNOLD AND RICHTER, OTTO BLASCHEK and the ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF ARRI, AUSTRIA for the design and development of the Arriflex 765 Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography. [Camera]

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL (SPECIAL AWARDS)
1992 (65th) AWARD OF COMMENDATION
* To The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees in recognition of the indispensable contributions of its members, who represent the full spectrum of artists, technicians and craftspeople, to the art of motion pictures on the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary of the Alliance's founding.

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL (TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD)
1992 (65th) SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Technical Achievement Award)
* To IRA TIFFEN of the Tiffen Manufacturing Corporation for the production of the Ultra Contrast Filter Series for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]
* To ROBERT R. BURTON of Audio Rents, Incorporated, for the developement of the Model S-27 4-Band Splitter/Combiner. [Sound]
* To IAIN NEIL for the optical design and KAZ FUNDANO for the mechanical design of the Panavision Slant Focus Lens for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]
* To TOM BRIGHAM for the original concept and pioneering work; and DOUGLAS SMYTHE and the COMPUTER GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC for development and the first implementation in feature motion pictures of the 'MORF' system for digital metamorphosis of high resolution images. [Special Photographic]

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
1992 (65th) SHORT FILM (Animated)
Adam -- Peter Lord
* Mona Lisa Descending A Staircase -- Joan C. Gratz
Reci, Reci, Reci... (Words, Words, Words) -- Michaela Pavlátová
The Sandman -- Paul Berry
Screen Play -- Barry J.C. Purves

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
1992 (65th) SHORT FILM (Live Action)
Contact -- Jonathan Darby, Jana Sue Memel
Cruise Control -- Matt Palmieri
The Lady in Waiting -- Christian M. Taylor
* Omnibus -- Sam Karmann
Swan Song -- Kenneth Branagh, David Parfitt

SOUND
1992 (65th) SOUND
Aladdin -- Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson, Doc Kane
A Few Good Men -- Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Bob Eber
* The Last of the Mohicans -- Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, Simon Kaye
Under Siege -- Don Mitchell, Frank A. Montańo, Rick Hart, Scott Smith
Unforgiven -- Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander, Rob Young

SOUND EDITING
1992 (65th) SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
Aladdin -- Mark Mangini
* Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Tom C. McCarthy, David E. Stone
Under Siege -- John Leveque, Bruce Stambler

VISUAL EFFECTS
1992 (65th) VISUAL EFFECTS
Alien 3 -- Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff, Jr., George Gibbs
Batman Returns -- Michael Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno, Dennis Skotak
* Death Becomes Her -- Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe, Tom Woodruff, Jr.

WRITING
1992 (65th) WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Enchanted April -- Peter Barnes
* Howards End -- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The Player -- Michael Tolkin
A River Runs Through It -- Richard Friedenberg
Scent of a Woman -- Bo Goldman
WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
* The Crying Game -- Neil Jordan
Husbands and Wives -- Woody Allen
Lorenzo's Oil -- George Miller, Nick Enright
Passion Fish -- John Sayles
Unforgiven -- David Webb Peoples


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