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History of the Academy Awards

The 68th Academy Awards - 1995

By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide

The sixty-eighth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Monday, March 25, 1996 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. Whoopi Goldberg hosted the ceremony.

The 1995 Academy Award Winners

Picture: Braveheart
Actor: Nicholas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas)
Actress: Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking)
Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects)
Supporting Actress: Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite)
Director: Mel Gibson (Braveheart)
Adapted Screenplay: Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility)
Original Screenplay: Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects)
Song: "Colors of the Wind" (Pocahontas)
Original Score: The Postman (II Postino)
Cinematography: Braveheart
Costume Design: Restoration
Art / Set Decoration: Restoration
Film Editing: Apollo 13
Foreign Language Film: Antonia's Line
Sound: Apollo 13
Sound Effects: Braveheart
Makeup: Braveheart
Visual Effects: Babe
Short Films: A Close Shave (Animated) / Lieberman in Love (Live Action)
Documentaries: One Survivor Remembers (Short) / Anne Frank Remembered (Feature)

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