The 1995 Academy Awards®
Host: Whoopi Goldberg
Date: March 25, 1996  

Best Picture
Apollo 13
Babe
Braveheart--winner
Il Postino
Sense and Sensibility

Best Director
Mike Figgis, Leaving Las Vegas
Mel Gibson, Braveheart--winner
Chris Noonan, Babe
Michael Radford, Il Postino
Tim Robbins, Dead Man Walking

Best Actor
Nicholas Cage, Leaving Las Vegas--winner
Richard Dreyfuss, Mr. Holland's Opus
Anthony Hopkins, Nixon
Sean Penn, Dead Man Walking
Massimo Troisi, Il Postino

Best Actress
Susan Sarandon, Dead Man Walking--winner
Elisabeth Shue, Leaving Las Vegas
Sharon Stone, Casino
Meryl Streep, The Bridges of Madison County
Emma Thompson, Sense and Sensibility

Best Supporting Actor
James Cromwell, Babe
Ed Harris, Apollo 13
Brad Pitt, Twelve Monkeys
Tim Roth, Rob Roy
Kevin Spacey, The Usual Suspects--winner

Best Supporting Actress
Joan Allen, Nixon
Kathleen Quinlan, Apollo 13
Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite--winner
Mare Winningham, Georgia
Kate Winslet, Sense and Sensibility

Best Foreign Language Film
Antonia (The Netherlands)--winner
Lust och fägrig stor (Sweden)
Poussières de vie (Algeria)
O Quatrilho (Brazil)
L'uomo delle stelle (Italy)

Best Original Screenplay
Braveheart (Randall Wallace)
Mighty Aphrodite (Woody Allen)
Nixon (Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Oliver Stone)
Toy Story (Joel Cohen, Peter Doctor, John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Alex Sokolow, Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon)
The Usual Suspects (Christopher McQuarrie)--winner

Best Adapted Screenplay
Apollo 13 (William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert)
Babe (George Miller, Chris Noonan)
Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis)
Il Postino (Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi)
Sense and Sensibility (Emma Thompson)--winner

Best Original Dramatic Score
Apollo 13 (James Horner)
Braveheart (James Horner)
Nixon (John Williams)
Il Postino (Luis Enríquez Bacalov)--winner
Sense and Sensibility (Patrick Doyle)

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
The American President (Marc Shaiman)
Pocahontas (Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz)--winner
Sabrina (John Williams)
Toy Story (Randy Newman)
Unstrung Heroes (Thomas Newman)

Best Cinematography
Batman Forever (Stephen Goldblatt)
Braveheart (John Toll)--winner
A Little Princess (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Sense and Sensibility (Michael Coulter)
Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao (Yue Lu)
 

Other Categories:

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Restoration (Eugenio Zanetti)

Best Costume Design
Restoration (James Acheson)

Best Makeup
Braveheart (Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, Lois Burwell)

Best Film Editing
Apollo 13 (Michael J. Hill, Daniel P. Hanley)

Best Visual Effects
Babe (Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, John Cox)

Best Sound
Apollo 13 (Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, David MacMillan)

Best Sound Effects Editing
Braveheart (Lon Bender, Per Hallberg)

Best Original Song
Pocahontas, for the song "Colors of the Wind" (music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz)

Best Animated Short Film
A Close Shave (Nick Park)

Best Live Action Short Film
Lieberman In Love (Christine Lahti, Jana Sue Memel)

Best Documentary, Short Subject
One Survivor Remembers (Kary Antholis)

Best Documentary, Feature
Anne Frank Remembered (Jon Blair)

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