The
64th Academy Awards were presented March 30, 1992 at the
Dorothy Chandler PavilionThe Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center . The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall.The Pavilion has 3,197 seats spread over four tiers, with chandeliers, wide curving stairways and rich décor...
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Los AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the municipality of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123.445 inhabitants...
. The show was the third consecutive to be hosted by
Billy CrystalWilliam Edward "Billy" Crystal is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the box office successes When Harry...
. When
Jack PalanceJack Palance was a Ukrainian American film actor. With his rugged facial features, Palance was best known to modern movie audiences as both the characters of Curly and Duke in the two City Slickers movies, the first for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, but his career...
won Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Curly in
City SlickersCity Slickers is a 1991 comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Helen Slater, Jack Palance and Bruno Kirby....
(which also starred Crystal), Palance's acceptance speech began with the joke "I shit bigger than Billy Crystal" -- a reference to a similar line in the film. Palance also used some of his speech time to prove his virility by performing one-handed push-ups.
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The
64th Academy Awards were presented March 30, 1992 at the
Dorothy Chandler PavilionThe Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center . The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall.The Pavilion has 3,197 seats spread over four tiers, with chandeliers, wide curving stairways and rich décor...
,
Los AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the municipality of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123.445 inhabitants...
. The show was the third consecutive to be hosted by
Billy CrystalWilliam Edward "Billy" Crystal is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the box office successes When Harry...
. When
Jack PalanceJack Palance was a Ukrainian American film actor. With his rugged facial features, Palance was best known to modern movie audiences as both the characters of Curly and Duke in the two City Slickers movies, the first for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, but his career...
won Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Curly in
City SlickersCity Slickers is a 1991 comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Helen Slater, Jack Palance and Bruno Kirby....
(which also starred Crystal), Palance's acceptance speech began with the joke "I shit bigger than Billy Crystal" -- a reference to a similar line in the film. Palance also used some of his speech time to prove his virility by performing one-handed push-ups. In mock retaliation for Palance's comment, Crystal peppered the remainder of the telecast with jokes about Palance performing spectacular feats. As a result, Crystal won an Emmy for hosting the show, although he later (in the documentary
Get BruceGet Bruce is a 1999 documentary film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Lily Tomlin, Shirley MacLaine, Steven Seagal, Carol Burnette and Michael Douglas. The film is directed by Andrew J. Kuehn.-Synopsis:...
) credited
Bruce VilanchBruce Vilanch is a U.S. comedy writer who caught the public eye when he became a wisecracking regular on the revamped Hollywood Squares, with Whoopi Goldberg.-Biography:...
for providing him many of the Palance jokes.
The Silence of the Lambs won the five major awards out of seven nominations, becoming only the third film to accomplish the feat of winning the "Top Five", after
It Happened One NightIt Happened One Night is an 1934 American comedy with elements of screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite tries to get out from under her father's thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter . The plot was based on the story Night Bus by Samuel Hopkins Adams,...
(1934) and
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman. The film is an adaptation of the 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey...
(1975). , it is also the only horror movie to ever win Best Picture.
This year's ceremony made Academy Award History as
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast is a American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation which premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on November 13, 1991...
was nominated for Best Picture, the first (and, so far, only) time an Animated Feature Film was bestowed with such honor. The Picture garnered a total of six nominations in four different categories, eventually collecting two awards for its Music (Best Original Score and Original Song, for "Beauty and the Beast").
Best Picture
The Silence of the Lambs
- Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast is a American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation which premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on November 13, 1991...
- Bugsy
Bugsy is a 1991 film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth and Bill Graham....
- JFK
JFK is a 1991 American film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up, through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison...
- The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides is a 1991 film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina...
Best Actor in a Leading Role
The Silence of the Lambs - Anthony HopkinsSir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE is a Welsh film, stage and television actor. Considered to be one of film's greatest living actors, he is known for his portrayal of cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the 1991's The Silence of the Lambs, its sequel, Hannibal, and its prequel, Red Dragon...
- Bugsy
Bugsy is a 1991 film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth and Bill Graham....
- Warren BeattyHenry Warren Beatty is an American actor, producer, screenwriter and director.-Early life and education:Beatty was born Henry Warren Beaty in Richmond, Virginia's, Bellevue neighborhood...
- Cape Fear
Cape Fear is a 1991 thriller film, directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a remake of the 1962 film of the same name and tells the story of a family man, a former public defender, whose family is threatened by a convicted rapist who wants vengeance for having been imprisoned for 14 years because of the...
- Robert De NiroRobert Mario De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director, and producer.De Niro is well-known for his method acting and portrayals of conflicted, troubled characters and for his enduring collaboration with director Martin Scorsese...
- The Fisher King
The Fisher King is a comedy-drama film made in 1991, written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter...
- Robin WilliamsRobin McLaurin Williams is an American actor and comedian.Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance...
- The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides is a 1991 film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina...
- Nick NolteNicholas King "Nick" Nolte is an American actor, film producer and former model.-Early life:Nolte was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Helen , a department store buyer, and Franklin A. Nolte, a farmer's son who worked in irrigation pump sales and was an All-American candidate at Iowa State in...
Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Silence of the Lambs - Jodie FosterAlicia Christian Foster, better known as Jodie Foster , is an American actor, film director and producer.Foster began acting in commercials at 3 years old, and her first significant role came in the 1976 film Taxi Driver as the preteen prostitute, Iris, for which she received a nomination for the...
- For the Boys
For the Boys is a 1991 feature film which tells the story of an 1940s actress/singer who teams with a famous performer to entertain American troops. The film traces her life through 50 years. The original music score was composed by Dave Grusin....
- Bette MidlerBette Midler is an American singer, actress and comedienne, also known as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has been nominated for two Academy Awards; and won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a special Tony Award.-Biography:In 1945, Midler was born in...
- Rambling Rose
Rambling Rose is a 1991 film set in Georgia during The Great Depression starring Laura Dern, Diane Ladd and Robert Duvall. Ladd and Dern in real life are mother and daughter, and both earned Academy Award nominations for their performances in this film. Edgar J. Scherick served as executive producer...
- Laura DernLaura Elizabeth Dern is an American actress, film director and producer. Dern has acted in such films as Smooth Talk , Blue Velvet , Fat Man and Little Boy , Wild at Heart , Jurassic Park and October Sky...
- Thelma & Louise - Geena Davis
Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis is an American actress, film producer, writer, former fashion model, and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist.-Early life:...
- Thelma & Louise - Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon is an American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1970, and won an Oscar for her performance in the 1995 film, Dead Man Walking...
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
City SlickersCity Slickers is a 1991 comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Helen Slater, Jack Palance and Bruno Kirby....
- Jack PalanceJack Palance was a Ukrainian American film actor. With his rugged facial features, Palance was best known to modern movie audiences as both the characters of Curly and Duke in the two City Slickers movies, the first for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, but his career...
- Barton Fink
Barton Fink is a 1991 American film written and directed by the Coen brothers. Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City playwright who is hired to write scripts for a movie studio in Hollywood, and John Goodman as Charlie, the insurance salesman who lives next...
- Michael Lerner-Biography:Lerner was born in Brooklyn, New York of Romanian Jewish descent, the son of Blanche and George Lerner, who was a fisherman and antiques dealer. He was raised in Bensonhurst and Red Hook. His brother, Ken Lerner, is also an actor...
- Bugsy
Bugsy is a 1991 film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth and Bill Graham....
- Harvey KeitelHarvey Keitel is an American actor whose latest work is that of Detective Lieutenant Gene Hunt on ABC's crime drama Life on Mars...
- Bugsy
Bugsy is a 1991 film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth and Bill Graham....
- Ben KingsleySir Ben Kingsley, CBE is an English actor. He has won four major motion picture acting awards, receiving Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards throughout his career...
- JFK
JFK is a 1991 American film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up, through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison...
- Tommy Lee JonesTommy Lee Jones is an American actor and director.His film roles include federal marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals, the villain "Two-Face" in Batman Forever, the mysterious Agent K in the Men in Black films, Western peace officers Woodrow F. Call in Lonesome Dove and Ed Tom...
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The Fisher KingThe Fisher King is a comedy-drama film made in 1991, written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter...
- Mercedes RuehlMercedes J. Ruehl is an American theater, television and film actress.-Personal life:Ruehl was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City. Her father was an FBI agent and her mother, also named Mercedes, was a school teacher. She was raised Catholic, and has German, Irish, and Cuban ancestry....
- Cape Fear
Cape Fear is a 1991 thriller film, directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a remake of the 1962 film of the same name and tells the story of a family man, a former public defender, whose family is threatened by a convicted rapist who wants vengeance for having been imprisoned for 14 years because of the...
- Juliette LewisJuliette Lewis is an American actress and musician.-Life and career:Lewis was born in Los Angeles, California to Geoffrey Lewis, an actor, and Glenis Duggan Batley, a graphic designer...
- Fried Green Tomatoes
Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 drama film based on the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. It was released in the UK under the novel's full title....
- Jessica TandyJessie Alice "Jessica" Tandy was an English stage and film actress.She first appeared on the London stage in 1926 at the age of 16, playing, among others, Katherine opposite Laurence Olivier's Henry V, and Cordelia opposite John Gielgud's "King Lear". She also worked in British films...
- The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides is a 1991 film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina...
- Kate NelliganPatricia Colleen "Kate" Nelligan is a Canadian stage, film and television actress.-Early life:Nelligan, the fourth of six children, was born in London, Ontario, the daughter of Josephine Alice , a schoolteacher, and Patrick Joseph Nelligan, a factory repairman and municipal employee in charge of...
- Rambling Rose
Rambling Rose is a 1991 film set in Georgia during The Great Depression starring Laura Dern, Diane Ladd and Robert Duvall. Ladd and Dern in real life are mother and daughter, and both earned Academy Award nominations for their performances in this film. Edgar J. Scherick served as executive producer...
- Diane LaddDiane Ladd is an American actress, film director and producer. She has appeared in over 120 roles, in numerous popular TV shows or mini-series during 1958-2003, and several major feature films, including Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore , Wild at Heart, Rambling Rose , Ghosts of Mississippi, Primary...
Best Director
The Silence of the Lambs - Jonathan DemmeRobert Jonathan Demme is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter.-Personal life:Demme was born in Baldwin, New York, the son of Dorothy Demme and a public relations executive father. Demme has three children: Ramona, Brooklyn, Josephine. He is a graduate of the University of Florida. He...
- Boyz n the Hood
Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 hood film, written and directed by John Singleton. Starring Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Morris Chestnut, Nia Long, Angela Bassett, Regina King, and Laurence Fishburne, the film depicts life in poor South Central Los Angeles, California, and was filmed and released in the...
- John SingletonJohn Daniel Singleton is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. A native of South Los Angeles, many of his films consider the implications of inner-city violence like the critically acclaimed and popular Boyz N the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning and Baby Boy...
- Bugsy
Bugsy is a 1991 film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth and Bill Graham....
- Barry LevinsonBarry Levinson is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer of film and television. His films include Bugsy, The Natural and Rain Man.-Early life:...
- JFK
JFK is a 1991 American film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up, through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison...
- Oliver StoneWilliam Oliver Stone is an American film director and screenwriter. Stone came to prominence as a director with a series of films about the Vietnam War, in which he had participated as an American infantry soldier, and his work continues to focus frequently on contemporary political and cultural...
- Thelma & Louise - Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer known for his stylish visuals and an obsession for detail. His films include Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down, Matchstick Men, Kingdom of Heaven, American Gangster and Body of Lies...
Best Original Screenplay
Thelma & Louise - Callie KhouriCallie Khouri is an American Academy Award winning screenwriter and film director.-Biography:...
- Boyz n the Hood
Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 hood film, written and directed by John Singleton. Starring Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Morris Chestnut, Nia Long, Angela Bassett, Regina King, and Laurence Fishburne, the film depicts life in poor South Central Los Angeles, California, and was filmed and released in the...
- John SingletonJohn Daniel Singleton is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. A native of South Los Angeles, many of his films consider the implications of inner-city violence like the critically acclaimed and popular Boyz N the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning and Baby Boy...
- Bugsy
Bugsy is a 1991 film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth and Bill Graham....
- James TobackJames Toback is an American screenwriter and film director.-Early life:Toback was born in New York City. His mother, Selma Judith , was a President of The League of Women Voters and a moderator of political debates on NBC. His father, Irwin Lionel Toback, was a stockbroker and former...
- The Fisher King
The Fisher King is a comedy-drama film made in 1991, written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer and Michael Jeter...
- Richard LaGraveneseRichard LaGravenese is a premier American screenwriter and occasional film director. He is best known as the writer of The Fisher King.-Personal life:...
- Grand Canyon - Lawrence Kasdan
Lawrence Kasdan is an American movie producer, director and screenwriter. Raised in Morgantown, West Virginia, where he graduated from Morgantown High School in 1966, he went on to attend the University of Michigan as an education major.-Biography:Kasdan was born in Miami, Florida...
and Meg Kasdan
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Silence of the Lambs - Ted TallyTed Tally is an Academy Award winning American playwright and screenwriter. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina.-Screenwriter:...
- Europa Europa
Europa Europa is a 1990 German language film directed by Agnieszka Holland. Its original German title is Hitlerjunge Salomon, which means Hitler Youth Salomon. It is based on the 1989 autobiography by Solomon Perel, a Jew who escaped persecution by the Nazis by masquerading as an Aryan...
- Agnieszka HollandAgnieszka Holland is a Polish film and TV director and screenwriter. Best recognized for her highly political contributions to Polish New Wave cinema, Holland ranks as one of Poland's most prominent filmmakers.-Personal life:...
- Fried Green Tomatoes
Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 drama film based on the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. It was released in the UK under the novel's full title....
- Fannie FlaggFannie Flagg is an American author and actress.-Early life:Flagg is the daughter of Marion Leona and William Hurbert Neal, Jr., who was a small-business owner and projectionist.As her acting career began, Flagg could not professionally use her birthname, as there was already a well-known...
and Connie Sobieski
- JFK
JFK is a 1991 American film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up, through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison...
- Oliver StoneWilliam Oliver Stone is an American film director and screenwriter. Stone came to prominence as a director with a series of films about the Vietnam War, in which he had participated as an American infantry soldier, and his work continues to focus frequently on contemporary political and cultural...
and Zachary Sklar
- The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides is a 1991 film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina...
- Pat ConroyPat Conroy , is a New York Times bestselling author who has written several acclaimed novels and memoirs.-Early life:...
and Becky Johnston
Best Cinematography
JFKJFK is a 1991 American film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up, through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison...
- Robert Richardson
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, commonly abbreviated as T2, is a 1991 science fiction action film directed, co-written and co-produced by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, and Robert Patrick...
- Adam GreenbergAdam Greenberg, A.S.C. is a cinematographer noted for his work in Israel and The United States, including numerous films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger...
- Thelma & Louise - Adrian Biddle
Adrian Biddle, B.S.C. , was an English cinematographer.-Early years:...
- Bugsy
Bugsy is a 1991 film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth and Bill Graham....
- Allen DaviauAllen Daviau, A.S.C. is a five-time Academy Award nominated American cinematographer.-Selected Filmography:*Amblin *Close Encounters of the Third Kind *E.T...
- The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides is a 1991 film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina...
- Stephen GoldblattStephen Goldblatt, A.S.C., B.S.C. is an Oscar nominated cinematographer, noted for his work on high-profile action films as well as for his recent collaborations with director Mike Nichols....
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
BugsyBugsy is a 1991 film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth and Bill Graham....
- Dennis GassnerDennis Gassner is an art director. He has been nominated four times and has won once. The movies which he received nominations for are:* Bugsy, Won* Barton Fink, Nominated* Road to Perdition, Nominated...
and Nancy HaighNancy Haigh is an American set designer who has received five Academy Award nominations, and won for her work on the film Bugsy.Nancy Haigh graduated from Massachusetts College of Art in 1968. While at the college, she was a Fine Arts 3D major studying sculpture and ceramics...
- Barton Fink
Barton Fink is a 1991 American film written and directed by the Coen brothers. Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City playwright who is hired to write scripts for a movie studio in Hollywood, and John Goodman as Charlie, the insurance salesman who lives next...
- Dennis GassnerDennis Gassner is an art director. He has been nominated four times and has won once. The movies which he received nominations for are:* Bugsy, Won* Barton Fink, Nominated* Road to Perdition, Nominated...
; Nancy HaighNancy Haigh is an American set designer who has received five Academy Award nominations, and won for her work on the film Bugsy.Nancy Haigh graduated from Massachusetts College of Art in 1968. While at the college, she was a Fine Arts 3D major studying sculpture and ceramics...
- The Fisher King - Mel Bourne
Mel Bourne was an American production designer and art director. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He was born Melvin B...
; Cindy Carr
- Hook
-Language:* Hook , a rhetorical device that "hooks" the listener* Hook , a diacritical mark in the Vietnamese alphabet* Narrative hook, a literary technique-Media and entertainment:* Hook , a catchy musical passage...
- Norman GarwoodNorman Garwood is an English production designer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.-Selected filmography:Garwood has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:...
; Garrett Lewis
- The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides is a 1991 film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina...
- Paul SylbertPaul Sylbert is an American Academy Award-winning production designer, art director, and set designer who directed on occasion....
; Caryl Heller
Best Costume Design
BugsyBugsy is a 1991 film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth and Bill Graham....
- Albert WolskyAlbert Wolsky is an American costume designer.Wolsky was born in Paris, France. He graduated from the City College of New York and began an early career in the travel industry...
- Hook
-Language:* Hook , a rhetorical device that "hooks" the listener* Hook , a diacritical mark in the Vietnamese alphabet* Narrative hook, a literary technique-Media and entertainment:* Hook , a catchy musical passage...
- Anthony PowellAnthony Dymoke Powell, CH, CBE was an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, published between 1951 and 1975...
- Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary is Gustave Flaubert's first published novel and considered his masterpiece. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather...
- Corinne JorryCorinne Jorry is a French costume designer. She was nominated four times for the César Award for Costume Design, which she won for her work in the film All the World's Mornings . She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Costume Design for her work in Madame Bovary ....
- Barton Fink
Barton Fink is a 1991 American film written and directed by the Coen brothers. Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City playwright who is hired to write scripts for a movie studio in Hollywood, and John Goodman as Charlie, the insurance salesman who lives next...
- Richard Hornung
- The Addams Family
The Addams Family is a group of fictional characters created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. Earlier Addams had worked in collaboration with his friend Ray Bradbury...
- Ruth MyersRuth Myers is a professional handwriting analyst who helps Scotland Yard solve criminal cases. She has also analyzed handwriting samples of many celebrities....
Best Sound
Terminator 2: Judgment DayTerminator 2: Judgment Day, commonly abbreviated as T2, is a 1991 science fiction action film directed, co-written and co-produced by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, and Robert Patrick...
- Tom Johnson , Gary RydstromGary Roger Rydstrom is an American sound designer and director.Rydstrom graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1981. He began his career at Skywalker Sound, Northern California in 1983...
, Gary Summers and Lee Orloff
- Backdraft
A backdraft is a situation which can occur when a fire is starved of oxygen; consequently combustion ceases but the fuel gases and smoke remain at high temperature. If oxygen is re-introduced to the fire, eg...
- Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Gary RydstromGary Roger Rydstrom is an American sound designer and director.Rydstrom graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1981. He began his career at Skywalker Sound, Northern California in 1983...
, Glenn WilliamsGlenn David Williams is a retired third baseman from Australia, who played in the Minnesota Twins organization. He played in Major League Baseball for the Twins during the season. He was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...
- JFK
JFK is a 1991 American film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up, through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison...
- Michael Minkler, Gregg Landaker, Tod Maitland
- Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale . The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740...
- Terry PorterTerry Porter is an American professional basketball coach and former player in the National Basketball Association . A native of Wisconsin, he played college basketball at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point before being drafted 24th by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1985 NBA Draft...
, Mel Metcalfe, David HudsonDavid Hudson is an Australian Aboriginal musician. He is a member of the Djabugay people of Kuranda, Queensland. His primary musical instrument is didgeridoo, and he also plays guitar. He plays traditional music, as well as more ambient and new age collaborations with musicians from other parts...
, Doc Kane
- The Silence of the Lambs - Tom Fleischman, Chris Newman
Best Film Editing
JFKJFK is a 1991 American film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up, through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison...
- Pietro ScaliaPietro Scalia is an Academy Award winning Italian-American film editor.He was born in Sicily, but later he moved to Switzerland with his parents and attended Swiss-German schools until high school. After graduation he decided to move to the United States to pursue his college education...
and Joe HutshingJoe Hutshing is an American film editor who grew up in San Diego, California and is most well known for working multiple times with film director, Oliver Stone and well as with film director Cameron Crowe ....
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day, commonly abbreviated as T2, is a 1991 science fiction action film directed, co-written and co-produced by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, and Robert Patrick...
- Conrad BuffConrad Buff is an American film editor with more than 25 film credits since 1985. Buff has won an Academy Award for Film Editing and an ACE Eddie Award for Titanic ; the awards were shared with his co-editors James Cameron and Richard A. Harris...
, Mark GoldblattMark Goldblatt is an Academy Award nominated, American film editor, and director. A graduate of the London Film School, he is a member, and a former president, of the American Cinema Editors, or ACE society, as well as, a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and...
, Richard A. HarrisRichard A. Harris is a multi-award-winning film editor with a career spanning nearly forty years. He graduated from the School of Cinematic Arts of the University of Southern California in 1956.-Awards:...
- The Silence of the Lambs - Craig McKay
Craig McKay, born in New York's Hudson Valley, is a feature film editor, story consultant, director, and executive producer. Recognized with two Academy Award nominations for editing Reds and The Silence of the Lambs, and an Emmy Award for editing the NBC miniseries Holocaust, he has edited more...
- The Commitments
The Commitments is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, and is the first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy. It is a tale about a group of unemployed young people in the north side of Dublin, Ireland, who start a soul band.-Plot summary:...
- Gerry HamblingGerry Hambling is a British film editor whose work is credited on 49 films; he has also worked as a sound editor and a television editor...
- Thelma & Louise - Thom Noble
Thom Noble is a British film editor who won an Academy Award and an ACE Eddie Award for the film Witness , and who was nominated for the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for the film Thelma and Louise ....
Best Sound Effects Editing
Terminator 2: Judgment DayTerminator 2: Judgment Day, commonly abbreviated as T2, is a 1991 science fiction action film directed, co-written and co-produced by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, and Robert Patrick...
- Gary RydstromGary Roger Rydstrom is an American sound designer and director.Rydstrom graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1981. He began his career at Skywalker Sound, Northern California in 1983...
and Gloria S. Borders
- Backdraft
A backdraft is a situation which can occur when a fire is starved of oxygen; consequently combustion ceases but the fuel gases and smoke remain at high temperature. If oxygen is re-introduced to the fire, eg...
- Gary RydstromGary Roger Rydstrom is an American sound designer and director.Rydstrom graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1981. He began his career at Skywalker Sound, Northern California in 1983...
, Richard Hymns
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is the sixth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. It was released in 1991 by Paramount Pictures, and is the last of the Star Trek films to include the entire core cast of the 1960s Star Trek television series. It was directed by Nicholas...
- George Watters II, F. Hudson MillerF. Hudson Miller is a motion picture sound editor and designer for feature films in Hollywood California.-Biography:A graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen Michigan, Mr. Miller earned a BA in American Studies from Grinnell College in Grinnell Iowa...
Best Visual Effects
Terminator 2: Judgment DayTerminator 2: Judgment Day, commonly abbreviated as T2, is a 1991 science fiction action film directed, co-written and co-produced by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, and Robert Patrick...
- Dennis MurenDennis Muren, A.S.C. is an American film special effects artist, most notable for his work on the films of Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and George Lucas. He has won six Oscars for Best Visual Effects.-Early life & career:...
, Stan WinstonStanley Winston was an American visual effects supervisor, make-up artist, and film director. He was best known for his work in the Terminator series, the Jurassic Park series, Aliens, the Predator series, Iron Man and Edward Scissorhands...
, Gene Warren Jr. and Robert Skotak
- Hook
-Language:* Hook , a rhetorical device that "hooks" the listener* Hook , a diacritical mark in the Vietnamese alphabet* Narrative hook, a literary technique-Media and entertainment:* Hook , a catchy musical passage...
- Eric Brevig, Harley Jessup, Mark SullivanMark Sullivan may refer to:* Mark J. Sullivan, Director of the United States Secret Service, 2006-* Mark Sullivan, founder Snowboard Magazine* Mark Sullivan , justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court, 1973-1981...
, Michael LantieriMichael Lantieri is a special effects supervisor on films and also was the director of Komodo. He has worked on numerous films with Steven Spielberg....
- Backdraft
A backdraft is a situation which can occur when a fire is starved of oxygen; consequently combustion ceases but the fuel gases and smoke remain at high temperature. If oxygen is re-introduced to the fire, eg...
- Michael SalomonMichael Salomon is a music video/film director, who has directed many music videos, including many of Toby Keith's music videos. His directorial career began when he directed the video for Metallica's "One", which was nominated for "Best Heavy Metal Video" at the MTV awards, established the band...
, Allen HallAllen Hall is the smallest of the student halls of residence that constitute the University of Manchester's Fallowfield Campus, with just 120 students....
, Clay Pinney, Scott Farrar
Best Music, Original Song
Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the Beast is a American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation which premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on November 13, 1991...
- Alan MenkenAlan Menken is an American musical theatre and film composer and pianist. Menken has collaborated with lyricists including Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Stephen Schwartz...
and Howard AshmanHoward Ashman was an American playwright and movie music lyricist. Ashman first studied at Boston University and Goddard College and then went on to achieve his master's degree from Indiana University in 1974...
for the song Beauty and the Beast
- Hook
-Language:* Hook , a rhetorical device that "hooks" the listener* Hook , a diacritical mark in the Vietnamese alphabet* Narrative hook, a literary technique-Media and entertainment:* Hook , a catchy musical passage...
- Christina SmithChristina Smith is an American model and businesswoman. Christina was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for March, 1978, at the tender age of twenty, posing on a dare from a male friend....
, Monty WestmoreMontague George "Monty" Westmore was part of the third generation of the Westmore family of American make-up artists in film and television who worked on over 75 films and television shows since 1950...
, Greg CannomGreg Cannom is a Hollywood special makeup effects artist. Cannom has been nominated for eight Academy Awards and has won four times. He has also been nominated for seven Saturn Awards and received one.-Partial filmography:...
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is the sixth feature film in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. It was released in 1991 by Paramount Pictures, and is the last of the Star Trek films to include the entire core cast of the 1960s Star Trek television series. It was directed by Nicholas...
- Michael MillsMichael Mills was an Irish journalist who served as Ireland's first Ombudsman for two terms beginning in 1984. He retired from the office in 1994....
, Edward FrenchEdward French is a Canadian Christian Brother who was convicted in 1991 of indecent assault against children as part of the Mount Cashel Orphanage scandal in Newfoundland, Canada....
, Richard SnellRichard Peter Snell is a former cricketer who played five Tests and 42 One Day Internationals for South Africa. He played for Transvaal in the early 90's forming a formidable opening pair with Steven Jack...
Best Music, Original Score
Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the Beast is a American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation which premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on November 13, 1991...
- Alan MenkenAlan Menken is an American musical theatre and film composer and pianist. Menken has collaborated with lyricists including Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Stephen Schwartz...
- Bugsy
Bugsy is a 1991 film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth and Bill Graham....
- Ennio MorriconeEnnio Morricone, OMRI , is an Italian composer and conductor. He has composed and arranged scores for more than 500 film and television productions. Morricone is considered as one of the most influential film composers since the late 1950s...
- The Fisher King - George Fenton
George Fenton is a British composer best known for his work writing film scores and music for television, although he also writes music for the theatre. His real name is George Howe but he is better known by his pseudonym of George Fenton. Fenton attended St Edward's School in Oxford...
- The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides is a 1991 film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina...
- James Newton HowardJames Newton Howard is an American film score composer, orchestrator and music producer.-Early life and career:Howard was born in Los Angeles, California. Throughout his career as a composer/musician/songwriter, he has scored films of all scales and genres, earning multiple award nominations for...
- JFK
JFK is a 1991 American film directed by Oliver Stone. It examines the events leading to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and alleged subsequent cover-up, through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison...
- John WilliamsJohn Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career that spans six decades, Williams has composed many of the most famous film scores in Hollywood history, including Star Wars, Superman, Home Alone, the first three Harry Potter movies and all but two of Steven...
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our EnvironmentDeadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment is a 1991 short documentary film directed by Debra Chasnoff. It won an Academy Award in 1992 for Documentary Short Subject. -External links:*...
Honorary Award
Satyajit RaySatyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and letters...