69TH ACADEMY AWARDS
March 24, 1997
Shrine Auditorium
Hosted by Billy Crystal
BEST PICTURE
“The English Patient” |
“Fargo” |
“Jerry Maguire” |
“Secrets & Lies” |
“Shine” |
ACTOR
Tom Cruise – “Jerry Maguire” |
Ralph Fiennes – “The English Patient” |
Woody Harrelson – “The People vs. Larry Flynt” |
Geoffrey Rush – “Shine” |
Billy Bob Thornton – “Sling Blade” |
ACTRESS
Brenda Blethyn – “Secrets & Lies” |
Diane Keaton – “Marvin’s Room” |
Frances McDormand – “Fargo” |
Kristin Scott Thomas – “The English Patient” |
Emily Watson – “Breaking the Waves” |
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Cuba Gooding, Jr. – “Jerry Maguire” |
William H. Macy – “Fargo” |
Armin Mueller-Stahl – “Shine” |
Edward Norton – “Primal Fear” |
James Woods – “Ghosts of Mississippi” |
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Joan Allen – “The Crucible” |
Lauren Bacall – “The Mirror Has Two Faces” |
Juliette Binoche – “The English Patient” |
Barbara Hershey – “The Portrait of a Lady” |
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – “Secrets & Lies” |
ART DIRECTION
“The Birdcage” – Bo Welch and Cheryl Carasik |
“The English Patient” – Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan |
“Evita” – Brian Morris and Philippe Turlure |
“Hamlet” – Tim Harvey |
“William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet” – Catherine Martin and Brigitte Broch |
CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The English Patient” – John Seale |
“Evita” – Darius Khondji |
“Fargo” – Roger Deakins |
“Fly Away Home” – Caleb Deschanel |
“Michael Collins” – Chris Menges |
COSTUME DESIGN
“Angels and Insects” – Paul Brown |
“Emma” – Ruth Myers |
“The English Patient” – Ann Roth |
“Hamlet” – Alexandra Byrne |
“The Portrait of a Lady” – Janet Patterson |
DIRECTOR
Joel Coen – “Fargo” |
Miloš Forman – “The People vs. Larry Flynt” |
Scott Hicks – “Shine” |
Mike Leigh – “Secrets & Lies” |
Anthony Minghella – “The English Patient” |
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
“The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story” |
“Mandela” |
“Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse” |
“Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press” |
“When We Were Kings” |
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
“Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien” |
“Cosmic Voyage” |
“An Essay on Matisse” |
“Special Effects: Anything Can Happen” |
“The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage” |
FILM EDITING
“The English Patient” – Walter Murch |
“Evita” – Gerry Hambling |
“Fargo” – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen |
“Jerry Maguire” – Joe Hutshing |
“Shine” – Pip Karmel |
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE
“A Chef in Love” (Georgia) |
“Kolya” (Czech Republic) |
“The Other Side of Sunday” (Norway) |
“Prisoner of the Mountains” (Russia) |
“Ridicule” (France) |
MAKEUP
“Ghosts of Mississippi” – Matthew W.Mangle and Deborah La Mia Denaver |
“The Nutty Professor” – Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson |
“Star Trek: First Contact” – Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler and Jake Garber |
ORIGINAL SCORE (DRAMA)
“The English Patient” – Gabriel Yared |
“Hamlet” – Patrick Doyle |
“Michael Collins” – Elliot Goldenthal |
“Shine” – David Hirschfelder |
“Sleepers” – John Williams |
ORIGINAL SCORE (DRAMA)
“Emma” – Rachel Portman |
“The First Wives Club” – Marc Shaiman |
“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” – Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz |
“James and the Giant Peach” – Randy Newman |
“The Preacher’s Wife” – Hans Zimmer |
ORIGINAL SONG
“Because You Loved Me” from “Up Close & Personal” – Diane Warren |
“For the First Time” from “One Fine Day” – James Newton Howard, Jud J. Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich |
“I Finally Found Someone” from “The Mirror Has Two Faces” – Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Bryan Adams and Robert “Mutt” Lange |
“That Thing You Do!” from “That Thing You Do!” – Adam Schlesinger |
“You Must Love Me” from “Evita” – Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice |
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
“Canhead” |
“La Salla” |
“Quest” |
“Wat’s Pig” |
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“Dear Diary” |
“De tripas, corazón” |
“Ernst & lyset” |
“Esposados” |
“Senza parole” |
SOUND EDITING
“Daylight” |
“Eraser” |
“The Ghost and the Darkness” |
SOUND MIXING
“The English Patient” |
“Evita” |
“Independence Day” |
“The Rock” |
“Twister” |
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Dragonheart” |
“Independence Day” |
“Twister” |
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
“The Crucible” – Arthur Miller |
“The English Patient” – Anthony Minghella |
“Hamlet” – Kenneth Branagh |
“Sling Blade” – Billy Bob Thornton |
“Trainspotting” – John Hodge |
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
“Fargo” – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
“Jerry Maguire” – Cameron Crowe |
“Lone Star” – John Sayles |
“Secrets & Lies” – Mike Leigh |
“Shine” – Jan Sardi and Scott Hicks |

- “Angels and Insects”
- “The Birdcage”
- “Breaking the Waves”
- “A Chef in Love”
- “The Crucible”
- “Daylight”
- “Dragonheart”
- “Emma”
- “The English Patient”
- “Eraser”
- “Evita”
- “Fargo”
- “The First Wives Club”
- “Fly Away Home”
- “The Ghost and the Darkness”
- “Ghosts of Mississippi”
- “Hamlet”
- “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”
- “Independence Day”
- “James and the Giant Peach”
- “Jerry Maguire”
- “Kolya”
- “The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story”
- “Lone Star”
- “Mandela”
- “Marvin’s Room”
- “Michael Collins”
- “The Mirror Has Two Faces”
- “The Nutty Professor”
- “One Fine Day”
- “The Other Side of Sunday”
- “The People vs. Larry Flynt”
- “The Portrait of a Lady”
- “The Preacher’s Wife”
- “Primal Fear”
- “Prisoner of the Mountains”
- “Ridicule”
- “The Rock”
- “Secrets & Lies”
- “Shine”
- “Sleepers”
- “Sling Blade”
- “Star Trek: First Contact”
- “Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse”
- “Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press”
- “That Thing You Do!”
- “Trainspotting”
- “Twister”
- “Up Close & Personal”
- “When We Were Kings”
- “William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet”
SHORT FILMS
- “Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien”
- “Canhead”
- “Cosmic Voyage”
- “Dear Diary”
- “De tripas, corazón”
- “Ernst & lyset”
- “Esposados”
- “An Essay on Matisse”
- “La Salla”
- “Quest”
- “Senza parole”
- “Special Effects: Anything Can Happen”
- “Wat’s Pig”
- “The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage”
