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65th Academy Awards
Date	Monday, March 29, 1993
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles, California
Host	Billy Crystal
Highlights
Best Picture	Unforgiven
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 30 minutes
Viewership	45.84 million
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The 65th Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1993 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. This was the fourth consecutive show hosted by Billy Crystal.

Unforgiven won four Oscars out of nine nominations including Best Picture.

Quotes

"I wanted to see what it was like, sue me."--Host Billy Crystal after siging a bit on his own film "Mr. Saturday Night" during his opening medley.

"This is one of the few times in the history of the Academy Awards that five foreign actresses were up for the same award. Four English and one from Brooklyn."--Jack Palance presenting Best Supporting Actress and missing Judy Davis being from Australia.

"To be or not to be. Thank you. My Hamlet has now been seen by a billion people."--presenter Jon Lovitz.

"Are you trying to seduce me?" "Not anymore."--Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft presenting the Writing Awards.

"I'm grateful to E.M. Forster for creating Margaret Schlegel, to James Ivory for asking me to play her, to Ismail Merchant for paying me to play her, which seems very unnecessary at this moment. I think I might have to give back the money."--Emma Thompson upon winning Best Actress.

"You broke my streak."--Al Pacino upon winning Best Actor after a previous seven unsuccessful nominations.

"The trouble with living this long is you know so many people and you can't remember their names."--Clint Eastwood upon winning Best Director.

Winners & Nominees

Best Picture

Unforgiven

• The Crying Game
• A Few Good Men
• Howards End
• Scent of a Woman

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino

• Chaplin - Robert Downey, Jr.
• The Crying Game - Stephen Rea
• Malcolm X - Denzel Washington
• Unforgiven - Clint Eastwood

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Howards End - Emma Thompson

• Indochine - Catherine Deneuve
• Lorenzo's Oil - Susan Sarandon
• Love Field - Michelle Pfeiffer
• Passion Fish - Mary McDonnell

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Unforgiven - Gene Hackman

• The Crying Game - Jaye Davidson
• A Few Good Men - Jack Nicholson
• Glengarry Glen Ross - Al Pacino
• Mr. Saturday Night - David Paymer

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

My Cousin Vinny - Marisa Tomei

• Damage - Miranda Richardson
• Enchanted April - Joan Plowright
• Howards End - Vanessa Redgrave
• Husbands and Wives - Judy Davis

Best Director

Unforgiven - Clint Eastwood

• The Crying Game - Neil Jordan
• Howards End - James Ivory
• The Player - Robert Altman
• Scent of a Woman - Martin Brest

Best Original Screenplay

The Crying Game - Neil Jordan

• Husbands and Wives - Woody Allen
• Lorenzo's Oil - George Miller and Nick Enright
• Passion Fish - John Sayles
• Unforgiven - David Peoples

Best Adapted Screenplay

Howards End - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

• Enchanted April - Peter Barnes
• The Player - Michael Tolkin
• A River Runs Through It - Richard Friedenberg
• Scent of a Woman - Bo Goldman

Best Cinematography

A River Runs Through It - Philippe Rousselot

• Amant, L' - Robert Fraisse
• Hoffa - Stephen H. Burum
• Howards End - Tony-Pierce Roberts
• Unforgiven - Jack N. Green

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Howards End - Ian Whittaker and Luciana Arrighi

• Bram Stoker's Dracula - Thomas E. Sanders and Garrett Lewis
• Chaplin - Stuart Craig and Chris Butler
• Toys - Ferdinando Scarfiotti and Linda DeScenna
• Unforgiven - Henry Bumstead and Janice Blackie-Goodine

Best Costume Design

Bram Stoker's Dracula - Eiko Ishioka

• Enchanted April - Sheena Napier
• Howards End - Jenny Beaven and John Bright
• Malcolm X - Ruth E. Carter
• Toys - Albert Wolsky

Best Sound

The Last of the Mohicans - Chris Jenkins , Doug Hemphill , Mark Smith and Simon Kaye

• Aladdin - Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane
• A Few Good Men - Kevin O'Connell , Rick Kline and Robert Eber
• Under Siege - Donald O. Mitchell , Frank A. Montaño , Rick Hart and Scott D. Smith
• Unforgiven - Les Fresholtz , Vern Poore , Rick Alexander (as Dick Alexander) and Rob Young

Best Film Editing

Unforgiven - Joel Cox

• Basic Instinct - Frank J. Urioste
• The Crying Game - Kant Pan
• A Few Good Men - Robert Leighton
• The Player - Geraldine Peroni

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

Bram Stoker's Dracula - David E. Stone and Tom C. McCarthy

• Aladdin - Mark A. Mangini
• Under Siege - John Leveque and Bruce Stambler

Best Effects, Visual Effects

Death Becomes Her - Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe and Tom Woodruff Jr.

• Alien 3 - Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff, Jr. and George Gibbs
• Batman Returns - Michael L. Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno and Dennis Skotak

Best Makeup

Bram Stoker's Dracula - Greg Cannom , Michele Burke and Matthew W. Mungle

• Batman Returns - Ve Neill , Ronnie Specter and Stan Winston
• Hoffa - Ve Neill , Greg Cannom and John Blake

Best Music, Original Song

Aladdin - Alan Menken and Tim Rice for the song A Whole New World

• Aladdin - Alan Menken and Howard Ashman for the song Friend Like Me
• The Bodyguard - David Foster and Linda Thompson for the song I Have Nothing
• The Bodyguard - Jud Friedman and Allan Dennis Rich for the song Run to You
• The Mambo Kings - Robert Kraft and Arne Glimcher for the song Beautiful Maria of My Soul

Best Music, Original Score

Aladdin - Alan Menken

• Basic Instinct - Jerry Goldsmith
• Chaplin - John Barry
• Howards End - Richard Robbins
• A River Runs Through It - Mark Isham

Best Short Film, Animated

Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase

• Adam
• Reci, reci, reci
• The Sandman
• Screen Play

Best Short Film, Live Action

Omnibus

• Contact
• Cruise Control
• The Lady in Waiting
• Swan Song

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Educating Peter

• At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai
• Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the "Little Review"
• The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein
• When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories

Best Documentary, Features

The Panama Deception

• Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker
• Fires of Kuwait
• Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
• Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann

Best Foreign Language Film

Indochine - France

• Daens - Belgium
• Un Lugar en el mundo - Uruguay (withdrawn, actually Argentina)
• Schtonk! - Germany
• Urga - Russia

Academy Honorary Award

• Federico Fellini - "In recognition of his cinematic accomplishments that have thrilled and entertained worldwide audiences."

Other Awards

Medal of Commendation

• 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

• Audrey Hepburn - "The award, which was voted prior to her death, was presented posthumously. Her son Sean H. Ferrer accepted the award on her behalf."
• Elizabeth Taylor

Academy Award of Merit

• Chadwell O'Connor

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

• Erich Kaestner

Telecast

The In Memoriam tribute section was first introduced this year. ^[1]

References

1. ^ "Farrah Fawcett:Oscars director apologises for 'In Memoriam' omission". Guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/mar/10/oscars-farrah-fawcett. Retrieved 2010-03-10. 

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