The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995) (TV)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Jeff Margolis

Writers:

Michael Barrie (special material)
Jon Beckerman (special material)

Release Date:

27 March 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Family

Plot Keywords:

Awards Show | TV Special | Audition | Car Accident | Credit Card

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 6 nominations

Cast

David Letterman	...	Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tim Allen	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Short Film, Live Action
Woody Allen	...	Himself (archive footage)
Michelangelo Antonioni	...	Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
Roger Avary	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay
Ellen Barkin	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Sound
Angela Bassett	...	Herself - Presenter: "Circle of Life" & "Hakuna Matata" Songs
Hinton Battle	...	Himself - Performer
Noah Beery Jr.	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Annette Bening	...	Herself - Presenter: 'Four Weddings and a Funera' Film Clip
Robert Bolt	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Cab Calloway	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Macdonald Carey	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Tim Chappel	...	Himself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Tim Curry	...	Himself - Performer
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Herself - Host: Technical Awards Banquet
Peter Cushing	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Robert De Niro	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Picture
Matt Dillon	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Look What Love Has Done' Song
Clint Eastwood	...	Himself - Thalberg Award Recipient
Tom Ewell	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Sally Field	...	Herself - Presenter: 'Forrest Gump' Film Clip
Wendy Finerman	...	Herself - Winner: Best Picture
George Fisher	...	Himself - accepting Technical Award for Kodak (pre-recorded)
Jodie Foster	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Lizzy Gardiner	...	Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Hugh Grant	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Original Score
David Alan Grier	...	Himself - Performer
Tom Hanks	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nigel Hawthorne	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Arthur Hiller	...	Himself
Anthony Hopkins	...	Himself - Presenter: Writing Awards
Holly Hunter	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jeremy Irons	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role & Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards
Elton John	...	Himself - Performer & Winner: Best Original Song
Quincy Jones	...	Himself - Hersholt Award Recipient
Tommy Lee Jones	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Raul Julia	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Krzysztof Kieslowski	...	Himself (archive footage)
Arthur Krim	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Martin Landau	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jessica Lange	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Henry Mancini	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Steve Martin	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Editing
Giulietta Masina	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Helen Mirren	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Cameron Mitchell	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Freida Lee Mock	...	Herself - Winner: Best Documentary
Kathy Najimy	...	Herself - Performer
Mildred Natwick	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Paul Newman	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role / Presenter: Best Cinematography / In 'Cabin Boy' audition reel (pre-recorded)
Randy Newman	...	Himself - Performer
Jack Nicholson	...	Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Michelangelo Antonioni
Julia Ormond	...	Herself - Presenter: "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Song
Al Pacino	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Picture
Anna Paquin	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Sound Effects Editing
Gregory Peck	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Quiz Show' Film Clip
George Peppard	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Brad Pitt	...	Himself - Presenter
Donald Pleasence	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Kelly Preston	...	Herself - Audience Member
Martha Raye	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Robert Redford	...	Himself (archive footage)
Keanu Reeves	...	Himself - Presenter: 'Pulp Fiction' Film Clip
Fernando Rey	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Miranda Richardson	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Tim Robbins	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Gilbert Roland	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Stephen Rosenbaum	...	Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects
Eric Roth	...	Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay
Rene Russo	...	Herself - Presenter: "Make Up Your Mind" Song
Winona Ryder	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Ernie Sabella	...	Himself - Performer
Terry Sanders	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary
Susan Sarandon	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Arthur Schmidt	...	Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Himself - Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Award
Gary Sinise	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Patty Smyth	...	Herself - Performer
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Director
Sylvester Stallone	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Original Song
Lionel Stander	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Steve Starkey	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Sharon Stone	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Costume Design
Woody Strode	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Jule Styne	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Barry Sullivan	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Jessica Tandy	...	Herself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay & Nominee: Best Director (also archive footage)
Uma Thurman	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Presenter: Best Makeup
Jennifer Tilly	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Steve Tisch	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
John Toll	...	Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography
Mary Ellen Trainor	...	Herself - Audience Member
John Travolta	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Documentary Awards
Paul Vlahos	...	Himself - Technical Award Winner (pre-recorded)
Petro Vlahos	...	Himself - Technical Award Winner (pre-recorded)
Denzel Washington	...	Himself - Presenter: 'The Shawshank Redemption' Film Clip
David Wayne	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Sigourney Weaver	...	Herself - Presenter: Memorial Tribute
Dianne Wiest	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mara Wilson	...	Herself - Performer
Oprah Winfrey	...	Herself - Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Terence Young	...	Himself (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Robert Zemeckis	...	Himself - Winner: Best Director (also archive footage)
Hans Zimmer	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Score

Runtime:

215 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Trivia:

Steve James' Hoop Dreams (1994) was widely considered to be a foregone conclusion to win the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. But despite the astonishing critical and box office success the movie didn't receive a nomination (it received only one for Best Editing). The outcry over the snub led to an investigation by the academy into the screening practices by the documentary branch and it was discovered that the voters were taking a show of hands to see who wanted to turn the film off after a few minutes (It was discovered that those at the screening turned Hoop Dreams off after 15 minutes). The following year the academy instituted a rule that those attending screenings had to sit through the entire film or revoke their right to vote.

Quotes:

David Letterman: Oprah, Uma! Uma, Oprah!

Movie Connections:

Featured in 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Make Up Your Mind

He may never be asked back, but Letterman was a breath of fresh air

The one everyone remembers because they went `outside the community' for their compere by bringing in David Letterman from the east coast. Now, on one hand I can see why he flopped, when he started the show by introducing Uma Thurman to Oprah Winfrey `Uma, Oprah etc' he immediately lost the half of the audience that preferred their jokes a little more, well, normal.

However I felt Letterman was a great host who did well because he was so different from the norm that he did feel like a breath of fresh air. I'm a fan so maybe that is part of it but he was good. His video of montage of people auditioning for his part in the movie Cabin Boy had me in tears - `you wanna buy a monkey?' He'll never be back to do it again but it was really good to have that off the wall, New York chat show host humour to off set all the back slapping and teasing jokes that goes on.

The actual award themselves were good and Letterman kept a good level of humour throughout. I did actually sit up all night to watch this ceremony and then go to work for 7am and I didn't feel short changed so it can't have been that bad! Of the winners, Braveheart seemed a populist choice - I would have preferred Sense & Sensibility or even Babe - just for the sheer heart warming nature of it! Gibson for Braveheart was also a bit too much for it - although it was a bit of an epic I suppose, regardless of factual basis! Cage as best actor was deserved. Sarandon was a shoe in (excuse the Walking pun). Sorvino was a surprise and an unusual winner for a comedy role, but it was worth it to see father Paul in tears. Spacey was a great choice for Supporting Actor. Pitt was good but Spacey really drove Usual Suspects - a film that 100% deserved it's screenplay award. A good list, even if some of them don't seem the right choice with hindsight.

Overall I enjoyed the ceremony mainly because I love Letterman's sense of humour. I understand why it didn't fit but it worked for me. Overlong but worth seeing just for Letterman's one (and probably only) Oscar turn.