68th Annual Academy Awards
March 25, 1996

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles

Your Host: Whoopi Goldberg
Televised over ABC

Opening morph/montage sequence of star performances, ending in Oscar® statuette ==> Whoopi Goldberg
Opening monologue (4:40):Whoopi Goldberg
Costume Design:Pierce Brosnan (w. Claudia Schiffer & Naomi Campbell and 16 of the world's top models)
Supporting Actor:Dianne Wiest
Best Picture nominee #1: Apollo 13, introduced by John Travolta
Montage of special effects makeup & Makeup Award:Alicia Silverstone
Original Song nominee #1: "Moonlight", introduced by Chris O'Connell
Art Direction:Emma Thompson
Honorary Award to Chuck Jones:Robin Williams
Special Achievement Award to John Lasseter:Robin Williams
Original Song nominee #2: "You've Got a Friend in Me", introduced by Whoopi Goldberg
Short Films:Jackie Chan & Kareem Abdul-Jabar
Sound Effects Editing:Sandra Bullock (w. Stomp)
Sound:Steven Segal
Best Picture nominee #2: Braveheart, introduced by Jeremy Irons
Supporting Actress:Martin Landau
Cinematography:Jim Carrey
Film Editing:Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell
Scientific and Technical Awards:Richard Dreyfuss
Original Song nominee #3: "Dead Man Walking", introduced by Winona Ryder
Visual Effects:Will Smith
Best Picture nominee #3: Sense and Sensibility, introduced by Anjelica Huston
Documentary Awards:Elisabeth Shue & Nicolas Cage
View Kary Antholis & Gerda Weissmann Klein's acceptance speeches for One Survivor Remembers at (3:07)
Tribute to Gene Kelly (1912-1996):Savion Glover (live) & film montage
Original Song nominee #4: "Colors of the Wind", introduced by Nathan Lane
Foreign Language Film:Mel Gibson
Honorary Award to Kirk Douglas:Steven Spielberg
Scoring Awards:Quincy Jones & Sharon Stone
Best Picture nominee #4: Il Postino, introduced by Liam Neeson
President's remarks & In Memoriam:Arthur Hiller
Original Song nominee #5: "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?", introduced by Jimmy Smits
Original Screenplay:Susan Sarandon
Adapted Screenplay:Anthony Hopkins
Montage of films that address social issues:Christopher Reeve
Original Song:Angela Bassett & Laurence Fishburne, w. musical recap of the nominees by Take Six
Best Picture nominee #5: Babe, introduced by Nicole Kidman
Director:Robert Zemeckis
Actress:Tom Hanks
Actor:Jessica Lange
Best Picture:Sidney Poitier
"Moonlight"-- Gloria Estefan (intro by Chris O'Donnell)
"You've Got a Friend in Me"-- Randy Newman & Lyle Lovett (intro by Whoopi Goldberg)
"Dead Man Walking"-- Bruce Springsteen (intro by Winona Ryder)
"Colors of the Wind"-- Vanessa Williams (intro by Nathan Lane)
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"-- Bryan Adams (intro by Jimmy Smits)
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Alan Ladd Jr., Mel Gibson & Bruce Davey with their Awards for Best Picture (Braveheart)
Mel Gibson with his Awards for producing and directing Braveheart
Nicolas Cage, Best Actor for Leaving Las Vegas
Susan Sarandon, Best Actress for Dead Man Walking (w. Tim Robbins)

Kevin Spacey, Best Supporting Actor for The Usual Suspects
Best Supporting Actress Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite)
The Acting Award winners assemble for a group photo
Kirk Douglas graciously accepts his Honorary Award
Show Executive Producer:Quincy Jones
Producer:David Salzman
Telecast Director for ABC:Jeff Margolis
Writing credits (in alphabetical order):Alec Berg (special material)
Jay Cocks (special material)
Stephen Pouliot
Daniel M. Saltzman (special material)
Jeff Schaffer (special material)
Bruce Vilanch
Musical Director:Tom Scott