Oscar statuette ©AMPAS


1995 (68th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview

Shown below is an overview of the 1995 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)

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The 1995 Preliminaries

1995 (68th) Reminder List of Eligible Releases

1995 (68th) Voting Rules
Eligibility Period:
January 1, 1995 to December 31, 1995

Reminder List of Eligible Releases

Text of Voting Rules

The 1995 Ceremony

1995 (68th) Academy Award Ceremony Poster

1995 (68th) Academy Award Ceremony Program
Monday, March 25, 1996
6:00 PM

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion,
Los Angeles County Music Center


Ceremony Poster

Ceremony Program

Nominations & Winners
Winners Only
Nominations by Film
Nomination Statistics by Film

See Also:
    Nominations & Winners by Category
    Winners Only by Category

The 1995 Winners

1995 (68th) Best Picture Poster: “Braveheart”

1995 (68th) Best Picture Home Page Background: “Braveheart”


Best Picture:
Braveheart
Icon Productions/Ladd Company Production;
Paramount

Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd, Jr. and Bruce Davey, Producers

Best Picture Poster

Best Picture Home Page Background

1995 (68th) Best Actor: Nicolas Cage Best Actor:
Nicolas Cage
as Ben Sanderson
in the film
Leaving Las Vegas

1995 (68th) Best Actress: Susan Sarandon Best Actress:
Susan Sarandon
as Sister Helen Prejean
in the film
Dead Man Walking

1995 (60th) Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey Best Supporting Actor:
Kevin Spacey
as Roger ‘Verbal’ Kint
in the film
The Usual Suspects

1995 (60th) Best Supporting Actress: Mira Sorvino Best Supporting Actress:
Mira Sorvino
as Linda Ash
in the film
Mighty Aphrodite

1995 (62nd) Best Song: “Colors of the Wind” Best Song:
Colors of the Wind
from the film
Pocahontas

Music by Alan Menken;
lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Best Song Lyrics

Other 1995 Nominees

1995 (68th) Best Actress Nominees

Best Actress Nominees

The 1995 Academy Board of Governors Ball

1995 (39th) Governors Ball Program/Menu Dorothy Chandler Pavilion,
Los Angeles County Music Center


Governors Ball Program/Menu
Dinner Menu