Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by
Whoopi Goldberg
Produced by
David Salzman Quincy Jones
Directed by
Jeff Margolis
Highlights
Best Picture
Braveheart
Most awards
Braveheart (5)
Most nominations
Braveheart (10)
TV in the United States
Network
ABC
Duration
3 hours, 39 minutes
Ratings
44.81 million 30.48% (Nielsen ratings)
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The 68th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1995 in the United States and took place on March 25, 1996, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST.[1] During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories.[1] The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by David Salzman and Quincy Jones and directed by Jeff Margolis.[1] Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the second time, having previously presided over the 66th ceremony in 1994.[2] Three weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on March 2, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Richard Dreyfuss.[3]
Braveheart won five awards, including Best Picture.[4][5] Other winners included Apollo 13, Pocahontas, Restoration, and The Usual Suspects with two awards and Anne Frank Remembered, Antonia's Line, Babe, A Close Shave, Dead Man Walking, Leaving Las Vegas, Lieberman in Love, Mighty Aphrodite, One Survivor Remembers, Il Postino: The Postman, and Sense and Sensibility with one. The telecast garnered almost 45 million viewers in the United States.
^ abcLowry, Brian (March 26, 1996). "Review: "The 68th Annual Academy Awards"". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
^"Whoopi Goldberg To Be Oscars Host". The New York Times. November 1, 1995. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
^"Past Scientific & Technical Awards Ceremonies". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
^Welkos, Robert W. (March 26, 1996). "'Braveheart' Is Top Film; Cage, Sarandon Win". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
^Hartl, John (March 25, 1996). "One More Victory For 'Braveheart' – Mel Gibson's Epic About A Battle For Freedom Tops The Oscars". The Seattle Times. The Seattle Times Company. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
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