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Encyclopedia > 69th Academy Awards
69th Academy Awards
Date Monday, March 24, 1997
Site Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California
Network ABC
Host Billy Crystal
Producer Gil Cates
Director Louis J. Horvitz
Duration 3 hours, 29 minutes

The 69th Academy Awards were dominated by movies produced by independent studios, financed outside of mainstream Hollywood, leading to 1997 being dubbed "The Year of the Independents". All but one of the nominees for Best Picture were low-budget independent movies (the next ceremony dominated by indie fims would be in 2006). is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... An early postcard view of the Shrine The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is also the headquarters of the Al Malikah Temple, a division of the Shriners. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... This article is about the Australian television channel. ... For the American political commentator, see William Kristol. ... Gilbert Gil Cates (born: 6 June 1934 in New York, New York) is an American television producer and director. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... The 78th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 2005, were held on March 5, 2006 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. ...


The big winner at the ceremony was Anthony Minghella's The English Patient, which had received 12 nominations and won 9 awards including Best Picture. Anthony Minghella (born January 6, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning British film director, playwright and screenwriter. ... The English Patient is a novel by Michael Ondaatje which deals with the gradually revealed histories of a critically burned man, his Canadian nurse, a thief, and a British Army sapper as they live out the end of World War II in an Italian monastery. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ...


Other notable movies to be honoured at the ceremony included Fargo, which had been nominated for 7 awards and won 2, Shine, which had been nominated for 7 awards and won just one, and Jerry Maguire, which had been nominated for 5 awards and also won just one. Fargo is a 1996 American crime-comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by the Coen Brothers. ... Shine is a 1996 Australian film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. ... Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr. ...

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News and recap

Shortly before the ceremony, two light aircraft flew over the auditorium streaming banners behind them. The first appeared as Larry Flynt, the subject of the Oscar-nominated film The People vs. Larry Flynt, arrived, which read "Columbia Studios Sucks — Larry Flynt". The second banner read "Disney uses sweatshops — 30 cents an hour in Haiti", criticising Walt Disney Studios about the conditions under which some of its movie merchandise are allegedly produced. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The People vs. ... The Columbia Pictures logo from 1993 to the present Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ... Disney redirects here. ...


The Awards marked one of the greatest upsets in Oscar History as most had predicted Lauren Bacall would win Best Supporting Actress for "The Mirror Has Two Faces." Instead, the Oscar went to Juliette Binoche for "The English Patient."


The ceremony attracted a low 41.94m, the lowest audience without dipping below the 40 million mark (later surpassed by the 40.54m who watched in 2002).


Notable Quotes

The English Patient is a novel by Michael Ondaatje which deals with the gradually revealed histories of a critically burned man, his Canadian nurse, a thief, and a British Army sapper as they live out the end of World War II in an Italian monastery. ... Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born March 22, 1948) is a highly successful British composer of musical theatre. ... The Academy Award for Best Song is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers. ... Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award winning lyricist, author, radio presenter and television gameshow panelist. ... The cover of the 1979 American Broadway Original Cast Recording of Evita starring Patti Lupone as Eva Perón, Mandy Patinkin as Che Guevara, and Bob Gunton as Juan Peron. ... Jessica Yu (born 1966) is an American film director, writer, producer, and editor. ... This is a list of films that have received an Oscar and nomination for best documentary short subject. ...

The Awards

For a complete list of nominees and winners, see: 69th Academy Awards nominees and winners This is a complete list of nominees and winners of the 69th Academy Awards. ...


Feature Films

The English Patient is a novel by Michael Ondaatje which deals with the gradually revealed histories of a critically burned man, his Canadian nurse, a thief, and a British Army sapper as they live out the end of World War II in an Italian monastery. ...

Acting

Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning Australian actor. ... Shine is a 1996 Australian film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. ... Frances Louise McDormand[1] (born June 23, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American film, stage, and television actress. ... Fargo is a 1996 dramatic and dark comedy film created by Joel and Ethan Coen. ... Cuba Gooding Jr. ... Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr. ... Juliette Binoche (French IPA: ) (born March 9, 1964 in Paris) is an Oscar-winning and Golden Globe nominated French film actress. ... The English Patient is a novel by Michael Ondaatje which deals with the gradually revealed histories of a critically burned man, his Canadian nurse, a thief, and a British Army sapper as they live out the end of World War II in an Italian monastery. ...

Direction

Anthony Minghella (born January 6, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning British film director, playwright and screenwriter. ...

Writing

Joel and Ethan Coen, commonly called The Coen Brothers in the film business, are United States directors best known for their quirky comedies like Fargo and Raising Arizona; the brothers write their own scripts and alternate top billing for the screenplay. ... Joel and Ethan Coen, commonly called The Coen Brothers in the film business, are United States directors best known for their quirky comedies like Fargo and Raising Arizona; the brothers write their own scripts and alternate top billing for the screenplay. ... Fargo is a 1996 American crime-comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by the Coen Brothers. ... Billy Bob Thornton[1] (born August 4, 1955) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor, as well as occasional director, playwright and singer. ... This article is about the 1996 film. ...

In Memoriam

Presented by Angela Bassett. A tribute remembering those memorable movie icons that left us in the past year: Jo Van Fleet, Tupac Shakur, Brigitte Helm, Dorothy Lamour, screenwriter Sterling Spillphant, designer Saul Bass, screenwriter Steve Tesich, Juliet Prowse, cinematographer Joseph Biroc, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Jack Weston, director Krzysztof Kieslowski, director Fred Zinnemann, Ben Johnson, Gene Nelson, art director Edward C. Carfagno, Joanne Dru, cinematographer John Alton, Greer Garson, producer Albert R. Broccoli, producer Pandro S. Berman, Lew Ayres, Sheldon Leonard, Claudette Colbert and Marcello Mastroianni. Bassett and husband Courtney Vance Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an Emmy and Academy Award-nominated, and Golden Globe winning American actor who is particularly known for biographical film roles portraying women in American culture. ... Jo Van Fleet (December 30, 1914 – June 10, 1996) was an Academy Award-winning American theater and film actress. ... Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac, Makaveli, or simply as Pac, was an American artist renowned for his rap music, movie roles, poetry, and his social activism. ... Brigitte Helm in Metropolis Brigitte Helm (March 17, 1908 – June 11, 1996) was a German actress. ... Dorothy Lamour (December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American motion picture actress. ... Saul Bass (May 8, 1920 - April 25, 1996) was a graphic designer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker, but he is best known for his design on animated motion picture title sequences, which is thought of as the best such work ever seen. ... Steve Tesich is a Serbian-American Oscar-winning screenwriter and playwright who was born Stojan Tesić in Užice, Yugoslavia (now Serbia and Montenegro) on September 29, 1942. ... Juliet meets Kermit the frog on the Muppet Show. ... Joseph F. Biroc (February 12, 1903-September 7, 1996) was a highly successful film and television cinematographer. ... Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. ... Weston as Pig in The Cincinnati Kid Jack Weston (August 21, 1924 - May 3, 1996), born Jack Weinstein, was an American movie and television actor. ... Krzysztof Kieślowski Krzysztof Kieślowski (June 27, 1941, Warsaw – March 13, 1996, Warsaw) was an influential Polish film director and screenwriter, known internationally for his film cycles Three Colors and The Decalogue. ... Fred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907–March 14, 1997) was an Austrian-American film director. ... Ben Johnson Jr. ... Gene Nelson (March 24, 1920 - September 16, 1996), born Leander Eugene Berg, was a dancer, film actor and director. ... Joanne Dru (January 31, 1922 – September 10, 1996) was an American film actress. ... Johann Altmann (October 5, 1901 – June 2, 1996), photographed some of the most famous films noir of the classic period. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Pandro Samuel Berman (28 March 1905 – 13 July 1996), known as Pandro S. Berman, was an American film producer. ... Lew Ayres (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor. ... Sheldon Leonard (February 22, 1907 – January 10, 1997) was a pioneering American film and television producer, director, writer, and actor. ... Claudette Colbert (September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was an Academy Award-winning French-born American actress. ... Marcello Mastroianni in 1958 Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September 28, 1924 – December 19, 1996) was an Italian film actor. ...

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