64th Academy Awards

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64th Academy Awards
Date	March 30, 1992 ABC
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Host	Billy Crystal
Duration	3 hours, 24 minutes

The 64th Academy Awards were presented March 30, 1992 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The show was the third consecutive to be hosted by Billy Crystal and also featured Jack Palance's infamous one-handed push ups.

The Silence of the Lambs won five major awards, only the third film to do so after It Happened One Night (1934) and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975).

Contents 1 The Awards 1.1 Feature Films 1.2 Directing 1.3 Acting 1.4 Writing

[edit] The Awards

The following is an incomplete list of winners:

[edit] Feature Films

Category	Winner	Producers/Country
Best motion picture	The Silence of the Lambs	Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt and Ronald M. Bozman
Best foreign language film	Mediterraneo	Italy

[edit] Directing

• The Silence of the Lambs, Jonathan Demme

[edit] Acting

Category	Winner	Movie
Best actor in a leading role	Anthony Hopkins	The Silence of the Lambs
Best actress in a leading role	Jodie Foster	The Silence of the Lambs
Best actor in a supporting role	Jack Palance	City Slickers
Best actress in a supporting role	Mercedes Ruehl	The Fisher King

[edit] Writing

Category	Winner	Movie
Original screenplay	Written by Callie Khouri	Thelma & Louise
Adapted screenplay	Screenplay by Ted Tally	The Silence of the Lambs