67th Academy Awards

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67th Academy Awards
Date	March 27, 1995
Site	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Host	David Letterman
Producer	Gilbert Cates
Director	Jeff Margolis
Duration	3 hours, 35 minutes

The 67th Academy Awards, honoring the best movies of 1994, were held on March 27, 1995 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by well-known comedian and talk show host David Letterman.

The ceremony is perhaps best remembered for Letterman's performance as the host. Although some thought of him as different but good, most critics labelled his performance as terrible and vowed for him never to host the Oscars again. This negative criticism arose from Letterman's absurdist brand of comedy, and it would lead to Late Show with David Letterman losing in the ratings to The Tonight Show by the summer of 1995.

Forrest Gump won Best Picture, and 6 Oscars, including Tom Hanks' second straight Academy Award for Best Actor.

Contents 1 Winners 2 Honorary Oscars 3 In Memoriam 4 External links

[edit] Winners

Best Picture: Forrest Gump

Best Director: Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump)

Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction)

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Jessica Lange (Blue Sky)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Martin Landau (Ed Wood)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Dianne Wiest (Bullets Over Broadway)

[edit] Honorary Oscars

Filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni was given the Honorary Oscar.

Actor and Director Clint Eastwood was awarded The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.

Singer and Composer Quincy Jones was given the Jean Hersolt Humanitarian Award.

[edit] In Memoriam

Presented by Sigourney Weaver. In a video montage, the Academy acknowledged the contributions of the following film makers who died during the previous year: Fernando Rey, Cameron Mitchell, Barry Sullivan, Giulietta Masina, Peter Cushing, executive Frank Wells, Noah Beery Jr., Woody Strode, Jessica Tandy, Tom Ewell, Lionel Stander, composer Jules Styne, executive Arthur Krim, animator Walter Lantz, art director Ferdinando Scarfiotti, screenwriter Robert Bolt, Donald Pleasence, producer Harry Saltzman, director Terence Young, Burt Lancaster, composer Henry Mancini, Martha Raye, George Peppard, Gilbert Roland, Rossano Brazzi, Cab Calloway, Mildred Natwick, Macdonald Carey, David Wayne and Raul Julia.

[edit] External links

• Complete list of nominees & winners