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1993 Oscars 65th Academy Awards

Posted by Joe Hummel IIIPosted 32 years ago March 29, 1993

1993 Oscars 65th Academy Awards

Winners Announced: March 29, 1993
Held at: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
Host: Billy Crystal
Eligibility Year: 1992

Table of Contents

Trivia

Comedy Kingpin: Billy Crystal was back, hosting the Oscars for the fourth time and delivering his iconic humorous monologues.
Unforgiven Unleashed: Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven dominated the night, winning Best Picture, Best Director for Eastwood, and Best Supporting Actor for Gene Hackman.
Actress Ascent: Emma Thompson won Best Actress for her role in Howards End, and she also wrote the screenplay for Sense and Sensibility, which would later earn her another Oscar.
Historic Win for Pacino: Al Pacino finally snagged his first competitive Oscar for Best Actor in Scent of a Woman after eight nominations.
Marisa’s Moment: Marisa Tomei won Best Supporting Actress for My Cousin Vinny, a comedy film, which is rare in the Oscars.
Animated Achievements: Aladdin bagged two Oscars, one for Best Original Score and another for Best Original Song for A Whole New World.
Sorrowful Score: Bram Stoker’s Dracula by Wojciech Kilar took home the Oscar for Best Costume Design.
War Winner: Indochine, a French film, won Best Foreign Language Film.
Woody’s Words: Woody Allen’s Husbands and Wives was nominated for Best Original Screenplay, a nod that came amidst a tumultuous period in Allen’s personal life.

1993 Oscar Nominees and Winners

Best Picture:
Unforgiven – Clint Eastwood, producer (WINNER)
The Crying Game – Stephen Woolley, producer
A Few Good Men – David Brown, Rob Reiner and Andrew Scheinman, producers
Howards End – Ismail Merchant, producer
Scent of a Woman – Martin Brest, producer

Best Director:
Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven (WINNER)
Neil Jordan – The Crying Game
James Ivory – Howards End
Robert Altman – The Player
Martin Brest – Scent of a Woman

Best Actor:
Al Pacino – Scent of a Woman as Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade (WINNER)
Robert Downey Jr. – Chaplin as Charlie Chaplin
Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven as William “Will” Munny
Stephen Rea – The Crying Game as Fergus
Denzel Washington – Malcolm X as Malcolm X

Best Actress:
Emma Thompson – Howards End as Margaret Schlegel (WINNER)
Catherine Deneuve – Indochine as Éliane Devries
Mary McDonnell – Passion Fish as May-Alice Culhane
Michelle Pfeiffer – Love Field as Lurene Hallett
Susan Sarandon – Lorenzo’s Oil as Michaela Odone

Best Supporting Actor:
Gene Hackman – Unforgiven as Little Bill Daggett (WINNER)
Jaye Davidson – The Crying Game as Dil
Jack Nicholson – A Few Good Men as Colonel Nathan R. Jessup
Al Pacino – Glengarry Glen Ross as Ricky Roma
David Paymer – Mr. Saturday Night as Stan Young

Best Supporting Actress:
Marisa Tomei – My Cousin Vinny as Mona Lisa Vito (WINNER)
Judy Davis – Husbands and Wives as Sally Wainwright
Joan Plowright – Enchanted April as Mrs. Fisher
Vanessa Redgrave – Howards End as Ruth Wilcox
Miranda Richardson – Damage as Ingrid Fleming

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:
The Crying Game – Neil Jordan (WINNER)
Husbands and Wives – Woody Allen
Lorenzo’s Oil – George Miller and Nick Enright
Passion Fish – John Sayles
Unforgiven – David Webb Peoples

Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:
Howards End – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based on the novel by E.M. Forster (WINNER)
Enchanted April – Peter Barnes based on the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim
The Player – Michael Tolkin based on his novel
A River Runs Through It – Richard Friedenberg based upon the story by Norman Maclean
Scent of a Woman – Bo Goldman based on the previous film Profumo di donna by Ruggero Maccari and Dino Risi and the novel Il Buio E Il Miele by Giovanni Arpino

Best Foreign Language Film:
Indochine (France) in French – Régis Wargnier, director (WINNER)
Close to Eden (Russia) in Russian – Nikita Mikhalkov, director
Daens (Belgium) in Dutch – Stijn Coninx, director
Schtonk! (Germany) in German – Helmut Dietl, director

Best Documentary Feature:
The Panama Deception – Barbara Trent and David Kasper (WINNER)
Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker – David Haugland
Fires of Kuwait – Sally Dundas
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II – Bill Miles and Nina Rosenblum
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann – Margaret Smilow and Roma Baran

Best Documentary Short Subject:
Educating Peter – Thomas C. Goodwin (posthumous award) and Gerardine Wurzburg (WINNER)
At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai – Geoffrey O’Connor
Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the ‘Little Review’ – Wendy L. Weinberg
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein – Richard Elson and Sally Bochner
When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories – Dorothy Fadiman

Best Live Action Short Film:
Omnibus – Sam Karmann (WINNER)
Contact – Jonathan Darby and Jana Sue Memel
Cruise Control – Matt Palmieri
The Lady in Waiting – Christian M. Taylor
Swan Song – Kenneth Branagh and David Parfitt

Best Animated Short Film:
Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase – Joan C. Gratz (WINNER)
Adam – Peter Lord
Reci, reci, reci – Michaela Pavlátová
The Sandman – Paul Berry
Screen Play – Barry Purves

Best Original Score:
Aladdin – Alan Menken (WINNER)
Basic Instinct – Jerry Goldsmith
Chaplin – John Barry
Howards End – Richard Robbins
A River Runs Through It – Mark Isham

Best Original Song:
“A Whole New World” from Aladdin – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Tim Rice (WINNER)
“Friend Like Me” from Aladdin – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman (posthumous nomination)
“I Have Nothing” from The Bodyguard – Music by David Foster; Lyrics by Linda Thompson
“Run to You” from The Bodyguard – Music by Jud Friedman; Lyrics by Allan Rich
“Beautiful Maria of My Soul” from The Mambo Kings – Music by Robert Kraft; Lyrics by Arne Glimcher

Best Sound Effects Editing:
Bram Stoker’s Dracula – David E. Stone and Tom McCarthy (WINNER)
Aladdin – Mark Mangini
Under Siege – John Leveque and Bruce Stambler

Best Sound:
The Last of the Mohicans – Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith and Simon Kaye (WINNER)
Aladdin – Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane
A Few Good Men – Kevin O’Connell, Rick Kline and Robert Eber
Under Siege – Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montaño, Rick Hart and Scott D. Smith
Unforgiven – Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander and Rob Young

Best Art Direction:
Howards End – Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker (WINNER)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula – Art Direction: Thomas E. Sanders; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
Chaplin – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Chris A. Butler
Toys – Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna
Unforgiven – Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Janice Blackie-Goodine

Best Cinematography:
A River Runs Through It – Philippe Rousselot (WINNER)
Hoffa – Stephen H. Burum
Howards End – Tony Pierce-Roberts
The Lover – Robert Fraisse
Unforgiven – Jack N. Green

Best Makeup:
Bram Stoker’s Dracula – Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke and Matthew W. Mungle (WINNER)
Batman Returns – Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter and Stan Winston
Hoffa – Ve Neill, Greg Cannom and John Blake

Best Costume Design:
Bram Stoker’s Dracula – Eiko Ishioka (WINNER)
Enchanted April – Sheena Napier
Howards End – Jenny Beavan and John Bright
Malcolm X – Ruth E. Carter
Toys – Albert Wolsky

Best Film Editing:
Unforgiven – Joel Cox (WINNER)
Basic Instinct – Frank J. Urioste
The Crying Game – Kant Pan
A Few Good Men – Robert Leighton
The Player – Geraldine Peroni

Best Visual Effects:
Death Becomes Her – Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe and Tom Woodruff Jr. (WINNER)
Alien³ – Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. and George Gibbs
Batman Returns – Michael L. Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno and Dennis Skotak

Academy Honorary Award:
Federico Fellini – In recognition of his place as one of the screen’s master storytellers.

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards:
The award recognizes individuals whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the motion picture industry.
Audrey Hepburn (posthumous award)
Elizabeth Taylor