THE BROXWEB OSCARS 1996


BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR - DRAMA

  • BREAKING THE WAVES, Produced by Peter Aalbaek Jensen and Vibeke Windeloev
  • COURAGE UNDER FIRE, Produced by John Davis, David T. Friendly and Joseph Singer
  • HEAT, Produced by Art Linson and Michael Mann
  • INDEPENDENCE DAY, Produced by Dean Devlin
  • LONE STAR, Produced by R. Paul Miller and Maggie Renzi



    • BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

  • FARGO, Produced by Ethan Coen
  • BRASSED OFF, Produced by Steve Abbott
  • THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, Produced by Don Hahn and Roy Conli
  • THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, Produced by Brian Grazer and Russell Simmons
  • TOY STORY, Produced by Bonnie Arnold and Ralph Guggenheim



    • BEST DIRECTOR

  • JOEL COEN for Fargo
  • ROLAND EMMERICH for Independence Day
  • DAVID FINCHER for Seven
  • MICHAEL MANN for Heat
  • LARS VON TRIER for Breaking The Waves



    • BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC LEADING ROLE

  • SEAN PENN in Dead Man Walking
  • NICOLAS CAGE in Leaving Las Vegas
  • LIAM NEESON in Michael Collins
  • AL PACINO in Heat
  • DENZEL WASHINGTON in Courage Under Fire



    • BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDIC LEADING ROLE

  • EDDIE MURPHY in The Nutty Professor
  • KEVIN COSTNER in Tin Cup
  • MICHAEL KEATON in Multiplicity
  • NATHAN LANE in The Birdcage
  • WILLIAM H. MACY in Fargo



    • BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC LEADING ROLE

  • EMILY WATSON in Breaking The Waves
  • GWYNETH PALTROW in Emma
  • MEG RYAN in Courage Under Fire
  • SUSAN SARANDON in Dead Man Walking
  • SHARON STONE in Last Dance



    • BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDIC LEADING ROLE

  • FRANCES McDORMAND in Fargo
  • GLENN CLOSE in 101 Dalmatians
  • GOLDIE HAWN in The First Wives Club
  • DIANE KEATON in The First Wives Club
  • RENE RUSSO in Tin Cup



    • BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • EDWARD NORTON in Primal Fear
  • MORGAN FREEMAN in Seven
  • SAMUEL L. JACKSON in A Time To Kill
  • BRAD PITT in 12 Monkeys
  • AIDAN QUINN in Michael Collins



    • BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • KATE WINSLET in Sense And Sensibility
  • KATRIN CARTLIDGE in BreakingThe Waves
  • ELISABETH PENA in Lone Star
  • JULIA ROBERTS in Michael Collins
  • KYRA SEDGEWICK in Phenomenon



    • BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • JOEL COEN and ETHAN COEN for Fargo
  • MARK HERMAN for Brassed Off
  • SCOTT ROSENBERG for Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
  • JOHN SAYLES for Lone Star
  • ANDREW KEVIN WALKER for Seven



    • BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • JOHN HODGE for Trainspotting, based on the novel by Irvine Welsh
  • AKIVA GOLDSMAN for A Time To Kill, based on the novel by John Grisham
  • DOUGLAS McGRATH for Emma, based on the novel by Jane Austen
  • STEVE SHAGAN and ANN BIDERMAN for Primal Fear, based on the novel by William Diehl
  • EMMA THOMPSON for Sense And Sensibility, based on the novel by Jane Austen



    • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • ROGER DEAKINS for Fargo
  • ROGER DEAKINS for Courage Under Fire
  • DARIUS KHONDJI for Seven
  • KARL WALTER LINDENLAUB for Independence Day
  • ROBBY MULLER for Breaking The Waves



    • BEST ART DIRECTION

  • LILLY KILVERT and JOHN WARNKE for Strange Days
  • JEFFREY BEECROFT and WILLIAM LADD SKINNER for 12 Monkeys
  • ASSHETON GORTON and ALAN TOMKINS for 101 Dalmatians
  • RICK HEINRICHS and THOMAS P. WILKINS for Fargo
  • RICHARD SYLBERT and GREGORY WILLIAM BOLTON for Mulholland Falls



    • BEST EDITING

  • ROBERT RODRIGUEZ for Desperado
  • RICHARD FRANCIS-BRUCE for The Rock
  • RICHARD FRANCIS-BRUCE for Seven
  • DOV HOENIG, PASQUALE BUBA, WILLIAM GOLDENBERG and TOM ROLF for Heat
  • ANDERS REFN for Breaking The Waves



    • BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE - DRAMA

  • JOHN DEBNEY for Cutthroat Island
  • DAVID ARNOLD for Independence Day
  • RANDY EDELMAN for Dragonheart
  • JAMES HORNER for Courage Under Fire
  • MICHAEL KAMEN for Mr. Holland's Opus



    • BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

  • ALAN MENKEN for The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • CARTER BURWELL for Fargo
  • CLIFF EIDELMAN for Now and Then
  • RACHEL PORTMAN for Emma
  • WILLIAM ROSS for Tin Cup



    • BEST ORIGINAL SONG

  • ALAN MENKEN and STEPHEN SCHWARTZ for "Out There" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • ALAN MENKEN and STEPHEN SCHWARTZ for "The Bells of Notre Dame" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • TOMMY SIMS, WAYNE KIRKPATRICK, GORDON KENNEDY and ERIC CLAPTON for "Change The World" from Phenomenon
  • DIANE WARREN and CELINE DION for "Because You Loved Me" from Up Close And Personal
  • STEVIE WONDER, ARTIS IVEY, DOUG RASHEED, LAWRENCE SANDERS and COOLIO for "Gangstas Paradise" from Dangerous Minds



    • BEST COSTUME DESIGN

  • ELLEN MIROJNICK for Showgirls
  • SHAREN DAVIS for Devil In A Blue Dress
  • ELLEN MIROJNICK for Mulholland Falls
  • RUTH MYERS for Emma
  • JULIE WEISS for 12 Monkeys



    • BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

  • PATRICK TATOPOULOS, VOLKER ENGEL, DOUGLAS SMITH, TRICIA ASHFORD and JOE VISKOCIL for Independence Day
  • STEFEN FANGMEIER, HENRY LABOUNTA, HABIB ZARGARPOUR and JOHN FRAZIER for Twister
  • JOHN FARHAT, ROBERT STADD, MAT BECK and BURT DALTON for The Nutty Professor
  • SCOTT FARRAR, JOE LETTIERI, DENISE REAM, GRANT McCUNE and KIT WEST for Daylight
  • SCOTT SQUIRES, PHIL TIPPETT, JUDITH WEAVER, ALEX SEIDEN and KIT WEST for Dragonheart



    • BEST MAKEUP

  • STAN WINSTON, SHANE PATRICK MAHAN and LANCE ANDERSON for The Island of Dr. Moreau
  • RICK BAKER, GERI B. OPPENHEIM and CLAIRE MANION for The Nutty Professor
  • ROBERT KURTZMAN, GREG NICOTERO, HOWARD BERGER and BERNADINE M. ANDERSON for Vampire In Brooklyn
  • ROBERT KURTZMAN, GREG NICOTERO, HOWARD BERGER and ERMAHN OSPINA for From Dusk Till Dawn
  • MICHAEL WESTMORE, TODD MASTERS, SCOTT WHEELER and JAKE GARBER for Star Trek: First Contact



    • BEST SOUND

  • STEVE MASLOW, GREGG LANDAKER, KEVIN O'CONNELL for Twister
  • CHRIS CARPENTER, BILL W. BENTON, BOB BEEMER and JOHN PAUL FASAL for Independence Day
  • CHRIS JENKINS, ANDY NELSON, RON BARTLETT, ANNA BEHLMER, MARK SMITH and JOHN ARRIAS for Heat
  • PAUL MASSEY and D.M. HEMPHILL for The Long Kiss Goodnight
  • KEVIN O'CONNELL, GREG P. RUSSELL and JOHN PAUL FASAL for The Rock



    • BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

  • SANDY GENDLER and VAL KUKLOWSKI for Independence Day
  • STEPHEN HUNTER FLICK for The Long Kiss Goodnight
  • STEPHEN HUNTER FLICK for Twister
  • GEORGE WATTERS II for The Rock
  • JAMES W. WOLVINGTON and CAMERON FRANKLY for Star Trek: First Contact



    • BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

  • NIGHTWATCH, Directed by Ole Bornedal (Denmark)
  • ANTONIA'S LINE, Directed by Marlene Gorris (Netherlands)
  • FALLEN ANGELS, Directed by Wong Kar-Wei (Hong Kong)
  • LA MADRE MUERTA, Directed by Juanma Bajo Ulloa (Spain)
  • SHANGHAI TRIAD, Directed by Zhang Yimou (China)



    • BEST BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR

  • BRASSED OFF, Directed by Mark Herman
  • EMMA, Directed by Douglas McGrath
  • SECRETS AND LIES, Directed by Mike Leigh
  • SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, Directed by Ang Lee
  • TRAINSPOTTING, Directed by Danny Boyle



    • THE 'GOLDEN TURKEY' AWARD FOR WORST CINEMATICALLY RELEASED FILM OF THE YEAR

  • KINGPIN, Directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly
  • THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS, Directed by Tim Pope
  • JOHNNY MNEMONIC, Directed by Robert Longo
  • LAST MAN STANDING, Directed by Walter Hill
  • SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT, Directed by Lasse Hallstrom



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