69th Academy Awards
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69th Academy Awards
Monday, March 24, 1997 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California
Host
Crew
Producer: Gil Cates
Director: Louis J. Horvitz
Duration
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The 69th Academy Awards were dominated by movies produced by independent studios, financed outside of mainstream Hollywood, leading to 1996 being dubbed "The Year of the Independents". All but one of the nominees for Best Picture were low-budget independent movies.
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.
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.
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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 Disney Studios about the conditions under which some of its movie merchandise are allegedly produced.
Notable Quotes
- "Well, thank heavens there wasn't a song in The English Patient is all I can say." - Andrew Lloyd-Webber, commenting on another film's success, as he collected the Academy Award for Best Song with Tim Rice, for You Must Love Me from Evita
The Awards
Feature Films
- Best motion picture of the year: The English Patient
Acting
- Performance by an actor in a leading role: Geoffrey Rush in Shine
- Performance by an actress in a leading role: Frances McDormand in Fargo
- Performance by an actor in a supporting role: Cuba Gooding Jr. in Jerry Maguire
- Performance by an actress in a supporting role: Juliette Binoche in The English Patient
| Preceded by: 68th Academy Awards | Academy Awards Ceremonies | Succeeded by: 70th Academy Awards |