1996 Academy Award® Nominations: winners are underlined.

Best Picture: The English Patient Fargo Jerry Maguire Secrets & Lies Shine

Best Director: Joel Coen, Fargo Milos Forman, The People vs. Larry Flynt Scott Hicks, Shine Anthony Minghella, The English Patient Mike Leigh, Secrets & Lies

Best Actor: Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire Ralph Fiennes, The English Patient Woody Harrelson, The People vs. Larry Flynt Geoffrey Rush, Shine Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade

Best Actress: Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies Diane Keaton, Marvin's Room Frances McDormand, Fargo Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves

Best Supporting Actor: Cuba Gooding Jr., Jerry Maguire William H. Macy, Fargo Armin Mueller-Stahl, Shine Edward Norton, Primal Fear James Woods, Ghosts of Mississippi

Best Supporting Actress: Joan Allen, The Crucible Lauren Bacall, The Mirror Has Two Faces Juliette Binoche, The English Patient Barbara Hershey, The Portrait of a Lady Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets & Lies

Best Original Screenplay:
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Fargo
Cameron Crowe, Jerry Maguire
Mike Leigh, Secrets & Lies
John Sayles, Lone Star
Jan Sardi, Scott Hicks, Shine

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Kenneth Branagh, Hamlet
John Hodge, Trainspotting
Arthur Miller, The Crucible
Anthony Minghella, The English Patient
Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade

Best Foreign Film: Kavkazskij plennik, Russia Kolya, Czech Republic Les Mille et une recettes du cuisinier amoureux, Georgia Ridicule, France Søndagsengler, Norway

Best Costumes: Angels and Insects Emma The English Patient Hamlet The Portrait of a Lady

Film Editing: The English Patient Evita Fargo Jerry Maguire Shine

Visual Effects: Dragonheart Independence Day Twister

Sound Effects Editing: Daylight Eraser The Ghost and the Darkness

Best Makeup: Ghosts of Mississippi The Nutty Professor Star Trek: First Contact

Best Cinematography: The English Patient Evita Fargo Fly Away Home Michael Collins

Best Sound: The English Patient Evita Independence Day The Rock Twister

Best Art Direction: The Birdcage The English Patient Evita Hamlet Romeo + Juliet

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score:
Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Randy Newman, James and the Giant Peach
Rachel Portman, Emma
Marc Shaiman, The First Wives Club
Hans Zimmer, The Preacher's Wife

Best Original Dramatic Score:
Patrick Doyle, Hamlet
Elliot Goldenthal, Michael Collins
David Hirschfelder, Shine
John Williams, Sleepers
Gabriel Yared, The English Patient

Best Original Song:
James Newton Howard, Jud Friedman, Allan Dennis Rich, "For the First Time" from One Fine Day
Adam Schlesinger, "That Thing You Do!" from That Thing You Do!
Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, Robert John Lange, Bryan Adams, "I've Finally Found Someone" from The Mirror Has Two Faces
Diane Warren, "Because You Loved Me" from Up Close & Personal
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice "You Must Love Me" from Evita

Best Documentary Feature: The Line King: Al Hirschfeld Mandela Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press When We Were Kings

Documentary, Short Subject: Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien Cosmic Voyage An Essay on Matisse Special Effects: Anything Can Happen The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

Live Action Short Film: De tripas, corazón Dear Diary Ernst & Lyset Esposados Senza parole

Animated Short Film: Canhead Quest La Salla Wat's Pig

The Academy Award® ceremonies were held on Monday, March 24th, 1997


Winners:
(15 movies)
The English Patient (9) - Picture, Supporting Actress, Director, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound, Editing, Dramatic Score
Fargo (2) - Actress, Original Screenplay
Emma (1)- Musical or Comedy Score
Evita (1)- Original Song
The Ghost and the Darkness (1)- Sound Effects Editing
Independence Day (1)- Visual Effects
Jerry Maguire (1) - Supporting Actor
The Nutty Professor (1)- Makeup
Shine (1) - Actor
Sling Blade (1) - Adapted Screenplay
Kolya (1) - Foreign Film
When We Were Kings (1) - Documentary Feature
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Dear Diary (1) - Live Action Short Film
Quest (1) - Animated Short Film

Nomination Totals:
(65 movies)
Commercial English language films:
Angels and Insects (1) - Costumes
The Birdcage (1) - Art Direction
Breaking the Waves (1) - Actress
The Crucible (2) - Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay
Daylight (1) - Sound Effects Editing
Dragonheart (1) - Visual Effects
Emma (2) - Costumes, Musical or Comedy Score
The English Patient (12) - Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Costumes, Editing, Cinematography, Sound, Art Direction, Dramatic Score
Eraser (1) - Sound Effects Editing
Evita (5) - Editing, Cinematography, Sound, Art Direction, Original Song
Fargo (7) - Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography
The First Wives Club (1) - Musical or Comedy Score
Fly Away Home (1) - Cinematography
The Ghost and the Darkness (1) - Sound Effects Editing
Ghosts of Mississippi (2) - Supporting Actor, Makeup
Hamlet (4) - Adapted Screenplay, Costumes, Art Direction, Dramatic Score
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1) - Musical or Comedy Score
Independence Day (2) - Visual Effects, Sound
James and the Giant Peach (1) - Musical or Comedy Score
Jerry Maguire (5) - Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Editing
Lone Star (1) - Original Screenplay
Marvin's Room (1) - Actress
Michael Collins (2) - Cinematography, Dramatic Score
The Mirror Has Two Faces (2) - Supporting Actress, Original Song
The Nutty Professor (1) - Makeup
One Fine Day (1) - Original Song
The People vs. Larry Flynt (2) - Director, Actor
The Portrait of a Lady (2) - Supporting Actress, Costumes
The Preacher's Wife (1) - Musical or Comedy Score
Primal Fear (1) - Supporting Actor
The Rock (1) - Sound
Romeo + Juliet (1) - Art Direction
Secrets & Lies (5) - Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay
Shine (7) - Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Editing, Dramatic Score
Sleepers (1) - Dramatic Score
Sling Blade (2) - Actor, Adapted Screenplay
Star Trek: First Contact (1) - Makeup
That Thing You Do! (1) - Original Song
Trainspotting (1) - Adapted Screenplay
Twister (2) - Visual Effects, Sound
Up Close & Personal (1) - Original Song

Foreign language films:
Kavkazskij plennik (1) - Foreign Film
Kolya (1) - Foreign Film
Les Mille et une recettes du cuisinier amoureux (1) - Foreign Film
Ridicule (1) - Foreign Film
Søndagsengler (1) - Foreign Film

Documentaries and short films:
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Canhead (1) - Animated Short Film
Cosmic Voyage (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
De tripas, corazón (1) - Live Action Short Film
Dear Diary (1) - Live Action Short Film
Ernst & Lyset (1) - Live Action Short Film
Esposados (1) - Live Action Short Film
An Essay on Matisse (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
The Line King: Al Hirschfeld (1) - Documentary Feature
Mandela (1) - Documentary Feature
Quest (1) - Animated Short Film
La Salla (1) - Animated Short Film
Senza parole (1) - Live Action Short Film
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1) - Documentary, Short Subject
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse (1) - Documentary Feature
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1) - Documentary Feature
Wat's Pig (1) - Animated Short Film
When We Were Kings (1) - Documentary Feature
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage (1) - Documentary, Short Subject

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