The 65th Academy Awards (1992): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
9 9 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3	Howards End Unforgiven The Crying Game Aladdin Bram Stoker's Dracula A Few Good Men Scent of a Woman Chaplin Enchanted April The Player A River Runs Through It	4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	Unforgiven Bram Stoker's Dracula Howards End Aladdin The Crying Game Death Becomes Her Educating Peter Indochine The Last of the Mohicans Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase My Cousin Vinny Omnibus The Panama Deception A River Runs Through It Scent of a Woman
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

• The Crying Game - Stephen Woolley
• A Few Good Men - David Brown, Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman
• Howards End - Ismail Merchant
• Scent of a Woman - Martin Brest
• Unforgiven - Clint Eastwood

DIRECTING

• The Crying Game - Neil Jordan
• Howards End - James Ivory
• The Player - Robert Altman
• Scent of a Woman - Martin Brest
• Unforgiven - Clint Eastwood

ACTOR (Actor in a Leading Role)

• Robert Downey Jr. - Chaplin
• Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
• Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman
• Stephen Rea - The Crying Game
• Denzel Washington - Malcolm X

ACTRESS (Actress in a Leading Role)

• Catherine Deneuve - Indochine
• Mary McDonnell - Passion Fish
• Michelle Pfeiffer - Love Field
• Susan Sarandon - Lorenzo's Oil
• Emma Thompson - Howards End

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

• Jaye Davidson - The Crying Game
• Gene Hackman - Unforgiven
• Jack Nicholson - A Few Good Men
• Al Pacino - Glengarry Glen Ross
• David Paymer - Mr. Saturday Night

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

• Judy Davis - Husbands and Wives
• Joan Plowright - Enchanted April
• Vanessa Redgrave - Howards End
• Miranda Richardson - Damage
• Marisa Tomei - My Cousin Vinny

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

• The Crying Game - Neil Jordan
• Husbands and Wives - Woody Allen
• Lorenzo's Oil - George Miller, Nick Enright
• Passion Fish - John Sayles
• Unforgiven - David Webb Peoples

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

• Enchanted April - Peter Barnes
• Howards End - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
• The Player - Michael Tolkin
• A River Runs Through It - Richard Friedenberg
• Scent of a Woman - Bo Goldman

ORIGINAL SONG

• "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" - The Mambo Kings - Music by Robert Kraft; Lyric by Arne Glimcher
• "Friend Like Me" - Aladdin - Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
• "I Have Nothing" - The Bodyguard - Music by David Foster; Lyric by Linda Thompson
• "Run to You" - The Bodyguard - Music by Jud Friedman; Lyric by Allan Rich
• "A Whole New World" - Aladdin - Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Tim Rice

ORIGINAL SCORE

• Aladdin - Alan Menken
• Basic Instinct - Jerry Goldsmith
• Chaplin - John Barry
• Howards End - Richard Robbins
• A River Runs Through It - Mark Isham

FILM EDITING

• Basic Instinct - Frank J. Urioste
• The Crying Game - Kant Pan
• A Few Good Men - Robert Leighton
• The Player - Geraldine Peroni
• Unforgiven - Joel Cox

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Hoffa - Stephen H. Burum
• Howards End - Tony Pierce-Roberts
• The Lover - Robert Fraisse
• A River Runs Through It - Philippe Rousselot
• Unforgiven - Jack N. Green

ART DIRECTION

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

COSTUME DESIGN

• Bram Stoker's Dracula - Eiko Ishioka
• Enchanted April - Sheena Napier
• Howards End - Jenny Beavan, John Bright
• Malcolm X - Ruth Carter
• Toys - Albert Wolsky

MAKEUP

• Batman Returns - Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter, Stan Winston
• Bram Stoker's Dracula - Greg Cannom, Michle Burke, Matthew W. Mungle
• Hoffa - Ve Neill, Greg Cannom, John Blake

SOUND

• Aladdin - Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson, Doc Kane
• A Few Good Men - Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Bob Eber
• The Last of the Mohicans - Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, Simon Kaye
• Under Siege - Don Mitchell, Frank A. Montao, Rick Hart, Scott Smith
• Unforgiven - Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander, Rob Young

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

• Aladdin - Mark Mangini
• Bram Stoker's Dracula - Tom C. McCarthy, David E. Stone
• Under Siege - John Leveque, Bruce Stambler

VISUAL EFFECTS

• Alien 3 - Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., George Gibbs
• Batman Returns - Michael Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno, Dennis Skotak
• Death Becomes Her - Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe, Tom Woodruff Jr.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Close to Eden - Russia
• Daens - Belgium
• Indochine - France
• A Place in the World - Uruguay [1]
• Schtonk! - Germany

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

• 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 - William Miles, Nina Rosenblum
• Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann - Margaret Smilow, Roma Baran
• The Panama Deception - Barbara Trent, David Kasper

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

• 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, Sally Bochner
• Educating Peter - Thomas C. Goodwin, Gerardine Wurzburg
• When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories - Dorothy Fadiman

SHORT FILM (Animated)

• Adam - Peter Lord
• Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase - Joan C. Gratz
• Reci, Reci, Reci... (Words, Words, Words) - Michaela Pavltov
• The Sandman - Paul Berry
• Screen Play - Barry J.C. Purves

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

• Contact - Jonathan Darby, Jana Sue Memel
• Cruise Control - Matt Palmieri
• The Lady in Waiting - Christian M. Taylor
• Omnibus - Sam Karmann
• Swan Song - Kenneth Branagh, David Parfitt

HONORARY AWARDS

• To Federico Fellini in appreciation of one of the screen's master storytellers.

JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD

• Audrey Hepburn [2]
• Elizabeth Taylor

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD

• Erich Kaestner

MEDAL OF COMMENDATION

• To Petro Vlahos in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

AWARD OF COMMENDATION

• To The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees in recognition of the indispensable contributions of its members, who represent the full spectrum of artists, technicians and craftspeople, to the art of motion pictures on the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary of the Alliance's founding.

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE I (Academy Award of Merit)

• To CHADWELL O'CONNOR of the O'Connor Engineering Laboratories for the concept and engineering of the fluid-damped camera head for motion picture photography. [Stage Operations]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

• To AL MAYER for the Camera Design; IAIN NEIL and GEORGE KRAEMER for the optical design; HANS SPIRAWSKI and BILL ESLICK for the opto-mechanical design and DON EARL for technical support in developing the Panavision System 65 Studio Sync Sound Reflex Camera for 65mm motion picture photography. [Camera]
• To ARNOLD AND RICHTER, OTTO BLASCHEK and the ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF ARRI, AUSTRIA for the design and development of the Arriflex 765 Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography. [Camera]
• To DOUGLAS TRUMBULL for the concept; GEOFFREY H. WILLIAMSON for the movement design; ROBERT D. AUGUSTE for the electronic design and EDMUND M. DIGIULIO for the camera system design of the CP-65 Showscan Camera System for 65mm motion picture photography. [Camera]
• To CLAUS WIEDEMANN and ROBERT ORBAN for the design and DOLBY LABORATORIES for the development of the Dolby Labs 'Container.' [Sound]
• To LOREN CARPENTER, ROB COOK, ED CATMULL, TOM PORTER, PAT HANRAHAN, TONY APODACA and DARWYN PEACHEY for the development of 'RenderMan' software which produces images used in motion pictures from 3D computer descriptions of shape and appearance. [Special Photographic]
• To KEN BATES for the design and development of the Bates Decelerator System for accurately and safely arresting the descent of stunt persons in high freefalls. [Stage Operations]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

• To IAIN NEIL for the optical design and KAZ FUNDANO for the mechanical design of the Panavision Slant Focus Lens for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]
• To IRA TIFFEN of the Tiffen Manufacturing Corporation for the production of the Ultra Contrast Filter Series for motion picture photography. [Lenses and Filters]
• To ROBERT R. BURTON of Audio Rents, Incorporated, for the developement of the Model S-27 4-Band Splitter/Combiner. [Sound]
• To TOM BRIGHAM for the original concept and pioneering work; and DOUGLAS SMYTHE and the COMPUTER GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC for development and the first implementation in feature motion pictures of the 'MORF' system for digital metamorphosis of high resolution images. [Special Photographic]

ACADEMY NOTES

1. This is not an official nomination. After nominations were announced, information came to light that showed that this film was wholly produced in Argentina, and had insufficient Uruguayan artistic control. The film was declared ineligible and removed from the final ballot.
2. The Academy's Board of Governors voted to confer this award on January 12, 1993. Ms. Hepburn passed away on January 20th, and the award was accepted on her behalf by her son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer.