The 69th Academy Awards (1996): Other Predictions

The titles of the Academy Award Winners are accented in blue. A guide to the prognosticators who make up this list is at the bottom.

Best Picture

• The English Patient (11) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Bally's, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Cinemania Online, Snakeye, ReedyB, Ladbroke
• Shine (2) - Bally's, Ladbroke

Best Actor

• Geoffrey Rush - Shine (8) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Bally's, Gene Siskel, Snakeye, Ladbroke
• Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade (3) - Bally's, Roger Ebert, Cinemania Online
• Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire (1) - ReedyB

Best Actress

• Frances McDormand - Fargo (8) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Cinemania Online, ReedyB
• Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies (3) - Bally's, Snakeye, Ladbroke
• Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient (1) - Bally's

Best Supporting Actor

• Cuba Gooding Jr. - Jerry Maguire (8) - OMPA, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Bally's, Cinemania Online, ReedyB
• Edward Norton - Primal Fear (2) - The Oscar Guy, Snakeye

Best Supporting Actress

• Lauren Bacall - The Mirror Has Two Faces (10) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel, Bally's, Cinemania Online, Snakeye, ReedyB

Best Director

• Anthony Minghella - The English Patient (6) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Bally's, Cinemania Online, ReedyB
• Joel Coen - Fargo (1) - Rogert Ebert
• Milos Forman - The People vs. Larry Flynt (1) - Snakeye
• Scott Hicks - Shine (1) - Bally's

Best Original Screenplay

• Fargo (6) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Cinemania Online, ReedyB, Snakeye
• Lone Star (1) - Roger Ebert

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The English Patient (6) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Cinemania Online, ReedyB, Snakeye
• Sling Blade (1) - Roger Ebert

Best Foreign Film

• Kolya (4) - OMPA, Entertainment Weekly, Rogert Ebert, ReedyB
• Ridicule (3) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Snakeye

Best Original Song

• "You Must Love Me" (4) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Roger Ebert, ReedyB
• "Because You Loved Me" (2) - Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye

Best Dramatic Score

• The English Patient (5) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye, ReedyB

Best Comedy/Musical Score

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (5) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye, ReedyB

Best Editing

• The English Patient (4) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, ReedyB
• Evita (1) - Snakeye

Best Cinematography

• The English Patient (6) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Cinemania Online, Roger Ebert, ReedyB
• Fargo (1) - Snakeye

Best Art Direction

• Evita (4) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Snakeye, ReedyB
• The Birdcage (1) - Entertainment Weekly

Best Costume Design

• Hamlet (3) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, ReedyB
• The English Patient (2) - Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye

Best Makeup

• The Nutty Professor (4) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, ReedyB
• Ghosts of Mississippi (1) - Snakeye

Best Sound

• The English Patient (2) - OMPA, ReedyB
• Evita (2) - The Oscar Guy, Snakeye
• Twister (2) - Entertainment Weekly, ReedyB

Best Sound Editing

• The Ghost and the Darkness (3) - The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, Snakeye
• Daylight (1) - ReedyB
• Eraser (1) - OMPA

Best Visual Effects

• Twister (3) - The Oscar Guy, Snakeye, ReedyB
• Independence Day (2) - Entertainment Weekly, OMPA

Best Documentary Feature

• When We Were Kings (4) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly, ReedyB
• Mandela (2) - Roger Ebert, Snakeye

Best Documentary Short Subject

• Cosmic Voyage (3) - The Oscar Guy, Snakeye, ReedyB
• Breathing Lessons (1) - Entertainment Weekly
• Special Effects (1) - OMPA

Best Animated Short Film

• Wat's Pig (2) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy
• Canhead (1) - ReedyB
• Quest (1) - Entertainment Weekly
• La Salla (1) - Snakeye

Best Live-Action Short Film

• Dear Diary (3) - OMPA, The Oscar Guy, Entertainment Weekly
• De Tripas, Corazon (1) - Snakeye
• Ernst & Lyset (1) - ReedyB
  

Prognosticators Guide

• OMPA: The Online Motion Picture Academy. A new filmorganization devoted to awarding the best in entertainment. The link above goes to the page that runs down how those who voted chose.
• The Oscar Guy: That would be Me. I am the proprietor of these Oscar pages.
• Entertainment Weekly: A Weekly entertainment magzine. The choices are from their list of the best bets for winners. 371, March 21, 1997.
• TV Guide: Contained are the predictions in the major categories. From their Oscar coverage. 2295, March 22 - 28, 1997
• Bally's Lenny Del Genio: Las Vegas oddsmaker. Stresses that his odds are for entertainment purposes only.
• Roger Ebert: Film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. One-half of the team of Siskel & Ebert.
• Gene Siskel: Film critic for the Chicago Tribute. Other half of the team of Siskel & Ebert.
• Cinemania Online: The famous cd-rom film encyclopedia is on the internet and it has predictions on some of the major categories.
• Snakeye: He calls his page a "Layman's Guide to Oscar Night."
• ReedyB: Oscar picks from a fellow Oscar page proprietor.
• Ladbroke Group: A London-based oddsmaker.