The 67th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 27, 1995, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as the Oscars) in 23 categories honoring the films released in 1994. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gilbert Cates and directed by Jeff Margolis. Comedian David Letterman hosted the show for the first time. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on March 4, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jamie Lee Curtis.
Forrest Gump won six awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included Ed Wood, The Lion King, and Speed with two awards and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; Blue Sky, Bob's Birthday, Bullets Over Broadway, Burnt by the Sun, Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, Legends of the Fall, The Madness of King George, Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, Pulp Fiction, A Time for Justice, and Trevor with one. The telecast garnered more than 48 million viewers in the United States, making it the most watched Oscars telecast since the 55th Academy Awards in 1983.
Winners and nominees
The nominees for the 67th Academy Awards were announced on February 14, 1995, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Arthur Hiller, the then-president of the Academy, and actress Angela Bassett. Forrest Gump earned the most nominations with thirteen. It was the most nominated film since 1966's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the fifth film to earn that many nominations. Bullets Over Broadway, Pulp Fiction, and The Shawshank Redemption tied for second with seven each.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 27, 1995. Forrest Gump was the highest grossing Best Picture winner in history. For only the second time in Oscar history, three of the four acting winners were previous winners. The 11th ceremony held in 1939 previously accomplished this feat. Best Actor winner Tom Hanks became the fifth performer to win consecutive acting Oscars and the second person to do so in the aforementioned category since Spencer Tracy won for his performances in Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938). He also was the sixth person to win Best Actor twice. Best Supporting Actress winner Dianne Wiest became the first person to win two acting Oscars for performances in films directed by the same person. She first won in that same category for her role in Woody Allen's 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life and Trevors joint win in the Best Live Action Short category marked the fifth occurrence of a tie in Oscar history; the next tie would occur at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013.
Awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().
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Forrest Gump – Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey, producers Four Weddings and a Funeral – Duncan Kenworthy, producer Pulp Fiction – Lawrence Bender, producer Quiz Show – Robert Redford, Michael Jacobs, Julian Krainin, and Michael Nozik, producers The Shawshank Redemption – Niki Marvin, producer | valign="top" width="50%" |
Robert Zemeckis – Forrest Gump Woody Allen – Bullets Over Broadway Quentin Tarantino – Pulp Fiction Robert Redford – Quiz Show Krzysztof Kieślowski – Three Colours: Red |- | valign="top" |
Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump as Forrest Gump Morgan Freeman – The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding Nigel Hawthorne – The Madness of King George as King George III Paul Newman – Nobody's Fool as Donald "Sully" Sullivan John Travolta – Pulp Fiction as Vincent Vega | valign="top" |
Jessica Lange – Blue Sky as Carly Marshall Jodie Foster – Nell as Nell Kellty Miranda Richardson – Tom & Viv as Vivienne Haigh-Wood Winona Ryder – Little Women as Josephine "Jo" March Susan Sarandon – The Client as Regina "Reggie" Love |- | valign="top" |
Martin Landau – Ed Wood as Bela Lugosi Samuel L. Jackson – Pulp Fiction as Jules Winnfield Chazz Palminteri – Bullets Over Broadway as Cheech Paul Scofield – Quiz Show as Mark Van Doren Gary Sinise – Forrest Gump as Lt. Dan Taylor | valign="top" |
Dianne Wiest – Bullets Over Broadway as Helen Sinclair Rosemary Harris – Tom & Viv as Rose Robinson Haigh-Wood Helen Mirren – The Madness of King George as Queen Charlotte Uma Thurman – Pulp Fiction as Mia Wallace Jennifer Tilly – Bullets Over Broadway as Olive Neal |- | valign="top" |
Pulp Fiction – Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino; Stories by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary Bullets Over Broadway – Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath Four Weddings and a Funeral – Richard Curtis Heavenly Creatures – Peter Jackson and Frances Walsh Three Colours: Red – Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz | valign="top" |
Forrest Gump – Eric Roth based on the novel by Winston Groom The Madness of King George – Alan Bennett based on his stage play The Madness of George III Nobody's Fool – Robert Benton based on the novel by Richard Russo Quiz Show – Paul Attanasio based on the book Remembering America: A Voice from the Sixties by Richard N. Goodwin The Shawshank Redemption – Frank Darabont based on the short novel "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King |- | valign="top" |
Burnt by the Sun (Russia) in Russian – Nikita Mikhalkov, director Before the Rain (FYR Macedonia) in Macedonian, Albanian, and English – Milcho Manchevski, director Eat Drink Man Woman (Taiwan) in Mandarin Chinese – Ang Lee, director Farinelli: Il Castrato (Belgium) in French and Italian – Gérard Corbiau, director Strawberry and Chocolate (Cuba) in Spanish – Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío, directors | valign="top" |
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision – Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter – Deborah Hoffmann D-Day Remembered – Charles Guggenheim Freedom on My Mind – Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford A Great Day in Harlem – Jean Bach |- | valign="top" |
A Time for Justice – Charles Guggenheim 89mm from Europe – Marcel Łoziński Blues Highway – Vince DiPersio and Bill Guttentag School of the Americas Assassins – Robert Richter Straight from the Heart – Dee Mosbacher and Frances Reid | valign="top" |
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life – Peter Capaldi and Ruth Kenley-Letts Trevor – Peggy Rajski and Randy Stone Kangaroo Court – Sean Astin and Christine Astin On Hope – JoBeth Williams and Michele McGuire Syrup – Paul Unwin and Nick Vivian |- | valign="top" |
Bob's Birthday – Alison Snowden and David Fine The Big Story – Tim Watts and David Stoten The Janitor – Vanessa Schwartz The Monk and the Fish – Michaël Dudok de Wit Triangle – Erica Russell | valign="top" |
The Lion King – Hans Zimmer Forrest Gump – Alan Silvestri Interview with the Vampire – Elliot Goldenthal Little Women – Thomas Newman The Shawshank Redemption – Thomas Newman |- | valign="top" |
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice "Circle of Life" from The Lion King – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice "Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice "Look What Love Has Done" from Junior – Music and Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, James Newton Howard, James Ingram and Patty Smyth "Make Up Your Mind" from The Paper – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman | valign="top" |
Speed – Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer and David MacMillan Clear and Present Danger – Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño and Art Rochester Forrest Gump – Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands and William B. Kaplan Legends of the Fall – Paul Massey, David E. Campbell, Chris David and Douglas Ganton The Shawshank Redemption – Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick and Willie D. Burton |- | valign="top" |
Speed – Stephen Hunter Flick Clear and Present Danger – Bruce Stambler and John Leveque Forrest Gump – Randy Thom and Gloria S. Borders | valign="top" |
The Madness of King George – Art Direction: Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Carolyn Scott Bullets Over Broadway – Art Direction: Santo Loquasto; Set Decoration: Susan Bode Forrest Gump – Art Direction: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh Interview with the Vampire – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo Legends of the Fall – Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert; Set Decoration: Dorree Cooper |- | valign="top" |
Legends of the Fall – John Toll Forrest Gump – Don Burgess The Shawshank Redemption – Roger Deakins Three Colours: Red – Piotr Sobociński Wyatt Earp – Owen Roizman | valign="top" |
Ed Wood – Ve Neill, Rick Baker and Yolanda Toussieng Forrest Gump – Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D'Amore and Judith A. Cory Mary Shelley's Frankenstein – Daniel Parker, Paul Engelen and Carol Hemming |- | valign="top" |
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel Bullets Over Broadway – Jeffrey Kurland Little Women – Colleen Atwood Maverick – April Ferry Queen Margot – Moidele Bickel | valign="top" |
Forrest Gump – Arthur Schmidt Hoop Dreams – Frederick Marx, Steve James and Bill Haugse Pulp Fiction – Sally Menke The Shawshank Redemption – Richard Francis-Bruce Speed – John Wright |- | valign="top" colspan="2" |
Forrest Gump'' – Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum and Allen Hall The Mask – Scott Squires, Steve Spaz Williams, Tom Bertino and Jon Farhat True Lies – John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis and Patrick McClung
Honorary Award To Michelangelo Antonioni in recognition of his place as one of the cinema's master visual stylists.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Quincy Jones
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Clint Eastwood
Multiple nominations and awards
The following 17 films received multiple nominations:
+ Nominations Film 13 Forrest Gump 7 Bullets Over Broadway Pulp Fiction The Shawshank Redemption 4 The Lion King The Madness of King George Quiz Show 3 Legends of the Fall Little Women Speed Three Colours: Red 2 Clear and Present Danger Ed Wood Four Weddings and a Funeral Interview with the Vampire Nobody's Fool Tom & Viv
The following four films received multiple awards:
+ Awards Film 6 Forrest Gump 2 Ed Wood The Lion King Speed
Presenters and performers The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters