The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995)
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The 67th Annual Academy Awards, honoring the best films of 1994, were held on March 27, 1995 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by well-known comedian and talk show host David Letterman. The ceremony is perhaps best remembered for Letterman's performance as the host. Although some thought of him as different but good, most critics labeled his performance as terrible and vowed for him never to host the Oscars again. This negative criticism arose from Letterman's absurdist brand of comedy, and it would lead to Late Show with David Letterman losing in the ratings to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno by the summer of 1995. Letterman seems to have a sense of humor about it, however, because around Academy Award season he frequently references his lackluster appearance at the Academy awards on his show in a humorous tone.
Forrest Gump won Best Picture. This year had the rarity of producing a tie. When Tim Allen opened the envelope for Best Live Action Short, much to his surprise there was a tie. The awards this year were also notable for the near inclusion of a documentary as Best Picture. The documentary category was then, as always, nominated by a special committee. The critically acclaimed film Hoop Dreams failed to make the documentary committee's short list, even though it was on more critics' top ten lists than any other film that year, including Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, and Quiz Show. Many prominent critics, most notably Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert campaigned for Academy members to vote to nominate Hoop Dreams for Best Picture, something that had never happened before. The effort failed, yet Hoop Dreams was nominated for Best Film Editing, one of the few documentaries ever to be nominated in a craft category. This was only the 2nd in Oscar history where 3 of the 4 acting winners were repeats. The other time was during the 1938 Oscars. Interestingly enough, the only first timer was Martin Landau who was the oldest of the bunch.
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A = “The Lion King” won (A) Academy Awards.
B = The viewership for the 67th Annual Academy Awards was estimated to be 4(B).87 Million viewers.
C = (C) Barkin was the presenter for the Best Sound Award (convert the first letter of the name to a number).
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D = “Bob's Birthday” by Alison Snowden and David Fine won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film by Alison Snowden and David Fine. The 12 minute 18 second film features a humorous look a wife's plans to throw a surprise birthday party for her husband on his 4(D) birthday, as he struggles with the sudden impact of middle age.
E = “The Shawshank Redemption” was nominated for 7 Academy Awards but shut out in most of the major categories tells the story of (E) Dufresne, a banker who spends nearly two decades in Shawshank State Prison for the murder of his wife and her lover despite his claims of innocence (convert the first letter of the name to a number).
F = “Forrest Gump” won the Academy Award for Best Picture and had running time of 14(F) minutes.
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