Congratulations to the 2012 Academy Award two big winners. Both “The Artist” and “Hugo” won five Oscars each.
“The Artist” won for Best Picture, Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius), Best Actor (Jean Dujardin), Best Costume Design (Mark Bridges), and Best Original Score (Ludovic Bounce).
“Hugo” won for Best Cinematography (Robert Richardson), Best Art Direction (Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schavo), Best Sound Editing (Phillip Stockton and Eugene Gearty), Best Sound Mixing (Tom Fleischman and John Midgley), and Best Visual Effects.
Seventeen years ago, “Forrest Gump” won six awards at the 1995 Academy Awards. It was nominated in a total of thirteen categories.
Here is the complete list of “Forrest Gump” nominations and Oscars won during the 67th Academy Awards held on March 27, 1995, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The host that year was David Letterman.
Wow, the 1995 nominations indicated what a great year it was for the motion picture industry!
The six categories in which“Forrest Gump”was nominated in 1995 and won. The other nominees are also listed.
Best Picture
Winner: Forrest Gump (Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch, and Steve Starkey, Producers)
Other Nominees:
- “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)
Best Actor
Winner: Tom Hanks in “Forrest Gump”
Other Nominees:
- Morgan Freeman in “The Shawshank Redemption”
- Nigel Hawthorne in “The Madness of King George”
- Paul Newman in “Nobody’s Fool”
- John Travolta in “Pulp Fiction”
Director
Winner: “Forrest Gump” (Robert Zemeckis)
Other Nominees:
- “Bullets over Broadway” (Woody Allen)
- “Pulp Fiction” (Quentin Tarantino)
- “Quiz Show” (Robert Redford)
- “Red” (Krzysztof Kieslowski)
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Winner: “Forrest Gump” (Eric Roth)
Other Nominees:
- “The Madness of King George” (Alan Bennett)
- “Nobody’s Fool” (Robert Benton)
- “Quiz Show” (Paul Attanasio)
- “The Shawshank Redemption” (Frank Darabont)
Film Editing
Winner: “Forrest Gump” (Arthur Schmidt)
Other Nominees:
- “Hoop Dreams” (Frederick Marx, Steve James, Bill Haugse)
- “Pulp Fiction” (Sally Menke)
- “The Shawshank Redemption” (Richard Francis-Bruce)
- “Speed” (John Wright)
Visual Effects
Winner: “Forrest Gump” (Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall)
Other Nominees:
- “The Mask” (Scott Squires, Steve Williams, Tom Bertino, Jon Farhat)
- “True Lies” (John Bruno, Thomas L. Fisher, Jacques Stroweis, Patrick McClung)
Here are the additional seven categories in which “Forrest Gump” was nominated in 1995 but did not win an Oscar.
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Martin Landau in “Ed Wood”
Other Nominees:
- Samuel L. Jackson in “Pulp Fiction”
- Chazz Palminteri in “Bullets over Broadway”
- Paul Scofield in “Quiz Show”
- Gary Sinise in “Forrest Gump”
Art Direction
Winner: “The Madness of King George” (Art Direction: Ken Adam; Set Decoration: Carolyn Scott)
Other Nominees:
- “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)
Cinematography
Winner: “Legends of the Fall” (John Toll)
Other Nominees:
- “Forrest Gump” (Don Burgess)
- “Red” (Piotr Sobocinski)
- “The Shawshank Redemption” (Roger Deakins)
- “Wyatt Earp” (Owen Roizman)
Makeup
Winner: “Ed Wood” (Rick Baker, Ve Neill, Yolanda Toussieng)
Other Nominees:
- “Forrest Gump” (Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D’Amore, Judith A. Cory)
- “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” (Daniel Parker, Paul Engelen, Carol Hemming)
Music (Original Score)
Winner: “The Lion King” (Hans Zimmer)
Other Nominees:
- “Forrest Gump” (Alan Silvestri)
- “Interview with the Vampire” (Elliot Goldenthal)
- “Little Women” (Thomas Newman)
- “The Shawshank Redemption” (Thomas Newman)
Sound
Winner: “Speed” (Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer, David R. B. MacMillan)
Other Nominees:
- “Clear and Present Danger” (Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño, Arthur Rochester)
- “Forrest Gump” (Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan)
- “Legends of the Fall” (Paul Massey, David Campbell, Christopher David, Douglas Ganton)
- “The Shawshank Redemption” (Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick, Willie Burton)
Sound Effects Editing
Winner: “Speed” (Stephen Hunter Flick)
Other Nominees:
- “Clear and Present Danger” (Bruce Stambler, John Leveque)
- “Forrest Gump” (Gloria S. Borders, Randy Thom)
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