The 65th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1992 in the United States and took place on March 29, 1993, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 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 Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Jeff Margolis. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the fourth consecutive year. In related events, during a ceremony held at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on March 6, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Sharon Stone.
Unforgiven won four Oscars, including Best Picture. Other winners included Bram Stoker's Dracula and Howards End with three awards, Aladdin with two, and 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, and Scent of a Woman with one. The telecast garnered 45.7 million viewers in the United States.
Winners and nominees The nominees for the 65th Academy Awards were announced on February 17, 1993, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Robert Rehme, president of the academy, and actress Mercedes Ruehl. Howards End and Unforgiven led all nominees with nine nominations each.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 29, 1993. Best Director winner Clint Eastwood became the seventh person nominated for lead acting and directing for the same film. Best Actor winner Al Pacino was the sixth performer to receive nominations in the lead and supporting categories in the same year. He also became the first person to win in the lead acting category after achieving the aforementioned feat. By virtue of his second straight win in both music categories, Alan Menken became the third person to win two Oscars in two consecutive years.
Awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().
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Unforgiven – Clint Eastwood, producer The Crying Game – Stephen Woolley, producer A Few Good Men – David Brown, Rob Reiner and Andrew Scheinman, producers Howards End – Ismail Merchant, producer Scent of a Woman – Martin Brest, producer | valign="top" |Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven Neil Jordan – The Crying Game James Ivory – Howards End Robert Altman – The Player Martin Brest – Scent of a Woman |- | valign="top" |
Al Pacino – Scent of a Woman as Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade Robert Downey Jr. – Chaplin as Charlie Chaplin Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven as William "Will" Munny Stephen Rea – The Crying Game as Fergus Denzel Washington – Malcolm X as Malcolm X | valign="top" |
Emma Thompson – Howards End as Margaret Schlegel Catherine Deneuve – Indochine as Éliane Devries Mary McDonnell – Passion Fish as May-Alice Culhane Michelle Pfeiffer – Love Field as Lurene Hallett Susan Sarandon – Lorenzo's Oil as Michaela Odone |- | valign="top" |
Gene Hackman – Unforgiven as Little Bill Daggett Jaye Davidson – The Crying Game as Dil Jack Nicholson – A Few Good Men as Colonel Nathan R. Jessup Al Pacino – Glengarry Glen Ross as Ricky Roma David Paymer – Mr. Saturday Night as Stan Young | valign="top" |
Marisa Tomei – My Cousin Vinny as Mona Lisa Vito Judy Davis – Husbands and Wives as Sally Wainwright Joan Plowright – Enchanted April as Mrs. Fisher Vanessa Redgrave – Howards End as Ruth Wilcox Miranda Richardson – Damage as Ingrid Fleming |- | valign="top" |
The Crying Game – Neil Jordan Husbands and Wives – Woody Allen Lorenzo's Oil – George Miller and Nick Enright Passion Fish – John Sayles Unforgiven – David Webb Peoples | valign="top" |
Howards End – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based on the novel by E. M. Forster Enchanted April – Peter Barnes based on the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim The Player – Michael Tolkin based on his novel A River Runs Through It – Richard Friedenberg based upon the story by Norman Maclean Scent of a Woman – Bo Goldman based on the previous film Profumo di donna by Ruggero Maccari and Dino Risi and the novel Il Buio E Il Miele by Giovanni Arpino |- | valign="top" |Indochine (France) in French – Régis Wargnier, director Close to Eden (Russia) in Russian – Nikita Mikhalkov, director Daens (Belgium) in Dutch – Stijn Coninx, director Schtonk! (Germany) in German – Helmut Dietl, director A Place in the World (Uruguay) in Spanish – Adolfo Aristarain, director (nomination revoked) | valign="top" |The Panama Deception – Barbara Trent and David Kasper Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker – David Haugland Fires of Kuwait – Sally Dundas The Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II – Bill Miles and Nina Rosenblum Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann – Margaret Smilow and Roma Baran |- | valign="top" |Educating Peter – Thomas C. Goodwin (posthumous award) and Gerardine Wurzburg 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 and Sally Bochner When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories – Dorothy Fadiman | valign="top" |Omnibus – Sam KarmannContact – Jonathan Darby and Jana Sue Memel Cruise Control – Matt Palmieri The Lady in Waiting – Christian M. Taylor Swan Song – Kenneth Branagh and David Parfitt |- | valign="top" |Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase – Joan C. Gratz Adam – Peter Lord Reci, reci, reci – Michaela Pavlátová The Sandman – Paul Berry Screen Play – Barry Purves | valign="top" |Aladdin – Alan Menken Basic Instinct – Jerry Goldsmith Chaplin – John Barry Howards End – Richard Robbins A River Runs Through It – Mark Isham |- | valign="top" |"A Whole New World" from Aladdin – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Tim Rice "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" from The Mambo Kings – Music by Robert Kraft; Lyrics by Arne Glimcher "Friend Like Me" from Aladdin – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman (posthumous nomination) "I Have Nothing" from The Bodyguard – Music by David Foster; Lyrics by Linda Thompson "Run to You" from The Bodyguard – Music by Jud Friedman; Lyrics by Allan Rich | valign="top" |The Last of the Mohicans – Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith and Simon Kaye Aladdin – Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane A Few Good Men – Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline and Robert Eber Under Siege – Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montaño, Rick Hart and Scott D. Smith Unforgiven – Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander and Rob Young |- | valign="top" |Bram Stoker's Dracula – David E. Stone and Tom McCarthy Aladdin – Mark Mangini Under Siege – John Leveque and Bruce Stambler | valign="top" |Howards End – Art Direction: Luciana Arrighi; Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker Bram Stoker's Dracula – Art Direction: Thomas E. Sanders; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis Chaplin – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Chris A. Butler Toys – Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna Unforgiven – Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Janice Blackie-Goodine |- | valign="top" |A River Runs Through It – Philippe Rousselot Hoffa – Stephen H. Burum Howards End – Tony Pierce-Roberts The Lover – Robert Fraisse Unforgiven – Jack N. Green | valign="top" |Bram Stoker's Dracula – Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke and Matthew W. Mungle Batman Returns – Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter and Stan Winston Hoffa – Ve Neill, Greg Cannom and John Blake |- | valign="top" |Bram Stoker's Dracula – Eiko Ishioka Enchanted April – Sheena Napier Howards End – Jenny Beavan and John Bright Malcolm X – Ruth E. Carter Toys – Albert Wolsky | valign="top" |Unforgiven – Joel Cox Basic Instinct – Frank J. Urioste The Crying Game – Kant Pan A Few Good Men – Robert Leighton The Player – Geraldine Peroni |- | valign="top" colspan="2"|Death Becomes Her'' – Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe and Tom Woodruff Jr. Alien 3 – Richard Edlund, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr. and George Gibbs Batman Returns – Michael L. Fink, Craig Barron, John Bruno and Dennis Skotak
Honorary Award To Federico Fellini in recognition of his place as one of the screen's master storytellers.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards The award recognizes individuals whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the motion picture industry.
Audrey Hepburn (posthumous award) Elizabeth Taylor
Films with multiple nominations and awards
+ Films that received multiple nominations Nominations Film 9 Howards End Unforgiven 6 The Crying Game 5 Aladdin 4 Bram Stoker's Dracula A Few Good Men Scent of a Woman 3 Chaplin Enchanted April A River Runs Through It The Player 2 Basic Instinct Batman Returns The Bodyguard Hoffa Husbands and Wives Indochine Lorenzo's Oil Malcolm X Passion Fish Toys Under Siege
+ Films that received multiple awards Awards Film 4 Unforgiven 3 Bram Stoker's Dracula Howards End 2 Aladdin
Presenters and performers The following individuals (in order of appearance) presented awards or performed musical numbers:
Presenters Name(s) Role Announcer for the 65th annual Academy Awards (AMPAS president) Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony Presenter of the "Women in the Movies" Montage Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress Presenter of the film Unforgiven during the Best Picture segment Susan Sarandon Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor Marisa Tomei Presenters of the award for Best Makeup Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Audrey Hepburn David Paymer Presenters of the award for Best Live Action Short Film Presenter of the award for Best Animated Short Film Presenter of the film A Few Good Men on the Best Picture segment Introducer of presenter Glenn Close Presenter of the award for Best Foreign Language Film Presenter of the segment of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement and the Gordon E. Sawyer Award Presenter of the award for Best Art Direction Presenter of the film Howards End on the Best Picture segment Presenter of the award for Best Visual Effects Presenter of the award for Best Sound Effects Editing Denzel Washington Presenters of the awards for Best Documentary Short Subject and Best Documentary Feature Marcello Mastroianni Presenters of the Academy Honorary Award to Federico Fellini Presenter of the award for Best Original Score Dustin Hoffman Presenters of the awards for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen and Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Presenter of the film The Crying Game on the Best Picture segment Alfre Woodard Presenters of the award for Best Sound Quincy Jones Presenters of the award for Best Original Song Presenter of the award for Best Actress Gene Hackman Presenters of the award for Best Cinematography Presenter of the award Best Costume Design Presenter of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Elizabeth Taylor Presenter of the award for Best Actor Presenter of the film Scent of a Woman on the Best Picture segment Presenter of the award for Best Director Presenter of the award for Best Picture
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