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The 69th annual Academy Awards

Title: The 69th annual Academy Awards [videorecording] / ABC-TV ; Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ; directed by Louis J. Horvitz ; produced by Gilbert Cates.
Publication: U.S. : ABC-TV, c1997.

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Description

3 videodiscs (220 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Presentation ceremony for the 1997 Academy Awards (Oscars). The program includes film montages and live performances of music and dance. Gregory Hines appears as the presenter of the award for original dramatic score (at ca. 59 min. on disc 2); he is also glimpsed in the audience.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Pamela Koslow.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Special event coverage and commentary.
Video.

Note

Includes commercials.

Credits (note)

Written by Hal Kanter, Carrie Fisher, Buz Kohan ; production design, Roy Christopher ; music director, Bill Conti ; choreography, Otis Sallid ; costumes, Ray Aghayan ; lighting, Robert Dickinson.

Event (note)

Telecast from Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, Calif., on March 24, 1997.

System Details (note)

DVD.

Contents

Disc 1 (ca. 72 min.). Welcome / by Arthur Hiller, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -- Montage / featuring Billy Crystal and others -- Medley / sung by Billy Crystal -- [Awards:] Supporting actor / presented by Mira Sorvino to Cuba Gooding, Jr. -- Art direction / presented by Sandra Bullock to Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan for The English patient -- [Clip:] Jerry Maguire / introduced by Steve Martin -- Costume design / presented by Juliette Binoche to Ann Roth, The English patient -- [Song:] "You must love me" from Evita / sung by Madonna -- Sound effects editing / presented by Beavis and Butthead to Bruce Stambler, The ghost and the darkness -- Makeup / presented by Courtney Love to Rick Baker and David Leroy Anderson, The nutty professor -- [Montage:] Going to the movies / introduced by Winona Ryder -- Supporting actress / presented by Kevin Spacey to Juliette Binoche -- [Song:] "That thing you do" [title song] / introduced by Claire Danes -- [Clip:] Fargo / introduced by Holly Hunter -- Live action short film / presented by David Spade and Chris Farley to Dear diary.
Disc 2 (ca. 72 min.). [Repetition of Live action short film award] -- Animated short film / presented by Spade and Farley to Quest -- Honorary award / presented by Julie Andrews to Michael Kidd; includes montage of his choreography for film musicals -- Scientific and technical awards / reported by Helen Hunt -- [Song:] "I finally found someone" from The mirror has two faces / sung by Céline Dion with trumpeter Arturo Sandoval -- Documentary short subject / presented by Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith to Breathing lessons -- Documentary feature / presented by Jones and Smith to When we were kings -- Visual effects / presented by Jim Carrey to Independence day -- Sound / presented by Chris O'Donnell to The English patient -- Editing / presented by Nicole Kidman to Walter Murch, The English patient; includes montage and live dance performance by Michael Flatley and cast of Lord of the dance -- Original musical or comedy score / presented by Debbie Reynolds to Rachel Portman, Emma -- Original dramatic score / presented by Gregory Hines to Gabriel Yared, The English patient -- [Clip:] Shine / introduced by Glenn Close; followed by pianist David Helfgott's rendition of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the bumblebee" -- Cinematography / presented by Tim Robbins to John Seale, The English patient -- [Song:] "For the first time" from One fine day / introduced by Salma Hayek; sung by Kenny Loggins [incomplete on this disc].
Disc 3 (ca. 76 min.). "For the first time" [complete song] -- Irving G. Thalberg Award / presented by Michael Douglas to Saul Zaentz; includes short documentary on Zaentz -- Foreign language film / presented by Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Valenti to Kolya -- [Clip:] The English patient / introduced by Sigourney Weaver -- [Song:] "Because you love me" from Up close and personal / introduced by Jennifer Lopez; sung by Céline Dion -- [Memorial montage] / introduced by Angela Bassett -- Original song / presented by Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton to "You must love me," Evita -- [Montage of Shakespeare film adaptations] / introduced by Kenneth Branagh -- Screenplay adaptation / presented by Jodie Foster to Billy Bob Thornton, Sling blade -- Original screenplay / presented by Foster to Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Fargo -- [Clip:] Secrets and lies / introduced by Andie MacDowell -- Actress / presented by Nicolas Cage to Frances McDormand -- Actor / presented by Susan Sarandon to Geoffrey Rush -- Director / presented by Mel Gibson to Anthony Minghella -- Picture / presented by Al Pacino to The English patient.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-134

OCLC

NYPY05-F10148

Title

The 69th annual Academy Awards [videorecording] / ABC-TV ; Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ; directed by Louis J. Horvitz ; produced by Gilbert Cates.

Imprint

U.S. : ABC-TV, c1997.

System Details

DVD.

Credits

Written by Hal Kanter, Carrie Fisher, Buz Kohan ; production design, Roy Christopher ; music director, Bill Conti ; choreography, Otis Sallid ; costumes, Ray Aghayan ; lighting, Robert Dickinson.

Performer

Host: Billy Crystal.

Event

Telecast from Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, Calif., on March 24, 1997.

Added Author

Horvitz, Louis J., director.

Cates, Gilbert, 1934-2011, producer.

Kanter, Hal, author.

Fisher, Carrie, author.

Kohan, Buz, uthor.

Christopher, Roy, set designer.

Conti, Bill, conductor.

Sallid, Otis, choreographer.

Aghayan, Ray, costume designer.

Crystal, Billy, host.

Hiller, Arthur, speaker.

Sorvino, Mira, speaker.

Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 1968- recipient.

Bullock, Sandra, speaker.

Martin, Steve, 1945- speaker.

Binoche, Juliette, 1964- recipient.

Binoche, Juliette, 1964- speaker.

Roth, Ann, 1931- recipient.

Madonna, 1958- performer.

Love, Courtney, 1965- speaker.

Ryder, Winona, 1971- speaker.

Spacey, Kevin, speaker.

Danes, Claire, 1979- speaker.

Hunter, Holly, 1958- speaker.

Spade, David, speaker.

Farley, Chris, 1964-1997, speaker.

Andrews, Julie, speaker.

Kidd, Michael, 1915-2007, recipient.

Hunt, Helen, 1963- speaker.

Dion, Céline, performer.

Sandoval, Arturo, instrumentalist.

Jones, Tommy Lee, 1946- speaker.

Smith, Will, 1968- speaker.

Carrey, Jim, 1962- speaker.

O'Donnell, Chris, speaker.

Kidman, Nicole, 1967- speaker.

Murch, Walter, 1943- recipient.

Flatley, Michael, dancer.

Reynolds, Debbie, speaker.

Portman, Rachel, recipient.

Hines, Gregory, peaker.

Yared, Gabriel, recipient.

Close, Glenn, 1947- speaker.

Helfgott, David, instrumentalist.

Robbins, Tim, 1958- speaker.

Seale, John, 1942- recipient.

Hayek, Salma, 1966- speaker.

Loggins, Kenny, singer.

Douglas, Michael, 1944- speaker.

Zaentz, Saul, recipient.

Scott-Thomas, Kristin, 1960- speaker.

Valenti, Jack, speaker.

Weaver, Sigourney, 1949- speaker.

Lopez, Jennifer, 1970- speaker.

Bassett, Angela, speaker.

Midler, Bette, speaker.

Hawn, Goldie, speaker.

Keaton, Diane, speaker.

Branagh, Kenneth, speaker.

Foster, Jodie, speaker.

Thornton, Billy Bob, recipient.

Coen, Ethan, recipient.

Coen, Joel, recipient.

MacDowell, Andie, speaker.

Cage, Nicolas, 1965- speaker.

McDormand, Frances, recipient.

Sarandon, Susan, 1946- speaker.

Rush, Geoffrey, 1951- recipient.

Gibson, Mel, speaker.

Minghella, Anthony, recipient.

Pacino, Al, 1940- speaker.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

ABC Television Network.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-134

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