65th Academy Awards

65th Academy Awards
65th Academy Awards
	Official poster
Date	March 29, 1993
Site	Dorothy Chandler Pavilion; Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Billy Crystal
Produced by	Gil Cates
Directed by	Jeff Margolis
Highlights
Best Picture	Unforgiven
Most awards	Unforgiven (4)
Most nominations	Howards End and Unforgiven (9)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 33 minutes
Ratings	45.7 million; 31.2% (Nielsen ratings)
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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.^[2]^[3] Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the fourth consecutive year.^[4] 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.^[5]

Unforgiven won four Oscars, including Best Picture.^[6] 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.^[7] As of the 96th Academy Awards, held in March 2024, this was the last to not feature an "In memoriam" section of the show.

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^ Fox, David J. (March 31, 1993). "'Unforgiven' Top Film; Pacino, Thompson Win : Academy Awards: Eastwood named best director. Oscars for supporting roles go to Hackman and Tomei". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
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