Alternate Oscars: 1995 (Re-Do)

Lots of complaints about my picks for 1995 so I started from scratch and went with a purely consensus set of nominees. A pretty grim list. My fellow Oscar nuts don't have much of a sense of humor is all I can say.

If I didn't nominate your favorite movie or performer, don't blame me.

Best Picture of 1995

Apollo 13

Babe

Before Sunrise

✔ Braveheart

Heat

Leaving Las Vegas

Sense and Sensibility

Seven

★ Toy Story

The Usual Suspects

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Best Actor of 1995

✔ Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas)

Morgan Freeman (Seven)

Ethan Hawke (Before Sunrise)

Ian McKellen (Richard III)

★ Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking)

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Best Actress of 1995 (Poll Closed)

• Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise)  13.33%  (8 votes)  
   
• ★ Nicole Kidman (To Die For)  40%  (24 votes)  
   
• Julianne Moore (Safe)  6.67%  (4 votes)  
   
• ✔ Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking)  28.33%  (17 votes)  
   
• Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas)  11.67%  (7 votes)  
   

 

Total Votes: 60

 

Best Director of 1995 (Poll Closed)

• David Fincher (Seven)  39.39%  (26 votes)  
   
• ✔ Mel Gibson (Braveheart)  1.52%  (1 votes)  
   
• ★ Ron Howard (Apollo 13)  46.97%  (31 votes)  
   
• Chris Noonan (Babe)  4.55%  (3 votes)  
   
• Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects)  7.57%  (5 votes)  
   

 

Total Votes: 66

 

Best Supporting Actor of 1995

★ Don Cheadle (Devil in a Blue Dress)

James Cromwell (Babe)

Ed Harris (Apollo 13, Nixon and Just Cause)

Brad Pitt (Twelve Monkeys and Seven)

✔ Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects, Seven, Swimming with Sharks and Outbreak)

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Best Supporting Actress of 1995

Joan Allen (Nixon)

Illeana Douglas (To Die For)

✔ Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite)

★ Sharon Stone (Casino)

Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility)

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In case you were wondering, my personal favorites are, in alphabetical order, Apollo 13, Babe, Before Sunrise, Clueless, Congo, Devil in a Blue Dress, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Get Shorty, A Little Princess, Persuasion, The Quick and the Dead, Richard III and Toy Story. A baker's dozen. All top ten lists should be a baker's dozen.

The worst movie of the year, for those playing at home, was Demi Moore's version of The Scarlet Letter, with Showgirls giving it a real run for its money. I'd say one day we should hand out Alternate Razzie Awards for history's worst movies and performances, but life is too short to self-inflict one's own misery.

My choices are noted with a ★. A tie is indicated with a ✪. Historical Oscar winners are noted with a ✔. Best foreign-language picture winners are noted with an ƒ. A historical winner who won in a different category is noted with a ✱.