The 66th Annual Academy Awards | March 21, 1994

[@KCKCKCize]

This was amazing to rewatch -- 1994 was the year I was diagnosed HIV+ ,I was 30 years old .At that time it was still a death sentence and I was told to get my affairs in order. Seeing Tom Hanks win for best actor was great but watching Philadelphia just reminded me my time on Earth was nearing an end. But 2 years after in 1996 the protease inhibitor drugs came out and im still here 30 years later turning 60 soon. Back then I would never have believed I'd be here 30 years later -- sadly so many were not as lucky 😢😢😢

[@meganhussey972]

May you remain strong and healthy to see many, many more Oscars telecasts:) Thank you for sharing these powerful words.

[@KCKCKCize]

Thank you Megan ----❤ --- for some reason I believe I will have many more healthy years ahead

[@KCKCKCize]

Thank you Matt ❤ Yes I agree that your uncle and the thousands of others that were involved in the trials is what saved me --- I was offered going into trials when I was diagnosed but I chose not to because I had seen too many die quickly after being in the trials-- by tweeking the medications,sometimes they gave you too much and the patient would die-- that is how the medications that worked came about .

[@alinpech]

wow that is amazing, Im so happy for you!

[@ememobongnkana]

God continues to save! I am glad you are still with us...

[@jj-if6it]

The Oscars were so much better back then, the roles and movies more epic. It was just a lot classier

[@tjp2109]

Legit every nomination was a masterclass in acting. Now actors just play off cgi. No true acting.

[@bobbillings]

When the Oscars were still respectable and fun to watch

[@MJforevermoonwalking]

Who’s also here for Janet

[@jj-if6it]

This is awesome, thanks for uploading

[@moviesbye9294]

It used to be such a fun show to watch!

[@YokozunaNumber1]

This was my favorite Oscars ceremony. I still fondly remember watching it live with my family. The next day, the whole class was talking about it. It was a fun time.

[@shane-irish]

Dont lie

[@marfu1119]

Interesting, I feel the Oscars now is not what it was like back then. In 2022 Oscar slap everyone was talking about the Oscar the next day. In 1994, I was only 5 years old so don't remember much about award shows.

[@hawrnball]

It was such an EVENT back then. A celebration of film, which is such a unifying medium. Now it’s lost a lot of that luster.

[@r3monjunior]

​@@shane-irishwhat do you mean ?

[@Patricio-no6ud]

​@@marfu111916:06

[@DS8379]

Those years 93, 94, and 95 were some of the very best years for cinema!

[@canalperdidonotempo]

I perfectly agreed.

[@pawelpawlowski2616]

Najlepszy też dla obywateli USA, ponieważ USA okrada inne kraje.

[@Hmoo424]

99

[@gabygabs10]

1994 is. Shawshank redemption, Forrest Gump, pulp fiction, lion king. Those movies are always rated top 10

[@Burpy604]

95 96 97 98 best hoorror movies... best wrestling matches... !!!!! im born in 88

[@sadboi7537]

Tom Hank’s acceptance speech is absolutely legendary. Wow.

[@descuderovalle]

Life was so much better in the 90’s!!

[@kifacorea]

Nah

[@trancos7641]

We were young😊

[@MyMelody5]

The movies and entertainment were all better in the 90s.

[@descuderovalle]

@@MyMelody5 indeed!

[@randomanton]

@@kifacorea were the 90s a bad time for u?

[@djm4854]

The way that Anna Paquin acted at age 9 with a mastered ease of a Scottish accent (despite having a Kiwi accent at that time) is absolutely phenomenal. She really was destined for great acting.

[@jj-if6it]

Her NZ accent comes out though

[@mac_c]

Holly Hunter definitely deserved the Oscar this year. She should've won the Oscar the year when she was nominated for her performance in Broadcast News. Happy Birthday to her as today's her birthday!!

[@meisterlymanu5214]

notice her reaction watching her own nomination clip. She watches her own performance, but looks away when Tom Cruise is shown, and then back again. It reveals a lot about their working relationship on The Firm. It wasnt good..she couldnt bear to look at him.

[@lipkin108]

I miss the 90s tbh

[@lovettuduebor1902]

How did Spielberg make Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List in the same year and they become iconic films? He doesn’t even phone it in on either as they both break barriers.

[@miss-astronomikal-mcmxcvii]

2:40:16 - 2:41:03 Most amazing short speech ever! Not even a minute, yet it conveys such a clear message. RIP to all the 6M+ victims of the Holocaust.

[@vladimirhorowitz]

Not to mention the tens of millions of others murdered by the Nazis.

[@PNW980]

RIP to the Palestinians who lost their lives in Gaza at the hands of the very ppl who lost their family during the Holocaust. We will never forget 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@hayatokuda]

​@@PNW980 May Allah Rewards you for this comment. Amin

[@Just-Princess]

This show was filled with legends and iconic films.

[@test-do1gc]

38:27, 1:00:24, 2:18:04 Liam Neeson deserved Best Actor Oscar for "Schindler's List". 2:36:17 Best part was extremely handsome Harrison Ford presenting Best Picture Oscar to his friend, Steven Spielberg. 2:37:46 Spielberg's mom. 2:12:54, 2:13:34 In Memoriam - G Close does great job presenting. 2:14:23 R.i.p. young, River Phoenix; 2:14:51 John Candy; 2:15:15 Audrey Hepburn; 2:15:19 Brandon Lee. 2:13:34 Terms of Endearment theme, so beautiful. 45:39 Deborah Kerr so lovely. 1:07:35 Anna Paquin wins Oscar. Thx for upload.

[@Mr17051963]

When the Oscars were great fun!!!!

[@marquesjstewart]

The moment between Whoopi Goldberg and Whitney Houston at 1:11:22 is golden.

[@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1]

20:58 Elijah Wood was so confident for his age

[@meisterlymanu5214]

he had the ring in his pocket the whole time

[@MrGenexxx]

poor child. So many perverts in that room.

[@digi_edits]

Back when Oscars meant something special.

[@vincentcerasoli5969]

Meaning what

[@tico5058]

@@vincentcerasoli5969Meaning the Oscars aren’t as special anymore?

[@vincentcerasoli5969]

@@tico5058 Which means what?

[@vincentcerasoli5969]

@digimon_edits still no answer

[@Alie182]

Correct. They are a woke shit show how. Nominations based on how many ppl of a certain color are cast in films, no longer based on true merit.

[@mlvc82]

When things were still magical....

[@thekingofmovies193]

Dude, this quality is incredible! I hope that you can make more of these.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Back when Hollywood and the Academy Awards were great. I used to watch the show every year. It was like New Year's Eve to us. The food, snacks and more were on the table as it was a celebration of the movies that we loved. NOW - I don't even watch it. It's a terrible show and has been for years. What a shame. An American tradition ruined by the times.

[@amexred]

Thank heavens Schindlers list won best picture . That final speech was overwhelming . Also I really liked Whoopi as host each time she hosted .

[@4oyageryramaira269]

Well done Anna Paquin.. the 2nd youngest ever to receive academy award behind Tatum O'neill.. pretty good from an 11 year old from here in New Zealand.. first film and look at the competition she took out .. i think it still stands today??

[@Darksidex66]

thank you man, im from the 2000's so im almost 24, and have the chance to watch this full shows from the 90's with so good quality its a gift

[@chantalsimpendingheartatta9355]

How beautiful was Tom Hanks' speech. He completely understood the film's patriotism.

[@foxesofautumn]

Perhaps he does but I don't seeing as America was happy to do nothing for the people AIDS was killing for so long.

[@beanerama9]

The whole pre-show announcements look and feel like a Universal Studios (theme park) sort of thing.

[@rossyberrios9297]

Otra cosa! no se pero estos actores para mi era como ver a los mismo Dioses bajar del cielo a las alfombras de los oscars xD

[@juancarlosfauvety5646]

I was there that day. I met and congratulated Steven before he seated. I was 29 and I thought that I waited 'so long all my life' to be there, then, and meeting Steven after watching the release of 'Schindler´s list' in London weeks before. Both, two of the best moments in my all life. It was incredible to be among all of them, and specially to Deborah Kerr, who named William Wyler in first place on stage. Wyler was the reason I became Film Historian and Filmmaker as well. I will not forget Steven´s eyes thanking me in the moment I said to him finally: ''Good luck, Steven.' jcf.

[@shane-irish]

Sure you were

[@BellaFirenze]

@@shane-irish He truly was. I was sitting next to Juan Carlos.

[@shane-irish]

@@BellaFirenze sure you were

[@BellaFirenze]

@@shane-irish You need help.

[@LUKAZET]

Jurassic Park, Schindlers List, Philadelphia, The Fugitive, Jacks Nightmare, what a wonderful year for movies.

[@chrisridenhour]

Kurt Cobain watched The Piano the night before he passed away. I found that rather haunting

[@EleyReiHer]

I love the way they introduce the actors & actresses. So simple and precise.

[@prince13896]

Crazy to think no one had heard of Brad Pitt, no one had seen Friends, Cobain was still alive (just). What a time!

[@jj-if6it]

Brad had already been in Thelma and Louise

[@vickyb3445]

Not Brad, nor Angelina, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Lawrence, the fresh prince of Bel Air.... Oh I really miss those good old days.

[@CALLMESIR...]

I did Glenns wigs for Sunset Blvd when she was on Broadway at the Minskoff. She's SUCH a dedicated actress. I remember one night she was walking down the steps which were very steep, in a big dress that had a train and it got stuck on the steps. She couldnt move. She never broke character and she just stood there reciting her lines and just waiting for someone to un hook her. A stage hand saved the day.

[@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214]

Jurassic Park did a clean sweep at the Oscars!

[@danromero]

I was 16 when this aired and I still remember so much of it to this day. Thank you for posting, such memories.

[@GLopezMad]

With these Oscars I won the grand prize of my Palmer video store Oscars 1994 contest. I got correct the majority of the categories but best supporting actress, nobody thought Anna Pequín’s win would happen. I got the letter one day before my birthday. The prize was a 7 day luxury cruise for 2 persons from NYC to the Bermuda Islands and it was an amazing experience, I was only 27 years old and I took my mother with me.

[@longfellowthefirst5065]

that is SO cool!!!

[@boomeradley8748]

we had a black woman hosting the oscars in the 90s, what happened??? i feel like progress has backslided so much nowadays

[@carloshernandes]

Jurassic Park deserved more than those tech wins shoud've had been nom for... Best picture Best Original score (this music it's a classic since the start) WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED) Best Film Editing Best Cinematography (it was used in the section of clasical cinematography movies of all times but not nominated...🤷🏻‍♂️)

[@oscarfun100]

Yes. I really like The Fugitive, but Jurassic Park should have been nominated instead of that one. I mean if they wanted to nominate a popular box office hit, that could have been Jurassic Park.

[@Chapin-pc2kz]

@@oscarfun100 All of the Best Picture nominees that year were box office hits: _The Fugitive,_ _In the Name of the Father,_ _The Piano,_ _The Remains of the Day,_ _Schindler's List._ In fact, _The Fugitive_ (#3) and _Schindler's List_ (#4) were even among the Top 10 grossers of 1993.

[@irvingwashington8638]

Nope. "Jurrasic Park" is a mediocre junk

[@digi_edits]

I agree Jurassic Park is a really good movie and a classic.

[@ryanpetersen3789]

@@irvingwashington8638 Said no one ever

[@olivasaz]

I was a senior in high school about to graduate in May 1994. This is trippy! Thank you for posting!

[@karabuller]

same!

[@sabrina.natalie]

@olivasaz - I live in Arizona too. What high school did you go to? I went to Washington High School (in Phoenix).

[@olivasaz]

@@sabrina.natalie Seton in Chandler. I knew a girl that went to Washington HS that was either class of 93 or 92. Cecilia F.

[@charlottepetersel8288]

whoopie looks beautiful in that brown velvet dress !!!

[@Alie182]

The violin solo from Schlinder’s List gives me the chills.

[@hamamotodesigns]

I used to watch the oscars every year until the 2000's when it started going downhill. I loved when Billy Crystal hosted the show.

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

That's when life In general and almost all entertainment across the board started going downhill , movies and music quality for sure.

[@meisterlymanu5214]

it degenerated into an african american slapping match

[@bobbillings]

@@meisterlymanu5214 True, but the oscars went to crap even years before the slap with all the political non sense.

[@pika23]

My moms co worker saw Ted and whoopi out at dinner in New Mexico one night on vacation, and Ted was NEARLY BALD!!!!! That's some tea!

[@samuelcraig]

oh Lord Johnny Depp was fine

[@sakurachristineito6428]

Nowadays, people's attentions are divided even more with like Netflix, Instagram & KZbin so cinema movies has lost its significance compared to its olden days

[@jaysantiago5539]

This was the first Oscar ceremony I remember vividly. I particularly loved how they presented the Original Score nominees this year. Thank you for this. 🤩👏🏽

[@jadeslebenundwohnen6515]

OMG! Winona Ryder Nominated at 1:06:49 1:12:07 Johnny Depp as presenter. Imagine how difficult it was for them to see each other again from afar after their breakup last June of 1993.

[@momomalicious]

I was thinking the same thing. ❤

[@HankMoody4535]

Oscar's golden age.

[@Theocracy8]

Back when the Oscars and Hollywood were relevant and watched by families and millions of people across the globe.

[@deddyson]

Whoopy was so elegant with the brown dress

[@satoshi36100]

I was graduating High School in The Philippines when I saw this live & it will always be my favorite award giving body that I watch year after year...

[@Minotaur_]

I was happy for Tom Hanks, but the Oscar should have gone to Anthony Hopkins

[@phelimmckeown1816]

DdL, should have got it

[@warrenguy76]

Wow the In Memoriam segment showcased so many legends and young stars we lost too early!

[@AbdiqalisMohamud010]

You can tell how respect Tom Hanks is by the standing ovation

[@ah7910]

When the world was still classy. No slapping hosts.

[@marcellaoreilly2730]

That was clearly staged though 😂

[@sweetpotatojim]

​@marcellaoreilly2730 haha yeah, because Will Smith would love to be a washed up laughing stock. Im sure everyone thinking his wife controls every aspect of his life to a sickening degree has made his career skyrocket. Just like that movie he was just in... oh, wait. He hasn't done anything or been relevant since the Oscar slap. Wow, it's almost like he really acted like an ass on tv because he has a crumbling home life and career. But no, he must have done it for entertainment, since everything is a simulation, right?

[@marcellaoreilly2730]

@@sweetpotatojim they’re all friends to my understanding.. I mean we all mess around with our friends and even since my grandmother’s era she knew stars would cause a bit of drama just to get limelight. Paper never refuses ink 🙌 don’t believe everything you see or read x

[@amrklopp117]

🤣🤣😂

[@xcv1923]

30 years ago. I was 1 year old. Also crazy how almost all these actors look around my age today and only like 10% still look the same from back then to now. Cherish your youth, enjoy life.

[@MikeJohnson-qy4wq]

I was born… a few years before you. Your words are correct, cherish your youth. You’re still younger than me, cherish your 30s, it’s the best decade.

[@hutch1197]

Damn, Janet Jackson was at peak hotness.

[@tomholland3806]

They did liam neeson so dirty. His performance was with distance one of the best performances in a movie ever and then they gave the Oscar to tom hanks for a okay job

[@whereangelsplay]

Watched this just to witness this atrocity

[@jl4224]

Forrest Gump on a technical level is much harder to nail than Liam Neeson performance let’s be honest

[@thespspazz]

You got that backwards. Tom Hanks definitely deserved the award and Philadelphia should’ve at least been nominated for Best Picture.

[@pablofrank2466]

​@@jl4224 Tom Hanks was nominated for Forrest Gump the following year; he was nominated for Philadelphia against Liam Neeson.

[@9114SouthCentralAv]

Dude are you kidding? That scene where he translated the opera to Washington! That was one of the best acted scenes ever. The Best Actor category was one of the strongest in years. Hanks deserved it.

[@robertbrown-qf8xy]

Wow, what a remarkable year for Hollywood. Not only for the talent being acknowledged in the previous year's film, but in the incredible loss of ability commemorated in the In Memoriam segment.

[@johnboisvert993]

That Neil Young performance was wonderful

[@bbcbbc1717]

Bruce got the popular win but Neil’s song was the best!

[@CinHalCedHerChance]

1:12:31 I'll never understand why people make comments about a favorite part of a video and never leave a timestamp. It's just a little thought and an extra second or two and he sounded like he was screeching. lol

[@johnboisvert993]

@@CinHalCedHerChance my apologies

[@illstuffamattresswithyou5657]

The last decade of Oscars that felt authentic…when ANYTHING felt authentic 😢

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

exactly when anything at all felt authentic , life is completely generic carbon copy social media driven now , no individuality , no humanity , no sanity , just selfish greed , trends , tons of cg porn movies and constant world problems.

[@bbrown333]

I am so lucky to have had the experience of attending the Academy Awards. There is no other event like it. The theater was full of electricity (and nervous fear). Oh and everyone is so SMALL.

[@ah7910]

You are so lucky ⭐️ I wonder what the air smelled like? Is it perfumed, like lots of rich people wearing aftershave, cologne and perfume? Or does it smell of farts? People accidentally fart when they are nervous, so maybe the air smelled really farty.

[@IntelligentGooner007]

Denzel Washington should of won Best Supporting Actor

[@davidao2551]

when was supporting actor here?

[@jurioish]

​@@davidao2551There isn't, I was just searching for it.

[@Holychickendinner]

Should have 😊

[@jasonthomas5793]

What a speech from Tom Hanks.

[@TheIntrovert83]

I just came here for Whitney Houston. 🥰

[@CinHalCedHerChance]

31:42 wow forgot about that song by Janet, SO GOOD. I really miss those days.

[@alessandrodamiani1867]

Schindler's List should have won more than 7 Oscars.

[@iHeartsNostalgiaPit]

but at least Spielberg finally got some long overdue recognition? and it won best picture isn't that important? considering two of his films got serious recognition this year

[@thekingofmovies193]

@@iHeartsNostalgiaPit And in addition to those two masterpieces, he also served as executive producer for the cartoon Animaniacs (my all-time favorite cartoon) which kicked off in the same year. It's Incredible!

[@Johnsmith99663]

Yeah, should've won at least 5,728,051

[@shane-irish]

No its shouldent

[@TheCatIndeed]

They knew this was steven’s year by literally playing the E.T. theme in the opening

[@MiketheratguyMultimedia]

This was an amazing year for movies. Next year was even better.

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

1995 was good but dosen't come close to 1994 , It was one of the strongest film years of the 90's.

[@MiketheratguyMultimedia]

@@fawkkyutuu8851 1994 is probably my favorite year. Everything was just clicking that year, movies in particular.

[@dearjohn795]

Everyone on here is now old and dusty and not important anymore... makes me wanna look away lmao most are dead

[@sageharris]

Angela Bassett did the thing

[@jaywilldoit]

What a classy, elegant, and inspiration event the Oscars was, DEI has truly ruined everything.

[@foxesofautumn]

You know what Philadelphia was about... right? And who the host was...

[@OddOneOut665]

Can you post the 67th, if possible, please? I always stood by that 1994 was the best year for Cinema in the 90s….

[@GretaZ-dd3lu]

1:27:20 I remember when this aired, being completely enthralled by this dance performance.

[@iHeartsNostalgiaPit]

yeah too bad they don't do that anymore ( I mean I get that they have to keep it on time but still)

[@neilwaldock6272]

I still don't understand how Michael Nyman wasn't nominated for his score for The Piano. Jane Campion and Holly Hunter were both correct in acknowledging his importance to the film.

[@jj-if6it]

Wtf, it's iconic

[@neilwaldock6272]

@@jj-if6it Yes his music was a big part of the film and without it it wouldn't have been nearly as good. The academy definitely stuffed up on this one.

[@jj-if6it]

@@neilwaldock6272 its bizarre!

[@danielalvarado8412]

Lo mismo pienso, un genio de la música, la banda sonora de la película El Piano simplemente fue épica, faltó esa nominacion, quedará para la historia.

[@2012wtm]

I was born on this day. I was only a few hours old when this aired 😮😮😮😮 03-21-94 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@SBbucha]

Was thinking the same thing when I was watching the whole video,although I was born 9 dayd later on march 30th

[@thaisjujuba3630]

Tudo era tão bem feito naquela época. As pessoas realmente se importavam com o que estava acontecendo.

[@DW-ut3fx]

That intro song was the most annoying f-ing song that had the most irritating voice to ever sing. Arghhh, my ears screamed.

[@EldarGur]

7:18 Terminator 2, silvester Stalone (:

[@benny0819]

I knew it wasn’t me 😂 I had to take a double look

[@ИринаГуськова-и3з]

Лучшие фильмы тех лет... Я живу в России.Мне было тогда 14 лет.Я записывала церемонию на видеомагнатафон с телевизора.В те времена в России показывали по тв церемонию.Золотое время!!!❤ Недавно моя 22 дочь посмотрела фильм ,,Пианино "😊

[@RP-yi4et]

I remember my first Oscar for best actor good ol days

[@taralord4527]

Elijah Wood was just adorable

[@silas2197]

2:15:14 Audrey Hepburn in memorian

[@janyou17]

Schindler's List is a lifetime achievement movie ever! Cant believe Ralph Fiennes didn't get nominated in actor in supporting role. He is superb in this amazing film. Btw, oscars ceremony before are amazing.

[@blackblake3658]

He did get nominated. He lost to Tommy Lee Jones. Nobody knew him at that point. Al Gore was running for President. He was Tommy Lee's college roommate at Harvard. Tommy Lee stole the spotlight from Harrison Ford. Everything was going his way that year.

[@sickheadache9903]

Yes He Did..Google is ur Friend 🥴

[@barryjacobs8524]

That’s when the Oscars were great back then. Today it’s rubbish. I don’t even bother to watch anymore. Not the same without Billy Chrystal. 😢He was simply the best.

[@muhammadandraaditya4802]

23:57 to watch the Jurassic Park theme being played through the Oscars stage as the winners made their way there is simply major 👍 1:27:20 I like the way Oscars combined jazz and ballet to perform a choreographic composition on the theme of the Firm 1:31:47 they performed the dance to the music of The Fugitive so brilliantly as dark as the tone of the thriller

[@wenderbendelackgomez8769]

A Whoopi sabe animar a plateia, saudades de quando o Oscar era um grande espetáculo. Muito maneiro

[@MissPerriwinkle]

poor whoopie, she did the besst she could.......(bruce springfield stole the show....awesome)...The Piano was a fab movie ! mr hanks deserved this award, ..YAY HOLLY HUNTER: ONE OF THE GREATS.

[@MrFilmfan100]

PLease post more of these from the late 90's if you have them. Excellent!

[@MISSVENEZUELAINICIOS]

thanks for this! wow, goods memories, one of the best year ever

[@hjtres7261]

Can we go back? 😒

[@jj-if6it]

30 years! So much has changed yet many of the stars are still around

[@TheMkenneth]

wow remember when this show was actually impotant

[@USSSaville]

Wow! John Williams’ Oscar win “blocked by the copyright holder”???

[@Schwansonian_Townsonian]

Oh wow....... my fav director was....rubbing his beard with....an Oscar....while awaiting to hear about winning..... ANOTHER Oscar??????!!!?? HOW DID I NOT MISS THIS!!!!!!!

[@Jasongvl]

Dont get films of this calibre now...

[@rontom7344]

Thirty years ago this very day..My gawd the graphics and video quality back then. I was 8 years old watching this...maybe I watched it.

[@Igor_Gelman]

"Schindler's List" is my 10|10 on IMDB