53rd Golden Globe Awards

The 53rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1995, were held on January 21, 1996 at The Beverly Hilton and were televised on NBC in the United States.[1][2][3] The nominations were announced on December 21, 1995.[4][5]

53rd Golden Globe Awards
DateJanuary 21, 1996
SiteThe Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California
Highlights
Best Film: DramaSense and Sensibility
Best Film: Musical or ComedyBabe
Best Drama SeriesParty of Five
Best Musical or Comedy SeriesCybill
Most awardsCybill (2)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (2)
Sense and Sensibility (2)
Most nominationsSense and Sensibility (6)
Television coverage
NetworkNBC

Winners and nominees

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Mel Gibson – Best Director winner
 
Nicolas Cage – Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama winner
 
Sharon Stone – Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama winner
 
John Travolta – Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy winner
 
Nicole Kidman – Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy winner
 
Brad Pitt – Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture winner
 
Mira Sorvino – Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture winner
 
Emma Thompson – Best Screenplay winner
 
Jimmy Smits – Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama winner
 
Jane Seymour – Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama winner
 
Kelsey Grammer – Best Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy winner
 
Cybill Shepherd – Best Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy winner
 
Gary Sinise – Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film winner
 
Jessica Lange – Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film winner
 
Donald Sutherland – Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film winner
 
Shirley Knight – Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film winner

Film

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Best Motion Picture
Drama Musical or Comedy
Sense and Sensibility Babe
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama
Actor Actress
Nicolas CageLeaving Las Vegas as Ben Sanderson Sharon StoneCasino as Ginger McKenna
Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Actor Actress
John TravoltaGet Shorty as Ernesto "Chili" Palmer Nicole KidmanTo Die For as Suzanne Stone-Marretto
Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy
Supporting Actor Supporting Actress
Brad Pitt12 Monkeys as Jeffrey Goines Mira SorvinoMighty Aphrodite as Leslie "Linda" Ash
Best Director Best Screenplay
Mel GibsonBraveheart Sense and SensibilityEmma Thompson
Best Original Score Best Original Song
A Walk in the CloudsMaurice Jarre "Colors of the Wind" by Alan Menken (music) and Stephen Schwartz (lyrics) – Pocahontas
Best Foreign Language Film
Les MisérablesFrance

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations Title
6 Sense and Sensibility
5 The American President
4 Apollo 13
Braveheart
Leaving Las Vegas
3 Dead Man Walking
Get Shorty
Sabrina
2 The Bridges of Madison County
Casino
Don Juan DeMarco
Mr. Holland's Opus
Pocahontas
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Toy Story

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins Film
2 Sense and Sensibility

Television

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Best Television Series
Drama Comedy or Musical
Party of Five Cybill
Best Lead Actor in a Television Series
Drama Series Comedy or Musical Series
Jimmy SmitsNYPD Blue Kelsey GrammerFrasier
Best Lead Actress in a Television Series
Drama Series Comedy or Musical Series
Jane SeymourDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Cybill ShepherdCybill
Best Supporting Performance – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Donald SutherlandCitizen X Shirley KnightIndictment: The McMartin Trial
Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Gary SiniseTruman Jessica LangeA Streetcar Named Desire
Best Miniseries or Television Film
Indictment: The McMartin Trial

The following programs received multiple nominations:

Nominations Title
5 ER
4 Indictment: The McMartin Trial
3 Cybill
Frasier
The Heidi Chronicles
Mad About You
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
2 Buffalo Girls
Citizen X
Friends
Murder One
NYPD Blue
Seinfeld
A Street Car Named Desire
Truman
The X-Files

The following programs received multiple wins:

Wins Series
2 Cybill
Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Ceremony

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Presenters

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Awards breakdown

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The following networks received multiple nominations:

Nominations Network
19 NBC
13 CBS
10 HBO
6 ABC
4 Fox
3 TNT

The following networks received multiple wins:

Wins Network
2 CBS
HBO

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dutka, Elaine; Puig, Claudia (22 January 1996). "'Sense,' 'Babe' Take Home Top Golden Globes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Golden Globe Awards closes gala event with som "Sense and Sensibility"". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 22 January 1996. Retrieved 13 January 2018 – via Google News Archive.
  3. ^ Miller, Michael (22 January 1996). "Hollywood Left Guessing After Golden Globe Awards". Daily News. Retrieved 13 January 2018 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ^ Welkos, Robert; Dutka, Elaine (22 December 1995). "'Sense' Tops Globe Nod List With Six". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Film, TV Nominees for the Golden Globes". Los Angeles Times. 22 December 1995. Retrieved 13 January 2018.