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      69th Oscars – The Academy Awards

      1997 Special Interest List
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      The Academy Awards — 69th Oscars

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      Kicking off with an innovative and memorable montage that plops Billy Crystal into the year's nominees, the 69th Oscars begins with enough energy to sustain itself through a decidedly repetitive evening of English Patient domination.

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      Episode 1 Aired Mar 24, 1997 69th Oscars Details

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      Richard Christiansen Chicago Tribune I loved it all -- the appropriately dazzling bit of filmmaking in Billy Crystal's opening movie montage... and the Irish step-dance extravaganza by Michael Flatley that skipped around the big editing awards presentation. Nov 12, 2019 Full Review Frazier Moore Associated Press Might as well have been on PBS. Meanwhile Crystal, upstaged by the classiness of the production and the non-Tinseltown-bred nominees, took home a consolation prize at best. Nov 12, 2019 Full Review Cintra Wilson Salon.com Two great things about the Oscars: Billy Crystal, who is now so utterly relaxed and pleasant in front of everybody in the world that it doesn't matter what he says, he's just nice to watch, and Frances McDormand... She delivers the Joy. Nov 12, 2019 Full Review Alan Pergament Buffalo News Too long, too passionless, too unmindful of the clock back East. Nov 12, 2019 Full Review Stephen Hunter Baltimore Sun The wondrous Crystal exploded out of the screen in the flesh and delivered a spiffy monologue... The show was not entirely up to this level, however; it never is. Nov 11, 2019 Full Review Barbara Shulgasser San Francisco Examiner Not that the Academy Awards show is customarily riveting entertainment. But this year, the 69th annual, was one of the dullest in recent memory. Nov 11, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Season Info

      Network
      ABC
      Genre
      Special Interest
      Release Date
      Mar 24, 1997