| 64th Academy Awards | |
|---|---|
 Official poster | |
| Date | March 30, 1992 |
| Site | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Hosted by | Billy Crystal[1] |
| Produced by | Gil Cates[2] |
| Directed by | Jeff Margolis[3] |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | The Silence of the Lambs |
| Most awards | The Silence of the Lambs (5) |
| Most nominations | Bugsy (10) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | ABC |
| Duration | 3 hours, 33 minutes[4] |
| Ratings | 44.44 million 29.84% (Nielsen ratings)[5] |
The 64th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1991 in the United States and took place on March 30, 1992, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 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. Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the third consecutive year.[6] Three weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on March 7, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Tom Hanks.[7]
The Silence of the Lambs won five awards, including Best Picture.[8][9] Other winners included Terminator 2: Judgment Day with four awards, Beauty and the Beast, Bugsy, and JFK with two, and City Slickers, Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment, The Fisher King, In the Shadow of the Stars, Manipulation, Mediterraneo, Session Man, and Thelma & Louise with one. The telecast garnered more than 44 million viewers in the United States.
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- ^ Meyers, Kate (April 10, 1992). "We Need to Know This?". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- ^ Gorman, Bill (February 24, 2012). "With No Blockbusters Up For Best Picture, Expect 'Academy Awards' Viewership To Fall; Ratings History + Your Guess For This Year (Poll)". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on December 10, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- ^ "Billy Crystal: Academy glad to have him back". Star-News. February 8, 1992. p. 2A. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- ^ "Past Scientific & Technical Awards Ceremonies". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
- ^ Hall, Carla (March 31, 1992). "The Triumph of the Lambs". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 13, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ^ Pristin, Terry (March 31, 1992). "'Silence of the Lambs' Sweeps 5 Major Oscars : Movies: Thriller is only the third film to take all key categories. Palance, Ruehl win for supporting roles". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2013.