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Welcome back to Oscars Playback, in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng revisit Oscar ceremonies and winners of yesteryear. This week, we break down the 66th Academy Awards in 1994, honoring the films of 1993.

This was one of the most predictable years in Oscar history, but it's hard to find, by even some nominees' own accounts, many people who take issue with most of the winners. " Schindler's List" won seven awards from 12 nominations, including Best Picture and a long-awaited Best Director trophy for Steven Spielberg. 1993 was just Spielberg's year in general as his other massive hit, "Jurassic Park," nabbed three Oscars, giving his films 10 statuettes overall.

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The lead acting categories were also locked for (" Philadelphia") and Holly Hunter (" The Piano"); the former, after headlining numerous comedies, turned in a dramatic performance as AIDS-stricken gay lawyer Andy Beckett in the first mainstream studio film tackling the crisis, while the latter completely swept for her turn as the mute Ada McGrath. They beat several people who likely would've won in any other year, including Liam Neeson in "Schindler's List" and Angela Bassett in "What's Love Got to Do with It." Hanks' co-star Denzel Washington ran lead and was not nominated, but should he have gone supporting instead?

Elsewhere, we get a kick out of Hunter comparing the Best Supporting Actress category to Hamburger Helper and praise Elijah Wood 's precocious performance as a presenter.

Timestamps:
Intro and our favorite 1993 films (0:00)
Whoopi Goldberg's hosting debut (27:20)
Best Picture (40:51)
Best Director (45:35)
Best Actor (57:52)
Best Actress (1:11:45)
Best Supporting Actor (1:16:47)
Best Supporting Actress (1:23:45)
Screenplay awards (1:31:49)
Music awards (1:33:20)
Other awards (1:36:52)

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1993 was a year marked by the release of two of Spielberg's behemoths; Jurassic Park and Schindler's List. Jurassic Park became an immediate success, grossing more money than any other movie at the time. However, Schindler's List achieved something Jurassic Park could not; win an Oscar. After years and years of snubbing, Schindler's List broke Spielberg's curse. Following winning the award, Spielberg said, "If this is a dream, don't wake me up (239)."

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Spielberg considered 1985 to be the best year of his life. Marriage, becoming a father, and more incredible movies. The Color Purple, Goonies, Young Sherlock Holmes, and Back to the Future all came out during 1985.

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In 1985, Steven Spielberg had his first of three children with his then wife, Amy Irving. As expected, becoming a father majorly impacted his life. "For one thing I don't think I'll make any films with kids for a while. Because I'm so satisfied having Max, I don't want to substitute surrogate in my pictures to be a surrogate daddy (151)."

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Steven Spielberg has been married twice: to Amy Irving (1985-1989); and to Kate Capshaw (since 1991).

Amy Irving is an actress and singer best known for her roles in Yentl, Carrie, and Traffic.

Kate Capshaw is a former actress best known for her role in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Steven Spielberg has sat in the director's chair for such films as Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Jaws, The Color Purple, and The Fablemans. While many have helped Steven (b. Dec. 18, 1946) become one of the most celebrated filmmakers in Hollywood's history, he's only had two special "assistant directors" in his life: his wife, Kate Capshaw, and his ex, Amy Irving.

A notoriously guarded man when it comes to his private life, Steven opened up in his semi-biographical film, The Fablemans. "I've not been in therapy. I went to my father's psychiatrist to try to get a letter that I was crazy, so I wouldn't have to fight in Vietnam. That was the only time I ever went to an analyst," Spielberg told The New York Times. "So movies, and my relationship with Kate and my kids and my closest friends and with the stories I choose to tell, that has probably been as therapeutic as anything I could have done in Freudian or Jungian therapy." As Spielberg continues to tell his story, here's what you need to know about his wife and ex.

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Kate Capshaw

Kate Capshaw (b. Kathleen Sue Nail) has been Steven Spielberg's wife since 1991, following his divorce from Amy Irving in 1989. Hailing from Texas, she relocated to New York City following college to pursue acting. In the early 1980s, she picked up roles here and there, like in 1984's Dreamscape.

When she auditioned for the second Indiana Jones movie, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Kate met her future husband. The film, a prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark, put Kate as Willie Scott opposite Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones. She became close to the director, and in 1991, the couple was married.

In 2001, Kate retired from acting. In the years leading up to that decision, she appeared in 1989s' Black Rain, 1995's Just Cause, 1995's How To Make An American Quilt, and 1999's The Love Letter. Her last role was in a TV movie, 2001's Due East. However, she was ready to focus on her and Steven's growing family by that time.

"Steven and I are partners, and our life together is our production, so to speak," Kate told The Spokesman-Review in 1995. "If I want to do something that affects that production, I want to have his support. If he doesn't understand the piece, then I have to help explain it. Sometimes, in explaining it, I realize I don't understand it. Then everybody's saved a lot of work."

"He operates his jet - a camera and a story. My jet is the family," she added. "I might not be comfortable pushing the limits in film the way he does, and he might not be as comfortable pushing the limits of our family. But I get to be the frontierswoman here, and he gets to be the frontiersman there."

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Before meeting Steven, Kate married marketing manager Robert Capshaw in 1976. They welcomed a child, a daughter named Jessica Capshaw (best known for portraying Arizona Robbins on Grey's Anatomy) before they divorced in 1980. She adopted a son, Theo, before she married Steven, but after the couple tied the knot, Spielberg adopted the lad as his own. From there, Steven and Kate welcomed their first biological child, daughter Sasha Spielberg, in 1990. Sasha is known as musician/actress Buzzy Lee.

Kate and Steven welcomed Sawyer Spielberg in 1992 and Destry Spielberg in 1996. Both have pursued the family business, with Destry acting in movies like 2021's Licorice Pizza. Sawyer is an actor and a director. Steven and Kate also adopted Mikaela Spielberg when she was an infant.

Amy Irving

Amy Irving (born Sept. 10, 1953) is the daughter of actress Pricilla Pointer ( Blue Velvet, A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors) and Jules Irving, the late actor, director, producer, and co-founder of the Actor's Workshop. In the mid-1960s, Jules Irving worked as the Producing Director of the Vivian Beaumont Theater of New York City's Lincoln Center. As one to follow in the family business, Amy attended the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. When the family relocated to New York City, she graduated from the Professional Children's school and made her Off-Broadway debut as a teenager.

"Instead of using babysitters, Mama would put us in the front row where she could watch us from the stage," Amy told the Los Angeles Times in 1994. "My father was an amazing, artistic director, and the values of the Actor's Workshop were special. It was about the work, not money or fame. Things were very disillusioning when I got out into the real world."

Amy then studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and at the American Conservatory Theatre. She made her way out to Los Angeles and began her career in film and television. In 1976, she appeared in Brian De Palma's Carrie, and then in his 1978 film, The Fury. Irving crossed paths with Spielberg through George Lucas when she auditioned for the role of Princess Lei in Star Wars.

They dated from 1976 to 1980, breaking up only to reunite afterward. They married in 1985 and welcomed a son, Max Spielberg, that year. In 1989, Spielberg and Irving divorced, and she received a reported $100 million in the split because their ad hoc prenup didn't hold up in court (it was scribbled on a napkin, and Amy didn't have any legal representation when she signed it, per the New York Daily News.)

Amy later married director Bruno Barreto and had a second child. They divorced in 2005; in 2007, she married filmmaker Kenneth Bowser Jr. Amy continued to act. She appeared in 2018's Unsane and 2021's A Mouthful of Air,

"You start out being Jules Irving's daughter," Irving said to the Los Angeles Times in '94. "and you finally break away from that to become Amy Irving, and then you become Steven Spielberg's girlfriend, and, well, I was having an identity crisis. I had to take positive action and get a new sense of myself."

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Steven Spielberg's Wife: Meet Actress Kate Capshaw & His Previous Spouse, Amy Irving

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Steven Spielberg has been married twice: to Amy Irving (1985-1989); and to Kate Capshaw (since 1991). Amy Irving is an actress and singer best known for her roles in Yentl, Carrie, and Traffic. Kate Capshaw is a former actress best known for her role in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

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During Spielberg's casting of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, he met a actress by the name of Kate Upshaw. Upshaw recalls talking to Spielberg, not like an interview or audition. She describes there conversations with "sparks flying." However, Spielberg was already married to Amy Irving just a year prior.

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Following the tragic deaths, the studio, Spielberg, and others were hit with a $100 million lawsuit by the parents of one of the deceased children.

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In 1982, the release of The Extraterrestrial once again showed the capability of Spielberg's directing skill. The year was also marked for the awful tragedy that occurred during the filming of The Twilight Zone. Two child actors died during a helicopter crash I amidst filming. As Spielberg said, "This has been the most interesting year of my film career (103)."

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Even after the disaster that was 1941, Spielberg continued reaching for greater heights as a director. He desired a James Bond-style movie with a playboy type character as the lead. Such project can in the form of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The movie stands out as one of Spielberg's more violent films. The movie also led to Spielberg's experimentation with sequels. This period of time was also marked with collaboration with famed Star Wars director George Lucas.

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At the time, Spielberg was not experienced with directing comedies. Originally, Spielberg thought it would be a bad idea to direct 1941. "From the beginning of 1941, an inner voice, the same one that had told him to make Jaws and Close Encounters, was screaming at him, 'Don't make this movie (77)!'" The film was about an imagined Japanese attack on Los Angeles. Overall, the movie was seen as a failure. However, this is mostly because of the extremely high expectations and the success of Jaws and Close Encounters. Even so, the movie still made tens of millions.

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Close Encounters was a chance for Spielberg to experiment with extravagant special effects on a larger project. The movie had a budget of $8 million, but the film ended up going $10 million over budget. Some critics deemed to moving to be "preposterous, trivial, simple-minded, shallow, and steeped in pretension." However, a majority of critics agreed it to be "breathtaking, stunning, dazzling, moving, and brilliant." Regardless of criticism, the movie displayed Spielberg's talent for creating awe-inspiring works.

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The immense success of Jaws instantly made Spielberg a multi-millionaire. Even after taxes, he told Women's Wear Daily that he earned $4 million. Despite this newfound wealth, his life did not change immediately. As Spielberg said, "I live as I did before. I have the same house I bought for $49,000 five years ago. And I drive a black and white police car with 10 bullet holes in it (57)."

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Prior to Jaws, no movie had ever grossed over 100 million in North America. But Jaws completely smashed the record with over 200 million. Originally, Spielberg had a few issues with the novel and wished to make a few changes before directing. Notably, he completely removed a romantic subplot present in the novel. The lack of such romance made Jaws one of the more standout action films.

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The Sugarland Express was praised for its heavy emotions and heart struck tragedy. However, the movie was a box-office disappointment. As Spielberg said, "It did get good reviews, but I would have given away all those reviews for a bigger audience. The movie just broke even; it didn't make any money (44)."

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Sanello, Frank. Spielberg: the man, the movies, the mythology. Taylor Publishing Company, 1996, Dallas, Texas.

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Spielberg's family moved from home to home many times during his childhood. He recalls always being the new kid and never fitting in. He was always the only Jewish kid at school, and didn't have friends.

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In a childhood marked by antisemitism and loneliness, Steven found a place of calm and happiness; his camera. That camera allowed him to turn one of his biggest bullies into a friend and actor. "I was able to bring him over to a place where I felt safer: in front of my camera (8)."

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As a kid, Spielberg loved to scare his sisters in many ways. He would cast them in his plays and kill them off over and over again. The movies he watched also inspired him in his future works. " 'There were scenes of utter violence and sheer terror in Bambi and Snow White. They terrorized me as a child and I'll never forget them,' he said (11)."

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When Spielberg was 16, his parents divorced. He recalls all the fighting that occurred before their relationship officially snapped and how he wished it ended sooner.  "In the Time magazine..." to "...comforting female siblings (22)."

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Mrs. Spielberg was a very permissive and non-strict parent. She always let Steven skip school and would help in his projects.

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Spielberg’s latest project, The Fabelmans, is semi-autobiographical — focused on his childhood and teen years and his parents’ divorce. He jokingly refers to the film as ”$40 million of therapy.”

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Spielberg was first introduced of the script Duel from a friend. Duel was one of Spielberg's first major successes in the film industry. The film was a major success in Europe and North America and would lead to Spielberg's first full-length feature, The Sugarland Express.

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Following his graduation from Arcadia High, Spielberg applied to UCLA to pursue education from the best film school in the nation. He preferred it over private schools like USC because of the cost. Unfortunately, Spielberg was a below average student and was ultimately rejected. He eventually chose to major in English Literature at Cal State.

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At just the age of 21, Steven Spielberg was given a directing opportunity from Sid Sheinberg. Spielberg demonstrated his mental prowess when Joan Crawford struggled with memorizing her lines. Spielberg thought of placing scattered note cards around the set that were just in her view, but out of the camera's. "...Shirley Eder of the Detroit Free Press, remembered her visit to the backlot at Universal: 'Joan grabbed me and said, 'Go interview that kid because he's going to be the biggest director of all time (31)."