1996 - Best Actor

Who Won: Geoffrey Rush (Shine)<br/><br/> Who Should Have Won: Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade) <br/><br/> <br/> Two years in a row the Academy got this one wrong. Rush was decent in a movie that caught flack for not being true to the story. Thornton gave an exceptional performance in a film that demanded it in order for it to work.

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Who Won: Geoffrey Rush (Shine)

Who Should Have Won: Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade)


Two years in a row the Academy got this one wrong. Rush was decent in a movie that caught flack for not being true to the story. Thornton gave an exceptional performance in a film that demanded it in order for it to work.

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