Casino 1995 Oscars

Babe (1995, Australia)

Oscar Goodman Himself Catherine Scorsese Piscano's Mother Philip Suriano Dominick Santoro Frankie Avalon Himself Steve Allen Himself Audrey Meadows Herself Jayne Meadows Herself Jerry Vale Himself Peter Conti Arthur Capp Steve Vignari Beeper Paul Herman Gambler in Phone Booth Joey de Pinto Stabbed Gambler Toru Nagai Ichikawa's Associate Anthony. Casino (1995) Martin Scorsese's epic crime film was an examination of the gaudy, mob-controlled glittering city of Las Vegas. Its tagline: 'You don't stay at the top forever' applied to the main mobster character and casino manager Sam 'Ace' Rothstein (Robert DeNiro), who was confronted.

Revolutionary computer effects made this family-oriented comedic drama the Oscar winner for Best Achievement in Visual Effects, defeating the other nominee Apollo 13 (1995). During filming, 970 animals were trained by dozens of trainers and assistants, including pigs, dogs, cats, sheep, horses, cows, goats, ducks, mice, and pigeons, of which 500 eventually appeared on screen.

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It used a combination of real and animatronic animals: pigs and border collies. Many piglets (Large White Yorkshire purebreds) were required for the production since they grew so fast -- and were the right size for Babe for only a three week stretch. Pigs were filmed when they were between 16 and 18 weeks of age and 18 inches tall. Every three weeks, litters of pigs were bred for filming - and only female pigs were used -- to avoid displaying the prominent genitals of the males.

There was one animatronic pig, used for wide-open shots (when there was 15-20 feet of open space in all directions around the pig), when a trainer couldn't be nearby. And the animatronic pig was also used for reverse, over-the shoulder POV shots, when Babe was talking to another animal.

In post-production, special effects engineers overlaid innovative computer modeling over the live animals' jawlines. The lips of animals moved in sync with speech, digitally-modified in order to create human-like talking 'mouths.' In some cases, the animatronic pig was manipulated to mouth words.

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The finale was a sheepherding contest in which Babe successfully and flawlessly corraled a flock of sheep into a pen, and was praised by farmer Arthur Hoggett's (James Cromwell) words: 'That'll do, Pig. That'll do.'