1996 MTV Movie Awards

{{infobox award

| name = 1996 MTV Movie Awards

| image = 1996-mtv-movie-awards-logo.png

| caption =

| date = Saturday, June 8, 1996

| location = Walt Disney Studios,
Burbank, California{{cite web|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-06-13-9606130200-story.html |title= MTV Movie Awards Are Silly--and Fun |author= Gary Dretzka & Tribune Staff Writer |work= Chicago Tribune |date= June 13, 1996 |access-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20231122145723/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-06-13-9606130200-story.html |url-status=live}}

| country = United States

| host = Ben Stiller and
Janeane Garofalo

| network = MTV

| previous = 1995

| main = {{nowrap|MTV Movie Awards}}

| next = 1997

}}

The 1996 MTV Movie Awards was hosted by Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo.{{cite web|url= https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/1996-mtv-movie-awards-1996 |title= 1996 MTV Movie Awards |work= The A.V. Club |access-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231122145814/https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/1996-mtv-movie-awards-1996 |url-status=live}}

Performers

Whitney Houston — "Why Does It Hurt So Bad"
Garbage — "Only Happy When It Rains"
Roberta Flack and Fugees — "Killing Me Softly"
Adam Sandler — "Mel Gibson"

Presenters

Claire Danes and Shaquille O'Neal — presented Most Desirable Female
Samantha Mathis and Anthony Kiedis — presented Best Fight
Janeane Garofalo — introduced Whitney Houston
Vanessa Williams and Laurence Fishburne — presented Best On-Screen Duo
Natalie Portman and Gabriel Byrne — presented Best Villain
Kiss — presented Best Kiss
Janeane Garofalo — introduced Garbage
Lela Rochon — presented Best Song
Patrick Stewart — presented the Lifetime Achievement Award
David Duchovny and Penelope Ann Miller — presented Breakthrough Performance
Ben Stiller — introduced Fugees
Jamie Lee Curtis — presented Best Action Sequence
Patricia Arquette — presented Best New Filmmaker
Garry Shandling — presented Best Sandwich in a Movie
Jenny McCarthy and Jon Lovitz — presented Best Female Performance
Ben Stiller — introduced Adam Sandler
Ellen DeGeneres — presented Best Male Performance
Whoopi Goldberg — presented Best Movie

Awards

Below are the list of nominations.{{cite web|url= https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/1996-04-22/mtv-announces-nominations-for-the-1996-mtv |title= MTV Announces Nominations for "The 1996 MTV" |work= Bloomberg L.P. |date= April 22, 1996 |access-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231122151953/https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/1996-04-22/mtv-announces-nominations-for-the-1996-mtv |url-status=live}} Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1996/|title=1996 Movie Awards Winners|work=MTV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094823/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1996/|archive-date=April 23, 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=January 28, 2022}}{{cite web|url= https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1996/06/13/movies-are-honored-the-mtv-way/ |title= Movies are honored the MTV way |first= Cathy |last= Dunkley |work= Tampa Bay Times |date= June 13, 1996 |access-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231122152852/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1996/06/13/movies-are-honored-the-mtv-way/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-10-ca-13467-story.html |title= Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation’s press. |first= Beth |last= Kleid |work= Los Angeles Times |date= June 10, 1996 |access-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231122145227/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-10-ca-13467-story.html |url-status=live}} There was also an award unique to that year called "Best Sandwich in a Movie".{{cite web|url= https://www.mtv.com/news/y7wae7/movie-awards-best-sandwich-category |title= For One Year Only, This Insanely Random Movie Awards Category Was Real |first= Madeline |last= Roth |work= MTV |date= April 12, 2015 |access-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231122144422/https://www.mtv.com/news/y7wae7/movie-awards-best-sandwich-category |url-status=dead}}

style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Movie ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Male Performance
class=wikitable style="width="150%"
valign="top" \| *Seven* Apollo 13 Braveheart Clueless Dangerous Minds \| valign="top" \| Jim Carrey – Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Mel Gibson – Braveheart Tom Hanks – Apollo 13 Denzel Washington – Crimson Tide Brad Pitt – Twelve Monkeys
style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Female Performance ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Most Desirable Male
valign="top" \| Alicia Silverstone – Clueless Sandra Bullock – While You Were Sleeping Michelle Pfeiffer – Dangerous Minds Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking Sharon Stone – Casino \|valign="top" \| Brad Pitt – Seven Antonio Banderas – Desperado Mel Gibson – Braveheart Val Kilmer – Batman Forever Keanu Reeves – A Walk in the Clouds
style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Most Desirable Female ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Breakthrough Performance
valign="top" \| Alicia Silverstone – Clueless Sandra Bullock – While You Were Sleeping Nicole Kidman – Batman Forever Demi Moore – The Scarlet Letter Michelle Pfeiffer – Dangerous Minds \|valign="top" \| George Clooney – From Dusk Till Dawn Sean Patrick Flanery – Powder Natasha Henstridge – Species Lela Rochon – Waiting to Exhale Chris Tucker – Friday
style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best On-Screen Duo ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Villain
valign="top" \| Chris Farley and David Spade – Tommy Boy{{cite web\|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/01/entertainment/spade0404.htm \|title= Joe Dirt With David Spade \|work= The Washington Post \|date= April 4, 2001 \|access-date= November 22, 2023 \|archive-date= November 22, 2023 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231122145811/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/01/entertainment/spade0404.htm \|url-status=live}}{{cite web\|url= https://ew.com/article/1996/06/21/mel-gibson-flees-mtv-movie-awards/ \|title= Mel Gibson flees the MTV Movie Awards \|first= Degen \|last= Pener \|work= Entertainment Weekly \|date= June 21, 1996 \|access-date= November 22, 2023 \|archive-date= November 22, 2023 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231122151117/https://ew.com/article/1996/06/21/mel-gibson-flees-mtv-movie-awards/ \|url-status=live}} Martin Lawrence and Will Smith – Bad Boys Ice Cube and Chris Tucker – Friday Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman – Seven Tom Hanks and Tim Allen – Toy Story \|valign="top" \| Kevin Spacey – Seven Jim Carrey – Batman Forever Joe Pesci – Casino Tommy Lee Jones – Batman Forever John Travolta – Broken Arrow
style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Comedic Performance ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Song from a Movie
valign="top" \| Jim Carrey – Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Chris Farley – Tommy Boy Adam Sandler – Happy Gilmore Alicia Silverstone – Clueless Chris Tucker – Friday \| valign="top" \| *Brandy — "Sittin' Up In My Room" (from Waiting to Exhale)* Coolio — "Gangsta's Paradise" (from Dangerous Minds) Whitney Houston — "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (from Waiting to Exhale) U2 — "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (from Batman Forever) Seal — "Kiss From a Rose" (from Batman Forever)
style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Kiss ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Action Sequence
valign="top" \| Natasha Henstridge and Anthony Guidera – Species Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek – Desperado Sophie Okonedo and Jim Carrey – Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Winona Ryder and Dermot Mulroney – How to Make an American Quilt Aitana Sánchez-Gijón and Keanu Reeves – A Walk in the Clouds \| valign="top \| Battle Scene – Braveheart Airplane Hangar Shootout – Bad Boys Underground Shootout/Explosion – Broken Arrow Drive Through NYC/Subway Explosion and Derailment – Die Hard with a Vengeance
style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Fight ! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" \| Best Sandwich in a Movie
valign="top" \| Adam Sandler vs. Bob Barker – Happy Gilmore John Travolta vs. Christian Slater – Broken Arrow Pierce Brosnan vs. Famke Janssen – GoldenEye Jackie Chan vs. Bad Guys – Rumble in the Bronx \| valign="top" \| Ham and Cheese Sandwich – Smoke Turkey Club Sandwich - Four Rooms Submarine Sandwich With Tomatoes and Provolone - GoldenEye
colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; \| Best New Filmmaker
colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" \| Wes Anderson – Bottle Rocket
style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" colspan="2" \| Lifetime Achievement Award
colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" \| Godzilla

References

External links

{{cite web|url= http://www.mtv.com/movie-awards/1996 |title= MTV Movie Awards 1996 |work= MTV |access-date= June 17, 2020 |archive-date= June 17, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200617010227/http://www.mtv.com/movie-awards/1996 |url-status=dead}}
{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000453/1996/1/ |title= 1996 Awards |work= IMDb |access-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231122143947/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000453/1996/1/ |url-status=dead}}
{{cite web|url= https://www.angelfire.com/ga3/elgato3/mtvmovie/english/award96.html |title= 1996 MTV Movie Awards |work= Angelfire |access-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-date= November 22, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231122144036/https://www.angelfire.com/ga3/elgato3/mtvmovie/english/award96.html |url-status=dead}}

Category:MTV Movie & TV Awards

Mtv Movie Awards

Category:1996 in California

Category:June 1996 in the United States