Saltzman Sees...The Rock (1996)

Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer Presents...The Rock (1996)

Saltzman Sees...Ransom (1996)

Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment Presents...Ransom (1996)

Saltzman Sees...The Nutty Professor (1996)

Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment Presents...The Nutty Professor (1996)

Saltzman Sees...Sgt. Bilko (1996)

Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment Presents...Sgt. Bilko (1996)

Saltzman Sees...Jerry Maguire (1996)

Jerry Maguire won my Best Supporting Actor (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and was nominated for my Best Actress (Renee Zellweger) and Best Supporting Actress (Regina King and Bonnie Hunt) in 1996.

Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden

Saltzman Sees...Primal Fear (1996)

Primal Fear won my Best Actor (Ed Norton) and was nominated for my Best Picture and Best Actress (Laura Linney) in 1996.

SPOILER ALERT: Do Not Watch if You Have Not Seen This Movie

Saltzman Sees...Fargo (1996)

Fargo won my Best Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Screenplay (Joel and Ethan Coen) in 1996.



Saltzman Sees...1996 Oscars

1996 Nominees & Award Winners of My Oscars

• Best Picture
• Best Director
• Best Family Picture
• Best Screenplay
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress

Good Luck
Phenomenon
Primal Fear
Rebound


Michael Bay (The Rock)
Eric La Salle (Rebound)
Joel Schumacher (A Time To Kill)
Jon Turteltaub (Phenomenon)


Dunston Checks In
Jack
The Preacher's Wife
Space Jam


Joel & Ethan Coen (Fargo)
Bob Comfort (Good Luck)
Gerald Di Pego (Phenomenon)
Akiva Goldsman (A Time To Kill)


Don Cheadle (Rebound)
Vincent D'Onofrio (Good Luck)
Ed Norton (Primal Fear)
John Travolta (Phenomenon)


Geena Davis (The Long Kiss Goodnight)
Laura Linney (Primal Fear)
Frances McDormand (Fargo)
Renee Zellweger (Jerry Maguire)


Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire)
Samuel L. Jackson (A Time To Kill)
Will Smith (Independence Day)
Forest Whitaker (Phenomenon)


Bonnie Hunt (Jerry Maguire)
Regina King (Jerry Maguire)
Natalie Portman (Beautiful Girls)
Kyra Sedgwick (Phenomenon)

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Saltzman Sees...Phenomenon (1996)

Phenomenon was my Best Picture and my Best Supporting Actress (Kyra Sedgewick) of 1996.

Saltzman Sees...Waiting for Guffman (1996)

Christopher Guest Presents...Waiting For Guffman

Saltzman Sees...The Birdcage (1996)

Saltzman Sees Presents...The Funniest Movie of 1996: The Birdcage

Saltzman Sees...The Preacher's Wife (1996)

The Preacher's Wife is a Christmas movie that gets lost during the Holiday season because of so many classics, from It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street, to recent hits like Elf and Christmas Vacation. Denzel Washington is the finest actor of his generation, and in this movie, he shows a softer, comical side he doesn't get to show often.  Whitney Houston provides her angelic voice to the movie and the supporting cast includes brilliant actors like Gregory Hines, Loretta Devine, Courtney B. Vance and Jenifer Lewis.  It is one of my favorite Christmas movies of all-time.

The Preacher's Wife is a beautiful story of a man in need of someone to help during hard times for his community. What he learns about the strength in believing in his community, even during it's toughest times, is what sets this film apart.

It is the Best Family Picture of 1996.

Saltzman Sees...Soul of the Game (1996)

Soul of the Game is the true story of Jackie Robinson, Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson: arguably the three greatest Negro League Ballplayers of All-Time.  At a time when Major League Baseball was refusing to allow black players to play, one man was looking for the right man to be first.  This story shows what happened before and after that memorable day on April 15, 1947 when Robinson broke the color barrier in Professional Baseball in America. Delroy Lindo, Mykelti Williamson and Blair Underwood star as Paige, Gibson and Robinson and they are all masterful in this gripping look at what happened.

Saltzman Sees...Good Luck (1996)

Good Luck is equally magnificent, starring Gregory Hines and Vincent D'Onofrio.  Two unlikely buddies, one confined to a wheelchair and the other blind, set off on a quest to win a white water rafting competition.  Their journey to succeed is as unlikely as their journey to become friends.  What they learn most through their experience, is that it is more important to take a chance than to succeed.

It made $39,962 during it's opening weekend on only 106 screens and was subsequently removed from theaters.

Most Underrated Movie of 1996 

Saltzman Sees...Rebound (1996)

Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault is a true story of the greatest basketball player nobody got to see play.  Manigault, played by Don Cheadle, became legendary for his play at Rucker Park in New York.  However, he became a drug addict and wasn't ever able to pursue any dreams of playing basketball professionally.  It is a tragic look at the young life of "The Goat" but in the end it is the story of redemption and recovery.  James Earl Jones, Forrest Whitaker and Loretta Devine are all terrific in Eriq La Salle's directorial debut for HBO.

Eriq La Salle won my Best Director of 1996.

The TV Movie did not win any awards.  It is not even the most well-known movie named Rebound, ever since Martin Lawrence came out with a comedy of the same name in 2005.

Saltzman Sees...1996 Top Ten List

1996

1. Phenomenon
2. Primal Fear
3. Rebound
4. Good Luck
5. Independence Day
6. The Rock
7. A Time to Kill
8. Happy Gilmore
9. The Birdcage
10. My Fellow Americans

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