Academy Awards for 1986

By Patrick Mondout

The 59^th Annual Academy Awards were hosted by Paul Hogan, Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn on March 30, 1987 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion (Los Angeles) and broadcast live on ABC.

BEST PICTURE
	A Room With a View, Ismail Merchant, producer
	Children of a Lesser God, Burt Sugarman and Patrick Palmer, producers
	Hannah and Her Sisters, Robert Greenhut, producer
	The Mission, Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam, producers
	Platoon, Arnold Kopelson, producer

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
	Sigourney Weaver, Aliens
	Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God
	Sissy Spacek, Crimes of the Heart
	Jane Fonda, The Morning After
	Kathleen Turner, Peggy Sue Got Married

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
	William Hurt, Children of a Lesser God
	Paul Newman, The Color of Money
	Bob Hoskins, Mona Lisa
	Dexter Gordon, 'Round Midnight
	James Woods, Salvador

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
	Maggie Smith, A Room With a View
	Piper Laurie, Children of a Lesser God
	Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, The Color of Money
	Tess Harper, Crimes of the Heart
	Dianne Wiest, Hannah and Her Sisters

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
	Denholm Elliott, A Room With a View
	Michael Caine, Hannah and Her Sisters
	Dennis Hopper, Hoosiers
	Tom Berenger, Platoon
	Willem Dafoe, Platoon

BEST DIRECTOR
	James Ivory, A Room With a View
	David Lynch, Blue Velvet
	Woody Allen, Hannah and Her Sisters
	Roland Joffe, The Mission
	Oliver Stone, Platoon

BEST WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN)
	Hanif Kureishi, My Beautiful Laundrette
	Paul Hogan, story; Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie and John Cornell, screenplay, “Crocodile” Dundee
	Woody Allen, Hannah and Her Sisters
	Oliver Stone, Platoon
	Oliver Stone and Richard Boyle, Salvador

BEST WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM)
	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, A Room With a View
	Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff, Children of a Lesser God
	Richard Price, The Color of Money
	Beth Henley, Crimes of the Heart
	Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans, Stand by Me

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
	Tony Pierce-Roberts, A Room With a View
	Chris Menges, The Mission
	Jordan Cronenweth, Peggy Sue Got Married
	Robert Richardson, Platoon
	Don Peterman, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

BEST FILM EDITING
	Ray Lovejoy, Aliens
	Susan E. Morse, Hannah and Her Sisters
	Jim Clark, The Mission
	Claire Simpson, Platoon
	Billy Weber and Chris Lebenzon, Top Gun

BEST ART DIRECTION/SET DIRECTION
	Peter Lamont, art direction; Crispian Sallis, set decoration, Aliens
	Gianni Quaranta and Brian Ackland-Snow, art direction; Brian Savegar and Elio Altramura, set decoration, A Room With a View
	Boris Leven, art direction; Karen A. O'Hara, set decoration, The Color of Money
	Stuart Wurtzel, art direction; Carol Joffe, set decoration, Hannah and Her Sisters
	Stuart Craig, art direction; Jack Stephens, set decoration, The Mission

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
	Jenny Beaven and John Bright, A Room With a View
	Enrico Sabbatini, The Mission
	Anna Anni and Maurizio Millenotti, Otello
	Theadora Van Runkle, Peggy Sue Got Married
	Anthony Powell, Pirates

BEST SOUND
	Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and Roy Charman, Aliens
	Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore and William Nelson, Heartbreak Ridge
	John Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles “Bud” Grenzbach and Simon Kaye, Platoon
	Terry Porter, Dave Hudson, Mel Metcalfe and Gene S. Cantamessa, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
	Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline and William B. Kaplan, Top Gun

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
	Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne Benson, Aliens
	Lyle Conway, Brian Ferren and Martin Gutteridge, Little Shop of Horrors Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry
	Waller and William Neil, Poltergeist II: The Other Side

BEST MAKEUP
	Michael G. Westmore and Michèle Burke, The Clan of the Cave Bear
	Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis, The Fly
	Rob Bottin and Peter Robb-King, Legend

BEST SOUND (ORIGINAL SONG)
	“Somewhere Out There,” An American Tail, James Horner and Barry Mann, music; Cynthia Weil, lyrics
	“Mean Green Mother From Outer Space,” Little Shop of Horrors, Alan Menken, music; Howard Ashman, lyrics
	“Glory of Love,” The Karate Kid Part II, Peter Cetera and David Foster, music; Peter Cetera and Diane Nini, lyrics
	“Life in a Looking Glass,” That's Life, Henry Mancini, music; Leslie Bricusse, lyrics
	“Take My Breath Away,” Top Gun, Giorgio Moroder, music; Tom Whitlock, lyrics

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
	James Horner, Aliens
	Jerry Goldsmith, Hoosiers
	Ennio Morricone, The Mission
	Herbie Hancock, 'Round Midnight
	Leonard Rosenman, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

BEST SHORT FILMS (ANIMATED)
	A Greek Tragedy (Linda Van Tulden and Willem Thijssen producers; CineTe pvba)
	The Frog, the Dog and the Devil (Bob Stenhouse, producer; New Zealand National Film Unit)
	Luxo Jr. (John Lasseter and William Reeves, producers; Pixar Productions)

BEST SHORT FILMS (LIVE ACTION)
	Exit (Stefano Reali and Pino Quartullo, producers; Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana/RAI-UNO)
	Love Struck (Fredda Weiss, producer; Rainy Day Productions)
	Precious Images (Chuck Workman, producer; Calliope Films, Inc.)

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECTS)
	Debonair Dancers (Alison Nigh-Strelich, producer; Alison Nigh-Strelich Production)
	The Masters of Disaster (Sonya Friedman, producer; Indiana University Audio Visual Center)
	Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse (Thomas L. Neff and Madeline Bell, producers; Polaris Entertainment Production)
	Sam (Aaron D. Weisblatt Production)
	Women - for America, for the World (Vivienne Verdon-Roe, producer; Educational Film & Video Project)

BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURES) [TIE]
	Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (Brigitte Berman, producer; Bridge Film Production)
	Chile: Hasta Cuando? (David Bradbury, producer; David Bradbury Productions)
	Down and Out in America (Joseph Feury and Milton Justice, producers; Joseph Feury Production)
	Isaac in America: A Journey With Isaac Bashevis Singer (Kirk Simon and Amram Nowak, producers; Amram Nowak Associates)
	Witness to Apartheid (Sharon I. Sopher, producer; Production of Developing News, Inc.)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
	The Assault, Netherlands
	Betty Blue, France
	The Decline of the American Empire, Canada
	My Sweet Little Village, Czechoslovakia
	“38”, Austria

Other Awards

The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award went to Steven Spielberg. Honorary Awards went to Ralph Bellamy "for his unique artistry and his distinguished service to the profession of acting" and to E.M. (Al) Lewis "in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high Academy standards."

Scientific Awards

Darryl A. Armour (Special Photographic)
Associates and Ferren (Special Photographic)
Auricle Control Systems (Editorial and Preproduction)
John L. Baptista (Laboratory)
Boss Film Corporation (Special Photographic)
Anthony D. Bruno (Laboratory)
Richard Edlund (Special Photographic)
Bran Ferren (Special Photographic)
William L. Fredrick (Camera Cranes)
David Grafton (Special Photographic)
Richard Benjamin Grant (Editorial and Preproduction)
Ron Grant (Editorial and Preproduction)
Robert Greenberg (Special Photographic)
R/Greenberg Associates, Incorporated (Special Photographic)
Charles Harrison (Special Photographic)
Joel Hynek (Special Photographic)
Jerry Jeffress (Special Photographic)
Bruce W. Keller (Laboratory)
Elan Lipschitz (Special Photographic)
Eugene Mamut (Special Photographic)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Laboratories, Inc. (Laboratory)
Manfred G. Michelson (Laboratory)
Hal Needham (Camera Cranes)
Richmark Camera Service, Incorporated, Oxberry Division (Special Photographic)
Professor Fritz Sennheiser (Sound)
Sennheiser Electronic Corporation (Sound)
Technical Film Systems, Incorporated (Laboratory)
Dr. Alfred Thumim (Special Photographic)
Mark West (Special Photographic)
Gene Whiteman (Special Photographic)
Bob Wilcox (Special Photographic)
Kenneth Wisner (Special Photographic)
Associates and Ferren (Special Photographic)
John L. Baptista (Laboratory)
Alexander Bryce (Lighting)
The Burbank Studios (Lighting)
The Burbank Studios (Sound)
Bran Ferren (Special Photographic)
Carl Holmes (Lighting)
Carl E. Holmes Company (Lighting)
Alan Landaker (Sound)
Hal Landaker (Sound)
Lee Electric (Lighting) Limited (Lighting)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Laboratories, Inc. (Laboratory)
Oxford Scientific Films, Image Quest Division (Special Photographic)
Peter D. Parks (Special Photographic)
William B. Pollard (Photography)
David W. Samuelson (Photography)
Lucinda Strub (Stage Operations)
Matt Sweeney (Stage Operations)