Academy Awards for 1987

By Patrick Mondout

The 60^th Annual Academy Awards were hosted by Chevy Chase on April 1, 1988 at the Sunrise Auditorium (Los Angeles) and broadcast live on ABC. The Last Emperor was the big winner taking home all nine statuettes it was nominated for. Cher defeated Meryl Streep, Holly Hunter, and Glenn Close for Best Actress.

BEST PICTURE
	Broadcast News, James L. Brooks, producer
	Fatal Attraction, Stanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing, producers
	Hope and Glory, John Boorman, producer
	The Last Emperor, Jeremy Thomas, producer
	Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer and Norman Jewison, producers

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
	Sally Kirkland, Anna
	Holly Hunter, Broadcast News
	Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction
	Meryl Streep, Ironweed
	Cher, Moonstruck

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
	William Hurt, Broadcast News
	Marcello Mastroianni, Dark Eyes
	Robin Williams, Good Morning, Vietnam
	Jack Nicholson, Ironweed
	Michael Douglas, Wall Street

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
	Anne Archer, Fatal Attraction
	Norma Aleandro, Gaby - A True Story
	Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck
	Anne Ramsey, Throw Momma From the Train
	Ann Sothern, The Whales of August

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
	Albert Brooks, Broadcast News
	Denzel Washington, Cry Freedom
	Vincent Gardenia, Moonstruck
	Morgan Freeman, Street Smart
	Sean Connery, The Untouchables

BEST DIRECTOR
	Adrian Lyne, Fatal Attraction
	John Boorman, Hope and Glory
	Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor
	Lasse Hallström, My Life as a Dog
	Norman Jewison, Moonstruck

BEST WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN)
	Louis Malle, Au Revoir les Enfants
	James L. Brooks, Broadcast News
	John Boorman, Hope and Glory
	John Patrick Shanley, Moonstruck
	Woody Allen, Radio Days

BEST WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM)
	Tony Huston, The Dead
	James Dearden, Fatal Attraction
	Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford, Full Metal Jacket
	Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor
	Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jö nsson, Brasse Brännström and Per Berglund, My Life as a Dog

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
	Michael Ballhaus, Broadcast News
	Allen Daviau, Empire of the Sun
	Philippe Rousselot, Hope and Glory
	Vittorio Storaro, The Last Emperor
	Haskell Wexler, Matewan

BEST FILM EDITING
	Richard Marks, Broadcast News
	Michael Kahn, Empire of the Sun
	Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger, Fatal Attraction
	Gabriella Cristiani, The Last Emperor
	Frank J. Urioste, RoboCop

BEST ART DIRECTION/SET DIRECTION
	Norman Reynolds, art direction; Harry Cordwell, set decoration, Empire of the Sun
	Anthony Pratt, art direction; Joan Woolard, set decoration, Hope and Glory
	Ferdinando Scarfiotti, art direction; Bruno Cesari and Osvaldo Desideri, set decoration, The Last Emperor
	Santo Loquasto, art direction; Carol Joffe, Les Bloom and George DeTitta, Jr., set decoration, Radio Days
	Patrizia Von Brandenstein and William A. Elliot, art direction; Hal Gausman, set decoration, The Untouchables

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
	Jenny Beavan and John Bright, Maurice Dorothy Jeakins, The Dead
	Bob Ringwood, Empire of the Sun
	James Acheson, The Last Emperor
	Marilyn Vance-Straker, The Untouchables

BEST SOUND
	Robert Knudson, Don Digirolamo, John Boyde and Tony Dawe, Empire of the Sun
	Bill Rowe and Ivan Sharrock, The Last Emperor
	Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore and Bill Nelson, Lethal Weapon
	Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin and Robert Wald, RoboCop
	Wayne Artman, Tom Beckert, Tom Dahl and Art Rochester, The Witches of Eastwick

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
	Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup and Kenneth Smith, Innerspace
	Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg and Stan Winston, Predator

BEST MAKEUP
	Bob Laden, Happy New Year
	Rick Baker, Harry and the Hendersons

BEST SOUND (ORIGINAL SONG)
	“Shakedown,” Beverly Hills Cop II, Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey, music; Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey and Bob Seger, lyrics
	“Cry Freedom,” Cry Freedom, George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa, music and lyrics
	“(I've Had) The Time of My Life,” Dirty Dancing, Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz, music; Franke Previte, lyrics
	“Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now,” Mannequin, Albert Hammond and Diane Warren, music and lyrics
	“Storybook Love,” The Princess Bride, Willy DeVille, music and lyrics

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
	George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa, Cry Freedom
	John Williams, Empire of the Sun
	Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su, The Last Emperor
	Ennio Morricone, The Untouchables
	John Williams, The Witches of Eastwick

BEST SHORT FILMS (ANIMATED)
	George and Rosemary (Eunice Macaulay, producer; National Film Board of Canada)
	The Man Who Planted Trees (Frédéric Back, producer; Société Radio-Canada/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
	Your Face (Bill Plympton, producer; Bill Plympton Productions)

BEST SHORT FILMS (LIVE ACTION)
	Making Waves (Ann Wingate, producer; The Production Pool Ltd.)
	Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (Jonathan Sanger and Jana Sue Memel, producers; Chanticleer Films)
	Shoeshine (Robert A. Katz, producer; Tom Abrams Productions)

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECTS)
	Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller (Deborah Dickson, producer; Winterlude Films, Inc. Production)
	In the Wee Wee Hours... (Dr. Frank Daniel and Izak Ben-Meir, producers; University of Southern California School of Cinema/Television)
	Language Says It All (Megan Williams, producer; Tripod Production)
	Silver Into Gold (Lynn Mueller, producer; Stanford University Department of Communications)
	Young at Heart (Sue Marx and Pamela Conn, producers; Sue Marx Films, Inc. Production)

BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURES)
	A Stitch for Time (Barbara Herbich and Cyril Christo, producers; Peace Quilters Production Company, Inc.)
	Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years/Bridge to Freedom 1965 (Callie Crossley and James A. DeVinney, producers; Blackside, Inc. Production)
	Hellfire: A Journey From Hiroshima (John Junkerman and John W. Dower, producers; Muraki Film Project)
	Radio Bikini (Robert Stone, producer; Crossroads Film Project, Ltd.)
	The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table (Aviva Slesin, producer; Aviva Films)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
	Au Revoir les Enfants (Goodbye, Children), France
	Babette's Feast, Denmark
	Course Completed, Spain
	The Family, Italy
	Pathfinder, Norway

Other Awards

Billy Wilder was given the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award while the Gordon E. Sawyer Award went to Fred Hynes. A Special Achievement Award for Sound Effects Editing was given to the RoboCop crew of Stephen Flick and John Pospisil.

Scientific Awards

Werner Block (Lighting)
Bernhard Kuhl (Lighting)
OSRAM GmbH Research and Development Department (Lighting)
Ronald C. Barker (Editorial and Preproduction)
Fritz Gabriel Bauer (Camera)
Willi Burth (Projection)
Courier Films, Limited (Special Photographic)
Eastman Kodak Company (Film)
Eastman Kodak Company (Film)
Kinotone Corporation (Projection)
Montage Group, Ltd. (Editorial and Preproduction)
Colin F. Mossman (Laboratory)
Zoran Perisic (Special Photographic)
Rank Film Laboratories' Development Group (Laboratory)
Chester L. Schuler (Editorial and Preproduction)
Carl Zeiss Company (Lenses and Filters)
Ioan Allen (Sound)
Tim Cook (Camera)
Dolby Laboratories, Incorporated (Sound)
John Eppolito (Special Photographic)
Wally Gentleman (Special Photographic)
Industrial Light and Magic, Incorporated (Stage Operations)
Jan Jacobsen (Special Photographic)
Tadeuz Krzanowski (Stage Operations)
William Mesa (Special Photographic)
Thaine Morris (Stage Operations)
Dan C. Norris (Camera)
Norris Film Products (Camera)
David Pier (Stage Operations)
Les Paul Robley (Special Photographic)
Geoffrey H. Williamson (Special Photographic)