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Academy Awards for 1988By Patrick Mondout
The 61st Annual Academy Awards were hosted by various presenters
on March 29, 1989
at the Shine Auditorium (Los Angeles) and broadcast live on ABC.
Note: All nominees are listed and .gif)
denotes the Oscar winner.
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| BEST PICTURE |
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The
Accidental Tourist, Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun and Michael
Grillo, producers |
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Dangerous
Liaisons, Norma Heyman and Hank Moonjean, producers |
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Mississippi
Burning, Frederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry, producers |
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Rain Man,
Mark Johnson, producer |
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Working
Girl, Douglas Wick, producer |
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| BEST WRITING
(SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN) |
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John Cleese, screenplay; John Cleese
and Charles Crichton, story, A Fish
Called Wanda |
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Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, Big |
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Ron Shelton, Bull
Durham |
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Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow,
screenplay; Barry Morrow, story, Rain Man |
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Naomi Foner, Running
on Empty |
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| BEST ART
DIRECTION/SET DIRECTION |
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Albert Brenner, art direction;
Garrett Lewis, set decoration, Beaches |
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Stuart Craig, art direction; Gerard
James, set decoration, Dangerous
Liaisons |
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Ida Random, art direction; Linda
DeScenna, set decoration, Rain Man |
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Dean Tavoularis, art direction;
Armin Ganz, set decoration, Tucker: The Man and
His Dream |
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Elliot Scott, art direction; Peter
Howitt, set decoration, Who
Framed Roger Rabbit? |
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| BEST SOUND |
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Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern
Poore and Willie D. Burton, Bird |
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Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary,
Richard Overton and Al Overton, Die Hard |
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Andy Nelson, Brian Saunders and
Peter Handford, Gorillas in the
Mist |
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Robert Litt, Elliot Tyson, Rick
Kline and Danny Michael, Mississippi
Burning |
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Robert Knudson, John Boyd, Don
Digirolamo and Tony Dawe, Who
Framed Roger Rabbit? |
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| BEST VISUAL
EFFECTS |
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Richard Edlund, Al DiSarro, Brent
Boates and Thaine Morris, Die Hard |
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Ken Ralston, Richard Williams,
Edward Jones and George Gibbs, Who
Framed Roger Rabbit? |
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Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister,
Phil Tippett and Chris Evans, Willow |
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| BEST SOUND
(ORIGINAL SONG) |
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“Calling You,” Bagdad Cafe, Bob
Telson, music and lyrics |
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“Two Hearts,” Buster,
Lamont Dozier, music; Phil Collins, lyrics |
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“Let the River Run,” Working
Girl, Carly Simon, music and lyrics |
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| BEST SHORT FILMS
(ANIMATED) |
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The Cat Came Back (Cordell Barker,
producer; National Film Board of Canada) |
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Technological Threat (Bill Kroyer
and Brian Jennings, producers; Kroyer Films, Inc.) |
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Tin Toy (John Lasseter and William
Reeves, producers; Pixar) |
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| BEST SHORT FILMS
(LIVE ACTION) |
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The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
(Dean Parisot and Steven Wright, producer; Schooner Productions,
Inc.) |
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Cadillac Dreams (Matia Karrell and
Abbee Goldstein, producers; Cadillac Dreams Production) |
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Gullah Tales (George deGolian and
Gary Moss, producers; Georgia State University) |
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| BEST DOCUMENTARY
(SHORT SUBJECTS) |
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The Children's Storefront (Karen
Goodman, producer; Simon and Goodman Picture Company Production) |
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Family Gathering (Lise Yasui and Ann
Tegnell, producers; Lise Yasui Production) |
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Gang Cops (Thomas B. Fleming and
Daniel J. Marks, producers; University of Southern California Center
for Visual Anthropology and the School of Cinema/Television) |
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Portrait of Imogen (Nancy Hale and
Meg Partridge, producers; Pacific Pictures Production) |
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You Don't Have to Die (William
Guttentag and Malcolm Clarke, producers; Tiger Rose Production in
association with Filmworks, Inc.) |
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| BEST DOCUMENTARY
(FEATURES) |
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The Cry of Reason—Beyers Naude: An
Afrikaner Speaks Out (Robert Bilheimer and Ronald Mix, producers;
Worldwide Documentaries, Inc.) |
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Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times
of Klaus Barbie (Marcel Ophuls, producer; The Memory Pictures
Company) |
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Let's Get Lost (Bruce Weber and Nan
Bush, producers; Little Bear Films, Inc.) |
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Promises to Keep (Ginny Durrin,
producer; Durrin Productions, Inc.) |
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Who Killed Vincent Chin? (Renee
Tajima and Christine Choy, producers; Film News Now Foundation and
Detroit Educational Television Foundation Production) |
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Other Awards
Honorary awards were handed out to the National Film Board of Canada
"in recognition of its 50th anniversary and its dedicated commitment
to originate artistic, creative and technological activity and excellence
in every area of filmmaking" and to Eastman Kodak Company "in
recognition of the company's fundamental contributions to the art of
motion pictures during the first century of film history." A Special
Achievement Award for Animation Direction was given to Richard Williams
for his work on the innovative Who
Framed Roger Rabbit.
Scientific Awards
Ioan Allen (Sound)
Ray Dolby (Sound)
Dolby Laboratories, Incorporated (Sound)
Arnold & Richter Engineering Staff (Camera)
Arriflex Corporation (Camera)
Otto Blaschek (Camera)
Kris Brown (Special Photographic)
Bill Bryan (Special Photographic)
Roy W. Edwards (Camera)
Bud Elam (Special Photographic)
ELICON (Special Photographic)
Ray Feeney (Special Photographic)
Bill Holland (Special Photographic)
Interactive Motion Control (Special Photographic)
Jerry Jeffress (Special Photographic)
Paul Johnson (Special Photographic)
Lynx Robotics (Special Photographic)
Alvah Miller (Special Photographic)
Joe Parker (Special Photographic)
Photo-Sonics, Incorporated, Engineering Staff (Camera)
Peter A. Regla (Special Photographic)
Dan Slater, Bill Tondreau (Special Photographic)
Tondreau Systems (Special Photographic)
BHP, Inc. (Laboratory)
Bob Badami (Editorial and Preproduction)
Bell & Howell Professional Equipment Division (Laboratory)
Glenn M. Berggren (Lenses and Filters)
Bill Bernstein (Editorial and Preproduction)
Dick Bernstein (Editorial and Preproduction)
William L. Blowers (Photography)
James K. Branch (Photography)
Michael V. Chewey III (Laboratory)
Alan Gordon Enterprises (Camera)
Hollywood Film Company (Laboratory)
ISCO-OPTIC GmbH (Lenses and Filters)
Bruce W. Keller (Laboratory)
Dr. Antal Lisziewicz (Lenses and Filters)
Grant Loucks (Camera)
Manfred G. Michelson (Laboratory)
Offbeat Systems (Editorial and Preproduction)
Paul A. Roos (Systems)
Spectra Cine, Incorporated (Photography)
Technical Film Systems, Incorporated (Laboratory)
Emanuel Trilling (Stage Operations)
Trilling Resources Limited (Stage Operations)
Wilcam (Camera)
Geoffrey H. Williamson (Camera)
Nasir J. Zaidi (Photography)
Gary Zeller (Stage Operations)
Zeller International Limited (Stage Operations)
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|  | Best Picture: Rain Man
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| | What: 61st Annual Academy Awards
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| | Date: March 29, 1989
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| | Host: various presenters
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| | Location: Shine Auditorium (Los Angeles)
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| | Network: ABC
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