The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners
Held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Monday, March 30, 1987,
honoring movies released in 1986.
A scene from Best Picture "Platoon."
Actor in a Leading Role
- Dexter Gordon in "’Round Midnight"
- Bob Hoskins in "Mona Lisa"
- William Hurt in "Children of a Lesser God"
- Paul Newman in "The Color of Money"
- James Woods in "Salvador"
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Tom Berenger in "Platoon"
- Michael Caine in "Hannah and Her Sisters"
- Willem Dafoe in "Platoon"
- Denholm Elliott in "A Room with a View"
- Dennis Hopper in "Hoosiers"
Actress in a Leading Role
- Jane Fonda in "The Morning After"
- Marlee Matlin in "Children of a Lesser God"
- Sissy Spacek in "Crimes of the Heart"
- Kathleen Turner in "Peggy Sue Got Married"
- Sigourney Weaver in "Aliens"
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Tess Harper in "Crimes of the Heart"
- Piper Laurie in "Children of a Lesser God"
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in "The Color of Money"
- Maggie Smith in "A Room with a View"
- Dianne Wiest in "Hannah and Her Sisters"
Art Direction
- "Aliens" Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
- "The Color of Money" Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Karen A. O’Hara
- "Hannah and Her Sisters" Art Direction: Stuart Wurtzel; Set Decoration: Carol Joffe
- "The Mission" Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Jack Stephens
- "A Room with a View" Art Direction: Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland- Snow; Set Decoration: Brian Savegar, Elio Altamura
Cinematography
- "The Mission" Chris Menges
- "Peggy Sue Got Married" Jordan Cronenweth
- "Platoon" Robert Richardson
- "A Room with a View" Tony Pierce-Roberts
- "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" Don Peterman
Costume Design
- "The Mission" Enrico Sabbatini
- "Otello" Anna Anni, Maurizio Millenotti
- "Peggy Sue Got Married" Theadora Van Runkle
- "Pirates" Anthony Powell
- "A Room with a View" Jenny Beavan, John Bright
Directing
- "Blue Velvet" David Lynch
- "Hannah and Her Sisters" Woody Allen
- "The Mission" Roland Joffé
- "Platoon" Oliver Stone
- "A Room with a View" James Ivory
Documentary (Feature)
- "Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got" Brigitte Berman, Producer
- "Chile: Hasta Cuando?" David Bradbury, Producer
- "Down and Out in America" Joseph Feury and Milton Justice, Producers
- "Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer" Kirk Simon and Amram Nowak, Producers
- "Witness to Apartheid" Sharon I. Sopher, Producer
Documentary (Short Subject)
- "Debonair Dancers" Alison Nigh-Strelich, Producer
- "The Masters of Disaster" Sonya Friedman, Producer
- "Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse" Thomas L. Neff and Madeline Bell, Producers
- "Sam" Aaron D. Weisblatt, Producer
- "Women--for America, for the World" Vivienne Verdon-Roe, Producer
Film Editing
- "Aliens" Ray Lovejoy
- "Hannah and Her Sisters" Susan E. Morse
- "The Mission" Jim Clark
- "Platoon" Claire Simpson
- "Top Gun" Billy Weber, Chris Lebenzon
Foreign Language Film
- "The Assault" The Netherlands
- "Betty Blue" France
- "The Decline of the American Empire" Canada
- "My Sweet Little Village" Czechoslovakia
- ""38"" Austria
Makeup
- "The Clan of the Cave Bear" Michael G. Westmore, Michèle Burke
- "The Fly" Chris Walas, Stephan Dupuis
- "Legend" Rob Bottin, Peter Robb-King
Music (Original Score)
- "Aliens" James Horner
- "Hoosiers" Jerry Goldsmith
- "The Mission" Ennio Morricone
- "’Round Midnight" Herbie Hancock
- "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" Leonard Rosenman
Music (Original Song)
- "Glory of Love" from "The Karate Kid Part II" Music by Peter Cetera and David Foster; Lyric by Peter Cetera and Diane Nini
- "Life in a Looking Glass" from "That’s Life" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse
- "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" from "Little Shop of Horrors" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
- "Somewhere Out There" from "An American Tail" Music by James Horner and Barry Mann; Lyric by Cynthia Weil
- "Take My Breath Away" from "Top Gun" Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyric by Tom Whitlock
Best Picture
- "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
- "A Room with a View" Ismail Merchant, Producer
Short Film (Animated)
- "The Frog, the Dog and the Devil" Bob Stenhouse, Producer
- "A Greek Tragedy" Linda Van Tulden and Willem Thijssen, Producers
- "Luxo Jr." John Lasseter and William Reeves, Producers
Short Film (Live Action)
- "Exit" Stefano Reali and Pino Quartullo, Producers
- "Love Struck" Fredda Weiss, Producer
- "Precious Images" Chuck Workman, Producer
Sound
- "Aliens" Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter, Roy Charman
- "Heartbreak Ridge" Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, William Nelson
- "Platoon" John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles "Bud" Grenzbach, Simon Kaye
- "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" Terry Porter, Dave Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, Gene S. Cantamessa
- "Top Gun" Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O’Connell, Rick Kline, William B. Kaplan
Sound Effects Editing
- "Aliens" Don Sharpe
- "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" Mark Mangini
- "Top Gun" Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
Visual Effects
- "Aliens" Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson
- "Little Shop of Horrors" Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren, Martin Gutteridge
- "Poltergeist II: The Other Side" Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller, William Neil
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
- "Children of a Lesser God" Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff
- "The Color of Money" Richard Price
- "Crimes of the Heart" Beth Henley
- "A Room with a View" Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- "Stand by Me" Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
- ""Crocodile" Dundee" Screenplay by Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell; Story by Paul Hogan
- "Hannah and Her Sisters" Woody Allen
- "My Beautiful Laundrette" Hanif Kureishi
- "Platoon" Oliver Stone
- "Salvador" Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle
- Star indicates a win.
