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