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The 62nd Academy Awards
| 1990
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Monday, March 26, 1990
Honoring movies released in 1989
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Highlights
Visual Effects
The Abyss
John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman and Dennis Skotak
Original Song
"Under The Sea" from The Little Mermaid
Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Makeup
Driving Miss Daisy
Manilo Rocchetti, Lynn Barber and Kevin Haney
Memorable Moments
Akira Kurosawa
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The Honorary Award recipient with presenters George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
David Brenner and Joe Hutshing
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Film Editing winners for Born on the Fourth of July
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Billy Crystal's first hosting appearance at the Oscars
WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Daniel Day Lewis
My Left Foot
Nominees
Kenneth Branagh
Henry V
Nominees
Tom Cruise
Born on the Fourth of July
Nominees
Morgan Freeman
Driving Miss Daisy
Nominees
Robin Williams
Dead Poets Society
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Denzel Washington
Glory
Nominees
Danny Aiello
Do the Right Thing
Nominees
Dan Aykroyd
Driving Miss Daisy
Nominees
Marlon Brando
A Dry White Season
Nominees
Martin Landau
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Jessica Tandy
Driving Miss Daisy
Nominees
Isabelle Adjani
Camille Claudel
Nominees
Pauline Collins
Shirley Valentine
Nominees
Jessica Lange
Music Box
Nominees
Michelle Pfeiffer
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Brenda Fricker
My Left Foot
Nominees
Anjelica Huston
Enemies, A Love Story
Nominees
Lena Olin
Enemies, A Love Story
Nominees
Julia Roberts
Steel Magnolias
Nominees
Dianne Wiest
Parenthood
Art Direction
Winner
Batman
Art Direction: Anton Furst; Set Decoration: Peter Young
Nominees
The Abyss
Art Direction: Leslie Dilley; Set Decoration: Anne Kuljian
Nominees
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Nominees
Driving Miss Daisy
Art Direction: Bruno Rubeo; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
Nominees
Glory
Art Direction: Norman Garwood; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
Cinematography
Winner
Glory
Freddie Francis
Nominees
The Abyss
Mikael Salomon
Nominees
Blaze
Haskell Wexler
Nominees
Born on the Fourth of July
Robert Richardson
Nominees
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Michael Ballhaus
Costume Design
Winner
Henry V
Phyllis Dalton
Nominees
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Gabriella Pescucci
Nominees
Driving Miss Daisy
Elizabeth McBride
Nominees
Harlem Nights
Joe I. Tompkins
Nominees
Valmont
Theodor Pistek
Directing
Winner
Born on the Fourth of July
Oliver Stone
Nominees
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Woody Allen
Nominees
Dead Poets Society
Peter Weir
Nominees
Henry V
Kenneth Branagh
Nominees
My Left Foot
Jim Sheridan
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Robert Epstein and Bill Couturié, Producers
Nominees
Adam Clayton Powell
Richard Kilberg and Yvonne Smith, Producers
Nominees
Crack USA: County under Siege
Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers
Nominees
For All Mankind
Al Reinert and Betsy Broyles Breier, Producers
Nominees
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
Judith Leonard and Bill Jersey, Producers
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
The Johnstown Flood
Charles Guggenheim, Producer
Nominees
Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9
David Petersen, Producer
Nominees
Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future
Ray Errol Fox, Producer
Film Editing
Winner
Born on the Fourth of July
David Brenner, Joe Hutshing
Nominees
The Bear
The Bear
Nominees
Driving Miss Daisy
Mark Warner
Nominees
The Fabulous Baker Boys
William Steinkamp
Nominees
Glory
Steven Rosenblum
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Cinema Paradiso
Italy
Nominees
Camille Claudel
France
Nominees
Jesus of Montreal
Canada
Nominees
Waltzing Regitze
Denmark
Nominees
What Happened to Santiago
Puerto Rico
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Howard W. Koch
Makeup
Winner
Driving Miss Daisy
Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber, Kevin Haney
Nominees
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Maggie Weston, Fabrizio Sforza
Nominees
Dad
Dick Smith, Ken Diaz, Greg Nelson
Music (Original Score)
Winner
The Little Mermaid
Alan Menken
Nominees
Born on the Fourth of July
John Williams
Nominees
The Fabulous Baker Boys
David Grusin
Nominees
Field of Dreams
James Horner
Nominees
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
John Williams
Music (Original Song)
Winner
The Little Mermaid
Under The Sea in "The Little Mermaid" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
Nominees
Chances Are
After All in "Chances Are" Music by Tom Snow; Lyric by Dean Pitchford
Nominees
Shirley Valentine
The Girl Who Used To Be Me in "Shirley Valentine" Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Nominees
Parenthood
I Love To See You Smile in "Parenthood" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Nominees
The Little Mermaid
Kiss The Girl in "The Little Mermaid" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
Best Picture
Winner
Driving Miss Daisy
Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, Producers
Nominees
Born on the Fourth of July
A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone, Producers
Nominees
Dead Poets Society
Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas, Producers
Nominees
Field of Dreams
Lawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon, Producers
Nominees
My Left Foot
Noel Pearson, Producer
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Balance
Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Nominees
The Cow
Alexander Petrov
Nominees
The Hill Farm
Mark Baker
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Work Experience
James Hendrie
Nominees
Amazon Diary
Robert Nixon
Nominees
The Childeater
Jonathan Tammuz
Sound
Winner
Glory
Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg C. Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, Russell Williams II
Nominees
The Abyss
Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Lee Orloff
Nominees
Black Rain
Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester
Nominees
Born on the Fourth of July
Michael Minkler, Gregory H. Watkins, Wylie Stateman, Tod A. Maitland
Nominees
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy, Tony Dawe
Sound Effects Editing
Winner
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns
Nominees
Black Rain
Milton C. Burrow, William L. Manger
Nominees
Lethal Weapon 2
Robert Henderson, Alan Robert Murray
Visual Effects
Winner
The Abyss
John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, Dennis Skotak
Nominees
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Richard Conway, Kent Houston
Nominees
Back to the Future Part II
Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, Steve Gawley
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Winner
Driving Miss Daisy
Alfred Uhry
Nominees
Born on the Fourth of July
Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic
Nominees
Enemies, A Love Story
Roger L. Simon, Paul Mazursky
Nominees
Field of Dreams
Phil Alden Robinson
Nominees
My Left Foot
Jim Sheridan, Shane Connaughton
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Winner
Dead Poets Society
Tom Schulman
Nominees
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Woody Allen
Nominees
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee
Nominees
sex, lies, and videotape
Steven Soderbergh
Nominees
When Harry Met Sally...
Nora Ephron
A
The Abyss
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Visual Effects - John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, Dennis Skotak
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Leslie Dilley; Set Decoration: Anne Kuljian
- Cinematography - Mikael Salomon
- Sound - Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Lee Orloff
Adam Clayton Powell
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Richard Kilberg and Yvonne Smith, Producers
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
4 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
- Costume Design - Gabriella Pescucci
- Makeup - Maggie Weston, Fabrizio Sforza
- Visual Effects - Richard Conway, Kent Houston
Amazon Diary
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Robert Nixon
B
Back to the Future Part II
1 NOMINATION
- Visual Effects - Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, Steve Gawley
Balance
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Animated) - Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Batman
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Art Direction - Art Direction: Anton Furst; Set Decoration: Peter Young
The Bear
1 NOMINATION
- Film Editing - The Bear
Black Rain
2 NOMINATIONS
- Sound - Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Keith A. Wester
- Sound Effects Editing - Milton C. Burrow, William L. Manger
Blaze
1 NOMINATION
- Cinematography - Haskell Wexler
Born on the Fourth of July
8 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Directing - Oliver Stone
- * Film Editing - David Brenner, Joe Hutshing
- Actor in a Leading Role - Tom Cruise
- Cinematography - Robert Richardson
- Music (Original Score) - John Williams
- Best Picture - A. Kitman Ho and Oliver Stone, Producers
- Sound - Michael Minkler, Gregory H. Watkins, Wylie Stateman, Tod A. Maitland
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic
C
Camille Claudel
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Leading Role - Isabelle Adjani
- Foreign Language Film - France
Chances Are
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Song) - After All in "Chances Are" Music by Tom Snow; Lyric by Dean Pitchford
The Childeater
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Jonathan Tammuz
Cinema Paradiso
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Foreign Language Film - Italy
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Feature) - Robert Epstein and Bill Couturié, Producers
The Cow
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Alexander Petrov
Crack USA: County under Siege
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers
Crimes and Misdemeanors
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Martin Landau
- Directing - Woody Allen
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Woody Allen
D
Dad
1 NOMINATION
- Makeup - Dick Smith, Ken Diaz, Greg Nelson
Dead Poets Society
4 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Tom Schulman
- Actor in a Leading Role - Robin Williams
- Directing - Peter Weir
- Best Picture - Steven Haft, Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas, Producers
Do the Right Thing
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Danny Aiello
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Spike Lee
Driving Miss Daisy
9 NOMINATIONS,
4 WINS
- * Actress in a Leading Role - Jessica Tandy
- * Makeup - Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber, Kevin Haney
- * Best Picture - Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, Producers
- * Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Alfred Uhry
- Actor in a Leading Role - Morgan Freeman
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Dan Aykroyd
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Bruno Rubeo; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
- Costume Design - Elizabeth McBride
- Film Editing - Mark Warner
A Dry White Season
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Marlon Brando
E
Enemies, A Love Story
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Roger L. Simon, Paul Mazursky
F
The Fabulous Baker Boys
4 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Leading Role - Michelle Pfeiffer
- Cinematography - Michael Ballhaus
- Film Editing - William Steinkamp
- Music (Original Score) - David Grusin
Field of Dreams
3 NOMINATIONS
- Music (Original Score) - James Horner
- Best Picture - Lawrence Gordon and Charles Gordon, Producers
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Phil Alden Robinson
Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - David Petersen, Producer
For All Mankind
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Al Reinert and Betsy Broyles Breier, Producers
G
Glory
5 NOMINATIONS,
3 WINS
- * Actor in a Supporting Role - Denzel Washington
- * Cinematography - Freddie Francis
- * Sound - Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg C. Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, Russell Williams II
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Norman Garwood; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis
- Film Editing - Steven Rosenblum
H
Harlem Nights
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design - Joe I. Tompkins
Henry V
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Costume Design - Phyllis Dalton
- Actor in a Leading Role - Kenneth Branagh
- Directing - Kenneth Branagh
The Hill Farm
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Mark Baker
I
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Sound Effects Editing - Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns
- Music (Original Score) - John Williams
- Sound - Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy, Tony Dawe
J
Jesus of Montreal
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Canada
The Johnstown Flood
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Short Subject) - Charles Guggenheim, Producer
L
Lethal Weapon 2
1 NOMINATION
- Sound Effects Editing - Robert Henderson, Alan Robert Murray
The Little Mermaid
3 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Music (Original Score) - Alan Menken
- * Music (Original Song) - Under The Sea in "The Little Mermaid" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
- Music (Original Song) - Kiss The Girl in "The Little Mermaid" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
M
Music Box
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Leading Role - Jessica Lange
My Left Foot
5 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Actor in a Leading Role - Daniel Day Lewis
- * Actress in a Supporting Role - Brenda Fricker
- Directing - Jim Sheridan
- Best Picture - Noel Pearson, Producer
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Jim Sheridan, Shane Connaughton
P
Parenthood
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Dianne Wiest
- Music (Original Song) - I Love To See You Smile in "Parenthood" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
S
sex, lies, and videotape
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Steven Soderbergh
Shirley Valentine
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Leading Role - Pauline Collins
- Music (Original Song) - The Girl Who Used To Be Me in "Shirley Valentine" Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyric by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Steel Magnolias
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Julia Roberts
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Judith Leonard and Bill Jersey, Producers
V
Valmont
1 NOMINATION
- Costume Design - Theodor Pistek
W
Waltzing Regitze
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Denmark
What Happened to Santiago
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Puerto Rico
When Harry Met Sally...
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Nora Ephron
Work Experience
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Live Action) - James Hendrie
Y
Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Ray Errol Fox, Producer
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