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The 63rd Academy Awards
| 1991
Shrine Civic Auditorium
Monday, March 25, 1991
Honoring movies released in 1990
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Highlights
Supporting Actress
Ghost
Whoopi Goldberg
Original Screenplay
Ghost
Bruce Joel Rubin
Honorary Award
Myrna Loy, presented by Anjelica Huston
Memorable Moments
Billy Crystal
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The Oscar host makes a dramatic exit
John Barry
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Original Score winner for Dances with Wolves
Dean Semler
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Cinematography winner for Dances with Wolves
WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Jeremy Irons
Reversal of Fortune
Nominees
Kevin Costner
Dances With Wolves
Nominees
Robert De Niro
Awakenings
Nominees
Gerard Depardieu
Cyrano de Bergerac
Nominees
Richard Harris
The Field
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Joe Pesci
Good Fellas
Nominees
Bruce Davison
Longtime Companion
Nominees
Andy Garcia
The Godfather, Part III
Nominees
Graham Greene
Dances With Wolves
Nominees
Al Pacino
Dick Tracy
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Kathy Bates
Misery
Nominees
Anjelica Huston
The Grifters
Nominees
Julia Roberts
Pretty Woman
Nominees
Meryl Streep
Postcards from the Edge
Nominees
Joanne Woodward
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Whoopi Goldberg
Ghost
Nominees
Annette Bening
The Grifters
Nominees
Lorraine Bracco
Good Fellas
Nominees
Diane Ladd
Wild at Heart
Nominees
Mary McDonnell
Dances With Wolves
Art Direction
Winner
Dick Tracy
Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: Rick Simpson
Nominees
Cyrano de Bergerac
Art Direction: Ezio Frigerio; Set Decoration: Jacques Rouxel
Nominees
Dances With Wolves
Art Direction: Jeffrey Beecroft; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean
Nominees
The Godfather, Part III
Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
Nominees
Hamlet
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Cinematography
Winner
Dances With Wolves
Dean Semler
Nominees
Avalon
Allen Daviau
Nominees
Dick Tracy
Vittorio Storaro
Nominees
The Godfather, Part III
Gordon Willis
Nominees
Henry & June
Philippe Rousselot
Costume Design
Winner
Cyrano de Bergerac
Franca Squarciapino
Nominees
Avalon
Gloria Gresham
Nominees
Dances With Wolves
Elsa Zamparelli
Nominees
Dick Tracy
Milena Canonero
Nominees
Hamlet
Maurizio Millenotti
Directing
Winner
Dances With Wolves
Kevin Costner
Nominees
The Godfather, Part III
Francis Ford Coppola
Nominees
Good Fellas
Martin Scorsese
Nominees
The Grifters
Stephen Frears
Nominees
Reversal of Fortune
Barbet Schroeder
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
American Dream
Barbara Kopple and Arthur Cohn, Producers
Nominees
Berkeley in the Sixties
Mark Kitchell, Producer
Nominees
Building Bombs
Mark Mori and Susan Robinson, Producers
Nominees
Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Judith Montell, Producer
Nominees
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Robert Hillmann and Eugene Corr, Producers
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Days of Waiting
Steven Okazaki, Producer
Nominees
Burning Down Tomorrow
Kit Thomas, Producer
Nominees
Chimps: So Like Us
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, Producers
Nominees
Journey into Life: The World of the Unborn
Derek Bromhall, Producer
Nominees
Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember
Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders, Producers
Film Editing
Winner
Dances With Wolves
Neil Travis
Nominees
Ghost
Walter Murch
Nominees
The Godfather, Part III
Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, Walter Murch
Nominees
Good Fellas
Thelma Schoonmaker
Nominees
The Hunt for Red October
Dennis Virkler, John Wright
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Journey of Hope
Switzerland
Nominees
Cyrano de Bergerac
France
Nominees
Ju Dou
People's Republic of China
Nominees
The Nasty Girl
Germany
Nominees
Open Doors
Italy
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck
Makeup
Winner
Dick Tracy
John Caglione, Jr., Doug Drexler
Nominees
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
Nominees
Edward Scissorhands
Ve Neill, Stan Winston
Music (Original Score)
Winner
Dances With Wolves
John Barry
Nominees
Avalon
Randy Newman
Nominees
Ghost
Maurice Jarre
Nominees
Havana
David Grusin
Nominees
Home Alone
John Williams
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Dick Tracy
Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man) in "Dick Tracy" Music and Lyric by Stephen Sondheim
Nominees
Young Guns II
Blaze Of Glory in "Young Guns II" Music and Lyric by Jon Bon Jovi
Nominees
Postcards from the Edge
I'm Checkin' Out in "Postcards from the Edge" Music and Lyric by Shel Silverstein
Nominees
The Godfather, Part III
Promise Me You'll Remember in "The Godfather, Part III" Music by Carmine Coppola; Lyric by John Bettis
Nominees
Home Alone
Somewhere In My Memory in "Home Alone" Music by John Williams; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse
Best Picture
Winner
Dances With Wolves
Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, Producers
Nominees
Awakenings
Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker, Producers
Nominees
Ghost
Lisa Weinstein, Producer
Nominees
The Godfather, Part III
Francis Ford Coppola, Producer
Nominees
Good Fellas
Irwin Winkler, Producer
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Creature Comforts
Nick Park
Nominees
A Grand Day Out
Nick Park
Nominees
Grasshoppers (Cavallette)
Bruno Bozzetto
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
The Lunch Date
Adam Davidson
Nominees
Bronx Cheers
Raymond De Felitta, Matthew Gross
Nominees
Dear Rosie
Peter Cattaneo, Barnaby Thompson
Nominees
Senzeni Na? (What Have We Done?)
Bernard Joffa, Anthony E. Nicholas
Nominees
12:01 PM
Hillary Ripps, Jonathan Heap
Sound
Winner
Dances With Wolves
Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins, Russell Williams II
Nominees
Days of Thunder
Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, Charles Wilborn
Nominees
Dick Tracy
Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, D. M. Hemphill, Thomas Causey
Nominees
The Hunt for Red October
Don Bassman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Bryce Goodman
Nominees
Total Recall
Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Nelson Stoll
Sound Effects Editing
Winner
The Hunt for Red October
Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
Nominees
Flatliners
Charles L. Campbell, Richard Franklin
Nominees
Total Recall
Stephen H. Flick
Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects)
Winner
Total Recall
Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, Alex Funke
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Winner
Dances With Wolves
Michael Blake
Nominees
Awakenings
Steven Zaillian
Nominees
Good Fellas
Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
Nominees
The Grifters
Donald E. Westlake
Nominees
Reversal of Fortune
Nicholas Kazan
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Winner
Ghost
Bruce Joel Rubin
Nominees
Alice
Woody Allen
Nominees
Avalon
Barry Levinson
Nominees
Green Card
Peter Weir
Nominees
Metropolitan
Whit Stillman
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12:01 PM
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Hillary Ripps, Jonathan Heap
A
Alice
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Woody Allen
American Dream
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Feature) - Barbara Kopple and Arthur Cohn, Producers
Avalon
4 NOMINATIONS
- Cinematography - Allen Daviau
- Costume Design - Gloria Gresham
- Music (Original Score) - Randy Newman
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Barry Levinson
Awakenings
3 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Leading Role - Robert De Niro
- Best Picture - Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker, Producers
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Steven Zaillian
B
Berkeley in the Sixties
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Mark Kitchell, Producer
Bronx Cheers
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Raymond De Felitta, Matthew Gross
Building Bombs
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Mark Mori and Susan Robinson, Producers
Burning Down Tomorrow
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Kit Thomas, Producer
C
Chimps: So Like Us
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, Producers
Creature Comforts
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Animated) - Nick Park
Cyrano de Bergerac
5 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Costume Design - Franca Squarciapino
- Actor in a Leading Role - Gerard Depardieu
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Ezio Frigerio; Set Decoration: Jacques Rouxel
- Foreign Language Film - France
- Makeup - Cyrano de Bergerac
D
Dances With Wolves
12 NOMINATIONS,
7 WINS
- * Cinematography - Dean Semler
- * Directing - Kevin Costner
- * Film Editing - Neil Travis
- * Music (Original Score) - John Barry
- * Best Picture - Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, Producers
- * Sound - Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins, Russell Williams II
- * Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Michael Blake
- Actor in a Leading Role - Kevin Costner
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Graham Greene
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Mary McDonnell
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Jeffrey Beecroft; Set Decoration: Lisa Dean
- Costume Design - Elsa Zamparelli
Days of Thunder
1 NOMINATION
- Sound - Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell, Charles Wilborn
Days of Waiting
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Documentary (Short Subject) - Steven Okazaki, Producer
Dear Rosie
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Peter Cattaneo, Barnaby Thompson
Dick Tracy
7 NOMINATIONS,
3 WINS
- * Art Direction - Art Direction: Richard Sylbert; Set Decoration: Rick Simpson
- * Makeup - John Caglione, Jr., Doug Drexler
- * Music (Original Song) - Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man) in "Dick Tracy" Music and Lyric by Stephen Sondheim
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Al Pacino
- Cinematography - Vittorio Storaro
- Costume Design - Milena Canonero
- Sound - Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell, D. M. Hemphill, Thomas Causey
E
Edward Scissorhands
1 NOMINATION
- Makeup - Ve Neill, Stan Winston
F
The Field
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Leading Role - Richard Harris
Flatliners
1 NOMINATION
- Sound Effects Editing - Charles L. Campbell, Richard Franklin
Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Judith Montell, Producer
G
Ghost
5 NOMINATIONS,
2 WINS
- * Actress in a Supporting Role - Whoopi Goldberg
- * Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Bruce Joel Rubin
- Film Editing - Walter Murch
- Music (Original Score) - Maurice Jarre
- Best Picture - Lisa Weinstein, Producer
The Godfather, Part III
7 NOMINATIONS
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Andy Garcia
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
- Cinematography - Gordon Willis
- Directing - Francis Ford Coppola
- Film Editing - Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, Walter Murch
- Music (Original Song) - Promise Me You'll Remember in "The Godfather, Part III" Music by Carmine Coppola; Lyric by John Bettis
- Best Picture - Francis Ford Coppola, Producer
Good Fellas
6 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actor in a Supporting Role - Joe Pesci
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Lorraine Bracco
- Directing - Martin Scorsese
- Film Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker
- Best Picture - Irwin Winkler, Producer
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
A Grand Day Out
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Nick Park
Grasshoppers (Cavallette)
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Animated) - Bruno Bozzetto
Green Card
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Peter Weir
The Grifters
4 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Leading Role - Anjelica Huston
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Annette Bening
- Directing - Stephen Frears
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Donald E. Westlake
H
Hamlet
2 NOMINATIONS
- Art Direction - Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
- Costume Design - Maurizio Millenotti
Havana
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Score) - David Grusin
Henry & June
1 NOMINATION
- Cinematography - Philippe Rousselot
Home Alone
2 NOMINATIONS
- Music (Original Score) - John Williams
- Music (Original Song) - Somewhere In My Memory in "Home Alone" Music by John Williams; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse
The Hunt for Red October
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Sound Effects Editing - Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
- Film Editing - Dennis Virkler, John Wright
- Sound - Don Bassman, Richard Overton, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Bryce Goodman
J
Journey into Life: The World of the Unborn
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Derek Bromhall, Producer
Journey of Hope
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Foreign Language Film - Switzerland
Ju Dou
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - People's Republic of China
L
Longtime Companion
1 NOMINATION
- Actor in a Supporting Role - Bruce Davison
The Lunch Date
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Short Film (Live Action) - Adam Davidson
M
Metropolitan
1 NOMINATION
- Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Whit Stillman
Misery
1 WIN,
1 NOMINATION
- * Actress in a Leading Role - Kathy Bates
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Leading Role - Joanne Woodward
N
The Nasty Girl
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Germany
O
Open Doors
1 NOMINATION
- Foreign Language Film - Italy
P
Postcards from the Edge
2 NOMINATIONS
- Actress in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep
- Music (Original Song) - I'm Checkin' Out in "Postcards from the Edge" Music and Lyric by Shel Silverstein
Pretty Woman
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Leading Role - Julia Roberts
R
Reversal of Fortune
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Actor in a Leading Role - Jeremy Irons
- Directing - Barbet Schroeder
- Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Nicholas Kazan
Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Short Subject) - Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders, Producers
S
Senzeni Na? (What Have We Done?)
1 NOMINATION
- Short Film (Live Action) - Bernard Joffa, Anthony E. Nicholas
T
Total Recall
3 NOMINATIONS,
1 WIN
- * Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects) - Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, Alex Funke
- Sound - Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Nelson Stoll
- Sound Effects Editing - Stephen H. Flick
W
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
1 NOMINATION
- Documentary (Feature) - Robert Hillmann and Eugene Corr, Producers
Wild at Heart
1 NOMINATION
- Actress in a Supporting Role - Diane Ladd
Y
Young Guns II
1 NOMINATION
- Music (Original Song) - Blaze Of Glory in "Young Guns II" Music and Lyric by Jon Bon Jovi
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