| 60th Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | April 11, 1988 | |||
| Site | Shrine Auditorium | |||
| Host | Chevy Chase | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | The Last Emperor | |||
| Most wins | The Last Emperor (9) | |||
| Most nominations | The Last Emperor (9) | |||
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The 60th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on April 11, 1988, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 22 categories honoring films released in 1987. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and directed by Marty Pasetta. Actor Chevy Chase hosted the show for the second consecutive year. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on March 27, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Shirley Jones. The telecast garnered 42.2 million viewers in the United States. As of 2018, this is the most recent Academy Awards ceremony to take place in April.
Nominees and Winners[]
The nominees for the 60th Academy Awards were announced on February 16, 1988. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on April 11, 1988.
Best Picture[]
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- The Last Emperor — Jeremy Thomas
- Nominees
- Broadcast News — James L. Brooks
- Fatal Attraction — Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing
- Hope and Glory — John Boorman
- Moonstruck — Patrick Palmer, Norman Jewison
Best Director[]
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- The Last Emperor — Bernardo Bertolucci
- Nominees
- Fatal Attraction — Adrian Lyne
- Hope and Glory — John Boorman
- Moonstruck — Norman Jewison
- My Life as a Dog — Lasse Hallstrom
Best Actor[]
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Michael Douglas — Wall Street
- Nominees
- William Hurt — Broadcast News
- Marcello Mastroianni — Dark Eyes
- Jack Nicholson — Ironweed
- Robin Williams — Good Morning, Vietnam
Best Actress[]
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Cher — Moonstruck
- Nominees
- Glenn Close — Fatal Attraction
- Holly Hunter — Broadcast News
- Sally Kirkland — Anna
- Meryl Streep — Ironweed
Best Supporting Actor[]
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Sean Connery — The Untouchables
- Nominees
- Albert Brooks — Broadcast News
- Morgan Freeman — Street Smart
- Vincent Gardenia — Moonstruck
- Denzel Washington — Cry Freedom
Best Supporting Actress[]
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Olympia Dukakis — Moonstruck
- Nominees
- Norma Aleandro — Gaby - A True Story
- Anne Archer — Fatal Attraction
- Anne Ramsey — Throw Momma from the Train
- Ann Sothern — The Whales of August
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen[]
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- Moonstruck — John Patrick Shanley
- Nominees
- Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children) — Louis Malle
- Broadcast News — James L. Brooks
- Hope and Glory — John Boorman
- Radio Days — Woody Allen
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium[]
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- The Last Emperor — Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci
- Nominees
- The Dead — Tony Huston
- Fatal Attraction — James Dearden
- Full Metal Jacket — Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford
- My Life as a Dog — Lasse Hallstrom, Reidar Jonsson, Brasse Brannstrom, Per Berglund
Best Foreign Language Film[]
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- Babette's Feast from Denmark — Gabriel Axel
- Nominees
- Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children) from France — Louis Malle
- Course Completed from Spain — Jose Luis Garci
- The Family from Italy — Ettore Scola
- Pathfinder from Norway — Nils Gaup
Best Documentary Feature[]
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table — Aviva Slesin
- Nominees
- Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years/Bridge to Freedom 1965 — Callie Crossley, James A. DeVinney
- Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima — John Junkerman, John W. Dower
- Radio Bikini — Robert Stone
- A Stitch in Time — Barbara Herbich, Cyril Christo
Best Documentary Short[]
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- Young at Heart — Sue Marx, Pamela Conn
- Nominees
- Frances Steloff: Memoris of a Bookseller — Deborah Dickson
- In the Wee Wee Hours — Dr. Frank Daniel, Izak Ben-Meir
- Language Says It All — Megan Williams
- Silver into Gold — Lynn Mueller
Best Live Action Short[]
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall — Jonathan Sanger, Jana Sue Memel
- Nominees
- Making Waves — Ann Wingate
- Shoeshine — Robert A. Katz
Best Animated Short[]
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- The Man Who Planted Trees — Frederic Back
- Nominees
- George and Rosemary — Eunice Macaulay
- Your Face — Bill Plympton
Best Original Score[]
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- The Last Emperor — Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su
- Nominees
- Cry Freedom — George Fenton
- Empire of the Sun — John Williams
- The Untouchables — Ennio Morricone
- The Witches of Eastwick — John Williams
Best Original Song[]
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing — Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz
- Nominees
- "Cry Freedom" from Cry Freedom — George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa
- "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" from Mannequin — Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
- "Shakedown" from Bevery Hills Cop II — Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Bob Seger
- "Storybook Love" from The Princess Bride — Willy DeVille
Best Cinematography[]
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- The Last Emperor — Vittorio Storaro
- Nominees
- Broadcast News — Michael Ballhaus
- Empire of the Sun — Allen Daviau
- Hope and Glory — Philippe Rousselot
- Matewan — Haskell Wexler
Best Art Direction[]
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- Dangerous Liaisons — Stuart Craig, Gerard James
- Nominees
- Beaches — Albert Brenner, Garrett Lewis
- Rain Man — Ida Random, Linda DeScenna
- Tucker The Man and His Dream — Dean Tavoularis, Armin Ganz
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Elliot Scott, Peter Howitt
Costume Design[]
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- The Last Emperor — James Acheson
- Nominees
- The Dead — Dorothy Jeakins
- Empire of the Sun — Bob Ringwood
- Maurice — Jenny Beavan
- The Untouchables — Marilyn Vance-Straker
Best Makeup[]
See also: Best Makeup
- Winner
- Harry and the Hendersons — Rick Baker
- Nominees
- Happy New Year — Bob Laden
Best Film Editing[]
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- The Last Emperor — Gabriella Cristiani
- Nominees
- Broadcast News — Richard Marks
- Empire of the Sun — Michael Kahn
- Fatal Attraction — Michael Kahn, Peter E. Berger
- RoboCop — Frank J. Urioste
Sound[]
See also: Best Sound
- Winner
- The Last Emperor — Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock
- Nominees
- Empire of the Sun — Robert Knudson, Don Digirolamo, John Boyd, Tony Dawe
- Lethal Weapon — Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Bill Nelson
- RoboCop — Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Robert Wald
- The Witches of Eastwick — Wayne Artman, Tom Beckert, Tom Dahl, Art Rochester
Best Visual Effects[]
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- Innerspace — Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith
- Nominees
- Predator — Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg, Stan Winston
Special Achievement Award[]
- Stephen Flick, John Pospisil for sound effets editing for RoboCop
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award[]
Gordon E. Sawyer Award[]
- Fred Hynes