| 61st Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | March 29, 1989 | |||
| Site | Shrine Auditorium | |||
| Host | None | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | Rain Man | |||
| Most wins | Rain Man (4) | |||
| Most nominations | Rain Man (8) | |||
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The 61st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1988, and took place on Wednesday, March 29, 1989, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Allan Carr and directed by Jeff Margolis. Ten days earlier, in a ceremony held at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Angie Dickinson. The telecast garnered almost 43 million viewers in the United States. There was no host this year.
Nominees and Winners[]
The nominees for the 61st Academy Awards were announced on February 15, 1989. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 29, 1989.
Best Picture[]
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- Rain Man — Mark Johnson
- Nominees
- The Accidental Tourist — Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, Michael Grillo
- Dangerous Liaisons — Norma Heyman, Hank Moonjean
- Mississippi Burning — Frederick Zollo, Robert F. Colesberry
- Working Girl — Douglas Wick
Best Director[]
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Rain Man — Barry Levinson
- Nominees
- A Fish Called Wanda — Charles Crichton
- The Last Temptation of Christ — Martin Scorsese
- Mississippi Burning — Alan Parker
- Working Girl — Mike Nichols
Best Actor[]
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Dustin Hoffman — Rain Man
- Nominees
- Gene Hackman — Mississippi Burning
- Tom Hanks — Big
- Edward James Olmos — Stand and Deliver
- Max von Sydow — Pelle the Conqueror
Best Actress[]
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Jodie Foster — The Accused
- Nominees
- Glenn Close — Dangerous Liaisons
- Melanie Griffith — Working Girl
- Meryl Streep — A Cry in the Dark
- Sigourney Weaver — Gorillas in the Mist
Best Supporting Actor[]
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- Kevin Kline — A Fish Called Wanda
- Nominees
- Alec Guinness — Little Dorrit
- Martin Landau — Tucker The Man and His Dream
- River Phoenix — Running on Empty
- Dean Stockwell — Married to the Mob
Best Supporting Actress[]
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Geena Davis — The Accidental Tourist
- Nominees
- Joan Cusack — Working Girl
- Frances McDormand — Mississippi Burning
- Michelle Pfeiffer — Dangerous Liaisons
- Sigourney Weaver — Working Girl
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen[]
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- Rain Man — Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow
- Nominees
- Big — Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg
- Bull Durham — Ron Shelton
- A Fish Called Wanda — John Cleese, Charles Crichton
- Running on Empty — Naomi Foner
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium[]
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- Dangerous Liaisons — Christopher Hampton
- Nominees
- The Accidental Tourist — Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan
- Gorillas in the Mist — Anna Hamilton, Tab Murphy
- Little Dorrit — Christine Edzard
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being — Jean-Claude Carriere, Philip Kaufman
Best Foreign Language Film[]
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- Pelle the Conqueror from Denmark — Bille August
- Nominees
- Hanussen from Hungary — Istvan Szabo
- The Music Teacher from Belgium — Gerard Corbiau
- Salaam Bombay! from India — Mira Nair
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown from Spain — Pedro Almodovar
Best Documentary Feature[]
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie — Marcel Ophuls
- Nominees
- The Cry of Reason - Beyers Naude: An Afrikaner Speaks Out — Robert Bilheimer, Ronald Mix
- Let's Get Lost — Bruce Weber, Nan Bush
- Promises to Keep — Ginny Durrin
- Who Killed Vincent Chin? — Renee Tajima, Christine Choy
Best Documentary Short[]
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- You Don't Have to Die — William Guttentag, Malcolm Clarke
- Nominees
- The Children's Storefront — Karen Goodman
- Family Gathering — Lise Yasui, Ann Tegnell
- Gang Cops — Thomas B. Fleming, Daniel J. Marks
- Portrait of Imogen — Nancy Hale, Meg Partridge
Best Live Action Short[]
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- The Appointments of Dennis Jennings — Dean Parisot, Steven Wright
- Nominees
- Cadillac Dreams — Matia Karrell, Abbee Goldstein
- Gullah Tales — George deGolian, Gary Moss
Best Animated Short[]
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- Tin Toy — John Lasseter, William Reeves
- Nominees
- The Cat Came Back — Cordell Barker
- Technological Threat — Bill Kroyer, Brian Jennings
Best Original Score[]
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- The Milagro Beanfield War — Dave Grusin
- Nominees
- The Accidental Tourist — John Williams
- Dangerous Liaisons — George Fenton
- Gorillas in the Mist — Maurice Jarre
- Rain Man — Hans Zimmer
Best Original Song[]
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "Let the River Run" from Working Girl — Carly Simon
- Nominees
- "Calling You" from Bagdad Cafe — Bob Telson
- "Two Hearts" from Buster — Lamont Dozier, Phil Collins
Best Cinematography[]
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Mississippi Burning — Peter Biziou
- Nominees
- Rain Man — John Seale
- Tequila Sunrise — Conrad L. Hall
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being — Sven Nykvist
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Dean Cundey
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
- Dangerous Liaisons — James Acheson
- Nominees
- Coming to America — Deborah Nadoolman
- A Handful of Dust — Jane Robinson
- Sunset — Patricia Norris
- Tucker The Man and His Dream — Milena Canonero
Best Makeup[]
See also: Best Makeup
- Winner
- Beetlejuice — Ve Neill, Steve La Porte, Robert Short
- Nominees
- Coming to America — Rick Baker
- Scrooged — Tom Burman, Bari Dreiband-Burman
Best Film Editing[]
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Arthur Schmidt
- Nominees
- Die Hard — Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link
- Gorillas in the Mist — Stuart Baird
- Mississippi Buring — Gerry Hambling
- Rain Man — Stu Linder
Sound[]
See also: Best Sound
- Winner
- Bird — Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Willie D. Burton
- Nominees
- Die Hard — Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Al Overton
- Gorillas in the Mist — Andy Nelson, Brian Saunders, Peter Handford
- Mississippi Burning — Robert Litt, Elliot Tyson, Rick Kline, Danny Michael
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Robert Knudson, John Boyd, Don Digirolamo, Tony Dawe
Best Sound Effects Editing[]
See also: Best Sound Effects Editing
- Winner
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Charles L. Campbell, Louis L. Edemann
- Nominees
- Die Hard — Stephen H. Flick, Richard Shorr
- Willow — Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns
Best Visual Effects[]
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, George Gibbs
- Nominees
- Die Hard — Richard Edlund, Al DiSarro, Brent Boates, Thaine Morris
- Willow — Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Phil Tippett, Chris Evans
Honorary Awards[]
- National Film Board of Canada in recognition of its 50th anniversary and its dedicated commitment to originate artistic, creative and tehcnological activity and excellence in every area of film making.
- Eastman Kodak Company in recognition of the company's fundamental contributions to the art of motion pictures during the first centry of film history.
Special Achievement Award[]
- Richard Williams for the animation direction of Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Gordon E. Sawyer Award[]
- Gordon Henry Cook