60th Academy Awards (1988)
Highlights of 60th Academy Awards ceremony
The 60th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1987.
The award ceremony was held on 11th April 1988 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California.
Chevy Chase was the anchor of the show.
The Last Emperor won the Best Picture award.
Michael Douglas won the Best Actor award for his role in Wall Street.
Cher won the Best Actess award for her role in Moonstruck.
Bernardo Bertolucci won the Best Director award for The Last Emperor.
- WINNER
Best Picture
The Last Emperor
- Jeremy Thomas
Broadcast News
- James L. Brooks
Fatal Attraction
- Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing
Hope and Glory
- John Boorman
Moonstruck
- Patrick Palmer, Norman Jewison
Best Director
The Last Emperor
- Bernardo Bertolucci
Hope and Glory
- John Boorman
My Life as a Dog
- Lasse Hallstrom
Moonstruck
- Norman Jewison
Fatal Attraction
- Adrian Lyne
Best Original Screenplay
The Last Emperor
- Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci
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 Adapted Screenplay
Moonstruck
- John Patrick Shanley
Broadcast News
- James L Brooks
Au Revoir Les Enfants
- Louis Malle
Hope and Glory
- John Boorman
Radio Days
- Woody Allen
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Wall Street
- Michael Douglas
Broadcast News
- William Hurt
Dark Eyes
- Marcello Mastroianni
Ironweed
- Jack Nicholson
Good Morning, Vietnam
- Robin Williams
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Moonstruck
- Cher
Fatal Attraction
- Glenn Close
Broadcast News
- Holly Hunter
Anna
- Sally Kirkland
Ironweed
- Meryl Streep
Best Supporting Actor
The Untouchables
- Sean Connery
Broadcast News
- Albert Brooks
Street Smart
- Morgan Freeman
Moonstruck
- Vincent Gardenia
Cry Freedom
- Denzel Washington
Best Supporting Actress
Moonstruck
- Olympia Dukakis
Fatal Attraction
- Anne Archer
Gaby - A True Story
- Norma Aleandro
Throw Momma from the Train
- Anne Ramsey
The Whales of August
- Ann Sothern
Best Art Direction
The Last Emperor
- Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri
Empire of the Sun
- Norman Reynolds, Harry Cordwell
Hope and Glory
- Anthony Pratt, Joan Woollard
Radio Days
- Santo Loquasto, Carol Joffe, Les Bloom, George DeTitta, Jr.
The Untouchables
- Patrizia von Brandenstein, William A. Elliott, Hal Gausman
Best Cinematography
The Last Emperor
- Vittorio Storaro
Broadcast News
- Michael Ballhaus
Empire of the Sun
- Allen Daviau
Hope and Glory
- Philippe Rousselot
Matewan
- Haskell Wexler
Best Original Song
Dirty Dancing
- Frankie Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz
for "The Time of My Life"
Cry Freedom
- George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa
for "Cry Freedom"
Mannequin
- Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
for "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Beverly Hills Cop II
- Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Bob Seger
for "Shakedown"
The Princess Bride
- Willy DeVille
for "Storybook Love"
Best Original Score
The Last Emperor
- David Byrne, Cong Su, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Cry Freedom
- George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa
Empire of the Sun
- John Williams
The Untouchables
- Ennio Morricone
The Witches of Eastwick
- John Williams
Best Sound Mixing
The Last Emperor
- Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock
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
Innerspace
- Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Winston
Predator
- Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg, Stan Winston
Best Costume Design
The Last Emperor
- James Acheson
The Dead
- Dorothy Jeakins
Empire of the Sun
- Bob Ringwood
Maurice
- Jenny Beavan, John Bright
The Untouchables
- Marilyn Vance-Straker
Best Makeup
Harry and the Hendersons
- Rick Baker
Happy New Year
- Bob Laden
Best Animated Short Film
The Man Who Planted Trees
- Frederic Back
George and Rosemary
- Eunice Macaulay
Your Face
- Bill Plympton
Best Documentary Feature
The Ten-Year Lunch - The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table
- Aviva Slesin
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 for Time
- Barbara Herbich, Cyril Christo
Best Documentary Short Subject
Young at Heart
- Sue Marx, Pamela Conn
Frances Steloff - Memoirs of a Bookseller
- Deborah Dickson
In the Wee Wee Hours...
- Frank Daniel, Izak Ben-Meir
Language Says It All
- Megan Williamsi
Silver into Gold
- Lynn Mueller
Best Foreign Language Film
Babette's Feast
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Course Completed
The Family
Pathfinder
Best Live Action Short Film
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
- Jonathan Sanger, Jana Sue Memel
Making Waves
- Ann Wingate
Shoeshine
- Robert A. Katz
Best Film Editing
The Last Emperor
- Gabriella Cristiani
Broadcast News
- Richard Marks
Empire of the Sun
- Michael Kahn
Fatal Attraction
- Michael Kahn, Peter E. Berger
RoboCop
- Frank J. Urioste