61st Academy Awards (1989)
Highlights of 61st Academy Awards ceremony
The 61st Academy Awards honored the best films of 1988.
The award ceremony was held on 27th March 1989 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California.
Rain Man won the Best Picture award.
Dustin Hoffman won the Best Actor award for his role in Rain Man.
Jodie Foster won the Best Actess award for her role in The Accused.
Barry Levinson won the Best Director award for Rain Man.
- WINNER
Best Picture
Rain Man
- Mark Johnson
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
Rain Man
- Barry Levinson
A Fish Called Wanda
- Charles Crichton
Working Girl
- Mike Nichols
Mississippi Burning
- Alan Parker
The Last Temptation of Christ
- Martin Scorsese
Best Original Screenplay
Dangerous Liaisons
- Christopher Hampton
The Accidental Tourist
- Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan
Gorillas in the Mist - The Story of Dian Fossey
- Anna Hamilton Phelan, Tab Murphy
Little Dorrit
- Christine Edzard
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Jean-Claude Carriere, Philip Kaufman
Best Adapted Screenplay
Rain Man
- Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow
Big
- Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg
Bull Durham
- Ron Shelton
A Fish Called Wanda
- John Cleese, Charles Crichton
Running on Empty
- Naomi Foner
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Rain Man
- Dustin Hoffman
Mississippi Burning
- Gene Hackman
Big
- Tom Hanks
Stand and Deliver
- Edward James Olmos
Pelle the Conqueror
- Max von Sydow
Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Accused
- Jodie Foster
Dangerous Liaisons
- Glenn Close
Working Girl
- Melanie Griffith
A Cry in the Dark
- Meryl Streep
Gorillas in the Mist - The Story of Dian Fossey
- Sigourney Weaver
Best Supporting Actor
A Fish Called Wanda
- Kevin Kline
Little Dorrit
- Alec Guiness
Tucker - The Man and His Dream
- Martin Landau
Running on Empty
- River Phoenix
Married to the Mob
- Dean Stockwell
Best Supporting Actress
The Accidental Tourist
- Geena Davis
Working Girl
- Joan Cusack
Mississippi Burning
- Frances McDormand
Dangerous Liaisons
- Michelle Pfeiffer
Working Girl
- Sigourney Weaver
Best Art Direction
Dangerous Liaisons
- Stuart Craig, Gerard James
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
Best Cinematography
Mississippi Burning
- Peter Biziou
Rain Man
- John Seale
Tequila Sunrise
- Conrad Hall
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Sven Nykvist
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Dean Cundey
Best Original Song
Working Girl
- Carly Simon
for "Let the River Run"
Bagdad Cafe
- Bob Telson
for "Calling You"
Buster
- Lamont Dozier, Phil Collins
for "Two Hearts"
Best Original Score
The Milagro Beanfield War
- Dave Grusin
The Accidental Tourist
- John Williams
Dangerous Liaisons
- George Fenton
Gorillas in the Mist
- Maurice Jarre
Rain Man
- Hans Zimmer
Best Sound Mixing
Bird
- Les Fresholtz, Rick Alexander, Vern Poorend Willie D. Burton
Die Hard
- Don Bassman, Kevin Cleary, Richard Overton, Al Overton
Gorillas in the Mist
- Andy Nelson, Brian Saunders, Peter Handford
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Robert Knudson, John Boyd, Don Digirolamo, Tony Dawe
Mississippi Burning
- Robert Litt, Elliot Tyson, Rick Kline, Danny Michael
Best Visual Effects
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Ed Jones, George Gibbs
Die Hard
- Richard Edlund, Al DiSarro, Brent Boates, Thaine Morris
Willow
- Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Phil Tippett, Chris Evans
Best Costume Design
Dangerous Liaisons
- James Acheson
Coming to America
- Deborah Nadoolman
A Handful of Dust
- Jane Robinson
Sunset
- Patricia Norris
Tucker - The Man and His Dream
- Milena Canonero
Best Makeup
Beetlejuice
- Ve Neill, Steve LaPorte, Robert Short
Coming to America
- Rick Baker
Scrooged
- Tom Burman, Bari Dreiband-Burman
Best Animated Short Film
Tin Toy
- John Lasseter, William Reeves
The Cat Came Back
- Cordell Barker
Technological Threat
- Bill Kroyer, Brian Jennings
Best Documentary Feature
Hotel Terminus - The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
- Marcel Ophuls
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 Subject
You Don't Have to Die
- William Guttentag, Malcolm Clarke
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 Foreign Language Film
Pelle the Conqueror
Hanussen
Salaam Bombay!
The Music Teacher
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Academy Honorary Award
The National Film Board of Canada
for "In recognition of its 50th anniversary and its dedicated commitment to originate artistic, creative and technological activity and excellence in every area of film making."
Eastman Kodak Company
for "In recognition of the company's fundamental contributions to the art of motion pictures during the first century of film history."
Best Live Action Short Film
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
- Dean Parisot, Steven Wright
Cadillac Dreams
- Matia Karrell, Abbee Goldstein
Gullah Tales
- George deGolian, Gary Moss
Best Film Editing
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Arthur Schmidt
Die Hard
- Frank Urioste, John Link
Mississippi Burning
- Gerry Hambling
Rain Man
- Stu Linder
Gorillas in the Mist
- Stuart Baird