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59th Academy Awards

March 30, 1987 · Honoring films from 1986

BEST PICTURE
Poster for Platoon
Arnold Kopelson
Platoon
BEST DIRECTOR
Photo of Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
Platoon
BEST ACTOR
Photo of Paul Newman
Paul Newman
The Color of Money
BEST ACTRESS
Photo of Marlee Matlin
Marlee Matlin
Children of a Lesser God
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Poster for A Room with a View
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
A Room with a View
Category:
1986 (59th)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Paul Newman
Eddie Felson, The Color of Money
Dexter Gordon
Dale Turner, 'Round Midnight
Bob Hoskins
George, Mona Lisa
William Hurt
James, Children of a Lesser God
James Woods
Richard Boyle, Salvador
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Michael Caine
Elliot, Hannah and Her Sisters
Tom Berenger
Sgt. Barnes, Platoon
Willem Dafoe
Sgt. Elias, Platoon
Denholm Elliott
Mr. Emerson, A Room with a View
Dennis Hopper
Shooter, Hoosiers
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Marlee Matlin
Sarah, Children of a Lesser God
Jane Fonda
Alex Sternbergen, The Morning After
Sissy Spacek
Babe Magrath, Crimes of the Heart
Kathleen Turner
Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue Got Married
Sigourney Weaver
Ripley, Aliens
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Dianne Wiest
Holly, Hannah and Her Sisters
Tess Harper
Chick Boyle, Crimes of the Heart
Piper Laurie
Mrs. Norman, Children of a Lesser God
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Carmen, The Color of Money
Maggie Smith
Charlotte Bartlett, A Room with a View
Best Art Direction
Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow, Brian Savegar, Elio Altamura
A Room with a View
Peter Lamont, Crispian Sallis
Aliens
Boris Leven, Karen A. O'Hara
The Color of Money
Stuart Wurtzel, Carol Joffe
Hannah and Her Sisters
Stuart Craig, Jack Stephens
The Mission
Best Picture
Arnold Kopelson
Platoon
Burt Sugarman, Patrick Palmer
Children of a Lesser God
Robert Greenhut
Hannah and Her Sisters
Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam
The Mission
Ismail Merchant
A Room with a View
Best Cinematography
Chris Menges
The Mission
Jordan Cronenweth
Peggy Sue Got Married
Robert Richardson
Platoon
Tony Pierce-Roberts
A Room with a View
Don Peterman
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Best Costume Design
Jenny Beavan, John Bright
A Room with a View
Enrico Sabbatini
The Mission
Anna Anni, Maurizio Millenotti
Otello
Theadora Van Runkle
Peggy Sue Got Married
Anthony Powell
Pirates
Best Director
Oliver Stone
Platoon
David Lynch
Blue Velvet
Woody Allen
Hannah and Her Sisters
Roland Joffé
The Mission
James Ivory
A Room with a View
Best Documentary (Feature)
Brigitte Berman
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got N
Joseph Feury, Milton Justice
Down and Out in America N
David Bradbury
Chile: Hasta Cuando?
Kirk Simon, Amram Nowak
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
Sharon I. Sopher
Witness to Apartheid
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Vivienne Verdon-Roe
Women--for America, for the World
Alison Nigh-Strelich
Debonair Dancers
Sonya Friedman
The Masters of Disaster
Thomas L. Neff, Madeline Bell
Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse
Aaron D. Weisblatt
Sam
Best Film Editing
Claire Simpson
Platoon
Ray Lovejoy
Aliens
Susan E. Morse
Hannah and Her Sisters
Jim Clark
The Mission
Billy Weber, Chris Lebenzon
Top Gun
Best Foreign Language Film
The Netherlands
The Assault
France
Betty Blue
Canada
The Decline of the American Empire
Czechoslovakia
My Sweet Little Village
Austria
'38'
Best Makeup
Chris Walas, Stephan Dupuis
The Fly
Michael G. Westmore, Michèle Burke
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Rob Bottin, Peter Robb-King
Legend
Best Original Score
Herbie Hancock
'Round Midnight
James Horner
Aliens
Jerry Goldsmith
Hoosiers
Ennio Morricone
The Mission
Leonard Rosenman
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Best Original Song
Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock
“Take My Breath Away”, Top Gun
Peter Cetera, David Foster, Diane Nini
“Glory Of Love”, The Karate Kid Part II
Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse
“Life In A Looking Glass”, That's Life
Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
“Mean Green Mother From Outer Space”, Little Shop of Horrors
James Horner, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
“Somewhere Out There”, An American Tail
Best Animated Short Film
Linda Van Tulden, Willem Thijssen
A Greek Tragedy
Bob Stenhouse
The Frog, the Dog and the Devil
John Lasseter, William Reeves
Luxo Jr.
Best Live Action Short Film
Chuck Workman
Precious Images
Stefano Reali, Pino Quartullo
Exit
Fredda Weiss
Love Struck
Best Sound
John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles 'Bud' Grenzbach, Simon Kaye
Platoon
Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter, Roy Charman
Aliens
Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, William Nelson
Heartbreak Ridge
Terry Porter, Dave Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, Gene S. Cantamessa
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, William B. Kaplan
Top Gun
Best Sound Effects Editing
Don Sharpe
Aliens
Mark Mangini
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
Top Gun
Best Visual Effects
Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson
Aliens
Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren, Martin Gutteridge
Little Shop of Horrors
Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller, William Neil
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
A Room with a View
Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff
Children of a Lesser God
Richard Price
The Color of Money
Beth Henley
Crimes of the Heart
Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans
Stand by Me
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Woody Allen
Hannah and Her Sisters
Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell
'Crocodile' Dundee
Hanif Kureishi
My Beautiful Laundrette
Oliver Stone
Platoon
Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle
Salvador