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61st Academy Awards

March 29, 1989 · Honoring films from 1988

BEST PICTURE
Poster for Rain Man
Mark Johnson
Rain Man
BEST DIRECTOR
Photo of Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson
Rain Man
BEST ACTOR
Photo of Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman
Rain Man
BEST ACTRESS
Photo of Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster
The Accused
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Poster for Rain Man
Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow
Rain Man
Category:
1988 (61st)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Dustin Hoffman
Raymond Babbitt, Rain Man
Gene Hackman
Anderson, Mississippi Burning
Tom Hanks
Josh, Big
Edward James Olmos
Jaime Escalante, Stand and Deliver
Max von Sydow
Lasse Karlsson, Pelle the Conqueror
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Kevin Kline
Otto, A Fish Called Wanda
Alec Guinness
William Dorrit, Little Dorrit
Martin Landau
Abe, Tucker The Man and His Dream
River Phoenix
Danny Pope, Running on Empty
Dean Stockwell
Tony 'the Tiger' Russo, Married to the Mob
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Jodie Foster
Sarah Tobias, The Accused
Glenn Close
Marquise de Merteuil, Dangerous Liaisons
Melanie Griffith
Tess McGill, Working Girl
Meryl Streep
Lindy, A Cry in the Dark
Sigourney Weaver
Dian Fossey, Gorillas in the Mist
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Geena Davis
Muriel, The Accidental Tourist
Joan Cusack
Cyn, Working Girl
Frances McDormand
Mrs. Pell, Mississippi Burning
Michelle Pfeiffer
Madame de Tourvel, Dangerous Liaisons
Sigourney Weaver
Katharine Parker, Working Girl
Best Art Direction
Stuart Craig, Gerard James
Dangerous Liaisons
Albert Brenner, Garrett Lewis
Beaches
Ida Random, Linda DeScenna
Rain Man
Dean Tavoularis, Armin Ganz
Tucker The Man and His Dream
Elliot Scott, Peter Howitt
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Best Picture
Mark Johnson
Rain Man
Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, Michael Grillo
The Accidental Tourist
Norma Heyman, Hank Moonjean
Dangerous Liaisons
Frederick Zollo, Robert F. Colesberry
Mississippi Burning
Douglas Wick
Working Girl
Best Cinematography
Peter Biziou
Mississippi Burning
John Seale
Rain Man
Conrad L. Hall
Tequila Sunrise
Sven Nykvist
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Dean Cundey
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Best Costume Design
James Acheson
Dangerous Liaisons
Deborah Nadoolman
Coming to America
Jane Robinson
A Handful of Dust
Patricia Norris
Sunset
Milena Canonero
Tucker The Man and His Dream
Best Director
Barry Levinson
Rain Man
Charles Crichton
A Fish Called Wanda
Martin Scorsese
The Last Temptation of Christ
Alan Parker
Mississippi Burning
Mike Nichols
Working Girl
Best Documentary (Feature)
Marcel Ophuls
Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Robert Bilheimer, Ronald Mix
The Cry of Reason - Beyers Naudé: An Afrikaner Speaks Out
Bruce Weber, Nan Bush
Let's Get Lost
Ginny Durrin
Promises to Keep
Renee Tajima, Christine Choy
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
William Guttentag, Malcolm Clarke
You Don't Have to Die
Karen Goodman
The Children's Storefront
Lise Yasui, Ann Tegnell
Family Gathering
Thomas B. Fleming, Daniel J. Marks
Gang Cops
Nancy Hale, Meg Partridge
Portrait of Imogen
Best Film Editing
Arthur Schmidt
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link
Die Hard
Stuart Baird
Gorillas in the Mist
Gerry Hambling
Mississippi Burning
Stu Linder
Rain Man
Best Foreign Language Film
Denmark
Pelle the Conqueror
Hungary
Hanussen
Belgium
The Music Teacher
India
Salaam Bombay!
Spain
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Best Makeup
Ve Neill, Steve La Porte, Robert Short
Beetlejuice
Rick Baker
Coming to America
Tom Burman, Bari Dreiband-Burman
Scrooged
Best Original Score
Dave Grusin
The Milagro Beanfield War
John Williams
The Accidental Tourist
George Fenton
Dangerous Liaisons
Maurice Jarre
Gorillas in the Mist
Hans Zimmer
Rain Man
Best Original Song
Carly Simon
“Let The River Run”, Working Girl
Bob Telson
“Calling You”, Bagdad Cafe
Lamont Dozier, Phil Collins
“Two Hearts”, Buster
Best Animated Short Film
John Lasseter, William Reeves
Tin Toy
Cordell Barker
The Cat Came Back
Bill Kroyer, Brian Jennings
Technological Threat
Best Live Action Short Film
Dean Parisot, Steven Wright
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Matia Karrell, Abbee Goldstein
Cadillac Dreams
George deGolian, Gary Moss
Gullah Tales
Best Sound
Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Willie D. Burton
Bird
Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Al Overton
Die Hard
Andy Nelson, Brian Saunders, Peter Handford
Gorillas in the Mist
Robert Litt, Elliot Tyson, Rick Kline, Danny Michael
Mississippi Burning
Robert Knudson, John Boyd, Don Digirolamo, Tony Dawe
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Best Sound Effects Editing
Charles L. Campbell, Louis L. Edemann
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Stephen H. Flick, Richard Shorr
Die Hard
Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns
Willow
Best Visual Effects
Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, George Gibbs
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Richard Edlund, Al DiSarro, Brent Boates, Thaine Morris
Die Hard
Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Phil Tippett, Chris Evans
Willow
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Christopher Hampton
Dangerous Liaisons
Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan
The Accidental Tourist
Anna Hamilton Phelan, Tab Murphy
Gorillas in the Mist
Christine Edzard
Little Dorrit
Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow
Rain Man
Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg
Big
Ron Shelton
Bull Durham
John Cleese, Charles Crichton
A Fish Called Wanda
Naomi Foner
Running on Empty