61ST ACADEMY AWARDS
March 29, 1989
Shrine Auditorium
Hosted by *none*
BEST PICTURE
| “The Accidental Tourist” |
| “Dangerous Liaisons” |
| “Mississippi Burning” |
| “Rain Man” |
| “Working Girl” |
DIRECTOR
| Charles Crichton – “A Fish Called Wanda” |
| Barry Levinson – “Rain Man” |
| Mike Nichols – “Working Girl” |
| Alan Parker – “Mississippi Burning” |
| Martin Scorsese – “The Last Temptation of Christ” |
ACTOR
| Gene Hackman – “Mississippi Burning” as Agent Rupert Anderson |
| Tom Hanks – “Big” as Josh Baskin |
| Dustin Hoffman – “Rain Man” as Raymond “Rain Man” Babbit |
| Edward James Olmos – “Stand and Deliver” as Jaime Escalante |
| Max von Sydow – “Pelle the Conqueror” as Lassefar |
ACTRESS
| Glenn Close – “Dangerous Liaisons” as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil |
| Jodie Foster – “The Accused” as Sarah Tobias |
| Melanie Griffith – “Working Girl” as Tess McGill |
| Meryl Streep – “A Cry in the Dark” as Lindy Chamberlain |
| Sigourney Weaver – “Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey” as Dian Fossey |
SUPPORTING ACTOR
| Alec Guinness – “Little Dorrit” as William Dorrit |
| Kevin Kline – “A Fish Called Wanda” as Otto West |
| Martin Landau – “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” as Abe Karatz |
| River Phoenix – “Running on Empty” as Danny Pope |
| Dean Stockwell – “Married to the Mob” as Tony “The Tiger” Russo |
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
| Joan Cusack – “Working Girl” as Cyn |
| Geena Davis – “The Accidental Tourist” as Muriel Pritchett |
| Frances McDormand – “Mississippi Burning” as Mrs. Pell |
| Michelle Pfeiffer – “Dangerous Liaisons” as Madame Marie de Tourvel |
| Sigourney Weaver – “Working Girl” as Katharine Parker |
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
| “The Accidental Tourist” – Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan |
| “Dangerous Liaisons” – Christopher Hampton |
| “Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey” – Anna Hamilton Phelan and Tab Murphy |
| “Little Dorrit” – Christine Edzard |
| “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” – Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman |
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
| “Big” – Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg |
| “Bull Durham” – Ron Shelton |
| “A Fish Called Wanda” – John Cleese and Charles Crichton |
| “Rain Man” – Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow |
| “Running on Empty” – Naomi Foner |
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE
| “Hanussen” (Hungary) |
| “The Music Teacher” (Belgium) |
| “Pelle the Conqueror” (Denmark) |
| “Salaam Bombay!” (India) |
| “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” (Spain) |
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
| “The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude – An Afrikaner Speaks Out” |
| “Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie” |
| “Let’s Get Lost” |
| “Promises to Keep” |
| “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” |
DOCUMENTARY
(SHORT SUBJECT)
| “The Children’s Storefront” |
| “Family Gathering” |
| “Gang Cops” |
| “Portrait of Imogen” |
| “You Don’t Have to Die” |
ANIMATED SHORT
| “The Cat Came Back” |
| “Technological Threat” |
| “Tin Toy” |
LIVE ACTION SHORT
| “The Appointments of Dennis Jennings” |
| “Cadillac Dreams” |
| “Gullah Tales” |
ART DIRECTION
| “Beaches” – Albert Brenner and Garrett Lewis |
| “Dangerous Liaisons” – Stuart Craig and Gérard James |
| “Rain Man” – Ida Random and Linda DeScenna |
| “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” – Dean Tavoularis and Armin Ganz |
| “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” – Elliot Scott and Peter Howitt |
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 |
COSTUME DESIGN
| “Coming to America” – Deborah Nadoolman Landis |
| “Dangerous Liaisons” – James Acheson |
| “A Handful of Dust” – Jane Robinson |
| “Sunset” – Patricia Norris |
| “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” – Milena Canonero |
FILM EDITING
| “Die Hard” – Frank Urioste and John Link |
| “Gorillas in the Mist” – Stuart Baird |
| “Mississippi Burning” – Gerry Hambling |
| “Rain Man” – Stu Linder |
| “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” – Arthur Schmidt |
MAKEUP
| “Beetlejuice” – Ve Neill, Steve LaPorte and Robert Short |
| “Coming to America” – Rick Baker |
| “Scrooged” – Tom Burman and Bari Dreiband-Burman |
ORIGINAL SCORE
| “The Accidental Tourist” – John Williams |
| “Dangerous Liaisons” – George Fenton |
| “Gorillas in the Mist” – Maurice Jarre |
| “The Milagro Beanfield War” – Dave Grusin |
| “Rain Man” – Hans Zimmer |
ORIGINAL SONG
| “Calling You” from “Bagdad Cafe” – Bob Telson |
| “Let the River Run” from “Working Girl” – Carly Simon |
| “Two Hearts” from “Buster” – Lamont Dozier and Phil Collins |
SOUND EDITING
| “Die Hard” |
| “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” |
| “Willow” |
SOUND MIXING
| “Bird” |
| “Die Hard” |
| “Gorillas in the Mist” |
| “Mississippi Burning” |
| “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” |
VISUAL EFFECTS
| “Die Hard” |
| “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” |
| “Willow” |
- “The Accidental Tourist”
- “The Accused”
- “Bagdad Cafe”
- “Beaches”
- “Beetlejuice”
- “Big”
- “Bird”
- “Bull Durham”
- “Buster”
- “Coming to America”
- “A Cry in the Dark”
- “Dangerous Liaisons”
- “Die Hard”
- “A Fish Called Wanda”
- “Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey”
- “A Handful of Dust”
- “The Last Temptation of Christ”
- “Little Dorrit”
- “Married to the Mob”
- “The Milagro Beanfield War”
- “Mississippi Burning”
- “Pelle the Conqueror”
- “Rain Man”
- “Running on Empty”
- “Scrooged”
- “Stand and Deliver”
- “Sunset”
- “Tequila Sunrise”
- “Tucker: The Man and His Dream”
- “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”
- “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”
- “Willow”
- “Working Girl”
FOREIGN
- “Hanussen” (Hungary)
- “The Music Teacher” (Belgium)
- “Salaam Bombay!” (India)
- “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” (Spain)
DOCUMENTARY
- “The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude – An Afrikaner Speaks Out”
- “Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie”
- “Let’s Get Lost”
- “Promises to Keep”
- “Who Killed Vincent Chin?”
SHORT FILMS
- “The Appointments of Dennis Jennings”
- “Cadillac Dreams”
- “The Cat Came Back”
- “The Children’s Storefront”
- “Family Gathering”
- “Gang Cops”
- “Gullah Tales”
- “Portrait of Imogen”
- “Technological Threat”
- “Tin Toy”
- “You Don’t Have to Die”
