1988
The 60th Academy Awards | 1988
Shrine Civic Auditorium
Monday, April 11, 1988
Honoring movies released in 1987
Highlights
- Short Films
Pee-wee Herman, RoboCop and ED 209 - Foreign Language Film
Babette's FeastGabriel Axel - Irving G. Thalberg Award
Billy Wilder
Memorable Moments
Sean ConnerySupporting Actor winner for The Untouchables
Olympia DukakisSupporting Actress winner for Moonstruck
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong SuOriginal Score winners for The Last Emperor
Winners & Nominees
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Michael Douglas
Wall Street
Nominees
William Hurt
Broadcast News
Marcello Mastroianni
Dark Eyes
Jack Nicholson
Ironweed
Robin Williams
Good Morning, Vietnam
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Sean Connery
The Untouchables
Nominees
Morgan Freeman
Street Smart
Vincent Gardenia
Moonstruck
Denzel Washington
Cry Freedom
Albert Brooks
Broadcast News
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Cher
Moonstruck
Nominees
Glenn Close
Fatal Attraction
Holly Hunter
Broadcast News
Sally Kirkland
Anna
Meryl Streep
Ironweed
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Olympia Dukakis
Moonstruck
Nominees
Norma Aleandro
Gaby - A True Story
Anne Archer
Fatal Attraction
Anne Ramsey
Throw Momma from the Train
Ann Sothern
The Whales of August
Best Picture
Winner
The Last Emperor
Jeremy Thomas, Producer
Nominees
Broadcast News
James L. Brooks, Producer
Fatal Attraction
Stanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing, Producers
Hope and Glory
John Boorman, Producer
Moonstruck
Patrick Palmer and Norman Jewison, Producers
Cinematography
Winner
The Last Emperor
Vittorio Storaro
Nominees
Broadcast News
Michael Ballhaus
Empire of the Sun
Allen Daviau
Hope and Glory
Philippe Rousselot
Matewan
Haskell Wexler
Costume Design
Winner
The Last Emperor
James Acheson
Nominees
The Dead
Dorothy Jeakins
Empire of the Sun
Bob Ringwood
Maurice
Jenny Beavan, John Bright
The Untouchables
Marilyn Vance-Straker
Directing
Winner
The Last Emperor
Bernardo Bertolucci
Nominees
Moonstruck
Norman Jewison
My Life as a Dog
"My Life as a Dog" Lasse Hallström
Fatal Attraction
Adrian Lyne
Hope and Glory
John Boorman
Film Editing
Winner
The Last Emperor
Gabriella Cristiani
Nominees
RoboCop
Frank J. Urioste
Broadcast News
Richard Marks
Empire of the Sun
Michael Kahn
Fatal Attraction
Michael Kahn, Peter E. Berger
Foreign Language Film
Winner
Babette's Feast
Denmark
Nominees
Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children)
France
Course Completed
Spain
The Family
Italy
Pathfinder
Norway
Visual Effects
Winner
Innerspace
Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith
Nominees
Predator
Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg, Stan Winston
Art Direction
Winner
The Last Emperor
Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri
Nominees
Radio Days
Art Direction: Santo Loquasto; Set Decoration: Carol Joffe, Les Bloom, George DeTitta, Jr.
The Untouchables
Art Direction: Patrizia Von Brandenstein, William A. Elliott; Set Decoration: Hal Gausman
Empire of the Sun
Art Direction: Norman Reynolds; Set Decoration: Harry Cordwell
Hope and Glory
Art Direction: Anthony Pratt; Set Decoration: Joan Woollard
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Billy Wilder
Music (Original Score)
Winner
The Last Emperor
Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su
Nominees
Cry Freedom
George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa
Empire of the Sun
John Williams
The Untouchables
Ennio Morricone
The Witches of Eastwick
John Williams
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Young at Heart
Sue Marx and Pamela Conn, Producers
Nominees
Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller
Deborah Dickson, Producer
In the Wee Wee Hours...
Dr. Frank Daniel and Izak Ben-Meir, Producers
Language Says It All
Megan Williams, Producer
Silver into Gold
Lynn Mueller, Producer
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table
Aviva Slesin, Producer
Nominees
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years/Bridge to Freedom 1965
Callie Crossley and James A. DeVinney, Producers
Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima
John Junkerman and John W. Dower, Producers
Radio Bikini
Robert Stone, Producer
A Stitch for Time
Barbara Herbich and Cyril Christo, Producers
Sound
Winner
The Last Emperor
Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock
Nominees
RoboCop
Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Robert Wald
The Witches of Eastwick
Wayne Artman, Tom Beckert, Tom Dahl, Art Rochester
Empire of the Sun
Robert Knudson, Don Digirolamo, John Boyd, Tony Dawe
Lethal Weapon
Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Bill Nelson
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
The Man Who Planted Trees
The Man Who Planted Trees
Nominees
George and Rosemary
Eunice Macaulay, Producer
Your Face
Bill Plympton, Producer
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall
Jonathan Sanger and Jana Sue Memel, Producers
Nominees
Making Waves
Ann Wingate, Producer
Shoeshine
Robert A. Katz, Producer
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Dirty Dancing
(I've Had) The Time Of My Life in "Dirty Dancing" Music by Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz; Lyric by Franke Previte
Nominees
Beverly Hills Cop II
Shakedown in "Beverly Hills Cop II" Music by Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey; Lyric by Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey and Bob Seger
The Princess Bride
Storybook Love in "The Princess Bride" Music and Lyric by Willy DeVille
Cry Freedom
Cry Freedom in "Cry Freedom" Music and Lyric by George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa
Mannequin
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now in "Mannequin" Music and Lyric by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren
Special Achievement Award (Sound Effects Editing)
Winner
RoboCop
Stephen Flick, John Pospisil
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Winner
The Last Emperor
Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci
Nominees
The Dead
Tony Huston
Fatal Attraction
James Dearden
Full Metal Jacket
Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford
My Life as a Dog
My Life as a Dog
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Winner
Moonstruck
John Patrick Shanley
Nominees
Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children)
Louis Malle
Broadcast News
James L. Brooks
Hope and Glory
John Boorman
Radio Days
Woody Allen
Makeup
Winner
Harry and the Hendersons
Rick Baker
Nominees
Happy New Year
Bob Laden
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