1987
The 59th Academy Awards | 1987
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Monday, March 30, 1987
Honoring movies released in 1986
Highlights
Memorable Moments
Winners & Nominees
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Paul Newman
The Color of Money
Nominees
Dexter Gordon
'Round Midnight
Bob Hoskins
Mona Lisa
William Hurt
Children of a Lesser God
James Woods
Salvador
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Michael Caine
Hannah and Her Sisters
Nominees
Willem Dafoe
Platoon
Denholm Elliott
A Room with a View
Dennis Hopper
Hoosiers
Tom Berenger
Platoon
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Marlee Matlin
Children of a Lesser God
Nominees
Jane Fonda
The Morning After
Sissy Spacek
Crimes of the Heart
Kathleen Turner
Peggy Sue Got Married
Sigourney Weaver
Aliens
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Dianne Wiest
Hannah and Her Sisters
Nominees
Tess Harper
Crimes of the Heart
Piper Laurie
Children of a Lesser God
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
The Color of Money
Maggie Smith
A Room with a View
Best Picture
Winner
Platoon
Arnold Kopelson, Producer
Nominees
Children of a Lesser God
Burt Sugarman and Patrick Palmer, Producers
Hannah and Her Sisters
Robert Greenhut, Producer
The Mission
Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam, Producers
A Room with a View
Ismail Merchant, Producer
Cinematography
Winner
The Mission
Chris Menges
Nominees
Peggy Sue Got Married
Jordan Cronenweth
Platoon
Robert Richardson
A Room with a View
Tony Pierce-Roberts
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Don Peterman
Costume Design
Winner
A Room with a View
Jenny Beavan, John Bright
Nominees
The Mission
Enrico Sabbatini
Otello
Anna Anni, Maurizio Millenotti
Peggy Sue Got Married
Theadora Van Runkle
Pirates
Anthony Powell
Directing
Winner
Platoon
Oliver Stone
Nominees
A Room with a View
James Ivory
Blue Velvet
David Lynch
Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen
The Mission
The Mission
Film Editing
Winner
Platoon
Claire Simpson
Nominees
Aliens
Ray Lovejoy
Hannah and Her Sisters
Susan E. Morse
The Mission
Jim Clark
Top Gun
Billy Weber, Chris Lebenzon
Foreign Language Film
Winner
The Assault
The Netherlands
Nominees
Betty Blue
France
The Decline of the American Empire
Canada
My Sweet Little Village
Czechoslovakia
38
Austria
Visual Effects
Winner
Aliens
Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson
Nominees
Little Shop of Horrors
Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren, Martin Gutteridge
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller, William Neil
Art Direction
Winner
A Room with a View
Art Direction: Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Set Decoration: Brian Savegar, Elio Altamura
Nominees
The Mission
Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Jack Stephens
Aliens
Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
The Color of Money
Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Karen A. O'Hara
Hannah and Her Sisters
Art Direction: Stuart Wurtzel; Set Decoration: Carol Joffe
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Steven Spielberg
Music (Original Score)
Winner
'Round Midnight
Herbie Hancock
Nominees
Aliens
James Horner
Hoosiers
Jerry Goldsmith
The Mission
Ennio Morricone
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Leonard Rosenman
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Women--for America, for the World
Vivienne Verdon-Roe, Producer
Nominees
Debonair Dancers
Alison Nigh-Strelich, Producer
The Masters of Disaster
Sonya Friedman, Producer
Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse
Thomas L. Neff and Madeline Bell, Producers
Sam
Aaron D. Weisblatt, Producer
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Brigitte Berman, Producer
Down and Out in America
Joseph Feury and Milton Justice, Producers
Nominees
Chile: Hasta Cuando?
David Bradbury, Producer
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
Kirk Simon and Amram Nowak, Producers
Witness to Apartheid
Sharon I. Sopher, Producer
Sound
Winner
Platoon
John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles "Bud" Grenzbach, Simon Kaye
Nominees
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Terry Porter, Dave Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, Gene S. Cantamessa
Top Gun
Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, William B. Kaplan
Aliens
Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter, Roy Charman
Heartbreak Ridge
Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, William Nelson
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
A Greek Tragedy
Linda Van Tulden and Willem Thijssen, Producers
Nominees
The Frog, the Dog and the Devil
Bob Stenhouse, Producer
Luxo Jr.
John Lasseter and William Reeves, Producers
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Precious Images
Chuck Workman, Producer
Nominees
Exit
Stefano Reali and Pino Quartullo, Producers
Love Struck
Fredda Weiss, Producer
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Top Gun
Take My Breath Away in "Top Gun" Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyric by Tom Whitlock
Nominees
An American Tail
Somewhere Out There in "An American Tail" Music by James Horner and Barry Mann; Lyric by Cynthia Weil
The Karate Kid Part II
Glory Of Love in "The Karate Kid Part II" Music by Peter Cetera and David Foster; Lyric by Peter Cetera and Diane Nini
That's Life
Life In A Looking Glass in "That's Life" Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse
Little Shop of Horrors
Mean Green Mother From Outer Space in "Little Shop of Horrors" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Winner
A Room with a View
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Nominees
Children of a Lesser God
Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff
The Color of Money
Richard Price
Crimes of the Heart
Beth Henley
Stand by Me
Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Winner
Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen
Nominees
Platoon
Oliver Stone
Salvador
Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle
Crocodile Dundee
Screenplay by Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell; Story by Paul Hogan
My Beautiful Laundrette
Hanif Kureishi
Makeup
Winner
The Fly
Chris Walas, Stephan Dupuis
Nominees
The Clan of the Cave Bear
"The Clan of the Cave Bear" Michael G. Westmore, Michèle Burke
Legend
Rob Bottin, Peter Robb-King
Sound Effects Editing
Winner
Aliens
Don Sharpe
Nominees
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Mark Mangini
Top Gun
Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
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