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1987 (60th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1987. TheWinner marker&origin=noms-by-year symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.

Best Picture

Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. James L. Brooks, Producer.
Fatal Attraction, Jaffe/Lansing Production; Paramount. Stanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing, Producers.
Hope and Glory, Davros Production Services Limited Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) John Boorman, Producer.
Winner markerThe Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France) Jeremy Thomas, Producer.
Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Patrick Palmer and Norman Jewison, Producers.

Actor in a Leading Role

Winner markerMichael Douglas in Wall Street, Oaxatal Production; 20th Century Fox.
William Hurt in Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox.
Marcello Mastroianni in Dark Eyes, Excelsior TV & RAI Uno Production; Island Pictures. (Italy, Soviet Union)
Jack Nicholson in Ironweed, Taft Entertainment Pictures/Keith Barish Production; Tri-Star.
Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners III; Buena Vista.

Actress in a Leading Role

Winner markerCher in Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, Jaffe/Lansing Production; Paramount.
Holly Hunter in Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox.
Sally Kirkland in Anna, Magnus Film Production; Vestron.
Meryl Streep in Ironweed, Taft Entertainment Pictures/Keith Barish Production; Tri-Star.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Albert Brooks in Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox.
Winner markerSean Connery in The Untouchables, Art Linson Production; Paramount.
Morgan Freeman in Street Smart, Cannon Films Production; Cannon Releasing. (USA, Canada)
Vincent Gardenia in Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Denzel Washington in Cry Freedom, Marble Arch Production; Universal. (UK)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Norma Aleandro in Gaby—A True Story, G. Brimmer Production; Tri-Star. (USA, Mexico)
Anne Archer in Fatal Attraction, Jaffe/Lansing Production; Paramount.
Winner markerOlympia Dukakis in Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Anne Ramsey in Throw Momma from the Train, Rollins, Morra and Brezner Production; Orion.
Ann Sothern in The Whales of August, Alive Films Production with Circle Associates; Alive Films.

Directing

Fatal Attraction, Jaffe/Lansing Production; Paramount. Adrian Lyne.
Hope and Glory, Davros Production Services Limited Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) John Boorman.
Winner markerThe Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France) Bernardo Bertolucci.
Moonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Norman Jewison.
My Life as a Dog, Svensk Filmindustri/Filmteknik Production; Skouras Pictures. (Sweden) Lasse Hallstrom.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Art direction by Norman Reynolds; set decoration by Harry Cordwell.
Hope and Glory, Davros Production Services Limited Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) Art direction by Anthony Pratt; set decoration by Joan Woollard.
Winner markerThe Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France) Art direction by Ferdinando Scarfiotti; set decoration by Bruno Cesari and Osvaldo Desideri.
Radio Days, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion. Art direction by Santo Loquasto; set decoration by Carol Joffe, Les Bloom and George DeTitta, Jr.
The Untouchables, Art Linson Production; Paramount. Art direction by Patrizia Von Brandenstein and William A. Elliott; set decoration by Hal Gausman.

Cinematography

Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Michael Ballhaus.
Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Allen Daviau.
Hope and Glory, Davros Production Services Limited Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) Philippe Rousselot.
Winner markerThe Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France) Vittorio Storaro.
Matewan, Red Dog Films Production; Cinecom Pictures. Haskell Wexler.

Costume Design

The Dead, Liffey Films Production; Vestron. (UK, Ireland, USA, West Germany) Dorothy Jeakins.
Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Bob Ringwood.
Winner markerThe Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France) James Acheson.
Maurice, Merchant Ivory Productions; Cinecom Pictures. (UK) Jenny Beavan and John Bright.
The Untouchables, Art Linson Production; Paramount. Marilyn Vance-Straker.

Documentary

(Feature)

Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years/Bridge to Freedom 1965, Blackside, Inc Production. Callie Crossley and James A. DeVinney, Producers.
Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima, Muraki Film Project. John Junkerman and John W. Dower, Producers.
Radio Bikini, Production of Crossroads Film Project, Ltd. Robert Stone, Producer.
A Stitch for Time, Production of Peace Quilters Production Company, Inc. Barbara Herbich and Cyril Christo, Producers.
Winner markerThe Ten Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table, Aviva Films Production. Aviva Slesin, Producer.

(Short Subject)

Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller, Winterlude Films, Inc. Production. Deborah Dickson, Producer.
In the Wee Wee Hours . . ., University of Southern California School of Cinema/Television. Dr. Frank Daniel and Izak Ben-Meir, Producers.
Language Says It All, Tripod Production. (USA, Canada) Megan Williams, Producer.
Silver into Gold, Stanford University Department of Communications. Lynn Mueller, Producer.
Winner markerYoung at Heart, Sue Marx Films, Inc. Production. Sue Marx and Pamela Conn, Producers.

Film Editing

Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Richard Marks.
Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Michael Kahn.
Fatal Attraction, Jaffe/Lansing Production; Paramount. Michael Kahn and Peter E. Berger.
Winner markerThe Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France) Gabriella Cristiani.
RoboCop, Tobor Pictures Production; Orion. Frank J. Urioste.

Foreign Language Film

Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children), NEF (Paris) Production; Orion Classics. (France, West Germany, Italy)
Winner markerBabette’s Feast, Panorama Film International Production in cooperation with Nordisk Film and the Danish Film Institute. (Denmark)
Course Completed, Nickel Odeon Dos Production. (Spain)
The Family, Massfilm-Cinecitta-Les Films Ariane-Cinemax Production. (Italy, France)
Pathfinder, Filmkameratene Production. (Norway)

Makeup

Happy New Year, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Bob Laden.
Winner markerHarry and the Hendersons, Universal/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Rick Baker.

Music

(Original Score)

Cry Freedom, Marble Arch Production; Universal. (UK) George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa.
Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. John Williams.
Winner markerThe Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France) Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su.
The Untouchables, Art Linson Production; Paramount. Ennio Morricone.
The Witches of Eastwick, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. John Williams.

(Original Song)

Cry Freedom from Cry Freedom, Marble Arch Production; Universal. (UK) Music and lyric by George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa.
Winner marker(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life from Dirty Dancing, Vestron Pictures Production in association with Great American Films Limited Partnership; Vestron. Music by Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz; lyric by Franke Previte.
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now from Mannequin, Gladden Entertainment Production; 20th Century-Fox. Music and lyric by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren.
Shakedown from Beverly Hills Cop II, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Production in association with Eddie Murphy Productions; Paramount. Music by Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey; lyric by Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey and Bob Seger.
Storybook Love from The Princess Bride, Act III Communications Production; 20th Century-Fox. Music and lyric by Willy DeVille.

Short Films

(Animated)

George and Rosemary, National Film Board of Canada. (Canada) Eunice Macaulay, Producer.
Winner markerThe Man Who Planted Trees, Société Radio-Canada/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. (Canada) Frédéric Back, Producer.
Your Face, Bill Plympton Productions. Bill Plympton, Producer.

(Live Action)

Making Waves, The Production Pool Ltd. (UK) Ann Wingate, Producer.
Winner markerRay’s Male Heterosexual Dance Hall, Chanticleer Films. Jonathan Sanger and Jana Sue Memel, Producers.
Shoeshine, Tom Abrams Productions. Robert A. Katz, Producer.

Sound

Empire of the Sun, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Robert Knudson, Don Digirolamo, John Boyd and Tony Dawe.
Winner markerThe Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France) Bill Rowe and Ivan Sharrock.
Lethal Weapon, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore and Bill Nelson.
RoboCop, Tobor Pictures Production; Orion. Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin and Robert Wald.
The Witches of Eastwick, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Wayne Artman, Tom Beckert, Tom Dahl and Art Rochester.

Special Achievement Award

(Sound Effects Editing)

Winner markerRoboCop, Tobor Pictures Production; Orion. Stephen Flick and John Pospisil.

Visual Effects

Winner markerInnerspace, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup and Kenneth Smith.
Predator, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Mexico) Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg and Stan Winston.

Writing

(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

The Dead, Liffey Films Production; Vestron. (UK, Ireland, USA, West Germany) Tony Huston.
Fatal Attraction, Jaffe/Lansing Production; Paramount. James Dearden.
Full Metal Jacket, Natant Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford.
Winner markerThe Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France) Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci.
My Life as a Dog, Svensk Filmindustri/Filmteknik Production; Skouras Pictures. (Sweden) Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jönsson, Brasse Brännström and Per Berglund.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children), NEF (Paris) Production; Orion Classics. (France, West Germany, Italy) Louis Malle.
Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. James L. Brooks.
Hope and Glory, Davros Production Services Limited Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) John Boorman.
Winner markerMoonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. John Patrick Shanley.
Radio Days, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion. Woody Allen.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Winner markerFred Hynes
NOTE: The Gordon E. Sawyer Award was presented at the Scientific or Technical Awards ceremony on March 27, 1988, in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Winner markerBilly Wilder

Scientific or Technical Award

(Academy Award of Merit)

Winner markerTo Bernard Kühl and Werner Block and to the OSRAM GmbH Research and Development Department for the invention and the continuing improvement of the OSRAM HMI light source for motion picture photography.

(Scientific and Engineering Award)

Winner markerTo Willi Burth and Kinotome Corporation for the invention and development of the Non-rewind Platter System for motion picture presentations.
Winner markerTo Montage Group, Ltd. for the development, and to Ronald C. Barker and Chester L. Schuler for the invention, of the Montage Picture Processor electronic film editing system.
Winner markerTo Colin F. Mossman and Rank Film Laboratories’ Development Group for creating a fully-automated, film handling system for improving productivity of high speed film processing.
Winner markerTo Eastman Kodak Company for the development of Eastman Color High Speed Daylight Negative Film 5297/7297.
Winner markerTo Eastman Kodak Company for the development of Eastman Color High Speed SA Negative Film 5295 for blue-screen traveling matte photography.
Winner markerTo Fritz Gabriel Bauer for the invention and development of the improved features of the Moviecam Camera System.
Winner markerTo Zoran Perisic of Courier Films Ltd. for the Zoptic dual-zoom front projection system for visual effects photography.
Winner markerTo THE Carl Zeiss Company for the design and development of a series of super-speed lenses for motion picture photography.

(Technical Achievement Award)

Winner markerTo Ioan Allen of Dolby Laboratories, Inc., for the Cat. 43 playback-only noise reduction unit and its practical application to motion picture sound recordings.
Winner markerTo John Eppolito, Wally Gentleman, William Mesa, Les Paul Robley and Geoffrey H. Williamson for refinements to a dual screen, front projection, image-compositing system.
Winner markerTo Jan Jacobsen for the application of a dual screen, front projection system to motion picture special effects photography.
Winner markerTo Thaine Morris and David Pier for the development of DSC Spark Devices for motion picture special effects.
Winner markerTo Tadeuz Krzanowski of Industrial Light and Magic, Inc., for the development of a Wire Rig Model Support Mechanism used to control the movements of miniatures in special effects.
Winner markerTo Dan C. Norris and Tim Cook of Norris Film Products for the development of a single-frame exposure system for motion picture photography.
NOTE: The Scientific or Technical Awards were presented at their own ceremony on March 27, 1988, in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.