
1990 (63rd Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1990 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 1990 Preliminaries
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1990 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1990 Ceremony
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Monday, March 25, 1991 6:00 PM Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles Ceremony Poster Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1990 Winners
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Best Picture: Dances with Wolves Tig Production; Orion Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, Producers Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Jeremy Irons as Claus von Bülow in the film Reversal of Fortune |
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Best Actress: Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes in the film Misery |
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Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito in the film GoodFellas |
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Best Supporting Actress: Whoopi Goldberg as Oda Mae Brown in the film Ghost |
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Best Song: Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man) from the film Dick Tracy Music and lyric by Stephen Sondheim Best Song Lyrics |
Other 1990 Nominees
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Best Picture Nominees |
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Best Actor Nominees |
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Best Actress Nominees |
The 1990 Academy Board of Governors Ball
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Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles Governors Ball Program/Menu Dinner Menu |