61st Academy Awards nominees and winners

The 61st Academy Awards nominees and winners were the movies, actors, and film workers that were honored on March 29, 1989 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.

"Winners are highlighted in boldface."

=Best Picture=

*"The Accidental Tourist"
*"Dangerous Liaisons"
*"Mississippi Burning"
*"Rain Man"
*"Working Girl"

=Best 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"

=Best Actor=

*Gene Hackman - "Mississippi Burning"
*Tom Hanks - "Big"
*Dustin Hoffman - "Rain Man"
*Edward James Olmos - "Stand and Deliver"
*Max von Sydow - "Pelle the Conqueror"

=Best Actress=

*Glenn Close - "Dangerous Liaisons"
*Jodie Foster - "The Accused"
*Melanie Griffith - "Working Girl"
*Meryl Streep - "A Cry in the Dark"
*Sigourney Weaver - "Gorillas in the Mist"

=Best Adapted Screenplay=

*"The Accidental Tourist"
*"Dangerous Liaisons"
*"Gorillas in the Mist"
*"Little Dorrit"
*"The Unbearable Lightness of Being"

=Best Original Screenplay=

*"Big"
*"Bull Durham"
*"A Fish Called Wanda"
*"Rain Man"
*"Running on Empty"

=Best Supporting Actor=

*Alec Guinness - "Little Dorrit"
*Kevin Kline - "A Fish Called Wanda"
*Martin Landau - ""
*River Phoenix - "Running on Empty"
*Dean Stockwell - "Married to the Mob"

=Best Supporting Actress=

*Joan Cusack - "Working Girl"
*Geena Davis - "The Accidental Tourist"
*Frances McDormand - "Mississippi Burning"
*Michelle Pfeiffer - "Dangerous Liaisons"
*Sigourney Weaver - "Working Girl"

=Best Art Direction=

*"Beaches"
*"Dangerous Liaisons"
*"Rain Man"
*""
*"Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

=Best Cinematography=

*"Mississippi Burning"
*"Rain Man"
*"Tequila Sunrise"
*"The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
*"Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

Best Costume Design

*"Coming to America"
*"Dangerous Liaisons"
*"A Handful of Dust"
*"Sunset"
*""

=Best Documentary Feature=

*""

=Best Documentary Short Subject=

*"The Children's Storefront"
*"Family Gathering"
*"Gang Cops"
*"Portrait of Imogen"
*"You Don't Have to Die"

=Best Film Editing=

*"Die Hard"
*"Gorillas in the Mist"
*"Mississippi Burning"
*"Rain Man"
*"Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

=Best Foreign Language Film=

*"Hanussen" (Hungary)
*"The Music Teacher" (Belgium)
*"Pelle the Conqueror" (Denmark)
*"Salaam Bombay!" (India)
*"Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" (Spain)

Best Makeup

*"Beetlejuice"
*"Coming to America"
*"Scrooged"

Best 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

=Best Original Song=

* "Calling You" - "Bagdad Café"
* "Let the River Run" - "Working Girl"
* "Two Hearts" - "Buster"

=Best Animated Short=

* "The Cat Came Back"
* "Technological Threat"
* "Tin Toy"

=Best Live Action Short=

* "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings"

=Best Sound=

* "Bird"
* "Die Hard"
* "Gorillas in the Mist"
* "Mississippi Burning"
* "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

=Best Visual Effects=

* "Die Hard"
* "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"
* "Willow"

ee also

*61st Academy Awards
*1988 in film