Academy Awards 1988

Best Picture

WINNER:
The Last Emperor: Jeremy Thomas

NOMINEES:
Broadcast News: James L. Brooks
Fatal Attraction: Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing
Hope and Glory: John Boorman
Moonstruck: Patrick J. Palmer, Norman Jewison

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Wall Street: Michael Douglas

NOMINEES:
Broadcast News: William Hurt
Dark Eyes: Marcello Mastroianni
Ironweed: Jack Nicholson
Good Morning, Vietnam: Robin Williams

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Moonstruck: Cher

NOMINEES:
Fatal Attraction: Glenn Close
Broadcast News: Holly Hunter
Anna: Sally Kirkland
Ironweed: Meryl Streep

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
The Untouchables: Sean Connery

NOMINEES:
Broadcast News: Albert Brooks
Street Smart: Morgan Freeman
Moonstruck: Vincent Gardenia
Cry Freedom: Denzel Washington

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
Moonstruck: Olympia Dukakis

NOMINEES:
Gaby: A True Story: Norma Aleandro
Fatal Attraction: Anne Archer
Throw Momma from the Train: Anne Ramsey
The Whales of August: Ann Sothern

Best Director:

WINNER:
The Last Emperor: Bernardo Bertolucci

NOMINEES:
Hope and Glory: John Boorman
Mitt liv som hund: Lasse Hallström
Moonstruck: Norman Jewison
Fatal Attraction: Adrian Lyne

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

WINNER:
Moonstruck: John Patrick Shanley

NOMINEES:
Au Revoir Les Enfants: Louis Malle
Broadcast News: James L. Brooks
Hope and Glory: John Boorman
Radio Days: Woody Allen

Best 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
Mitt liv som hund: Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jönsson, Brasse Brännström, Per Berglund

Best 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

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

WINNER:
The Last Emperor: Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri

NOMINEES:
Empire of the Sun: Norman Reynolds, Harry Cordwell
Hope and Glory: Anthony Pratt, Joanne Woollard
Radio Days: Santo Loquasto, Carol Joffe, Leslie Bloom, George DeTitta Jr.
The Untouchables: Patrizia von Brandenstein, William A. Elliott, Hal Gausman

Best 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

Best Sound

WINNER:
The Last Emperor: Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock

NOMINEES:
Empire of the Sun: Robert Knudson, Don Digirolamo, John Boyd, Tony Dawe
Lethal Weapon: Les Fresholtz, Rick Alexander (as Dick Alexander), Vern Poore, Bill Nelson
RoboCop: Michael J. Kohut, Carlos Delarios, Aaron Rochin, Robert Wald
The Witches of Eastwick: Wayne Artman, Tom Beckert, Tom E. Dahl, Art Rochester

Best Film Editing

WINNER:
The Last Emperor: Gabriella Cristiani

NOMINEES:
Broadcast News: Richard Marks
Empire of the Sun: Michael Kahn
Fatal Attraction: Michael Kahn, Peter E. Berger
RoboCop: Frank J. Urioste

Best Effects, Visual Effects

WINNER:
Innerspace: Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith

NOMINEE:
Predator: Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg, Stan Winston

Best Makeup

WINNER:
Harry and the Hendersons: Rick Baker

NOMINEE:
Happy New Year: Robert Laden

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER:
Dirty Dancing: Franke Previte (music/lyrics), John DeNicola (music), Donald Markowitz (music)
For the song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life".

NOMINEES:
Cry Freedom: George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa
For the song "Cry Freedom".
Mannequin: Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
For the song "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now".
Beverly Hills Cop II: Harold Faltermeyer (music/lyrics), Keith Forsey (music/lyrics), Bob Seger (lyrics)
For the song "Shakedown".
The Princess Bride: Willy DeVille
For the song "Storybook Love".

Best Music, Original Score

WINNER:
The Last Emperor: Ryûichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su were not present at the awards ceremony.

NOMINEES:
Cry Freedom: George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa
Empire of the Sun: John Williams
The Untouchables: Ennio Morricone
The Witches of Eastwick: John Williams

Best Short Film, Animated

WINNER:
L'homme qui plantait des arbres: Frédéric Back

NOMINEES:
George and Rosemary: Eunice Macaulay
Your Face: Bill Plympton

Best Short Film, Live Action

WINNER:
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall: Jonathan Sanger, Jana Sue Memel

NOMINEES:
Making Waves: Ann Wingate
Shoeshine: Robert Katz

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER:
Young at Heart: Sue Marx, Pamela Conn

NOMINEES:
Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller: Deborah Dickson
In the Wee Wee Hours...: Frantisek Daniel, Izak Ben-Meir
Language Says It All: Megan Williams
Silver Into Gold: Lynn Mueller

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER:
The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table: Aviva Slesin

NOMINEES:
Eyes on the Prize: Callie Crossley, James A. DeVinney
For episode "America's Civil Rights Years/Bridge to Freedom, 1965".
Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima: John Junkerman, John W. Dower
Radio Bikini: Robert Stone
For episode "Radio Bikini".
A Stitch for Time: Barbara Herbich, Cyril Christo

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER:
Babettes gæstebud
Denmark

NOMINEES:
Au Revoir Les Enfants
France
Asignatura aprobada
Spain
La famiglia
Italy
Ofelas
Norway

Special Achievement Award

WINNER:
RoboCop: Stephen Hunter Flick, John Pospisil
For sound effects editing.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

WINNER:
Billy Wilder

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER:
Bernard Kuhl, Werner Block (OSRAM GmbH R&D Dept.)
For the invention and the continuing improvement of the OSRAM HMI light source for motion picture photography.

Scientific and Engineering Award

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

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS:
Ioan Allen (Dolby Laboratories, Inc.)
For the Cat. 43 playback-only noise reduction unit and its practical application to motion picture sound recordings.
John Eppolito, Wally Gentleman, William Mesa, Les Paul Robley, Geoffrey H. Williamson
For refinement to a dual-screen, front-projection image-compositing system.
Jan Jacobsen
For the application of a dual-screen, front-projection system to motion picture special effects photography.
Thaine Morris, David Pier
For the development of the DSC Spark Devices for motion picture special effects.
Tad Krzanowski (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.
Dan C. Norris (Norris Film Products), Tim Cook (Norris Film Products)
For the development of a single-frame exposure system for motion picture photography.

Gordon E. Sawyer Award

WINNER:
Fred Hynes

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