Academy Awards (1987) Compiled by Evelyn C. Leeper Best Picture * Platoon A Room With a View Hannah and Her Sisters Children of a Lesser God The Mission Best Actor * Paul Newman: The Color of Money Bob Hoskins: Mona Lisa William Hurt: Children of a Lesser God Dexter Gordon: 'Round Midnight James Woods: Salvador Best Actress Jane Fonda: The Morning After * Marlee Matlin: Children of a Lesser God Sissy Spacek: Crimes of the Heart Kathleen Turner: Peggy Sue Got Married Sigourney Weaver: Aliens Best Director * Oliver Stone: Platoon James Ivory: A Room With a View Woody Allen: Hannah and Her Sisters Roland Joffe: The Mission David Lynch: Blue Velvet Best Supporting Actress * Dianne West: Hannah and Her Sisters 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 Supporting Actor Tom Berenger: Platoon Willem Dafoe: Platoon * Michael Caine: Hannah and Her Sisters Denholm Elliott: A Room With a View Dennis Hopper: Hoosiers Best Screenplay Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie and John Cornell: Crocodile Dundee * Woody Allen: Hannah and Her Sisters Hanif Kureishi: My Beautiful Laundrette Oliver Stone: Platoon Oliver Stone and Richard Boyle: Salvador Best Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff: Children of a Lesser God Richard Price: The Color of Money Beth Henley: Crimes of the Heart * Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: A Room With a View Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans: Stand By Me Best Foreign Film * The Assault (The Netherlands): Hans Rademacher, director Betty Blue (France) The Decline of the American Empire (Canada) My Sweet Little Village (Czechoslovakia) 38 (Austria) Best Documentary Feature * Artie Shaw: Time is All You've Got: Brigitte Berman, producer Chile: Hasta Cuando * Down and Out in America: Joseph Feury and Milton Justice, producers Isaac in America Witness to Apartheid Best Documentary Short Subject Debonair Dancers The Masters of Disaster Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse Sam * Women - for America, for the World: Vivienne Verdon-Roe, producer Best Film Editing Aliens Hannah and Her Sisters The Mission * Platoon: Claire Simson Top Gun Best Makeup The Clan of the Cave Bear * The Fly: Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis Legend Best Original Score James Horner: Aliens Jerry Goldsmith: Hoosiers Ennio Morricone: The Mission * Herbie Hancock: 'Round Midnight Leonard Rosenman: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Best Original Song Glory of Love: The Karate Kid, Part II Life in a Looking Glass: That's Life Mean Green Mother From Outer Space: Little Shop of Horrors Somewhere Out There: An American Tail * Take My Breath Away: from TOP GUN by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock Best Animated Short Film The Frog, the Dog and the Devil * A Greek Tragedy: Linda van Tulden and Wilhelm Thijssen, producers Luxo Jr. Best Live Action Short Film Exit Love Struck * Precious Images: Chuck Workman, producer Best Sound Aliens Heartbreak Ridge * Platoon: J. K. Wilkinson, R. Rodgers, C. Grenzbach, and Simon Kaye Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Top Gun Best Sound Effects * Aliens: Don Sharpe Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Top Gun Best Visual Effects * Aliens: Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, & Suzanne Benson Little Shop of Horrors Poltergeist II: The Other Side Best Art Direction Aliens The Color of Money Hannah and Her Sisters The Mission * A Room With a View: Art Direction by Gianni Quaranta and Brian Ackland Snow, Set Decoration by Brian Savegar and Elio Altramura Best Cinematography * The Mission: Chris Menges Peggy Sue Got Married Platoon A Room With a View Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Best Costumes The Mission Otello Peggy Sue Got Married Pirates * A Room With a View: Jenny Bevan and John Bright Irving Thalberg Award: Steven Spielberg Special Governors' Award: Ralph Bellamy Academy Awards (1988) Compiled by Evelyn C. Leeper BEST PICTURE BROADCAST NEWS FATAL ATTRACTION HOPE AND GLORY * THE LAST EMPEROR MOONSTRUCK BEST ACTOR * Michael Douglas (WALL STREET) William Hurt (BROADCAST NEWS) Marcello Mastroianni (DARK EYES) Jack Nicholson (IRONWEED) Robin Williams (GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM) BEST ACTRESS * Cher (MOONSTRUCK) Glenn Close (FATAL ATTRACTION) Holly Hunter (BROADCAST NEWS) Sally Kirkland (ANNA) Meryl Streep (IRONWEED) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Albert Brooks (BROADCAST NEWS) * Sean Connery (THE UNTOUCHABLES) Morgan Freeman (STREET SMART) Vincent Gardenia (MOONSTRUCK) Denzel Washington (CRY FREEDOM) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Norma Aleandro (GABY--A TRUE STORY) Anne Archer (FATAL ATTRACTION) * Olympia Dukakis (MOONSTRUCK) Anne Ramsey (THROW MAMA FROM THE TRAIN) Ann Sothern (THE WHALES OF AUGUST) BEST DIRECTOR * Bernardo Bertolucci (THE LAST EMPEROR) John Boorman (HOPE AND GLORY) Lasse Hallstrom (MY LIFE AS A DOG) Norman Jewison (MOONSTRUCK) Adrian Lyne (FATAL ATTRACTION) BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS (France) * BABETTE'S FEAST (Denmark) COURSE COMPLETED (Spain) THE FAMILY (Italy) PATHFINDER (Norway) BEST ORIGINAL SONG "Cry Freedom" (CRY FREEDOM) * "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (DIRTY DANCING) "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (MANNEQUIN) "Shakedown" (BEVERLY HILLS COP) "Storybook Love" (THE PRINCESS BRIDE) BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Woody Allen (RADIO DAYS) John Boorman (HOPE AND GLORY) James L. Brooks (BROADCAST NEWS) Louis Malle (AU REVOIS LES ENFANTS) * John Patrick Shanley (MOONSTRUCK) BEST SCREENPLAY ADAPTATION James Dearden (FATAL ATTRACTION) Tony Huston (THE DEAD) Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford (FULL METAL JACKET) * Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci (THE LAST EMPEROR) Lasse Hallstrom, Reidar Jonsson, Brasse Brannstrom, and Per Berglund (MY LIFE AS A DOG) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Michael Ballhaus (BROADCAST NEWS) Allen Daviau (EMPIRE OF THE SUN) Phillippe Rouselot (HOPE AND GLORY) * Vittorio Storaro (THE LAST EMPEROR) Haskell Wexler (MATEWAN) BEST ORIGINAL SCORE George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa (CRY FREEDOM) John T. Williams (EMPIRE OF THE SUN) * Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, and Cong Su (THE LAST EMPEROR) Ennio Morricone (THE UNTOUCHABLES) John T. Williams (THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK) BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING EMPIRE OF THE SUN * THE LAST EMPEROR: Bill Rowe and Ivan Sharrock LETHAL WEAPON ROBOCOP THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK BEST ART DIRECTION EMPIRE OF THE SUN HOPE AND GLORY * THE LAST EMPEROR: Art Direction by F. Scarfiotti, Set Decoration by B. Cesari and O. Desideri RADIO DAYS THE UNTOUCHABLES BEST COSTUME DESIGN THE DEAD EMPIRE OF THE SUN * THE LAST EMPEROR: James Acheson MAURICE THE UNTOUCHABLES BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE EYES ON THE PRIZE: AMERICA'S CIVIL RIGHTS YEARS-- "Bridge to Freedom 1965" HELLFIRE: A JOURNEY FROM HIROSHIMA RADIO BIKINI A STITCH FOR TIME * THE TEN-YEAR LUNCH: THE WIT AND LEGEND OF THE ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE: Aviva Slesin, producer BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT "Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller" "In the Wee Wee Hours..." "Language Says It All" "Silver into Gold" * "Young at Heart": Sue Marx and Pamela Conn, producers BEST FILM EDITING BROADCAST NEWS EMPIRE OF THE SUN FATAL ATTRACTION * THE LAST EMPEROR: Gabriella Cristiani ROBOCOP BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM "George and Rosemary" * "The Man Who Planted Trees": Frederic Back, producer "Your Face" BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM "Making Waves" * "Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall": Jonathan Sanger and J. S. Memel, producers "Shoeshine" BEST VISUAL EFFECTS * INNERSPACE: Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith PREDATOR BEST MAKEUP * HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS: Rick Baker HAPPY NEW YEAR Irving Thalberg Award: Billy Wilder Academy Award of Merit Statuette: Bernard Kuhl, Werner Block, and Osram Research & Development Department for the invention and continuing improvement of the Osram HMI light source for motion picture photography (upgraded from a previous Scientific and Engineering Award Plaque, which was in turn and upgrade from a Technical Achievement Award) Scientific and Engineering Award Plaque: Willie Burth and Kinotone Corp. for the invention and development of the non-rewind platter system for motion picture presentation Montage Group (for the development) and Ronald C. Barker and Chester L. Schuler (for the invention) of the Montage Picture Processor electronic film editing system Colin F. Mossman and Rank Film Laboratories' Development Group for a fully automated handling system for improving the productivity of high-speed film processing Eastman Kodak for the development of Eastman Color High Speed Daylight Negative Film 5297/7297, and 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 for the Zoptic dual-zoom front projection system for visual effects photography (upgraded from a previous Technical Achievement Award) Carly Zeiss Co. for the design and development of a series of super-speed lenses for motion picture photography (upgraded from a previous Technical Achievement Award) Technical Achievement Award: Ioan Allen of Dolby Laboratories 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 Robley, and Geoff 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 and David Pier for the development of the DSC Spark Device for motion picture special effects Tadeuz Krzanowski of Industrial Light & Magic for the development of a Wire Rig Model Support Mechanism used to control the movements of miniatures in special effects Dan C. Norris and Tim Cook of Norris Film Products for the development of a single-frame exposure system for motion picture photography Academy Awards (1989) Compiled by Evelyn C. Leeper BEST PICTURE: THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST DANGEROUS LIAISONS MISSISSIPPI BURNING * RAIN MAN WORKING GIRL BEST ACTOR: Gene Hackman, MISSISSIPPI BURNING Tom Hanks, BIG * Dustin Hoffman, RAIN MAN Edward James Olmos, STAND AND DELIVER Max von Sydow, PELE 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 SUPPORTING ACTOR: Alec Guinness, LITTLE DORRIT * Kevin Kline, A FISH CALLED WANDA Martin Landau, TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM 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 DIRECTOR: Charles Crichton, A FISH CALLED WANDA Martin Scorsese, THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST Alan Parker, MISSISSIPPI BURNING * Barry Levinson, RAIN MAN Mike Nichols, WORKING GIRL BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: BIG (Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg) BULL DURHAM (Ron Shelton) A FISH CALLED WANDA (John Cleese) * RAIN MAN (Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow) RUNNING ON EMPTY (Naomi Foner) BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST (Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan) * DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Christopher Hampton) GORILLAS IN THE MIST (Anna Hamilton Phelan) LITTLE DORRIT (Christine Edzard) THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING (Jean-Claude Carriere and Philip Kaufman) BEST FOREIGN FILM: HANUSSEN (Hungary) THE MUSIC TEACHER (Belgium) * PELE THE CONQUEROR (Denmark) SALAAM BOMBAY (India) WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Spain) BEST ART DIRECTION: BEACHES (Art director Albert Brenner and set decorator Garrett Lewis) * DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Art director Stuart Craig and set decorator Gerard James) RAIN MAN (Art director Ida Random and set decorator Linda DeScenna) TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM (Art director Dean Tavoularis and set decorator Armin Ganz) WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Art director Elliot Scott and set decorator Peter Howitt) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: * MISSISSIPPI BURNING (Peter Biziou) RAIN MAN (John Seale) TEQUILA SUNRISE (Conrad L. Hall) THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING (Sven Nykvist) WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Dean Cundey) BEST COSTUME DESIGN: COMING TO AMERICA (Deborah Nadoolman) * DANGEROUS LIAISONS (James Acheson) A HANDFUL OF DUST (Jane Robinson) SUNSET (Patricia Norris) TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM (Milena Canonero) BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: THE CRY OF REASON -- BEYERS NAUDE: AN AFRIKANER SPEAKS OUT (Robert Bilheimer and Ronald Mix) * HOTEL TERMINUS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KLAUS BARBIE (Marcel Ophuls) LET'S GET LOST (Bruce Weber and Nan Bush) PROMISES TO KEEP (Ginny Durrin) WHO KILLED VINCENT CHIN? (Renee Tajima and Christine Choy) BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: THE CHILDREN'S STOREFRONT (Karen Goodman) FAMILY GATHERING (Lise Yasui and Ann Tegnell) GANG COPS (Thomas B. Fleming and Daniel J. Marks) PORTRAIT OF IMOGEN (Nancy Hale and Meg Partridge) * YOU DON'T HAVE TO DIE (William Guttentag and Malcolm Clarke) BEST FILM EDITING: DIE HARD (Frank J. Urioste and John F. Link) GORILLAS IN THE MIST (Stuart Baird) MISSISSIPPI BURNING (Gerry Hambling) RAIN MAN (Stu Linder) * WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Arthur Schmidt) BEST MAKEUP: * BEETLEJUICE (Ve Neill, Steve LaPorte and Robert Short) COMING TO AMERICA (Rick Baker) SCROOGED (Tom Burman and Bari Drieband-Burman) BEST MUSIC 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 MUSIC ORIGINAL SONG: Bob Telson, "Calling You,", BAGDAD CAFE * Carly Simon, "Let the River Run,", WORKING GIRL Lamont Dozier, music) and Phil Collins (lyric), "Two Hearts," (BUSTER BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM: "The Cat Came Back" (Cordell Barker) "Technological Threat" (Bill Kroyer) * "Tin Toy" (John Lasseter [and William Reeves -Craig Good]) BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: * "The Appointment of Dennis Jennings" (Dean Parisot and Steven Wright) "Cadillac Dreams" (Matia Karrell) "Gullah Tales" (Gary Moss) BEST SOUND: * BIRD (Les Frescholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore and Willie D. Burton) DIE HARD (Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton and Al Overton) GORILLAS IN THE MIST (Andy Nelson, Brian Saunders and Peter Handford) MISSISSIPPI BURNING (Robert Litt, Elliot Tyson, Richard C. Kline and Danny Michael) WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Robert Knudson, John Boyd, Don Digirolamo and Tony Dawe) BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING: DIE HARD (Stephen H. Flick and Richard Shorr) * WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Charles L. Campbell and Louis L. Edemann) WILLOW (Ben Burtt and Richard Hymns) BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: DIE HARD (Richard Edlund, Al DiSarro, Brent Boates and Thaine Morris) * WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones and George Gibbs) WILLOW (Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Phil Tippett and Chris Evans) [The Irving Thalberg Award and Jean Herschold Humanitarian Awards were not awarded this year. -Moderator] Academy Award of Merit Statuette: Ray Delby and Ioan Allen of Dolby Laboratories Inc. for their continuous contributions to motion picture sound [Ioan Allen received a Technical Achievement Award last year as well. -Moderator] Scientific and Engineering Award Plaque: Roy W. Edwards and the engineering staff of Photo-Sonics for the design and development of the 35m-4ER high-speed motion picture with reflex viewing and video assist. The Arnold & Richter engineering staff of Otto Blaschek and Arriflex Corp. for the concept and engineering of the Arriflex 35-3 motion picture camera. Bill Tondreau of Tondreau Systems; Alvah Miller and Paul Johnson of Lynx Robotics; Peter A. Regla of ELICON; Dan Slater, Bud Elam, Joe Parker, and Bill Bryan of Interactive Motion Central; Jerry Jeffress, Ray Feeney, Bill Holland, and Kris Brown for their individual contributions and the collective advancements they have brought to the motion picture industry in the field of motion control technology. Technical Achievement Award: Grant Loucks of Alan Gordon Enterprises for the design concept, and Geoffrey H. Williamson of Wilcam for the mechanical and electrical engineering of the Image 300 35m high-speed motion picture camera. Michael V. Chewey 3d for the development of the motion picture industry's first paper reader incorporating microprocessor technology. BHP Inc., successor to the Bell & Howell professional equipment division, for the development of a high-speed reader incorporating microprocessor technology for motion picture laboratories. Hollywood Film Co. for the development of a high-speed high-speed reader incorporating microprocessor technology for motion picture laboratories. Bruce W. Keller and Manfred G. Michelson of Technical Film Systems for the design and development of a high-speed light value controller and constant current power supply for motion picture laboratories. Dr. Anton Lisziewicz and Glen M. Berggren of ISCO-OPTIC GmbH for the design and development of the Ultra-Star series of motion picture projection lenses. James K. Branch of Spectra Cine and William L. Blowers and Nasir J. Zaidi for the design and development of the Spectra Cine-spot 1-degree spotmeter for measuring the brightness of motion picture screens. Bob Badami, Dick Berstein, and Bill Berstein of Offbeat Systems for the design and development of the Streamline Scoring System, Mark IV, for motion picture music editing. Gary Zeller of Zeller Intl. Ltd. for the development of Zel-Jel fire protection barrier for motion picture stunt work. Emanual Trilling of Trilling Resources Ltd. for the development of Stunt-Gel fire protection barrier for motion picture stunt work. Paul A. Roos for the invention of a method known as Video Assist, whereby a scene being photographed on a motion picture film can be be viewed on a monitor and/or recorded on videotape. Academy Awards (1990) Compiled by Evelyn C. Leeper BEST PICTURE: BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY DEAD POETS SOCIETY * DRIVING MISS DAISY FIELD OF DREAMS MY LEFT FOOT ACTOR: Kenneth Branagh, HENRY V Tom Cruise, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY * Daniel Day-Lewis, MY LEFT FOOT Morgan Freeman, DRIVING MISS DAISY Robin Williams, DEAD POETS SOCIETY ACTRESS: Isabelle Adjani, CAMILLE CLAUDEL Pauline Collins, SHIRLEY VALENTINE Jessica Lange, MUSIC BOX Michelle Pfeiffer, THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS * Jessica Tandy, DRIVING MISS DAISY SUPPORTING ACTOR: Danny Aiello, DO THE RIGHT THING Dan Aykroyd, DRIVING MISS DAISY Marlon Brando, A DRY WHITE SEASON Martin Landau, CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS * Denzel Washington, GLORY SUPPORTING ACTRESS: * Brenda Fricker, MY LEFT FOOT Anjelica Houston, ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY Leno Olin, ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY Julia Roberts, STEEL MAGNOLIAS Dianne Wiest, PARENTHOOD DIRECTOR: * Oliver Stone, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY Woody Allen, CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS Peter Weir, DEAD POETS SOCIETY Kenneth Branagh, HENRY V Jim Seridan, MY LEFT FOOT ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (Woody Allen) * DEAD POETS SOCIETY (Tom Schulman) DO THE RIGHT THING (Spike Lee) SEX, LIES & VIDEOTAPE (Steven Soderbergh) WHEN HARRY MET SALLY ... (Nora Ephron) ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (Oliver Stone and Ron Kovik) * DRIVING MISS DAISY (Alfred Urhy) ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY (Roger L. Simon and Paul Mazursky) FIELD OF DREAMS (Phil Alden Robinson) MY LEFT FOOT (Jim Sheridan and Shane Connaughton) BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: CAMILLE CLAUDEL (France) * CINEMA PARADISO (Italy) JESUS OF MONTREAL (Canada) SANTIAGO, THE STORY OF HIS NEW LIFE (Puerto Rico) WALTZING REGITZE (Denmark) [Note that this is the *foreign-language* film category, not the *foreign* film category, so as long as SANTIAGO was in Spanish, which I presume it was, it qualifies. But I still find it odd that other films are listed by country, and SANTIAGO is listed for a part of a country. -ecl] ART DIRECTION: THE ABYSS (Art director Leslie Dilley and set decorator Anne Kuljian) THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (Art director Dante Ferratti and set decorator Francesca Lo Schiavo) * BATMAN (Art director Anton Furst and set decorator Peter Young) DRIVING MISS DAISY (Art director Bruno Rubeo and set decorator Crispian Sallis) GLORY (Art director Norman Garwood and set decorator Garrett Lewis) CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE ABYSS (Mikael Salomon) BLAZE (Haskell Wexler) BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (Robert Richardson) THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS * GLORY (Freddie Francis) [VARIETY accidentally left THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS one off its list, so I don't have the cinematographer's name. -ecl] COSTUME DESIGN: THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (Gabriella Pescucci) DRIVING MISS DAISY (Elizabeth McBride) HARLEM NIGHTS (Joe I. Tompkins) * HENRY V (Phyllis Dalton) VALMONT (Theodor Pistek) DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: ADAM CLAYTON POWELL (Richard Kilberg and Yvonne Smith) * COMMON THREADS: STORIES FROM THE QUILT (Robert Epstein and Bill Couturie) CRACK USA: COUNTRY UNDER SEIGE (Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag) FOR ALL MANKIND (Al Reinhert and Betsy Broyles Breir) SUPER CHIEF: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF EARL WARREN (Judith Leonard and Bill Jersey) DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: "Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9" (David Petersen) * "The Johnstown Flood" (Charles Guggenheim) "Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Aid the Future" (Ray Errol Fox) FILM EDITING: THE BEAR (Noelle Boisson) * BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (David Brenner and Joe Hutshing) DRIVING MISS DAISY (Mark Warner) THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS (William Steinkamp) GLORY (Steven Rosenblum) MAKEUP: THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (Maggie Weston and Fabrizio Sforza) DAD (Dick Smith, Ken Diaz, and Greg Nelson) * DRIVING MISS DAISY (Manlio Rocchetti) MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE: BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (John Williams) THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS (David Grusin) FIELD OF DREAMS (James Horner) INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (John Williams) * THE LITTLE MERMAID (Alan Menken) MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG: Tom Snow (music) and Dean Pitchford (lyric), "After All," CHANCES ARE Marvin Hamlisch (music), and Alan and Marilyn Bergman (lyric), "The Girl Who Used to Be Me," SHIRLEY VALENTINE Randy Newman (music and lyric), "I Love to See You Smile," PARENTHOOD Alan Menken (music) and Howard Ashman (lyric), "Kiss the Girl," THE LITTLE MERMAID * Alan Menken (music) and Howard Ashman (lyric), "Under the Sea," THE LITTLE MERMAID ANIMATED SHORT FILM: * "Balance" (Christoph Lauenstein andf Wolfgang Lauenstein) "Cow" (Alexander Petrov) "The Hill Farm" (Mark Baker) LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM "Amazon Diary" (Robert Nixon) "The Childeater" (Jonathan Tammuz) * "Work Experience" (James Hendrie) SOUND THE ABYSS (Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, and Lee Orloff) BLACK RAIN (Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Greg Russell, and Keith A. Wester) BORN ON THE FOUTH OF JULY (Michael Minkler, Gregory H. Watkins, Wylie Stateman, and Tod A. Maitland) * GLORY (Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg C. Rudloff, Eliot Tyson, and Russell Williams 2nd) INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy, and Tony Dawe) SOUND EFFECTS EDITING: BLACK RAIN (Milton C. Burrow and William L. Manger) * INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (Ben Burtt and Richard Hymns) LETHAL WEAPON 2 (Robert henderson and Alan Robert Murray) VISUAL EFFECTS: * THE ABYSS (John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, and Dennis Skotak) THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (Richard Conway and Kent Houston) BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART II (Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, and Steve Gawley) Gordon E. Sawyer Award Pierre Angenieux Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Howard Koch Honorary Oscar Akira Kurosawa Scientific and Engineering Award Plaque: J. L. Fisher of J. L. Fisher Inc. for the design and manufacture of the Fisher Model Ten Dolly. James Ketcham of JSK Engineering for the engineering of the SDA521B Advance/retard system for magnetic film sound dubbing. J. Noxon Leavitt for the invention and Istec Inc. for the continuing development of the Wescam Stabilized Camera System. Klaus Resch for the design and Eric Fitz and FGV Schmidle & Fitx for the development of the Super Panther MS-180 Camera Dolly. Geoffrey H. Williamson of Wilcam Photo Research Inc. for the design and development and Robert D. Auguste for the electronic design and development of the Wilcam W-7 200 frames per second VistaVision Rotating Mirror Reflex Camera. Technical Achievement Award: Dr. Leo Catozzo for the design and development of the CIR-Catozzo Self-Perforating Adhesive Film Splicer. Magna-Tech Electronic Co. for the introduction of the first remotely controlled Advance/retard function for magnetic sound dubbing. Special Commendation To the members of the engineering committees of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.