59th Academy Awards Ceremony
(1987)
199 minutes
Drama / Family / News
Monday, March 30, 1987 at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn and Paul Hogan
BEST PICTURE
Platoon
Children of a Lesser God
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Mission
A Room with a View
BEST DIRECTOR
Oliver Stone – Platoon
Woody Allen – Hannah and Her Sisters
James Ivory – A Room with a View
Roland Joffe – The Mission
David Lynch – Blue Velvet
BEST ACTOR
Paul Newman – The Color of Money
Dexter Gordon – Round Midnight
William Hurt – Children of a Lesser God
Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa
James Woods – Salvador
BEST ACTRESS
Marlee Matlin – Children of a Lesser God
Sigourney Weaver – Aliens
Sissy Spacek – Crimes of the Heart
Jane Fonda – The Morning After
Kathleen Turner – Peggy Sue Got Married
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Caine – Hannah and Her Sisters
Tom Berenger – Platoon
Willem Dafoe – Platoon
Denholm Elliot – A Room with a View
Dennis Hopper – Hoosiers
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Dianne Wiest – 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 ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Hannah and Her Sisters – Woody Allen
Crocodile Dundee – Screenplay by Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie and John Cornell; Story by Paul Hogan
My Beautiful Laundrette – Hanif Kureishi
Platoon – Oliver Stone
Salvador – Oliver Stone and Rick Boyle
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Room with a View – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Children of a Lesser God – Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff
The Color of Money – Richard Price
Crimes of the Heart – Beth Henley
Stand by Me – Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got – Brigitte Berman
Down and Out in America – Joseph Feury and Milton Justice
Chile: Hasta Cuando? – David Bradbury
Isaac in America : A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer – Kirk Simon and Amram Nowak
Witness to Apartheid – Sharon I. Sopher
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Women – for America , for the World – Vivienne Verdon-Roe
Debonair Dancers – Alison Nigh-Strelich
The Masters of Disaster – Sonya Friedman
Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse – Thomas L. Neff and Madeline Bell
Sam – Aaron D. Weisblatt
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Precious Images – Chuck Workman
Exit – Stefano Reali and Pino Quartullo
Love Struck – Fredda Weiss
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
A Greek Tragedy – Linda Van Tulden and Willem Thijssen
The Frog, the Dog and the Devil – Bob Stenhouse
Luxo Jr. – John Lasseter and William Reeves
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Round Midnight – Herbie Hancock
Aliens – James Horner
Hoosiers – Jerry Goldsmith
The Mission – Ennio Morricone
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Leonard Rosenman
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun – Music and Lyric by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock
" Glory of Love" from The Karate Kid Part II – Music by Peter Cetera and David Foster; Lyric by Peter Cetera and Diane Nini
"Life in a Looking Glass" from That's Life – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse
"Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" from Little Shop of Horrors – Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
"Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail – Music by James Horner and Barry Mann; Lyric by Cynthia Weil
BEST SOUND MIXING
Platoon – John Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Simon Kaye and Charles Grenzbach
Aliens – Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and Roy Charman
Heartbreak Ridge – Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore and Bill Nelson
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Terry Porter, David J. Hudson, Mel Metcalfe and Gene Cantamessa
Top Gun – Donald O. Mitchell , Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline and William B. Kaplan
BEST SOUND EDITING
Aliens – Don Sharpe
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Mark Mangini
Top Gun – Cecelia Hall and George Watters II
BEST ART DIRECTION
A Room with a View – Art Direction: Gianni Quaranta and Brian Ackland-Snow; Set Decoration: Brian Savegar and Elio Altramura
Aliens – Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
The Color of Money – Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
Hannah and Her Sisters – Art Direction: Stuart Wurtzel; Set Decoration: Carol Joffe
The Mission – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Jack Stephens
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Mission – Chris Menges
Peggy Sue Got Married – Jordan Cronenweth
Platoon – Robert Richardson
A Room with a View – Tony Pierce-Roberts
Star Trek IV – Don Peterman
BEST MAKEUP
The Fly – Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis
The Clan of the Cave Bear – Michael George Westmore and Michèle Burke
Legend – Rob Bottin and Peter Robb-King
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
A Room with a View – Jenny Beavan and John Bright
The Mission - Enrico Sabbatini
Otello - Anna Anni, Maurizio Millenotti
Peggy Sue Got Married - Theadora Van Runkle
Pirates - Anthony Powell
BEST FILM EDITING
Platoon – Claire Simpson
Aliens - Ray Lovejoy
Hannah and Her Sisters - Susan Morse
The Mission - Jim Clark
Top Gun - Billy Weber
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Aliens – Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne M. Benson
Little Shop of Horrors – Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren and Martin Gutteridge
Poltergeist II: The Other Side – Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller and William Neil
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Assault (Netherlands)
Betty Blue (France)
The Decline of the American Empire (Canada)
My Sweet Little Village (Czechoslovakia)
38 (Austria)
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Ralph Bellamy
E.M. 'Al' Lewis
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
Steven Spielberg
PRESENTERS
Don Ameche and Anjelica Huston (Best Supporting Actress)
Lauren Bacall (Best Costume Design)
Helena Bonham Carter and Matthew Broderick (Best Documentary Short Subject)
Sônia Braga and Michael Douglas (Best Live Action Short Film)
Jeff Bridges and Sigourney Weaver (Best Supporting Actor)
Rodney Dangerfield (Best Makeup)
Bette Davis (Best Actor)
Richard Dreyfuss (Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Steven Spielberg)
Tom Hanks and Bugs Bunny (Best Animated Short Film)
Dustin Hoffman (Best Picture)
William Hurt (Best Actress)
Jennifer Jones (Best Cinematography)
Shirley MacLaine (Writing Awards)
Karl Malden (Honorary Award to Ralph Bellamy)
Bette Midler (Best Original Score)
Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner (Best Visual Effects)
Bernadette Peters (Best Original Song)
Anthony Quinn (Best Foreign Language Film)
Christopher Reeve and Isabella Rossellini (Best Art Direction and Set Decoration)
Molly Ringwald (Best Film Editing)
Elizabeth Taylor (Best Director)
Oprah Winfrey (Best Documentary Feature)
PERFORMERS
Tony Bennett ("Life in a Looking Glass" from That's Life!)
Peter Cetera (" Glory of Love" from The Karate Kid, Part II)
Natalie Cole and James Ingram ("Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail)
Dom DeLuise, Pat Morita, and Telly Savalas ("Fugue for Tinhorns")
Melba Moore and Lou Rawls ("Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun )
Levi Stubbs ("Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" from Little Shop of Horrors)
