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Best Picture of the Year
 THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST - Warner Bros. Produced by Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun and Michael Grillo
DANGEROUS LIAISONS - Lorimar, Warner Bros. Produced by Norma Heyman and Hank Moonjean
MISSISSIPPI BURNING - Zollo, Orion. Produced by Frederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry
 RAIN MAN (Won 4 Awards) - Guber-Peters Co., UA. Produced by Mark Johnson
WORKING GIRL - 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Douglas Wick
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Gene Hackman in MISSISSIPPI BURNING
Tom Hanks in BIG
Dustin Hoffman in RAIN MAN
Edward James Olmos in STAND AND DELIVER
Max von Sydow in PELLE EROBREREN (PELLE THE CONQUEROR)
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close in DANGEROUS LIAISONS
Jodie Foster in THE ACCUSED
Melanie Griffith in WORKING GIRL
Meryl Streep in A CRY IN THE DARK
Sigourney Weaver in GORILLAS IN THE MIST
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Alec Guinness in LITTLE DORRIT
Kevin Kline in A FISH CALLED WANDA
Martin Landau in TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM
River Phoenix in RUNNING ON EMPTY
Dean Stockwell in MARRIED TO THE MOB
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Joan Cusack in WORKING GIRL
Geena Davis in THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
Frances McDormand in MISSISSIPPI BURNING
Michelle Pfeiffer in DANGEROUS LIAISONS
Sigourney Weaver in WORKING GIRL
Achievement in Direction
Charles Crichton for A FISH CALLED WANDA
Barry Levinson for RAIN MAN
Mike Nichols for WORKING GIRL
Alan Parker for MISSISSIPPI BURNING
Martin Scorsese for THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
Achievement in Writing: Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Gary Ross & Anne Spielberg - BIG
Ron Shelton - BULL DURHAM
John Cleese & Charles Crichton - A FISH CALLED WANDA
Ronald Bass & Barry Morrow - RAIN MAN
Naomi Foner - RUNNING ON EMPTY
Achievement in Writing: Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Frank Galati & Lawrence Kasdan - THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
Christopher Hampton - DANGEROUS LIAISONS
Anna Hamilton Phelan & Tab Murphy - GORILLAS IN THE MIST
Christine Edzard - LITTLE DORRIT
Jean-Claude Carrière & Philip Kaufman - THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
Best Foreign Language Film
HANUSSEN (Hungary - Artur Brauner, producer)
LE MAÎTRE DE MUSIQUE (THE MUSIC TEACHER, Belgium - Alexandre Pletser, producer)
PELLE EROBREREN (PELLE THE CONQUEROR, Denmark - Per Holst, producer)
SALAAM BOMBAY! (India - Mira Nair, producer)
MUJERES AL BORDE DE UN ATAQUE DE NERVIOS (WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, Spain - Pedro Almodóvar, producer)
Achievement in Art Direction
Albert Brenner - Art Direction, Garrett Lewis - Set Decoration BEACHES
Stuart Craig - Art Direction, Gerard James - Set Decoration DANGEROUS LIAISONS
Ida Random - Art Direction, Linda DeScenna - Set Decoration RAIN MAN
Dean Tavoularis - Art Direction, Armin Ganz - Set Decoration TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM
Elliot Scott - Art Direction, Peter Howitt - Set Decoration WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
Achievement in Cinematography
Peter Biziou - MISSISSIPPI BURNING
John Seale - RAIN MAN
Conrad L. Hall - TEQUILA SUNRISE
Sven Nykvist - THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
Dean Cundey - WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
Achievement in Costume Design
Deborah Nadoolman - COMING TO AMERICA
James Acheson - DANGEROUS LIAISONS
Jane Robinson - A HANDFUL OF DUST
Patricia Norris - SUNSET
Milena Canonero - TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM
Achievement in Documentary Features
Robert Bilheimer & Ronald Mix - Producers THE CRY OF REASON - BEYERS MAUDE: AN AFRIKANER SPEAKS OUT
Marcel Ophuls - Producer HOTEL TERMINUS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KLAUS BARBIE
Bruce Weber & Nan Bush - Producers LET'S GET LOST
Ginny Durrin - Producer PROMISES TO KEEP
Renee Tajima & Christine Choy - Producers WHO KILLED VINCENT CHIN?
Achievement in Documentary Short Subjects
Karen Goodman - Producer THE CHILDREN'S STOREFRONT
Lise Yasui & Ann Tegnell - Producers FAMILY GATHERING
Thomas B. Fleming & Daniel J. Marks - Producers GANG COPS
Nancy Hale & Meg Partridge - Producers PORTRAIT OF IMOGEN
William Guttentag & Malcolm Clarke - Producers YOU DON'T HAVE TO DIE
Achievement in Film Editing
Frank J. Urioste & John F. Link - DIE HARD
Stuart Baird - GORILLAS IN THE MIST
Gerry Hambling - MISSISSIPPI BURNING
Stewart "Stu" Linder - RAIN MAN
Arthur Schmidt - WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Won 4 Awards)
Achievement in Make-Up
Ve Neill, Steve LaPorte & Robert Short - BEETLEJUICE
Rick Baker - COMING TO AMERICA
Tom Burman & Bari Drieband-Burman - SCROOGED
Achievement in Music: Original Score
John Williams - THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
George Fenton - DANGEROUS LIAISONS
Maurice Jarre - GORILLAS IN THE MIST
Dave Grusin - THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR
Hans Zimmer - RAIN MAN
Achievement in Music: Original Song
Bob Telson - Music & Lyric BAGDAD CAFE "Calling You"
Carly Simon - Music & Lyric WORKING GIRL "Let the River Run" 
Lamont Dozier - Music, Phil Collins - Lyric BUSTER "Two Hearts"
Achievement in Animated Short Films
Cordell Barker - Producer THE CAT CAME BACK
Bill Kroyer & Brian Jennings - Producers TECHNOLOGICAL THREAT
John Lasseter - Producer TIN TOY
Achievement in Live Action Short Films
Dean Parisot & Steven Wright - Producers THE APPOINTMENTS OF DENNIS JENNINGS
Matia Karrell & Abbee Goldstein - Producers CADILLAC DREAMS
George deGolian & Gary Moss - Producers GULLAH TALES
Achievement in Sound
Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore & Willie D. Burton - BIRD
Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton & Al Overton, Jr. - DIE HARD
Andy Nelson, Brian Saunders & Peter Handford - GORILLAS IN THE MIST
Robert Litt, Elliot Tyson, Richard C. "Rick" Kline & Danny Michael - MISSISSIPPI BURNING
Robert Knudson, John Boyd, Don Digirolamo & Tony Dawe - WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
Achievement in Sound Effects Editing
Stephen Hunter Flick & Richard Shorr - DIE HARD
Charles L. Campbell & Louis L. Edemann - WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
Ben Burtt & Richard Hymns - WILLOW
Achievement in Visual Effects
Richard Edlund, Al DiSarro, Brent Boates & Thaine Morris - DIE HARD
Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones & George Gibbs - WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Phil Tippett & Chris Evans - WILLOW
Special Achievement Award for Animation Direction
Richard Williams - WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
Scientific or Technical Awards
Academy Award of Merit (Statuette)
Ioan R. Allen & Ray M. Dolby (Dolby Laboratories Inc.) - For their continuous contributions to motion picture sound through the research and development programs of Dolby Laboratories.
Scientific and Engineering Award (Plaque)
 Roy W. Edwards & The Engineering Staff of Photo-Sonics Inc. - For the design and development of the Photo-Sonics 35mm-4ER High-Speed Motion Picture Camera with Reflex Viewing and Video Assist.
Otto Blaschek (Arriflex Corporation) & the Arnold & Richter Engineering Staff - For the concept and engineering of the Arriflex 35-3 Motion Picture Camera.
Bill Tondreau (Tondreau Systems), Alvah J. Miller & Paul Johnson (Lynx Robotics), Peter A. Regla (ELICON), Dan Slater, Bud Elam & Joe Parker & Bill Bryan (Interactive Motion Control), Jerry Jeffress, Ray Feeney, Bill Holland & Kris Brown - For their contributions and the collective advancements they have brought to the motion picture industry in the field of motion control technology.
Technical Achievement Award (Certificate)
 Grant Loucks (Alan Gordon Enterprises Inc.) & Geoffrey H. Williamson (Wilcam) - For the design concept and mechanical and electrical engineering of the Image 300 35mm High-Speed Motion Picture Camera.
Michael V. Chewey, III (MGM Laboratories) - For the development of the motion picture industry's first paper tape 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 Company - For the development of a high-speed reader incorporating microprocessor technology for motion picture laboratories.
Bruce W. Keller & Manfred G. Michelson (Technical Film Systems) - For the design and development of a high-speed light valve controller and constant current power supply for motion picture laboratories.
Dr. Antal Lisziewicz & Glenn M. Berggren (ISCO-OPTIC GmbH) - For the design and development of the Ultra-Star series of motion picture lenses.
James K. Branch (Spectra Cine Inc.), William L. Blowers & Nasir J. Zaidi - For the design and development of the Spectra CineSpot one-degree spotmeter for measuring the brightness of motion picture screens.
Bob Badami, Dick Bernstein & Bill Bernstein (Offbeat Systems) - For the design and development of the Streamline Scoring System, Mark IV, for motion picture music editing.
Gary Zeller (Zeller International Limited) - For the development of Zel-Jel fire protection barrier for motion picture stunt work.
Emanuel Trilling (Trilling Resources Limited) - 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 motion picture film can be viewed on a monitor and/or recorded on videotape.
Honorary and Other Awards
Eastman Kodak Company - An acknowledgement of the company's support of and its fundamental place in the art of motion pictures over its 100 years of involvement with the industry.
National Film Board of Canada - In recognition of its 50th anniversary and its dedicated commitment to originate artistic, creative, and technological activity and excellence in every field of filmmaking.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
No Award given for 1988.
Jean Hersholt Humaitarian Award
No Award given for 1988.
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Gordon Henry Cook - For zoom lens design.
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FIRSTS
· Sigourney Weaver first person nominated for lead and supporting Awards in same year who doesn't win an Oscar®.
· John Lassiter's Tin Toy is the first computer-generated film to win the Animated Short Film Award.
· Allan Carr changed the famous "And the winner is..." to "And the Oscar® goes to..."
RULE CHANGES
Because only 19 songs are eligible for consideration, Song category limited to three nominations.
SINS OF OMISSION
Picture: Bull Durham, A Fish Called Wanda
Director: Stephen Frears - Dangerous Liaisons
Actor: Jeremy Irons - Dead Ringers
Actress: Jodhi May - A World Apart, Shirley MacLaine - Madame Sousatzka
Documentary: The Thin Blue Line
ROLE REVERSALS
· Tom Cruise was originally cast as the autistic brother in Rain Man, but Dustin Hoffman, preferring to play that role, switched.
· Before choosing Melanie Griffith for her role in Working Girl, director Mike Nichols offered the job to Cher, Goldie Hawn, and Shelley Long.
· Once again, a string of potential leading ladies walked through director Lawrence Kasdan's office vying for a quirky role in The Accidental Tourist, including Mary Steenburgen, Laura Dern, Amy Madigan, and JoBeth Williams. Kasdan chose Kathleen Turner as the wife and Geena Davis as the daffy eccentric.
UNMENTIONABLES
· The year's highest grossing film was Who Framed Roger Rabbit, an imaginative blend of animated and live-action characters that was produced by Steven Spielberg and Disney.
· When Barry Morrow, the writer of Rain Man, pointed out that Tom Cruise was 20 years too young for the part of the autistic brother, the producers fired him. Three writers and several directors later -- the original director was Martin Brest -- it was then turned down by Spielberg and Sydney Pollack. The latter refused, declaring Tootsie the worst experience of his life. Barry Levinson stepped in and brought Morrow back. Later, Dustin Hoffman declared he wanted out and told Levinson to get Richard Dreyfuss. It all settled down in the end, though, into a deeply felt and brilliantly performed film.
· While shooting, both Hoffman and Cruise doubted the success of Rain Man, calling it "Two Schmucks in a Car."
· John Cleese, star and executive producer of A Fish Called Wanda, hired 77-year-old Ealing Studios veteran Charles Crichton to direct. Joked Cleese, "He's the only director I've ever worked with who's still trying to get over the impact of the talkies."
· Martin Scorsese couldn't have paid for better publicity than the vocal outrage -- and sometimes violence -- raised against The Last Temptation of Christ. Even Roy Rogers and Dale Evans spoke out against the "too human" portrait of Jesus. The film provoked thousands of letters of protest, pushing Universal to the brink of pulling the plug. Blackmail was among the many attempts at censorship: a Christian group offered to give the studio $10 million to hand over all the prints. Taking advantage of all the activity, Universal moved the release date up ahead of schedule.
· Two of the year's big films were based on real-life events: The Accused, starring Yale graduate Jodie Foster, was inspired by a 1984 case in which four men were tried for raping a woman on a pool table in New Bedford, MA. Alan Parker's Mississippi Burning, with Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, drew its inspiration from the murder of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia, MS, in 1964.
· Allan Carr, producer of this year's Awards show, promised a high glamour quotient: "I just want as many great people as we can possibly get." However, he encountered problems wrangling the necessary luminaries. Among those who declined were Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Loretta Young, Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Rex Harrison, Maureen O'Hara, Mia Farrow, Ann-Margret and Roseanne Barr.
· The opening of the 1989 Awards show is legendary. Please visit my page on the show for a full description of the debacle.
· Because his lavish opening number (the Snow White/Rob Lowe debacle) was so long, show producer Allan Carr decided not to allow performances of the nominated songs.
· Presenter Melanie Griffith topped boyfriend Don Johnson, who claimed that he'd "supported one or two actresses in the past," by saying, "Yeah, and one or two have supported you."
· Patrick Swayze's presenting partner was supposed to have been Doris Day, but she had tripped on a water sprinkler at her home earlier that day and had to have stitches. Swayze flew solo.
· Honorary Award presenters Robin Williams and Richard Fleischer (the voice of Roger Rabbit) performed a rap song in the voices of cartoon characters.
· Short Film presenters Carrie Fisher and Martin Short walked onstage wearing identical dresses. When Fisher complained that Short had shown poor judgment in choosing the same outfit, he shot back, "Carrie, you have hundreds of dresses. I have four."
· In his 2½-minute acceptance speech, Best Actor Dustin Hoffman neglected to thank Tom Cruise or Barry Levinson.
· Adapted Screenplay winner Christopher Hampton thanked author Coderlos de Laclos, "who's having about as good a year as it's possible to have if you're a dead writer."
· When asked backstage by a reporter what the connection was between Snow White and the Cocoanut Grove theme of the show, Allan Carr replied - with a laser glare - "It's called theatrical."
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