59th Annual Academy Awards
March 30, 1987

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles

Your Hosts:
Paul Hogan, Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn

Televised over ABC

Opening number (to Frank Loesser's "Fugue for Tinhorns"):Telly Savalas, Pat Morita & Dom DeLuise
Welcome and opening remarks:Academy President Robert Wise
Writing Awards:Shirley MacLaine
  • Adapted Screenplay winner Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was not present at the ceremony. Producer James Ivory accepted the Award on her behalf.
  • Original Screenplay winner Woody Allen was not present at the ceremony. Shirley MacLaine accepted the Award on his behalf.
    • Sound:Marlee Matlin
    Supporting Actress:Anjelica Huston & Don Ameche
    Sound Effects Editing:Chevy Chase (for Michael Caine)
    Costume Design:Lauren Bacall
    Original Score:Bette Midler
    Art Direction:Isabella Rossellini & Christopher Reeve
    Cinematography:Jennifer Jones
    Documentary Short Subject:Helena Bonham Carter & Matthew Broderick
    Irving G. Thalberg Award:Richard Dreyfuss
    Visual Effects:William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy
    Documentary Feature:Oprah Winfrey
    Supporting Actor:Sigourney Weaver & Jeff Bridges
    Michael Caine was not present at the ceremony. Sigourney Weaver accepted the Award on his behalf.
    Original Song:Bernadette Peters
    Make-up:Rodney Dangerfield
    Animated Short Films:Tom Hanks & Bugs Bunny
    Live Action Short Film:Sonia Braga & Michael Douglas
    Actress:William Hurt
    Film Editing:Molly Ringwald
    Foreign Film:Anthony Quinn
    Honorary Award to Ralph Belamy:Karl Malden
    Director:Elizabeth Taylor
    Actor:Bette Davis
    Paul Newman was not present at the ceremony. Robert Wise accepted the Award on his behalf.
    Picture:Dustin Hoffman
    "Glory of Love"-- Peter Cetera
    "Life in a Looking Glass"-- Tony Bennett
    "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space"-- Levi Stubbs
    "Somewhere Out There"-- Natalie Cole & James Ingram
    "Take My Breath Away"-- Melba Moore & Lou Rawls
    All images © WireImage.com

    Arnold Kopelson (producer, Platoon), presenter Dustin Hoffman, and Best Director Oliver Stone
    Marlee Matlin with her Best Actress Award for Children of a Lesser God
    James Ivory, accepting the Adapted Screenplay Award for Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (w. presenter Shirley MacLaine)
    Show Producer:Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
    Telecast Director for ABC:Marty Pasetta