59th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1987)
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- Date of Ceremony: Monday, March 30, 1987
- For films released in: 1986
Here is a complete list of nominations for the 59th Annual Academy Awards.
And the nominees are:
Best Picture
- Children of a Lesser God
Burt Sugarman [Producer] and Patrick Palmer [Producer] - Hannah and Her Sisters
Robert Greenhut [Producer] - The Mission
Ferdinando Ghia [Producer] and David Puttnam [Producer] - Platoon
Arnold Kopelson [Producer] - A Room with a View
Ismail Merchant [Producer]
Best Directing
- Blue Velvet
David Lynch - Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen - The Mission
Roland Joffé - Platoon
Oliver Stone - A Room with a View
James Ivory
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- 'Round Midnight
Dexter Gordon - Children of a Lesser God
William Hurt - The Color of Money
Paul Newman - Mona Lisa
Bob Hoskins - Salvador
James Woods
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Aliens
Sigourney Weaver - Children of a Lesser God
Matlin Matlin - Crimes of the Heart
Sissy Spacek - The Morning After
Jane Fonda - Peggy Sue Got Married
Kathleen Turner
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Hannah and Her Sisters
Michael Caine - Hoosiers
Dennis Hopper - Platoon
Tom Berenger - Platoon
Willem Dafoe - A Room with a View
Denholm Elliott
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Children of a Lesser God
Piper Laurie - The Color of Money
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Crimes of the Heart
Tess Harper - Hannah and Her Sisters
Dianne Wiest - A Room with a View
Maggie Smith
Best Foreign Language Film
- '38'
- The Assault
- Betty Blue
- The Decline of the American Empire
- My Sweet Little Village
Best Art Direction
- Aliens
Peter Lamont [Art Direction] and Crispian Sallis [Set Decoration] - The Color of Money
Boris Leven [Art Direction] and Karen A. O'Hara [Set Decoration] - Hannah and Her Sisters
Stuart Wurtzel [Art Direction] and Carol Joffe [Set Decoration] - The Mission
Stuart Craig [Art Direction] and Jack Stephens [Set Decoration] - A Room with a View
Gianni Quaranta [Art Direction], Brian Ackland-Snow [Art Direction], Brian Savegar [Set Decoration] and Elio Altamura [Set Decoration]
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: The Voyage Home
Don Peterman
Best Costume Design
- The Mission
Enrico Sabbatini - Otello
Anna Anni and Maurizio Millenotti - Peggy Sue Got Married
Theadora Van Runkle - Pirates
Anthony Powell - A Room with a View
Jenny Beavan and John Bright
Best Documentary (Feature)
- Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Brigitte Berman - Chile: Hasta Cuando?
David Bradbury - Down and Out in America
Joseph Feury and Milton Justice - Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
Kirk Simon and Amram Nowak - Witness to Apartheid
Sharon I. Sopher
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
- 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 - Women--for America, for the World
Vivienne Verdon-Roe
Best Film Editing
- Aliens
Ray Lovejoy - Hannah and Her Sisters
Susan E. Morse - The Mission
Jim Clark - Platoon
Claire Simpson - Top Gun
Billy Weber and Chris Lebenzon
Best Makeup
- The Clan of the Cave Bear
Michael G. Westmore and Michèle Burke - The Fly
Chris Walas and Stephen Dupuis - Legend
Rob Bottin and Peter Robb-King
Best Music (Original Score)
- 'Round Midnight
Herbie Hancock - Aliens
James Horner - Hoosiers
Jerry Goldsmith - The Mission
Ennio Morricone - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Leonard Roseman
Best Music (Original Song)
- An American Tail "Somewhere Out There"
James Horner [Music by], Barry Mann [Music by] and Cynthia Weil [Lyric by] - The Karate Kid Part II "Glory of Love"
Peter Cetera [Music and Lyric by], David Foster [Music by] and Diane Nini [Lyric by] - Little Shop of Horrors "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space"
Alan Menken [Music by] and Howard Ashman [Lyric by] - That's Life "Life in a Looking Glass"
Henry Mancini [Music by] and Leslie Bircusse [Lyric by] - Top Gun "Take My Breath Away"
Giorgio Moroder [Music by] and Tom Whitlock [Lyric by]
Best Short Film (Animated)
- The Frog, the Dog and the Devil
Bob Stenhouse - A Greek Tragedy
Linda Van Tulden and Willem Thijssen - Luxo Jr.
John Lasseter and William Reeves
Best Short Film (Live Action)
- Exit
Stefano Reali and Pino Quartullo - Love Struck
Fredda Weiss - Precious Images
Chuck Workman
Best Sound
- Aliens
Graham V. Hartstone, Nicholas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter and Roy Charman - Heartbreak Ridge
Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore and William Nelson - Platoon
John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles 'Bud' Grenzbach and Simon Kaye - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Terry Porter, Dave Hudson, Mel Metcalfe and Gene S. Cantamessa - Top Gun
David O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline and William B. Kaplan
Best Sound Effects Editing
- Aliens
Don Sharpe - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Mark Mangini - Top Gun
Cecelia Hall and George Watters II
Best Visual Effects
- Aliens
Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne 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 Writing (Screenplay - based on material from another medium)
- Children of a Lesser God
Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff - The Color of Money
Richard Price - Crimes of the Heart
Beth Henley - A Room with a View
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Stand by Me
Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans
Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
- Crocodile' Dundee
Paul Hogan [Screenplay and Story by], Ken Shadie [Screenplay by] and John Cornell [Screenplay by] - Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen - My Beautiful Laundrette
Hanif Kureishi - Platoon
Oliver Stone - Salvador
Oliver Stone and Richard Boyle