61st Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1989)
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- Date of Ceremony: Wednesday, March 29, 1989
- For films released in: 1988
Here is a complete list of nominations for the 61st Annual Academy Awards.
And the nominees are:
Best Picture
- The Accidental Tourist
Lawrence Kasdan [Producer], Charles Okun [Producer] and Michael Gillo [Producer] - Dangerous Liaisons
Norma Heyman [Producer] and Hank Moonjean [Producer] - Mississippi Burning
Frederick Zollo [Producer] and Robert F. Colesberry [Producer] - Rain Man
Mark Johnson [Producer] - Working Girl
Douglas Wick
Best Directing
- A Fish Called Wanda
Charles Crichton - The Last Temptation of Christ
Martin Scorsese - Mississippi Burning
Alan Parker - Rain Man
Barry Levinson - Working Girl
Mike Nichols
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Big
Tom Hanks - Mississippi Burning
Gene Hackman - Pelle the Conqueror
Max von Sydow - Rain Man
Dustin Hoffman - Stand and Deliver
Edward James Olmos
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- The Accused
Jodie Foster - A Cry in the Dark
Meryl Streep - Dangerous Liaisons
Glenn Close - Gorillas in the Mist
Sigourney Weaver - Working Girl
Melanie Griffith
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- A Fish Called Wanda
Kevin Kline - Little Dorrit
Alec Guinness - Married to the Mob
Dean Stockwell - Running on Empty
River Phoenix - Tucker The Man and His Dream
Martin Landau
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- The Accidental Tourist
Geena Davis - Dangerous Liaisons
Michelle Pfeiffer - Mississippi Burning
Frances McDormand - Working Girl
Joan Cusack - Working Girl
Sigourney Weaver
Best Foreign Language Film
- Hanussen
- The Music Teacher
- Pelle the Conqueror
- Salaam Bombay!
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Best Art Direction
- Beaches
Albert Brenner [Art Direction] and Garrett Lewis [Set Decoration] - Dangerous Liaisons
Stuart Craig [Art Direction] and Gerard James [Set Decoration] - Rain Man
Ida Random [Art Direction] and Linda DeScenna [Set Decoration] - Tucker The Man and His Dream
Dean Tavoularis [Art Direction] and Armin Ganz [Set Decoration] - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Elliot Scott [Art Direction] and Peter Howitt [Set Decoration]
Best Cinematography
- Mississippi Burning
Peter Bizou - 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 Naudé: An Afrikaner Speaks Out
Robert Bilheimer [Producer] and Ronald Mix [Producer] - Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Marcel Ophuls [Producer] - Let's Get Lost
Bruce Weber [Producer] and Nan Bush [Producer] - Promises to Keep
Ginny Durrin [Producer] - Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Renee Tajima [Producer] and Christine Choy [Producer]
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
- The Children's Storefront
Karen Goodman [Producer] - Family Gathering
Lise Yasui [Producer] and Ann Tegnell [Producer] - Gang Cops
Thomas B. Fleming [Producer] and Daniel J. Marks [Producer] - Portrait of Imogen
Nancy Hale [Producer] and Meg Partridge [Producer] - You Don't Have to Die
William Guttentag [Producer] and Malcolm Clarke [Producer]
Best Film Editing
- Die Hard
Frank J. Urioste and John F. Fink - 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 La Porte and Robert Short - Coming to America
Rick Baker - Scrooged
Tom Burman and Bari Bari Dreiband-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)
- Bagdad Cafe "Calling You"
Bob Telson [Music and Lyric by] - Buster "Two Hearts"
Lamont Dozier [Music by] and Phil Collins [Lyric by] - Working Girl "Let the River Run"
Carly Simon [Music and Lyric by]
Best Short Film (Animated)
- The Cat Came Back
Cordell Barker - Technological Threat
Bill Kroyer and Brian Jennings - Tin Toy
John Lasseter and William Reeves
Best Short Film (Live Action)
- The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Dean Parisot and Steven Wright - Cadillac Dreams
Matia Karrell and Abbee Goldstein - Gullah Tales
George deGolian and Gary Moss
Best Sound
- Bird
Les Fresholtz, 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, Rick 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
Best Writing (Screenplay - based on material from another medium)
- The Accidental Tourist
Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan - Dangerous Liaisons
Christopher Hampton - Gorillas in the Mist
Anna Hamilton Phelan [Screenplay and Story by] and Tab Murphy [Story by] - Little Dorrit
Christine Edzard - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman
Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
- Big
Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg - Bull Durham
Ron Shelton - A Fish Called Wanda
John Cleese [Screenplay and Story by] and Charles Crichton [Story by] - Rain Man
Ronald Bass [Story by] and Barry Morrow [Screenplay and Story by] - Running on Empty
Naomi Foner