| Best Picture |
The Color Purple, Steven Spielberg,
Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Quincy Jones, producers
(Warner Bros.) |
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Kiss of the Spider Woman, David Weisman, producer
(Island Alive) |
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Out of Africa, Sydney Pollack, producer (Universal) |
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Prizzi's Honor, John Foreman, producer (Twentieth
Century-Fox) |
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Witness, Edward S. Feldman, producer (Paramount) |
| Actor in a Leading Role |
Harrison Ford, Witness |
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James Garner, Murphy's Romance |
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William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman |
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Jack Nicholson, Prizzi's Honor |
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Jon Voight, Runaway Train |
| Actress in a Leading Role |
Anne Bancroft, Agnes of God |
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Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple |
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Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams |
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Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful |
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Meryl Streep, Out of Africa |
| Actor in a Supporting Role |
Don Ameche, Cocoon |
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Klaus Maria Brandauer, Out of Africa |
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William Hickey, Prizzi's Honor |
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Robert Loggia, Jagged Edge |
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Eric Roberts, Runaway Train |
| Actress in a Supporting Role |
Margaret Avery, The Color Purple |
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Anjelica Huston, Prizzi's Honor |
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Amy Madigan, Twice in a Lifetime |
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Meg Tilly, Agnes of God |
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Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple |
| Directing |
Hector Babenco, Kiss of the Spider Woman |
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John Huston, Prizzi's Honor |
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Akira Kurosawa, Ran |
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Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa |
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Peter Weir, Witness |
| Writing |
| Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen |
Woody Allen, The Purple Rose of Cairo |
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Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown,
Brazil |
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Luis Puenzo and Aida Bortnik, The Official
Story |
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Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley, screenplay;
William Kelley, Pamela Wallace and Earl W. Wallace,
story, Witness |
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Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, Back to the Future |
| Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium |
Richard Condon and Janet Roach, Prizzi's Honor |
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Horton Foote, The Trip to Bountiful |
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Kurt Luedtke, Out of Africa |
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Menno Meyjes, The Color Purple |
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Leonard Schrader, Kiss of the Spider Woman |
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| Cinematography |
Allen Daviau, The Color Purple |
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William A. Fraker, Murphy's Romance |
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Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda and Asakazu Nakai, Ran |
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John Seale, Witness |
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David Watkin, Out of Africa |
| Art Direction |
Norman Garwood, art direction; Maggie Gray, set decoration,
Brazil |
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Stephen Grimes, art direction; Josie MacAvin, set
decoration, Out of Africa |
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Stan Jolley, art direction; John Anderson, set decoration,
Witness |
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Yoshiro Muraki and Shinobu Muraki, art direction, Ran |
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J. Michael Riva and Robert W. Welch, art direction;
Linda DeScenna, set decoration, The Color Purple |
| Sound |
Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore and Bud Alper,
Ladyhawke |
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Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold and
Peter Handford, Out of Africa |
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Donald O. Mitchell, Rick Kline, Kevin O'Connell and
David Ronne, Silverado |
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Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Minkler, Gerry Humphreys
and Chris Newman, A Chorus Line |
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Bill Varney, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell
and William B. Kaplan, Back to the Future |
| Music |
| Song |
“Miss Celie's Blues” (Sister), The Color Purple,
Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton, music; Quincy Jones,
Rod Temperton and Lionel Richie, lyrics |
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“The Power of Love,” Back to the Future,
Chris Hayes and Johnny Colla, music; Huey Lewis,
lyrics |
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“Say You, Say Me,” White Nights, Lionel
Richie, music and lyrics |
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“Love Theme From White Nights” (Separate
Lives), White Nights, Stephen Bishop, music
and lyrics |
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“Surprise, Surprise,” A Chorus Line, Marvin
Hamlisch, music; edward Kleban, lyrics |
| Original Score |
John Barry, Out of Africa |
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Bruce Broughton, Silverado |
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Georges Delerue, Agnes of God |
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Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus
Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli,
Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry
Hey and Randy Kerber, The Color Purple |
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Maurice Jarre, Witness |
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| Film Editing |
John Bloom, A Chorus Line |
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Rudi Fehr and Kaja Fehr, Prizzi's Honor |
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Thom Noble, Witness |
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Henry Richardson, Runaway Train |
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Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp, Pembroke Herring
and Sheldon Kahn, Out of Africa |
| Costume Design |
Milena Canonero, Out of Africa |
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Donfeld, Prizzi's Honor |
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Aggie Guerard Rodgers, The Color Purple |
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Emi Wada, Ran |
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Albert Wolksy, The Journey of Natty Gann |
| Makeup |
Ken Chase, The Color Purple |
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Carl Fullerton, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins |
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Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek, Mask |
| Visual Effects |
Dennis Muren, Kit West, John Ellis and David Allen,
Young Sherlock Holmes |
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Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar and David
Berry, Cocoon |
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Will Vinton, lan Wingrove, Zoran Perisic and Michael
Lloyd, Return to Oz |
| Sound Effects Editing |
Frederick J. Brown, Rambo: First Blood Part II |
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Charles L. Campbell and Robert Rutledge, Back
to the Future |
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Bob Henderson and Alan Murray, Ladyhawke |
| Short Films |
| Animated |
Anna & Bella (Cilia Van Dijk, producer,
Netherlands) |
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The Big Snit (Richard Condie and Michael
Scott, producers; National Film Board of Canada) |
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Second Class Mail (Alison Snowden, producer;
National Film and Television School) |
| Live Action |
Graffiti (Dianna Costello, producer; American
Film Institute) |
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Molly's Pilgrim (Jeff Brown and Chris
Pelzer, producers; Phoenix Films) |
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Rainbow War (Bob Rogers, producer; Bob
Rogers and Co.) |
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| Documentary |
| Short Subject |
The Courage to Care (Robert Gardner, producer;
United Way) |
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Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date
(Michael Crowley and James Wolpaw, producers; Rhode
Island Committee for the Humanities) |
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Making Overtures—The Story of a Community Orchestra
(Barbara Willis Sweete, producer; Rhombus Media,
Inc.) |
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Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements
(David Goodman, producer; Skylight Picture Production) |
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The Wizard of the Strings (Alan Edelstein,
producer; Seventh Hour Production) |
| Feature |
Broken Rainbow (Maria Florio and Victoria
Mudd, producers; Earthworks Films Production) |
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Las Madres—The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
(Susana Muńoz and Lourdes Portillo, producers; Film
Arts Foundation) |
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Soldiers in Hiding (Japhet Asher, producer;
Filmworks, Inc. Production) |
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The Statue of Liberty (Ken Burns and Buddy
Squires, producers; Florentine Films Production) |
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Unfinished Business (Steven Okazaki, producer;
Mouchette Films Production) |
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| Foreign Language Film |
Angry Harvest, Federal Republic of Germany—West |
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Colonel Redl, Hungary |
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The Official Story, Argentina |
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Three Men and a Cradle, France |
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When Father Was Away on Business, Yugoslavia |
| Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |
Charles “Buddy” Rogers |
| Honorary Awards |
To Paul Newman in recognition of his many memorable
and compelling screen performances and for his personal
integrity and dedication to his craft |
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To Alex North in recognition of his brilliant
artistry in the creation of memorable music for a host
of distinguished motion pictures |
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To John H. Whitney, Sr. for cinematic pioneering |
