The 60th Academy Award nominations were announced on February 15, 1989. The big nominees were Rain Man with eight nominations and Dangerous Liaisons and Mississippi Burning both with seven nominations. Sigourney Weaver was nominated both in Best Actress (Gorillas in the Mist) and Best Supporting Actress (Working Girl). The Oscars were presented on March 29, 1989. Click on the BasementRejects Review link below the nominees for a complete review of the nominated films.
Best Picture:
The Accidental Tourist
Dangerous Liaisons
Mississippi Burning
WINNER: Rain Man
Working Girl
Best Director:
Charles Crichton—A Fish Called Wanda
WINNER: Barry Levinson—Rain Man
Mike Nichols—Working Girl
Alan Parker—Mississippi Burning
Martin Scorsese—The Last Temptation of Christ
Best Actor:
Gene Hackman—Mississippi Burning
Tom Hanks—Big
WINNER: Dustin Hoffman—Rain Man
Edward James Olmos—Stand and Deliver
Max von Sydow—Pelle the Conqueror
Best Actress:
Glenn Close—Dangerous Liaisons
WINNER: Jodie Foster—The Accused
Melanie Griffith—Working Girl
Meryl Streep—A Cry in the Dark
Sigourney Weaver—Gorillas in the Mist
Best Supporting Actor:
Alec Guinness—Little Dorrit
WINNER: Kevin Kline—A Fish Called Wanda
Martin Landau—Tucker: The Man and His Dream
River Phoenix—Running on Empty
Dean Stockwell—Married to the Mob
Best Supporting Actress:
Joan Cusack—Working Girl
WINNER: Geena Davis—The Accidental Tourist
Frances McDormand—Mississippi Burning
Michelle Pfeiffer—Dangerous Liaisons
Sigourney Weaver—Working Girl
Best Original Screenplay:
Big
Bull Durham
A Fish Called Wanda
WINNER: Rain Man
Running on Empty
Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Accidental Tourist
WINNER: Dangerous Liaisons
Gorillas in the Mist
Little Dorrit
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Best Foreign Language Film:
Hanussen
The Music Teacher
WINNER: Pelle the Conqueror
Salaam Bombay!
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Best Documentary Feature:
The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude—An Afrikaner Speaks Out
WINNER: Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Let’s Get Lost
Promises to Keep
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Best Documentary Short Subject:
The Children’s Storefront
Family Gathering
Gang Cops
Portrait of Imogen
WINNER: You Don’t Have to Die
Best Live Action Short Film:
WINNER: The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Cadillac Dreams
Gullah Tales
Best Animated Short Film:
The Cat Came Back
Technological Threat
WINNER: Tin Toy
Best Original Score:
The Accidental Tourist
Dangerous Liaisons
Gorillas in the Mist
WINNER: The Milagro Beanfield War
Rain Man
Best Original Song:
“Calling You”—Bagdad Café
WINNER: “Let the River Run”—Working Girl
“Two Hearts”—Buster
Best Sound:
WINNER: Bird
Die Hard
Gorillas in the Mist
Mississippi Burning
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Best Sound Effects Editing:
Die Hard
WINNER: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Willow
Best Art Direction:
Beaches
WINNER: Dangerous Liaisons
Rain Man
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Best Makeup:
WINNER: Beetlejuice
Coming to America
Scrooged
Best Costume Design:
Coming to America
WINNER: Dangerous Liaisons
A Handful of Dust
Sunset
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Best Cinematography:
Die Hard
Gorillas in the Mist
Mississippi Burning
Rain Man
WINNER: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Best Visual Effects:
Die Hard
WINNER: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Willow
