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61st Academy Awards

Held in 1989 · 19 categories

Best Picture

Best Actor

Winner Rain Man · Dustin Hoffman
Nominee Big · Tom Hanks
Nominee Mississippi Burning · Gene Hackman
Nominee Pelle the Conqueror · Max von Sydow
Nominee Stand and Deliver · Edward James Olmos

Best Actress

Winner The Accused · Jodie Foster
Nominee Dangerous Liaisons · Glenn Close
Nominee Evil Angels · Meryl Streep
Nominee Gorillas in the Mist · Sigourney Weaver
Nominee Working Girl · Melanie Griffith

Best Supporting Actor

Winner A Fish Called Wanda · Kevin Kline
Nominee Little Dorrit · Alec Guinness
Nominee Married to the Mob · Dean Stockwell
Nominee Running on Empty · River Phoenix
Nominee Tucker: The Man and His Dream · Martin Landau

Best Supporting Actress

Winner The Accidental Tourist · Geena Davis
Nominee Dangerous Liaisons · Michelle Pfeiffer
Nominee Mississippi Burning · Frances McDormand
Nominee Working Girl · Sigourney Weaver
Nominee Working Girl · Joan Cusack

Best Director

Winner Rain Man · Barry Levinson
Nominee A Fish Called Wanda · Charles Crichton
Nominee Mississippi Burning · Alan Parker
Nominee The Last Temptation of Christ · Martin Scorsese
Nominee Working Girl · Mike Nichols

Best Original Screenplay

Winner Rain Man · Barry Morrow, Ronald Bass
Nominee A Fish Called Wanda · Charles Crichton, John Cleese
Nominee Big · Anne Spielberg, Gary Ross
Nominee Bull Durham · Ron Shelton
Nominee Running on Empty · Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner Dangerous Liaisons · Christopher Hampton
Nominee Gorillas in the Mist · Anna Hamilton Phelan, Tab Murphy
Nominee Little Dorrit · Christine Edzard
Nominee The Accidental Tourist · Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan
Nominee The Unbearable Lightness of Being · Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman

Best International Feature Film

Winner Pelle the Conqueror
Nominee Hanussen
Nominee Salaam Bombay!
Nominee The Music Teacher
Nominee Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Best Documentary Feature

Winner Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie · Marcel Ophuls
Nominee Let's Get Lost · Bruce Weber, Nan Bush
Nominee Promises to Keep · Ginny Durrin
Nominee The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude – An Afrikaner Speaks Out · Robert Bilheimer, Ronald Mix
Nominee Who Killed Vincent Chin? · Christine Choy, Renee Tajima

Best Original Score

Winner The Milagro Beanfield War · Dave Grusin
Nominee Dangerous Liaisons · George Fenton
Nominee Gorillas in the Mist · Maurice Jarre
Nominee Rain Man · Hans Zimmer
Nominee The Accidental Tourist · John Williams

Best Original Song

Winner Let the River Run from Working Girl · Carly Simon
Nominee Calling You from Bagdad Cafe · Bob Telson
Nominee Two Hearts from Buster · Lamont Dozier, Phil Collins

Best Cinematography

Winner Mississippi Burning · Peter Biziou
Nominee Rain Man · John Seale
Nominee Tequila Sunrise · Conrad Hall
Nominee The Unbearable Lightness of Being · Sven Nykvist
Nominee Who Framed Roger Rabbit · Dean Cundey

Best Film Editing

Winner Who Framed Roger Rabbit · Arthur Schmidt
Nominee Die Hard · Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link
Nominee Gorillas in the Mist · Stuart Baird
Nominee Mississippi Burning · Gerry Hambling
Nominee Rain Man · Stu Linder

Best Production Design

Winner Dangerous Liaisons · Gérard James, Stuart Craig
Nominee Beaches · Albert Brenner, Garrett Lewis
Nominee Rain Man · Ida Random, Linda DeScenna
Nominee Tucker: The Man and His Dream · Armin Ganz, Dean Tavoularis
Nominee Who Framed Roger Rabbit · Elliot Scott, Peter Howitt

Best Costume Design

Winner Dangerous Liaisons · James Acheson
Nominee A Handful of Dust · Jane Robinson
Nominee Coming to America · Deborah Nadoolman Landis
Nominee Sunset · Patricia Norris
Nominee Tucker: The Man and His Dream · Milena Canonero

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Winner Beetlejuice · Robert Short, Steve La Porte, Ve Neill
Nominee Coming to America · Rick Baker
Nominee Scrooged · Bari Dreiband-Burman, Thomas R. Burman

Best Sound

Winner Bird · Dick Alexander, Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Willie D. Burton
Nominee Die Hard · Al Overton, Jr., Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton
Nominee Gorillas in the Mist · Andy Nelson, Brian Saunders, Peter Handford
Nominee Mississippi Burning · Danny Michael, Elliot Tyson, Rick Kline, Robert J. Litt
Nominee Who Framed Roger Rabbit · Don Digirolamo, John Boyd, Robert Knudson, Tony Dawe

Best Visual Effects

Winner Who Framed Roger Rabbit · Edward Jones, George Gibbs, Ken Ralston, Richard Williams
Nominee Die Hard · Al DiSarro, Brent Boates, Richard Edlund, Thaine Morris
Nominee Willow · Christopher Leith Evans, Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Phil Tippett