61st Annual Academy Awards Coverage (1989)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Wednesday, March 29, 1989
  • For films released in: 1988
  • Location: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
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While some remember the 61st Annual Academy Awards as the year that Rain Man won Best Picture, many remember it as the year when Rob Lowe danced with Snow White, Disney threatened to sue and a collection of Hollywood luminaries called the Allan Carr produced ceremony “an embarrassment to both the Academy and the entire motion picture industry.”

Heading into the ceremony, the following film(s) had five or more nominations:

  • Rain Man: 8
  • Dangerous Liaisons: 7
  • Mississippi Burning: 7
  • Working Girl: 6
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 6
  • Gorillas in the Mist: 5
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