61st Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1989)

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  • Date of Ceremony: Wednesday, March 29, 1989
  • For films released in: 1988
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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

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
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