1987 Oscars 59th Academy Awards |
In-Depth Details and Trivia
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1987 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
| Best Picture: Platoon – Arnold Kopelson, producer (WINNER) Children of a Lesser God – Burt Sugarman and Patrick J. Palmer, producers Hannah and Her Sisters – Robert Greenhut, producer The Mission – Fernando Ghia and David Puttnam, producers A Room with a View – Ismail Merchant, producer |
| Best Director: Oliver Stone – Platoon (WINNER) David Lynch – Blue Velvet Woody Allen – Hannah and Her Sisters Roland Joffé – The Mission James Ivory – A Room with a View |
| Best Actor: Paul Newman – The Color of Money as “Fast Eddie” Felson (WINNER) Dexter Gordon – Round Midnight as Dale Turner Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa as George William Hurt – Children of a Lesser God as James Leeds James Woods – Salvador as Richard Boyle |
| Best Actress: Marlee Matlin – Children of a Lesser God as Sarah Norman (WINNER) Jane Fonda – The Morning After as Alex Sternbergen Sissy Spacek – Crimes of the Heart as Babe Magrath Kathleen Turner – Peggy Sue Got Married as Peggy Sue Bodell Sigourney Weaver – Aliens as Ellen Ripley |
| Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine – Hannah and Her Sisters as Elliott Daniels (WINNER) Tom Berenger – Platoon as Sgt. Bob Barnes Willem Dafoe – Platoon as Sgt. Elias Grodin Denholm Elliott – A Room with a View as Mr. Emerson Dennis Hopper – Hoosiers as Wilbur “Shooter” Flatch |
| Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest – Hannah and Her Sisters as Holly (WINNER) Tess Harper – Crimes of the Heart as Chick Boyle Piper Laurie – Children of a Lesser God as Mrs. Norman Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio – The Color of Money as Carmen Maggie Smith – A Room with a View as Charlotte Bartlett |
| Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Hannah and Her Sisters – Woody Allen (WINNER) Crocodile Dundee – Screenplay by Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, and John Cornell; Story by Paul Hogan My Beautiful Laundrette – Hanif Kureishi Platoon – Oliver Stone Salvador – Oliver Stone and Rick Boyle |
| Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: A Room with a View – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based on the novel by E. M. Forster (WINNER) Children of a Lesser God – Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff based on the play by Mark Medoff The Color of Money – Richard Price based on the novel by Walter Tevis Crimes of the Heart – Beth Henley based on the play by Beth Henley Stand by Me – Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans based on the novella The Body by Stephen King |
| Best Foreign Language Film: The Assault (The Netherlands) in Dutch and German – Fons Rademakers (WINNER) 38 (Austria) in German – Wolfgang Glück Betty Blue (France) in French – Jean-Jacques Beineix The Decline of the American Empire (Canada) in French – Denys Arcand My Sweet Little Village (Czechoslovakia) in Czech – Jirí Menzel |
| Best Documentary Feature: Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got – Brigitte Berman (WINNER/TIE) Down and Out in America – Joseph Feury and Milton Justice (WINNER/TIE) Chile: Hasta Cuando? – David Bradbury Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer – Kirk Simon and Amram Nowak Witness to Apartheid – Sharon I. Sopher |
| Best Documentary Short Subject: Women – for America, for the World – Vivienne Verdon-Roe (WINNER) Debonair Dancers – Alison Nigh-Strelich The Masters of Disaster – Sonya Friedman Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse – Thomas L. Neff and Madeline Bell Sam – Aaron D. Weisblatt |
| Best Live Action Short Film: Precious Images – Chuck Workman (WINNER) Exit – Stefano Reali and Pino Quartullo Love Struck – Fredda Weiss |
| Best Animated Short Film: Greek Tragedy – Nicole van Goethem (WINNER) The Frog, the Dog and the Devil – Bob Stenhouse Luxo Jr. – John Lasseter and William Reeves |
| Best Original Score: Round Midnight – Herbie Hancock (WINNER) Aliens – James Horner Hoosiers – Jerry Goldsmith The Mission – Ennio Morricone Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Leonard Rosenman |
| Best Original Song: “Take My Breath Away” from Top Gun – Music and Lyrics by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock (WINNER) “Glory of Love” from The Karate Kid Part II – Music by Peter Cetera and David Foster; Lyrics by Peter Cetera and Diane Nini “Life in a Looking Glass” from That’s Life! – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse “Mean Green Mother from Outer Space” from Little Shop of Horrors – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman “Somewhere Out There” from An American Tail – Music by James Horner and Barry Mann; Lyrics by Cynthia Weil |
| Best Sound Effects Editing: Aliens – Don Sharpe (WINNER) Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Mark Mangini Top Gun – Cecelia Hall and George Watters II |
| Best Sound: Platoon – John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles “Bud” Grenzbach, and Simon Kaye (WINNER) Aliens – Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter, and Roy Charman Heartbreak Ridge – Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, and William Nelson Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Terry Porter, Dave Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, and Gene S. Cantamessa Top Gun – Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O’Connell, Rick Kline, and William B. Kaplan |
| Best Art Direction: A Room with a View – Art Direction: Gianni Quaranta and Brian Ackland-Snow; Set Decoration: Brian Savegar and Elio Altramura (WINNER) Aliens – Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis The Color of Money – Art Direction: Boris Leven (posthumous nomination) ; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara Hannah and Her Sisters – Art Direction: Stuart Wurtzel; Set Decoration: Carol Joffe The Mission – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Jack Stephens |
| Best Cinematography: The Mission – Chris Menges (WINNER) Peggy Sue Got Married – Jordan Cronenweth Platoon – Robert Richardson A Room with a View – Tony Pierce-Roberts Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Donald Peterman |
| Best Makeup: The Fly – Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis (WINNER) The Clan of the Cave Bear – Michael Westmore and Michèle Burke Legend – Rob Bottin and Peter Robb-King |
| Best Costume Design: A Room with a View – Jenny Beavan and John Bright (WINNER) The Mission – Enrico Sabbatini Otello – Anna Anni and Maurizio Millenotti Peggy Sue Got Married – Theadora Van Runkle Pirates – Anthony Powell |
| Best Film Editing: Platoon – Claire Simpson (WINNER) Aliens – Ray Lovejoy Hannah and Her Sisters – Susan E. Morse The Mission – Jim Clark Top Gun – Billy Weber and Chris Lebenzon |
| Best Visual Effects: Aliens – Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, and Suzanne M. Benson (WINNER) Little Shop of Horrors – Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren, and Martin Gutteridge Poltergeist II: The Other Side – Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller, and William Neil |
| Honorary Academy Award: Ralph Bellamy |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Steven Spielberg |
