60th Academy Awards

60th Academy Awards
Date	Monday, April 11, 1988
Site	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
Host	Chevy Chase
Producer	Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
Director	Marty Pasetta
	Highlights
Best Picture	The Last Emperor
	TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 33 minutes
Viewership	42.04 million

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The 60th Academy Awards were presented April 11, 1988 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was the first to be held there since the 20th Academy Awards.^[1] The 1988 Writers Guild of America strike, which began on March 7, were mentioned several times during the evening: host Chevy Chase claimed his "entire monologue was generously donated by five Teamsters" and Sean Connery referred to the strike in his acceptance speech.^[1]

Billy Wilder was rewarded The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. The event was otherwise dominated by two films. The Last Emperor won all nine Oscars for which it was nominated, including two for Bernardo Bertolucci, who won for his direction and for co-writing the screenplay, adapted from the title character's autobiography. It did so in spite of having been "snubbed by several Hollywood studios and mishandled by the company (Columbia Pictures) that finally distributed it." ^[2] Moonstruck, nominated for six Academy Awards, received three, two in acting categories (for Cher and Olympia Dukakis), and another for its original screenplay. Four films with five or more nominations were shut out: Broadcast News, Hope and Glory, Fatal Attraction, and Empire of the Sun.

Janet Maslin, reviewing the ceremony for The New York Times, said the ceremony "emphasiz[ed] the low-gloss aspects of today's Hollywood"—a lack of gloss made particularly evident by the appearance of presenters Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, who stood out like "visiting royalty"^[3]

[edit] Results

Award	Winner	Nominee(s)
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Michael Douglas – Wall Street	William Hurt – Broadcast News Marcello Mastroianni – Dark Eyes Jack Nicholson – Ironweed Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Sean Connery – The Untouchables	Albert Brooks – Broadcast News Morgan Freeman – Street Smart Vincent Gardenia – Moonstruck Denzel Washington – Cry Freedom
Best Actress in a Leading Role	Cher – Moonstruck	Glenn Close – Fatal Attraction Holly Hunter – Broadcast News Sally Kirkland – Anna Meryl Streep – Ironweed
Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Olympia Dukakis – Moonstruck	Anne Archer – Fatal Attraction Norma Aleandro – Gaby: A True Story Anne Ramsey – Throw Momma from the Train Ann Sothern – The Whales of August
Best Art Direction	The Last Emperor – Art Direction: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Set Decoration: Bruno Cesari and Osvaldo Desideri	Empire of the Sun – Art Direction: Norman Reynolds; Set Decoration: Harry Cordwell Hope and Glory – Art Direction: Anthony Pratt; Set Decoration: Joan Woollard Radio Days – Art Direction: Santo Loquasto; Set Decoration: Carol Joffe, Les Bloom, George DeTitta, Jr. The Untouchables – Art Direction: Patrizia von Brandenstein, William A. Elliott; Set Decoration: Hal Gausman
Best Cinematography	The Last Emperor – Vittorio Storaro	Broadcast News – Michael Ballhaus Empire of the Sun – Allen Daviau Hope and Glory – Philippe Rousselot Matewan – Haskell Wexler
Best Costume Design	The Last Emperor - James Acheson	The Dead – Dorothy Jeakins Empire of the Sun – Bob Ringwood Maurice – Jenny Beavan, John Bright The Untouchables – Marilyn Vance-Straker
Best Director	Bernardo Bertolucci – The Last Emperor	John Boorman – Hope and Glory Lasse Hallstrom – My Life as a Dog Norman Jewison – Moonstruck Adrian Lyne – Fatal Attraction
Best Documentary (Feature)	The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table – Aviva Slesin, Producer	Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years/Bridge to Freedom 1965 – Callie Crossley and James A. DeVinney, Producers Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima – John Junkerman and John W. Dower, Producers Radio Bikini – Robert Stone, Producer A Stitch for Time – Barbara Herbich and Cyril Christo, Producers
Best Documentary (Short Subject)	"Young at Heart" – Sue Marx and Pamela Conn, Producers	"Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller" – Deborah Dickson, Producer "In the Wee Wee Hours..." – Frank Daniel and Izak Ben-Meir, Producers "Language Says It All" – Megan Williamsi, Producer "Silver into Gold" – Lynn Mueller, Producer
Best Film Editing	The Last Emperor – Gabriella Cristiani	Broadcast News – Richard Marks Empire of the Sun – Michael Kahn Fatal Attraction – Michael Kahn, Peter E. Berger RoboCop – Frank J. Urioste
Best Foreign Language Film	Babette's Feast – Denmark	Au Revoir Les Enfants – France (Goodbye, Children) -- France Course Completed – Spain The Family – Italy Pathfinder – Norway
Best Makeup	Harry and the Hendersons – Rick Baker	Happy New Year – Bob Laden
Best Music (Original Score)	The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Cong Su and Ryuichi Sakamoto	Cry Freedom – George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa Empire of the Sun – John Williams The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone The Witches of Eastwick – John Williams
Best Music (Original Song)	"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing – Music by Frankie Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz; Lyric by Franke Previte	"Cry Freedom" from Cry Freedom – Music and Lyric by George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" from Mannequin - Music and Lyric by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren "Shakedown" from Beverly Hills Cop II – Music by Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey; Lyric by Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey and Bob Seger "Storybook Love" from The Princess Bride – Music and Lyric by Willy DeVille
Best Picture	The Last Emperor – Jeremy Thomas, Producer	Broadcast News – James L. Brooks, Producer Fatal Attraction – Stanley R. Jaffe and Sherry Lansing, Producers Hope and Glory – John Boorman, Producer Moonstruck – Patrick Palmer and Norman Jewison, Producers
Best Short Film (Animated)	"The Man Who Planted Trees" – Frédéric Back, Producer	"George and Rosemary" – Eunice Macaulay, Producer "Your Face" – Bill Plympton, Producer
Best Short Film (Dramatic Live Action)	"Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall" – Jonathan Sanger and Jana Sue Memel, Producers	"Making Waves" – Ann Wingate, Producer "Shoeshine" – Robert A. Katz, Producer
Best Sound	The Last Emperor – Bill Rowe and Ivan Sharrock	Empire of the Sun – Robert Knudson, Don Digirolamo, John Boyd, Tony Dawe Lethal Weapon – Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Bill Nelson RoboCop – Michael J. Kohut, Carlos de Larios, Aaron Rochin, Robert Wald The Witches of Eastwick – Wayne Artman, Tom Beckert, Tom Dahl, Art Rochester
Best Visual Effects	Innerspace – Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup and Kenneth Winston	Predator – Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg, Stan Winston
Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)	The Last Emperor – Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci	The Dead – Tony Huston Fatal Attraction – James Dearden Full Metal Jacket – Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford My Life as a Dog – Lasse Hallstrom, Reidar Jonsson, Brasse Brannstrom and Per Berglund
Best Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)	Moonstruck – John Patrick Shanley	Broadcast News – James L. Brooks Goodbye, Children – Louis Malle Hope and Glory – John Boorman Radio Days – Woody Allen

[edit] Out of competition

Special Achievement Academy Award – for sound effects editing of RoboCop – Stephen Flick, John Pospisil

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c Last Emperor Reigns Over Oscar Ceremonies, an April 1988 review from the Chicago Tribune
^ Love And Respect, Hollywood-Style, an April 1988 article by Richard Corliss in Time
^ An Identity Crisis for the Oscars, an April 1988 review from The New York Times

"The Official Academy Awards Database". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp. Retrieved September 15, 2009.

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[trib-0] Last Emperor Reigns Over Oscar Ceremonies, an April 1988 review from the Chicago Tribune

[timemag-1] Love And Respect, Hollywood-Style, an April 1988 article by Richard Corliss in Time

[2] An Identity Crisis for the Oscars, an April 1988 review from The New York Times

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