61st Academy Awards

THE FILMS OF 1988

Best Picture

WINNER

The Accidental Tourist

Dangerous Liaisons

Mississippi Burning

Best Directing

Barry Levinson
Rain Man

WINNER

Charles Crichton
A Fish Called Wanda

Mike Nichols
Working Girl

Alan Parker
Mississippi Burning

Martin Scorsese
The Last Temptation of Christ

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Dustin Hoffman
Rain Man

WINNER

Gene Hackman
Mississippi Burning

Tom Hanks
Big

Edward James Olmos
Stand and Deliver

Max von Sydow
Pelle the Conqueror

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Jodie Foster
The Accused

WINNER

Glenn Close
Dangerous Liaisons

Melanie Griffith
Working Girl

Meryl Streep
A Cry in the Dark

Sigourney Weaver
Gorillas in the Mist

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Kevin Kline
A Fish Called Wanda

WINNER

Alec Guinness
Little Dorrit

Martin Landau
Tucker: The Man and His Dream

River Phoenix
Running on Empty

Dean Stockwell
Married to the Mob

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Geena Davis
The Accidental Tourist

WINNER

Joan Cusack
Working Girl

Frances McDormand
Mississippi Burning

Michelle Pfeiffer
Dangerous Liaisons

Sigourney Weaver
Working Girl

Best Original Screenplay

Ronald Bass
Barry Morrow
Rain Man

WINNER

Gary Ross
Anne Spielberg
Big

Ron Shelton
Bull Durham

John Cleese
Charles Crichton
A Fish Called Wanda

Naomi Foner
Running on Empty

Best Adapted Screenplay

Christopher Hampton
Dangerous Liaisons

WINNER

Frank Galati
Lawrence Kasdan
The Accidental Tourist

Anna Hamilton Phelan
Tab Murphy
Gorillas in the Mist

Christine Edzard
Little Dorrit

Jean-Claude Carrière
Philip Kaufman
The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Best Cinematography

Peter Biziou
Mississippi Burning

WINNER

John Seale
Rain Man

Conrad L. Hall
Tequila Sunrise

Sven Nykvist
The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Dean Cundey
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Best Film Editing

Arthur Schmidt
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

WINNER

Frank J. Urioste
John F. Link
Die Hard

Stuart Baird
Gorillas in the Mist

Gerry Hambling
Mississippi Burning

Stu Linder
Rain Man

Best Costume Design

James Acheson
Dangerous Liaisons

WINNER

Deborah Nadoolman
Coming to America

Jane Robinson
A Handful of Dust

Patricia Norris
Sunset

Milena Canonero
Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Best Art Direction

Stuart Craig
Gérard James
Dangerous Liaisons

WINNER

Albert Brenner
Garrett Lewis
Beaches

Ida Random
Linda DeScenna
Rain Man

Dean Tavoularis
Armin Ganz
Tucker: The Man and His Dream

Elliot Scott
Peter Howitt
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Best Music, Original Score

Dave Grusin
The Milagro Beanfield War

WINNER

John Williams
The Accidental Tourist

George Fenton
Dangerous Liaisons

Maurice Jarre
Gorillas in the Mist

Hans Zimmer
Rain Man

Best Music, Original Song

“LET THE RIVER RUN“

Carly Simon
Working Girl

WINNER

“CALLING YOU“

Bob Telson
Bagdad Cafe

“TWO HEARTS“

Lamont Dozier
Phil Collins
Buster

Best Makeup

WINNER

Coming to America

Best Sound

WINNER

Gorillas in the Mist

Mississippi Burning

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Best Sound Effects Editing

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

WINNER

Best Visual Effects

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

WINNER

Best Foreign Language Film

Pelle the Conqueror

WINNER

Hanussen

The Music Teacher

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