61st Academy Awards

61st Academy Awards
Official poster
Date	March 29, 1989
Site	Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by	none
Produced by	Allan Carr
Directed by	Jeff Margolis
Highlights
Best Picture	Rain Man
Most awards	Rain Man (4)
Most nominations	Rain Man (8)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 19 minutes
Ratings	42.68 million 29.81% (Nielsen ratings)

The 61st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1988, and took place on Wednesday, March 29, 1989, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST/ 9:00 p.m. EST.^[1] During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Allan Carr and directed by Jeff Margolis.^[1] Ten days earlier, in a ceremony held at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Angie Dickinson.^[2]

Rain Man won four awards, including Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman, Best Director for Barry Levinson, and Best Picture.^[3] Other winners included Who Framed Roger Rabbit, with three competitive awards (and one Special Achievement Award); Dangerous Liaisons, with three awards; and The Accused, The Accidental Tourist, A Fish Called Wanda, The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, Beetlejuice, Bird, Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie, The Milagro Beanfield War, Mississippi Burning, Pelle the Conqueror, Tin Toy, Working Girl, and You Don't Have to Die with one each. The telecast garnered almost 43 million viewers in the United States.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 61st Academy Awards were announced on February 15, 1989, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC), at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Richard Kahn, president of the Academy, and the actress Anne Archer.^[4] Rain Man led all nominees, with eight nominations; Dangerous Liaisons and Mississippi Burning tied for second with seven each.^[5]

The winners were announced at the award ceremony on March 29, 1989.^[6] Best Actor winner Dustin Hoffman was the fifth person to win the aforementioned category twice.^[7] Sigourney Weaver became the fifth performer to receive two acting nominations in the same year.^[8] However, she also became the first to lose both nominations.^[9]

Awards

Barry Levinson, Best Director winner

Dustin Hoffman, Best Actor winner

Jodie Foster, Best Actress winner

Kevin Kline, Best Supporting Actor winner

Geena Davis, Best Supporting Actress winner

John Lasseter, Best Animated Short Film co-winner

William Reeves, Best Animated Short Film co-winner

Dave Grusin, Best Original Score winner

Carly Simon, Best Original Song winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with double dagger ().^[10]

Best Picture Rain Man – Mark Johnson The Accidental Tourist – Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun, and Michael Grillo Dangerous Liaisons – Norma Heyman and Hank Moonjean Mississippi Burning – Frederick M. Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry Working Girl – Douglas Wick	Best Director Barry Levinson – Rain Man Charles Crichton – A Fish Called Wanda Martin Scorsese – The Last Temptation of Christ Alan Parker – Mississippi Burning Mike Nichols – Working Girl
Best Actor Dustin Hoffman – Rain Man as Raymond "Rain Man" Babbit Gene Hackman – Mississippi Burning as Agent Rupert Anderson Tom Hanks – Big as Josh Baskin Edward James Olmos – Stand and Deliver as Jaime Escalante Max von Sydow – Pelle the Conqueror as Lassefar	Best Actress Jodie Foster – The Accused as Sarah Tobias Glenn Close – Dangerous Liaisons as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil Melanie Griffith – Working Girl as Tess McGill Meryl Streep – A Cry in the Dark as Lindy Chamberlain Sigourney Weaver – Gorillas in the Mist as Dian Fossey
Best Supporting Actor Kevin Kline – A Fish Called Wanda as Otto West Alec Guinness – Little Dorrit as William Dorrit Martin Landau – Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Abe Karatz River Phoenix – Running on Empty as Danny Pope Dean Stockwell – Married to the Mob as Tony "The Tiger" Russo	Best Supporting Actress Geena Davis – The Accidental Tourist as Muriel Pritchett Joan Cusack – Working Girl as Cyn Frances McDormand – Mississippi Burning as Mrs. Pell Michelle Pfeiffer – Dangerous Liaisons as Madame Marie de Tourvel Sigourney Weaver – Working Girl as Katharine Parker
Best Original Screenplay Rain Man – Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow Big – Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg Bull Durham – Ron Shelton A Fish Called Wanda – John Cleese and Charles Crichton Running on Empty – Naomi Foner	Best Adapted Screenplay Dangerous Liaisons – Christopher Hampton from Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton and Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos The Accidental Tourist – Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan from The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler Gorillas in the Mist – Anna Hamilton Phelan and Tab Murphy from an article by Harold T.P. Hayes Little Dorrit – Christine Edzard from Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman from The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Best Foreign Language Film Pelle the Conqueror (Denmark) in Danish–– Bille August Hanussen (Hungary) in Hungarian – István Szabó The Music Teacher (Belgium) in German – Gérard Corbiau Salaam Bombay! (India) Hindi – Mira Nair Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain) in Spanish – Pedro Almodóvar	Best Film Editing Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Arthur Schmidt Die Hard – Frank Urioste and John Link Mississippi Burning – Gerry Hambling Rain Man – Stu Linder Gorillas in the Mist – Stuart Baird
Best Documentary Feature Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie – Marcel Ophüls The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude – An Afrikaner Speaks Out – Robert Bilheimer and Ronald Mix Let's Get Lost – Bruce Weber and Nan Bush Promises to Keep – Ginny Durrin Who Killed Vincent Chin? – Renee Tajima and Christine Choy	Best Documentary Short You Don't Have to Die – William Guttentag and Malcolm Clarke The Children's Storefront – Karen Goodman, Producer Family Gathering – Lise Yasui and Ann Tegnell, Producers Gang Cops – Thomas B. Fleming and Daniel J. Marks, Producers Portrait of Imogen – Nancy Hale and Meg Partridge, Producers
Best Live Action Short 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 Animated Short Tin Toy – John Lasseter and William Reeves The Cat Came Back – Cordell Barker Technological Threat – Bill Kroyer and Brian Jennings
Best Original Score The Milagro Beanfield War – Dave Grusin The Accidental Tourist – John Williams Dangerous Liaisons – George Fenton Gorillas in the Mist – Maurice Jarre Rain Man – Hans Zimmer	Best Original Song "Let the River Run" from Working Girl – Music and Lyric by Carly Simon "Calling You" from Bagdad Cafe – Music and Lyric by Bob Telson "Two Hearts" from Buster – Music by Lamont Dozier; Lyric by Phil Collins
Best Sound Bird – Les Fresholtz, Rick Alexander, Vern Poore and Willie D. Burton Die Hard – Don J. Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton and Al Overton, Jr. Gorillas in the Mist – Andy Nelson, Brian Saunders and Peter Handford Mississippi Burning – Robert J. 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 Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Charles L. Campbell, Louis Edemann Die Hard – Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard Shorr Willow – Ben Burtt, Richard Hymns
Best Art Direction Dangerous Liaisons – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Gérard James Beaches – Art Direction: Albert Brenner; Set Decoration: Garrett Lewis Rain Man – Art Direction: Ida Random; Set Decoration: Linda DeScenna Tucker: The Man and His Dream – Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis; Set Decoration: Armin Ganz Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Art Direction: Elliot Scott; Set Decoration: Peter Howitt	Best Cinematography Mississippi Burning – Peter Biziou Rain Man – John Seale Tequila Sunrise – Conrad Hall The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Sven Nykvist Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Dean Cundey
Best Makeup Beetlejuice – Ve Neill, Steve LaPorte and Robert Short Coming to America – Rick Baker Scrooged – Tom Burman and Bari Dreiband-Burman	Best Costume Design Dangerous Liaisons – James Acheson Coming to America – Deborah Nadoolman Landis A Handful of Dust – Jane Robinson Sunset – Patricia Norris Tucker: The Man and His Dream – Milena Canonero
Best Visual Effects Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Ed Jones and George Gibbs Die Hard – Richard Edlund, Al DiSarro, Brent Boates and Thaine Morris Willow – Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Phil Tippett and Chris Evans

Box office performance of nominees

At the time of the nominations announcement on February 15, the combined gross of the five Best Picture nominees at the US box office was $188 million, with an average of $37.7 million per film.^[11] Rain Man was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees, with $97 million in domestic box office receipts.^[11] The film was followed by Working Girl ($42.1 million), The Accidental Tourist ($24.2 million), Mississippi Burning ($18.6 million), and finally Dangerous Liaisons ($6.69 million).^[11]

Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 52 nominations went to 13 films. Only Big (3rd), Rain Man (5th), Working Girl (21st), The Accused (32nd), The Accidental Tourist (38th), Gorillas in the Mist (40th), Mississippi Burning (45th), and Tucker: The Man and His Dream (50th) were nominated for Best Picture, directing, acting, or screenwriting. The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1st), Coming to America (2nd), Die Hard (7th), Beetlejuice (9th), and Willow (12th).

Academy Honorary Awards

• National Film Board of Canada^[12]
• Eastman Kodak Company^[13]

Special Achievement Award

• Richard Williams
  • "For the animation direction of Who Framed Roger Rabbit".^[14]

Films with multiple nominations and wins

The following 17 films received multiple nominations: Nominations Film 8 Rain Man 7 Dangerous Liaisons Mississippi Burning 6 Who Framed Roger Rabbit Working Girl 5 Gorillas in the Mist 4 The Accidental Tourist Die Hard 3 A Fish Called Wanda Tucker: The Man and His Dream 2 Big Coming to America Little Dorrit Pelle the Conqueror Running on Empty The Unbearable Lightness of Being Willow

The following three films received multiple awards: Awards Film 4 Rain Man 3 Dangerous Liaisons Who Framed Roger Rabbit Note: Who Framed Roger Rabbit received 3 competitive Academy Awards of Merit. In addition, the film received a Special Achievement Award.

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.^[15]

Presenters

Name(s)	Role
O'Donnell, CharlieCharlie O'Donnell	Announcer for the 61st annual Academy Awards
Kahn, RichardRichard Kahn (AMPAS president)	Gave opening remarks welcoming guests to the awards ceremony
Selleck, TomTom Selleck	Introducers of presenters Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson
Griffith, MelanieMelanie Griffith Don Johnson	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Fonda, JaneJane Fonda	Presenter of the film Rain Man on the Best Picture segment
Novak, KimKim Novak James Stewart	Presenters of the awards for Best Sound and Best Sound Editing
Downey, Jr., RobertRobert Downey, Jr. Cybill Shepherd	Presenters of the award for Best Makeup
Swayze, PatrickPatrick Swayze	Presenter of film tribute to 1950s movie musicals
Swayze, PatrickPatrick Swayze	Presenters of the award for Best Original Score
Newton-John, OliviaOlivia Newton-John	Introducer of presenters Donald Sutherland and Kiefer Sutherland
Sutherland, DonaldDonald Sutherland Kiefer Sutherland	Presenters of the Academy Honorary Award to the National Film Board of Canada
Huston, AnjelicaAnjelica Huston	Presenter of the film Mississippi Burning on the Best Picture segment
Dafoe, WillemWillem Dafoe Gene Hackman	Presenters of the award for Best Art Direction
Derek, BoBo Derek Dudley Moore	Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design
Crystal, BillyBilly Crystal	Presenter of the movie tap dancers and Best Original Song performances montage
Davis, Jr., SammySammy Davis, Jr. Gregory Hines	Presenters of the award for Best Original Song
Bergen, CandiceCandice Bergen Jacqueline Bisset Jack Valenti	Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Hershey, BarbaraBarbara Hershey	Presenter of the film The Accidental Tourist on the Best Picture segment
Caine, MichaelMichael Caine Sean Connery Roger Moore	Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Bridges, BeauBeau Bridges Jeff Bridges Lloyd Bridges	Presenters of the award Best Visual Effects
Matthau, WalterWalter Matthau	Introducer of presenters of Lucille Ball and Bob Hope
Ball, LucilleLucille Ball Bob Hope	Introducers of the performance of the "I Wanna Be an Oscar Winner" musical number
Davis, GeenaGeena Davis Jeff Goldblum	Presenters of the award for Best Documentary Short
Olmos, Edward JamesEdward James Olmos Max von Sydow	Presenters of the award for Best Documentary Feature
Archer, AnneAnne Archer	Presenter of the film Dangerous Liaisons on the Best Picture segment
Fleischer, CharlesCharles Fleischer Robin Williams	Presenters of the Special Achievement Academy Award to Richard Williams
Moore, DemiDemi Moore Bruce Willis	Presenter of the award for Best Cinematography
Fisher, CarrieCarrie Fisher Martin Short	Presenters of the awards for Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Film
Douglas, MichaelMichael Douglas	Presenter of the award for Best Actor
MacGraw, AliAli MacGraw	Presenter of the film Working Girl on the Best Picture segment
Fawcett, FarrahFarrah Fawcett Ryan O'Neal	Presenters of the award for Best Film Editing
Dickinson, AngieAngie Dickinson	Presenter of the segment of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement and Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Dreyfuss, RichardRichard Dreyfuss Amy Irving	Presenters of the award Best Original Screenplay
Pfeiffer, MichelleMichelle Pfeiffer Dennis Quaid	Presenters of the award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Hawn, GoldieGoldie Hawn Kurt Russell	Presenters of the award for Best Director
Cruise, TomTom Cruise Dustin Hoffman	Presenters of the award for Best Actress
Cher, Cher	Presenter of the award for Best Picture

Performers

Name(s)	Role	Performed
Hamlisch, MarvinMarvin Hamlisch	Musical Arranger	Orchestral
Archerd, ArmyArmy Archerd Eileen Bowman Coral Browne Cyd Charisse Dale Evans Alice Faye Merv Griffin Dorothy Lamour Rob Lowe Tony Martin Vincent Price Buddy Rogers Roy Rogers Lily Tomlin	Performers	"I Only Have Eyes for You" from Dames "You Are My Lucky Star" from Broadway Melody of 1936 "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" "Proud Mary" "Hooray for Hollywood" from Hollywood Hotel
Coogan, KeithKeith Coogan Patrick Dempsey Corey Feldman Joely Fisher Tricia Leigh Fisher Savion Glover Carrie Hamilton Melora Hardin Ricki Lake Matt Lattanzi Chad Lowe Tracy Nelson Patrick O'Neal Corey Parker Tyrone Power, Jr. Holly Robinson Peete Christian Slater Blair Underwood	Performers	"(I Wanna Be an) Oscar Winner"

The ceremony

Allan Carr served as producer for the 61st Academy Awards

In an attempt to attract viewers to the telecast and increase interest in the festivities, the Academy hired film producer and veteran Oscar ceremony executive talent coordinator Allan Carr to produce the 1989 ceremony.^[16][17] In interviews with various media outlets, he expressed that it was a dream come true to produce the Oscars.^[18]

Notable changes were introduced in the production of the telecast. For the first time, presenters announced each winner with the phrase "And the Oscar goes to..." rather than "And the winner is...".^[19] The green room where Oscar presenters, performers, and winners gathered backstage was transformed into a luxurious suite complete with furniture, pictures, refreshments, and other amenities called "Club Oscar".^[20] Instead of hiring a host for the proceedings, Carr heavily relied on presenters often grouped in pairs that had some connection, either through family or the film industry.^[21][22][23]

Several other people were involved in the production of the ceremony. Jeff Margolis served as director of the telecast.^[24] Lyricist and composer Marvin Hamlisch was hired as musical supervisor of the festivities.^[25] Comedian and writer Bruce Vilanch was hired as a writer for the broadcast, a role he has had ever since.^[26] Carr had also rounded up eighteen young stars, including Patrick Dempsey, Corey Feldman, Ricki Lake, and Blair Underwood, to perform in a musical number entitled "I Wanna Be an Oscar Winner".^[27] Unlike in most Oscar ceremonies, however, Carr announced that none of the three songs nominated for Best Original Song would be performed live.^[22]

The telecast was also remembered for being the final public appearance of actress and comedian Lucille Ball, where she and co-presenter Bob Hope were given a standing ovation.^[28] On April 26, almost a month after the ceremony, she died from a dissecting aortic aneurysm at age 77.^[29]

Opening number

In an effort to showcase more glamour and showmanship in the ceremony, producer Carr hired playwright Steve Silver to co-produce an opening number inspired by Silver's long-running musical revue Beach Blanket Babylon.^[30] The segment consisted of an elaborate stage-show centered on actress Eileen Bowman dressed as Snow White from Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, who comes to Hollywood and is entranced by its glamour.^[30] Like Beach Blanket Babylon, the opening act also featured dancers wearing giant, elaborate hats.^[30] In a setting designed to resemble the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, Hollywood dignitaries such as actresses Doris Day and Cyd Charisse were prominently featured, while singer and television producer Merv Griffin sang a rendition of the song "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" (of which he had had a hit recording in 1949). Bowman and actor Rob Lowe then sang a reworked version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary", with lyrics rewritten to refer to the film industry; it is this song for which the act is infamously remembered.^[30]

Critical reviews and public reaction

The show received a negative reception from most media publications. Los Angeles Times television critic Howard Rosenberg lamented, "the Academy Awards telecast on ABC was surprisingly devoid of magic. It was on the musty side, and compared with last month's Grammycast, absolutely moribund."^[31] Film critic Janet Maslin chastised the opening number, saying it "deserves a permanent place in the annals of Oscar embarrassments". She also bemoaned that the "I Wanna Be an Oscar Winner" number "was confusingly shot and inspired no confidence in Hollywood's future".^[32] Television editor Tony Scott of Variety complained, "The 61st Annual Academy Awards extravaganza—seen in 91 different countries including, for the first time, the Soviet Union—turned out to be a TV nyet" He also observed that the "Break-Out Superstars number" looked like they were "cavorting around a giant Oscar as if it were the golden calf".^[33]

The telecast also received a mixed reception from professionals within the showbusiness industry. Talent agent Michael Ovitz praised Carr saying that he had "brought show business back to the movie business". Actress Jennifer Jones thanked Carr in a written letter to the producer, which read "You delivered."^[34] On the other hand, seventeen people, including actors Paul Newman, Gregory Peck, and Julie Andrews, and directors Billy Wilder and Joseph L. Mankiewicz, signed an open letter deriding the telecast as "an embarrassment to both the Academy and the entire motion picture industry".^[35]

In addition, The Walt Disney Company filed suit against AMPAS for use of the likeness of Snow White.^[36] The lawsuit demanded unspecified damages for "copyright infringement, unfair competition, and dilution of business reputation".^[37] Academy president Richard Kahn immediately issued an apology to the studio, and the lawsuit was subsequently dropped.^[38]

Ratings and aftermath

Despite the criticism regarding the production of the ceremony, the American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 42.68 million people over its length, which was a 1% increase from the previous year's ceremony.^[39][40] The show also drew higher Nielsen ratings compared to the previous ceremony, with 29.81% of households watching over a 50.41 share.^[39] It was the highest rated Oscar broadcast since the 56th ceremony held in 1984.^[37]

Nevertheless, AMPAS created an Awards Presentation Review Committee to evaluate and determine why the telecast earned such a negative reaction from the media and the entertainment industry.^[37] The committee later determined that Carr's biggest mistake was allowing the questionable opening number to run for 12 minutes. Producer and former Directors Guild of America president Gilbert Cates, who headed the committee, said that Carr would have not received such harsh criticism if the number had been much shorter.^[37] Cates was subsequently hired as producer of the succeeding year's telecast.^[41]

According to various showbiz insiders and reporters, the criticism and backlash from the ceremony resulted in Carr never again producing a film or theatrical show. He died from complications resulting from liver cancer on June 29, 1999, at the age of 62.^[30][37]

Bowman has claimed that she was made to sign a gag order the next day prohibiting her from speaking to the press about her performance for the next 13 years. She finally spoke about it publicly in a 2013 interview, in which she described the performance as looking "like a gay bar mitzvah".^[42]

See also

• 9th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 31st Grammy Awards
• 41st Primetime Emmy Awards
• 42nd British Academy Film Awards
• 43rd Tony Awards
• 46th Golden Globe Awards
• List of submissions to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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External links

Official websites

• Academy Awards Official website
• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Official website
• Oscar's Channel at YouTube (run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

Analysis

• 1988 Academy Awards Winners and History Filmsite
• Academy Awards, USA: 1989 Internet Movie Database

Other resources

• The 61st Annual Academy Awards at the Internet Movie Database