The 1987 Academy Awards^®
Host: Chevy Chase
Date: April 11, 1988

Best Picture
Broadcast News
Fatal Attraction
Hope and Glory
The Last Emperor--winner
Moonstruck

Best Director
Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor--winner
John Boorman, Hope and Glory
Lasse Hallström, Mitt liv som hund
Norman Jewison, Moonstruck
Adrian Lyne, Fatal Attraction

Best Actor
Michael Douglas, Wall Street--winner
William Hurt, Broadcast News
Marcello Mastroianni, Oci Ciornie
Jack Nicholson, Ironweed
Robin Williams, Good Morning Vietnam

Best Actress
Cher, Moonstruck--winner
Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction
Holly Hunter, Broadcast News
Sally Kirkland, Anna
Meryl Streep, Ironweed

Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks, Broadcast News
Sean Connery, The Untouchables--winner
Morgan Freeman, Street Smart
Vincent Gardenia, Moonstruck
Denzel Washington, Cry Freedom

Best Supporting Actress
Norma Aleandro, Gaby: A True Story
Anne Archer, Fatal Attraction
Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck--winner
Anne Ramsey, Throw Momma from the Train
Ann Sothern, The Whales of August

Best Foreign Language Film
Asignatura aprobada (Spain)
Au revoir les enfants (France)
Babettes gæstebud (Denmark)--winner
La famiglia (Italy)
Ofelas (Norway)

Best Original Screenplay
Au revoir les enfants (Louis Malle)
Broadcast News (James L. Brooks)
Hope and Glory (John Boorman)
Moonstruck (John Patrick Shanley)--winner
Radio Days (Woody Allen)

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Dead (Tony Huston)
Fatal Attraction (James Dearden)
Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford)
The Last Emperor (Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci)--winner
Mitt liv som hund (Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jönsson, Brasse Brännström, Per Berglund)

Best Original Score
Cry Freedom (George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa)
Empire of the Sun (John Williams)
The Last Emperor (Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su)--winner
The Untouchables (Ennio Morricone)
The Witches of Eastwick (John Williams)

Best Cinematography
Broadcast News (Michael Ballhaus)
Empire of the Sun (Allen Daviau)
Hope and Glory (Philippe Rousselot)
The Last Emperor (Vittorio Storaro)--winner
Matewan (Haskell Wexler)

Other Categories:

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
The Last Emperor (Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri)

Best Costume Design
The Last Emperor (James Acheson)

Best Makeup
Harry and the Hendersons (Rick Baker)

Best Film Editing
The Last Emperor (Gabriella Cristiani)

Best Visual Effects
Innerspace (Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup, Kenneth Smith)

Best Sound
The Last Emperor (Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock)

Best Sound Effects Editing
This award was given as a Special Achievement Award to Robocop (Stephen Hunter Flick, John Pospisil)

Best Original Song
Dirty Dancing, for the song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," lyrics by Franke Previte, music by John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz

Best Animated Short Film
The Man Who Planted Trees (Frédéric Back)

Best Live Action Short Film
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (Jonathan Sanger, Jana Sue Memel)

Best Documentary, Short Subject
Young at Heart (Sue Marx, Pamela Conn)

Best Documentary, Feature
The Ten-Year Lunch (Aviva Slesin)

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