Oscars 1989 Winners (My Version)

Best Picture!

Winner: Rain Man!

Nominees:
Dangerous Liaisons
A Fish Called Wanda
Mississippi Burning
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Best Director!

Winner: Barry Levinson, Rain Man!

Nominees:
Giuseppe Tornatore - Cinema Paradiso
Charles Crichton - A Fish Called Wanda
Martin Scorsese - The Last Temptation of Christ
Alan Parker - Mississippi Burning

Best Actor!

Winner: Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man!

Nominees:
Willem Dafoe - The Last Temptation of Christ
Gene Hackman - Mississippi Burning
Tom Hanks - Big
Bob Hoskins - Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Best Actress!

Winner: Glenn Close, Dangerous Liaisons!

Nominees:
Jamie Lee Curtis - A Fish Called Wanda
Jodie Foster - The Accused
Meryl Streep - A Cry in the Dark
Sigourney Weaver - Gorillas in the Mist

Best Supporting Actor!

Winner: Kevin Kline, A Fish Called Wanda!

Nominees:
Michael Keaton - Beetlejuice
Harvey Keitel - The Last Temptation of Christ
Christopher Lloyd - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Alan Rickman - Die Hard

Best Supporting Actress!

Winner: Michelle Pfeiffer, Dangerous Liaisons!

Nominees:
Joan Cusack - Working Girl
Geena Davis - The Accidental Tourist
Frances McDormand - Mississippi Burning
Sigourney Weaver - Working Girl

Best Original Screenplay!

Winner: Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow, Rain Man!

Nominees:
Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg - Big
Ron Sheton - Bull Durham
John Cleese and Charles Crichton - A Fish Called Wanda
Naomi Foner - Running on Empty

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Winner: Christopher Hampton, Dangerous Liaisons!

Nominees:
Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan - The Accidental Tourist
Anna Hamilton Phelan and Tab Murphy - Gorillas in the Mist
Christine Edzard - Little Dorrit
Jean-Claude Carriere and Philip Kaufman - The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Best Foreign Language Film!

Winner: Cinema Paradiso!

Nominees:
Hanussen
The Music Teacher
Pelle the Conqueror
Salaam Bombay!

Best Film Editing!

Winner: Die Hard!

Nominees:
Gorillas in the Mist
Mississippi Burning
Rain Man
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Best Documentary Feature!

Winner: Hotel Terminus!

Nominees:
The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude - An Afrikaner Speaks Out
Let's Get Lost
Promises to Keep
Who Killed Vincent Chin?

Best Documentary Short!

Winner: You Don't Have to Die!

Nominees:
The Children's Storefront
Family Gathering
Gang Cops
Portrait of Imogen

Best Live Action Short!

Winner: The Appointments of Dennis Jennings!

Nominees:
Cadillac Dreams
Gullah Tales

Best Animated Short!

Winner: Tin Toy!

Nominees:
The Cat Came Back
Technological Threat

Best Original Score!

Winner: Rain Man!

Nominees:
The Accidental Tourist
Cinema Paradiso
Dangerous Liaisons
Gorillas in the Mist

Best Original Song!

Winner: Carly Simon - Let the River Run, Working Girl!

Nominees:
Bob Telson - Calling You, Bagdad Café
Lamont Dozier and Phil Collins - Two Hearts, Buster

Best Sound!

Winner: Die Hard!

Nominees:
Bird
Gorillas in the Mist
Mississippi Burning
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Best Sound Effects!

Winner: Who Framed Roger Rabbit!

Nominees:
Die Hard
Willow

Best Art Direction!

Winner: Dangerous Liaisons!

Nominees:
Beaches
Rain Man
Tucker: The Man and His Dreams
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Best Cinematography!

Winner: Mississippi Burning!

Nominees:
Rain Man
Tequilla Sunrise
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Best Makeup!

Winner: Beetlejuice!

Nominees:
Coming to America
Scrooged

Best Costume Design!

Winner: Dangerous Liaisons!

Nominees:
Coming to America
A Handful of Dust
Sunset
Tucker: The Man and His Dreams

Best Visual Effects!

Winner: Who Framed Roger Rabbit!

Nominees:
Die Hard
Willow