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Best Picture - Burt Sugarman and Patrick Palmer, Producers Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff
The 59th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 30, 1987, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST.
- Best Picture
- Directing
- Actor in A Leading Role
- Actress in A Leading Role
- Actor in A Supporting Role
- Actress in A Supporting Role
- Writing
- Music
- Film Editing
- Cinematography
Broadcast News – James L. Brooks Fatal Attraction – Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing Hope and Glory – John Boorman The Last Emperor – Jeremy Thomas Moonstruck– Patrick Palmer, Norman Jewison
Fatal Attraction – Adrian Lyne Hope and Glory – John Boorman The Last Emperor – Bernardo Bertolucci Moonstruck – Norman Jewison My Life as a Dog– Lasse Hallström
Michael Douglas – Wall Street William Hurt – Broadcast News Marcello Mastroianni – Dark Eyes Jack Nicholson – Ironweed Robin Williams – Good Morning, Vietnam
Cher – Moonstruck Glenn Close – Fatal Attraction Holly Hunter – Broadcast News Sally Kirkland – Anna Meryl Streep – Ironweed
Albert Brooks – Broadcast News Sean Connery – The Untouchables Morgan Freeman – Street Smart Vincent Gardenia – Moonstruck Denzel Washington – Cry Freedom
Norma Aleandro – Gaby – A True Story Anne Archer – Fatal Attraction Olympia Dukakis – Moonstruck Anne Ramsey – Throw Momma from the Train Ann Sothern – The Whales of August
The Dead – Tony Huston Fatal Attraction – James Dearden Full Metal Jacket – Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford The Last Emperor – Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci My Life as a Dog– Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jönsson, Brasse Brännström, Per Berglund
“Cry Freedom” – Cry Freedom – Music, Lyric by George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life” – Dirty Dancing – Music by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz; Lyric by Franke Previte “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” – Mannequin – Music, Lyric by Albert Hammond, Diane Warren “Shakedown” – Beverly Hills Cop II – Music by Harold ...
Broadcast News – Richard Marks Empire of the Sun – Michael Kahn Fatal Attraction – Michael Kahn, Peter E. Berger The Last Emperor – Gabriella Cristiani RoboCop– Frank J. Urioste
Broadcast News – Michael Ballhaus Empire of the Sun – Allen Daviau Hope and Glory – Philippe Rousselot The Last Emperor – Vittorio Storaro Matewan– Haskell Wexler
The visually-striking film's nine Oscar awards included: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art/Set Direction, Best Sound, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, and Best Costume Design - but the Best Picture film did not have a single nomination in any of the acting categories.
Michael Douglas, nominated for an Academy Award for the first time, won the prize as best actor of 1987 for his performance as the cold-blooded corporate raider Gordon Gekko in ''Wall Street.''
Best Picture: Platoon. Platoon also won Academy Awards for Directing (Oliver Stone), Film Editing (Claire Simpson), and Sound (John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles Bud Grenzbach, and Simon Kaye). Paul Newman won his first competitive Academy Award, for Best Actor, in The Color of Money.
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