60th Academy Awards

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60th Academy Awards
Date Monday, April 11, 1988
Site Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles
Host Chevy Chase
Producer Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
Director Marty Pasetta
TV in the United States
Network ABC
Duration 3 hours, 20 minutes

The 60th Academy Awards were presented April 11, 1988 at the Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Chevy Chase.

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[edit] Winners

[edit] Feature Films

Category Winner
Best motion picture The Last Emperor Jeremy Thomas
Best foreign language film Babette's Feast Denmark
Best documentary feature The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table Aviva Slesin

[edit] Acting

Category Winner Movie
Best actor in a leading role Michael Douglas Wall Street
Best actress in a leading role Cher Moonstruck
Best actor in a supporting role Sean Connery The Untouchables
Best actress in a supporting role Olympia Dukakis Moonstruck

[edit] Screenplay & Direction

Category Winner Movie
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen John Patrick Shanley Moonstruck
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci The Last Emperor
Best Director Bernardo Bertolucci The Last Emperor

[edit] Trivia

  • This was the first ceremony to be held in the Shrine Auditorium since 1948 after nearly two decades at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Traffic caused major backup in and around the venue holding up some limos transporting several stars including nominees forcing them to leave their limousines and walk to the auditorium via no vehicle. In one instance, a then pregnant nominee Glenn Close was spotted frantically running across intersections. A segment in the show that was scheduled to feature stars from the past 59 best picture winners was cut from the ceremony due to the delay.
  • Despite an impending strike which began a month earlier, much of the monologues and segments for the ceremony were already written in anticipation of the strike.

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