Best Picture The Accidental Tourist, Lawrence Kasdan, Charles Okun and Michael Grillo, producers (Warner Bros.) Dangerous Liaisons, Norma Heyman and Hank Moonjean, producers (Warner Bros.) Mississippi Burning, Frederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry, producers (Orion) Rain Man, Mark Johnson, producer (United Artists) Working Girl, Douglas Wick, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox) Actor in a Leading Role Gene Hackman, Mississippi Burning Tom Hanks, Big Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man Edward James Olmos, Stand and Deliver Max von Sydow, Pelle the Conqueror Actress in a Leading Role Glenn Close, Dangerous Liaisons Jodie Foster, The Accused Melanie Griffith, Working Girl Meryl Streep, A Cry in the Dark Sigourney Weaver, Gorillas in the Mist Actor in a Supporting Role Alec Guinness, Little Dorrit Kevin Kline, A Fish Called Wanda Martin Landau, Tucker: The Man and His Dream River Phoenix, Running on Empty Dean Stockwell, Married to the Mob Actress in a Supporting Role Joan Cusack, Working Girl Geena Davis, The Accidental Tourist Frances McDormand, Mississippi Burning Michelle Pfeiffer, Dangerous Liaisons Sigourney Weaver, Working Girl Directing Charles Crichton, A Fish Called Wanda Barry Levinson, Rain Man Mike Nichols, Working Girl Alan Parker, Mississippi Burning Martin Scorsese, The Last Temptation of Christ Writing Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow, screenplay; Barry Morrow, story, Rain Man John Cleese, screenplay; John Cleese and Charles Crichton, story, A Fish Called Wanda Naomi Foner, Running on Empty Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg, Big Ron Shelton, Bull Durham Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium Jean-Claude Carri�re and Philip Kaufman, The Unbearable Lightness of Being Christine Edzard, Little Dorrit Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan, The Accidental Tourist Christopher Hampton, Dangerous Liaisons Anna Hamilton Phelan, screenplay; Anna Hamilton Phelan and Tab Murphy, story, Gorillas in the Mist Cinematography Peter Biziou, Mississippi Burning Dean Cundey, Who Framed Roger Rabbit Conrad L. Hall, Tequila Sunrise Sven Nykvist, The Unbearable Lightness of Being John Seale, Rain Man Art Direction Albert Brenner, art direction; Garrett Lewis, set decoration, Beaches Stuart Craig, art direction; Gerard James, set decoration, Dangerous Liaisons Ida Random, art direction; Linda DeScenna, set decoration, Rain Man Elliot Scott, art direction; Peter Howitt, set decoration, Who Framed Roger Rabbit Dean Tavoularis, art direction; Armin Ganz, set decoration, Tucker: The Man and His Dream Sound Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton and Al Overton, Die Hard Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore and Willie D. Burton, Bird Robert Knudson, John Boyd, Don Digirolamo and Tony Dawe, Who Framed Roger Rabbit Robert Litt, Elliot Tyson, Rick Kline and Danny Michael, Mississippi Burning Andy Nelson, Brian Saunders and Peter Handford, Gorillas in the Mist Music Song �Calling You,� Bagdad Cafe, Bob Telson, music and lyrics �Let the River Run,� Working Girl, Carly Simon, music and lyrics �Two Hearts,� Buster, Lamont Dozier, music; Phil Collins, lyrics Original Score George Fenton, Dangerous Liaisons Dave Grusin, The Milagro Beanfield War Maurice Jarre, Gorillas in the Mist John Williams, The Accidental Tourist Hans Zimmer, Rain Man Film Editing Stuart Baird, Gorillas in the Mist Gerry Hambling, Mississippi Burning Stu Linder, Rain Man Arthur Schmidt, Who Framed Roger Rabbit Frank J. Urioste and John F. Link, Die Hard Costume Design James Acheson, Dangerous Liaisons Milena Canonero, Tucker: The Man and His Dream Deborah Nadoolman, Coming to America Patricia Norris, Sunset Jane Robinson, A Handful of Dust Makeup Rick Baker, Coming to America Tom Burman and Bari Dreiband-Burman, Scrooged Ve Neill, Steve La Porte and Robert Short, Beetlejuice Visual Effects Richard Edlund, Al DiSarro, Brent Boates and Thaine Morris, Die Hard Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Phil Tippett and Chris Evans, Willow Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones and George Gibbs, Who Framed Roger Rabbit Sound Effects Editing Ben Burtt and Richard Hymns, Willow Charles L. Campbell and Louis L. Edemann, Who Framed Roger Rabbit Stephen H. Flick and Richard Shorr, Die Hard Short Films Animation The Cat Came Back (Cordell Barker, producer; National Film Board of Canada) Technological Threat (Bill Kroyer and Brian Jennings, producers; Kroyer Films, Inc.) Tin Toy (John Lasseter and William Reeves, producers; Pixar) Live Action The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (Dean Parisot and Steven Wright, producer; Schooner Productions, Inc.) Cadillac Dreams (Matia Karrell and Abbee Goldstein, producers; Cadillac Dreams Production) Gullah Tales (George deGolian and Gary Moss, producers; Georgia State University) Documentary Short Subject The Children's Storefront (Karen Goodman, producer; Simon and Goodman Picture Company Production) Family Gathering (Lise Yasui and Ann Tegnell, producers; Lise Yasui Production) Gang Cops (Thomas B. Fleming and Daniel J. Marks, producers; University of Southern California Center for Visual Anthropology and the School of Cinema/Television) Portrait of Imogen (Nancy Hale and Meg Partridge, producers; Pacific Pictures Production) You Don't Have to Die (William Guttentag and Malcolm Clarke, producers; Tiger Rose Production in association with Filmworks, Inc.) Feature The Cry of Reason�Beyers Naude: An Afrikaner Speaks Out (Robert Bilheimer and Ronald Mix, producers; Worldwide Documentaries, Inc.) Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (Marcel Ophuls, producer; The Memory Pictures Company) Let's Get Lost (Bruce Weber and Nan Bush, producers; Little Bear Films, Inc.) Promises to Keep (Ginny Durrin, producer; Durrin Productions, Inc.) Who Killed Vincent Chin? (Renee Tajima and Christine Choy, producers; Film News Now Foundation and Detroit Educational Television Foundation Production) Foreign Language Film Hanussen, Hungary The Music Teacher, Belgium Pelle the Conqueror, Denmark Salaam Bombay!, India Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Spain Animation Direction Richard Williams, Who Framed Roger Rabbit Honorary Awards To the National Film Board of Canada in recognition of its 50th anniversary and its dedicated commitment to originate artistic, creative and technological activity and excellence in every area of filmmaking To Eastman Kodak Company in recognition of the company's fundamental contributions to the art of motion pictures during the first century of film history

Facts:

• Winners Announced: Wednesday(!), March 29, 1989
• Held at: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
• Host: no one
• Eligibility Year: 1988
• This broadcast is noted for being the final public appearance of actress Lucille Ball, who died a few weeks later.