The 59th Academy Awards (1986): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
8 8 7 7 7 5 4 4 4 3 3	Platoon A Room with a View Aliens Hannah and Her Sisters The Mission Children of a Lesser God The Color of Money Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Top Gun Crimes of the Heart Peggy Sue Got Married	4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	Platoon Hannah and Her Sisters A Room with a View Aliens Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got The Assault Children of a Lesser God The Color of Money Down and Out in America The Fly A Greek Tragedy The Mission Precious Images 'Round Midnight Top Gun Women--for America, for the World
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Picture)

• Children of a Lesser God - Burt Sugarman, Patrick Palmer
• Hannah and Her Sisters - Robert Greenhut
• The Mission - Fernando Ghia, David Puttnam
• Platoon - Arnold Kopelson
• A Room with a View - Ismail Merchant

DIRECTING

• Blue Velvet - David Lynch
• Hannah and Her Sisters - Woody Allen
• The Mission - Roland Joff
• Platoon - Oliver Stone
• A Room with a View - James Ivory

ACTOR (Actor in a Leading Role)

• Dexter Gordon - 'Round Midnight
• Bob Hoskins - Mona Lisa
• William Hurt - Children of a Lesser God
• Paul Newman - The Color of Money
• James Woods - Salvador

ACTRESS (Actress in a Leading Role)

• Jane Fonda - The Morning After
• Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God
• Sissy Spacek - Crimes of the Heart
• Kathleen Turner - Peggy Sue Got Married
• Sigourney Weaver - Aliens

SUPPORTING ACTOR (Actor in a Supporting Role)

• Tom Berenger - Platoon
• Michael Caine - Hannah and Her Sisters
• Willem Dafoe - Platoon
• Denholm Elliott - A Room with a View
• Dennis Hopper - Hoosiers

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

• Tess Harper - Crimes of the Heart
• Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - The Color of Money
• Piper Laurie - Children of a Lesser God
• Maggie Smith - A Room with a View
• Dianne Wiest - Hannah and Her Sisters

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

• 'Crocodile' Dundee - Screenplay by Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell; Story by Paul Hogan
• Hannah and Her Sisters - Woody Allen
• My Beautiful Laundrette - Hanif Kureishi
• Platoon - Oliver Stone
• Salvador - Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

• Children of a Lesser God - Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff
• The Color of Money - Richard Price
• Crimes of the Heart - Beth Henley
• A Room with a View - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
• Stand by Me - Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans

ORIGINAL SONG

• "Glory of Love" - The Karate Kid Part II - Music by Peter Cetera, David Foster; Lyric by Peter Cetera, Diane Nini
• "Life in a Looking Glass" - That's Life - Music by Henry Mancini; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse
• "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" - Little Shop of Horrors - Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Howard Ashman
• "Somewhere Out There" - An American Tail - Music by James Horner, Barry Mann; Lyric by Cynthia Weil
• "Take My Breath Away" - Top Gun - Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyric by Tom Whitlock

ORIGINAL SCORE

• Aliens - James Horner
• Hoosiers - Jerry Goldsmith
• The Mission - Ennio Morricone
• 'Round Midnight - Herbie Hancock
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Leonard Rosenman

FILM EDITING

• Aliens - Ray Lovejoy
• Hannah and Her Sisters - Susan E. Morse
• The Mission - Jim Clark
• Platoon - Claire Simpson
• Top Gun - Billy Weber, Chris Lebenzon

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• The Mission - Chris Menges
• Peggy Sue Got Married - Jordan Cronenweth
• Platoon - Robert Richardson
• A Room with a View - Tony Pierce-Roberts
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Don Peterman

ART DIRECTION

• Aliens - Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
• The Color of Money - Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Karen A. O'Hara
• Hannah and Her Sisters - Art Direction: Stuart Wurtzel; Set Decoration: Carol Joffe
• The Mission - Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Jack Stephens
• A Room with a View - Art Direction: Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Set Decoration: Brian Savegar, Elio Altamura

COSTUME DESIGN

• The Mission - Enrico Sabbatini
• Otello - Anna Anni, Maurizio Millenotti
• Peggy Sue Got Married - Theadora Van Runkle
• Pirates - Anthony Powell
• A Room with a View - Jenny Beavan, John Bright

MAKEUP

• The Clan of the Cave Bear - Michael G. Westmore, Michle Burke
• The Fly - Chris Walas, Stephan Dupuis
• Legend - Rob Bottin, Peter Robb-King

SOUND

• Aliens - Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Michael A. Carter, Roy Charman
• Heartbreak Ridge - Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, William Nelson
• Platoon - John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles 'Bud' Grenzbach, Simon Kaye
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Terry Porter, Dave Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, Gene S. Cantamessa
• Top Gun - Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, William B. Kaplan

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

• Aliens - Don Sharpe
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Mark Mangini
• Top Gun - Cecelia Hall, George Watters II

VISUAL EFFECTS

• Aliens - Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson
• Little Shop of Horrors - Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren, Martin Gutteridge
• Poltergeist II: The Other Side - Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller, William Neil

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• The Assault - The Netherlands
• Betty Blue - France
• The Decline of the American Empire - Canada
• My Sweet Little Village - Czechoslovakia
• '38' - Austria

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

• Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got - Brigitte Berman [1]
• Chile: Hasta Cuando? - David Bradbury
• Down and Out in America - Joseph Feury, Milton Justice [1]
• Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer - Kirk Simon, Amram Nowak
• Witness to Apartheid - Sharon I. Sopher

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

• Debonair Dancers - Alison Nigh-Strelich
• The Masters of Disaster - Sonya Friedman
• Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse - Thomas L. Neff, Madeline Bell
• Sam - Aaron D. Weisblatt
• Women--for America, for the World - Vivienne Verdon-Roe

SHORT FILM (Animated)

• The Frog, the Dog and the Devil - Bob Stenhouse
• A Greek Tragedy - Linda Van Tulden, Willem Thijssen
• Luxo Jr. - John Lasseter, William Reeves

SHORT FILM (Live Action)

• Exit - Stefano Reali, Pino Quartullo
• Love Struck - Fredda Weiss
• Precious Images - Chuck Workman

HONORARY AWARDS

• To Ralph Bellamy for his unique artistry and his distinguished service to the profession of acting.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

• Steven Spielberg

MEDAL OF COMMENDATION

• To E. M. (Al) Lewis in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

• To WILLIAM L. FREDRICK and HAL NEEDHAM for the design and development of the Shotmaker Elite camera car and crane. [Camera Cranes]
• To RICHARD BENJAMIN GRANT and RON GRANT of Auricle Control Systems for their invention of the Film Composer's Time Processor. [Editorial]
• To ANTHONY D. BRUNO and JOHN L. BAPTISTA of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Laboratories Incorporated and to MANFRED G. MICHELSON and BRUCE W. KELLER of Technical Film Systems, Incorporated, for the design and engineering of a Continuous-Feed Printer. [Laboratory]
• To PROFESSOR FRITZ SENNHEISER of Sennheiser Electronic Corporation for the invention of an interference tube directional microphone. [Sound]
• To BRAN FERREN, CHARLES HARRISON and KENNETH WISNER of Associates and Ferren for the concept and design of an advanced optical printer. [Special Photographic]
• To RICHARD EDLUND, GENE WHITEMAN, DAVID GRAFTON, MARK WEST, JERRY JEFFRESS and BOB WILCOX of Boss Film Corporation for the design and development of a Zoom Aerial (ZAP) 65mm Optical Printer. [Special Photographic]
• To ROBERT GREENBERG, JOEL HYNEK and EUGENE MAMUT of R/Greenberg Associates, Incorporated, and to DR. ALFRED THUMIM, ELAN LIPSCHITZ and DARRYL A. ARMOUR of the Oxberry Division of Richmark Camera Service, Incorporated, for the design and development of the RGA/Oxberry Compu-Quad Special Effects Optical Printer. [Special Photographic]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

• To JOHN L. BAPTISTA of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Laboratories, Inc. for the development and installation of a computerized silver recovery operation. [Laboratory]
• To CARL HOLMES of Carl E. Holmes Company and to ALEXANDER BRYCE of The Burbank Studios for the development of a mobile DC power supply unit for motion picture production photography. [Lighting]
• To LEE ELECTRIC (LIGHTING) LIMITED for the design and development of an electronic, flicker-free, discharge lamp control system. [Lighting]
• To DAVID W. SAMUELSON for the development of programs incorporated into a pocket computer for motion picture cinematographers, and to WILLIAM B. POLLARD for contributing new algorithms on which the programs are based. [Photography]
• To HAL LANDAKER and ALAN LANDAKER of The Burbank Studios for the development of the Beat System low-frequency cue track for motion picture production sound recording. [Sound]
• To BRAN FERREN of Associates and Ferren for the development of a laser synchro-cue system for applications in the motion picture industry. [Special Photographic]
• To PETER D. PARKS of Oxford Scientific Films' Image Quest Division for the development of a live aero-compositor for special effects photography. [Special Photographic]
• To MATT SWEENEY and LUCINDA STRUB for the development of an automatic capsule gun for simulating bullet hits for motion picture special effects. [Stage Operations]

ACADEMY NOTES

1. A tie.