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The 59th Annual Academy Awards

Year:

1987

Genres:

Family

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Marty Pasetta

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1987-03-30

Filming Locations: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles County Music Center - 135 N. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Chevy Chase

Himself - Co-Host

Goldie Hawn

Herself - Co-Host

Paul Hogan

Himself - Co-Host

Brian Ackland-Snow

Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction

Jenny Agutter

Herself - Audience Member

Don Ameche

Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Lauren Bacall

Herself - Presenter: Best Costume Design

Jenny Beavan

Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design

Ralph Bellamy

Himself - Honorary Award Recipient

Tony Bennett

Himself - Performer

Suzanne M. Benson

Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects

Tom Berenger

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Brigitte Berman

Herself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature

Charlene Blaine

Herself - Dancer - Best Costume Design

Mel Blanc

Bugs Bunny (voice)

Helena Bonham Carter

Herself - Presenter: Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Sonia Braga

Herself - Presenter: Best Short Film, Live Action

Jeff Bridges

Himself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

John Bright

Himself - Winner: Best Costume Design

Matthew Broderick

Himself - Presenter: Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Red Buttons

Himself - Audience Member

Peter Cetera

Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Original Song

Natalie Cole

Herself - Performer

Willem Dafoe

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Rodney Dangerfield

Himself - Presenter: Best Makeup

Bette Davis

Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Dom DeLuise

Himself - Performer

Michael Douglas

Himself - Presenter: Best Short Film, Live Action

Richard Dreyfuss

Himself - Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Award

Stephan Dupuis

Himself - Winner: Best Makeup

Denholm Elliott

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Joseph Feury

Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature

Jane Fonda

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role

Dexter Gordon

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Louis Gossett Jr.

Himself - Audience Member

Lee Grant

Herself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature

Charles Grenzbach

Himself - Winner: Best Sound Mixing

Jennifer Grey

Herself - Audience Member

Herbie Hancock

Himself - Winner: Best Original Score

Tom Hanks

Himself - Presenter: Best Short Film, Animated

Tess Harper

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Dustin Hoffman

Himself - Presenter: Best Picture

Celeste Holm

Herself - Audience Member

Dennis Hopper

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Bob Hoskins

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role

William Hurt

Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role

Anjelica Huston

Herself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

James Ingram

Himself - Performer

James Ivory

Himself - Nominee: Best Director & Accepting Screenplay Award for Ruth Prawer Jhablava

Jack Jason

Himself - Sign Language Interpreter

Jennifer Jones

Herself - Presenter: Best Cinematography

Milton Justice

Himself - Winner: Herself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature

Simon Kaye

Himself - Winner: Best Sound Mixing

George Kennedy

Himself - Audience Member

Arnold Kopelson

Himself - Winner: Best Picture

Piper Laurie

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

David Lynch

Himself - Nominee: Best Director

Shirley MacLaine

Herself - Presenter: Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay

Karl Malden

Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Ralph Bellamy

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Marlee Matlin

Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role

Chris Menges

Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography

Bette Midler

Herself - Presenter: Best Original Score

Melba Moore

Herself - Performer

Rita Moreno

Herself - Audience Member

Pat Morita

Himself - Performer

Giorgio Moroder

Himself - Winner: Best Original Song

Haing S. Ngor

Himself - Audience Member

Leonard Nimoy

Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects

Hugh O'Brian

Himself - Audience Member

Donald O'Connor

Himself - Audience Member

Bernadette Peters

Herself - Performer & Presenter: Best Original Song

Gianni Quaranta

Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction

Anthony Quinn

Himself - Presenter: Foreign Language Film

Fons Rademakers

Himself - Winner: Best Foreign Language Film

Lou Rawls

Himself - Performer

Christopher Reeve

Himself - Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

John Richardson

Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects

Molly Ringwald

Herself - Presenter: Best Film Editing

Richard D. Rogers

Himself - Winner: Best Sound Mixing

Cesar Romero

Himself - Audience Member

Isabella Rossellini

Herself - Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration

Kurt Russell

Himself - Audience Member

Eva Marie Saint

Herself - Audience Member

Telly Savalas

Himself - Performer

Brian Savegar

Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction

Don Sharpe

Himself - Winner: Best Sound Editing

William Shatner

Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects

Claire Simpson

Herself - Winner: Best Film Editing

Robert Skotak

Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects

Sissy Spacek

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role

Steven Spielberg

Himself - Winner: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Oliver Stone

Himself - Winner: Best Director & Nominee: Best Original Screenplay

Levi Stubbs

Himself - Performer

Elizabeth Taylor

Herself - Presenter: Best Director

Willem Thijssen

Himself - Winner: Best Animated Short Film

Kathleen Turner

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role

Linda Van Tulden

Himself - Winner: Best Animated Short Film

Vivienne Verdon-Roe

Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Short

Chris Walas

Himself - Winner: Best Makeup

Sigourney Weaver

Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Tom Whitlock

Himself - Winner: Best Original Song

Dianne Wiest

Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

John Wilkinson

Himself - Winner: Best Sound Mixing

Rita Wilson

Herself - Audience Member

Oprah Winfrey

Herself - Presenter: Best Documentary Feature

Stan Winston

Himself - Winner: Best Visual Effects

Robert Wise

Himself - Accepting Best Actor Award for Paul Newman

James Woods

Himself - Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Chuck Workman

Himself - Winner: Best Live Action Short Film

Nicolas Cage

Charlie Bodell (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michael Caine

Elliot

Tom Cruise

Jack /

Geena Davis

Veronica Quaife

Robert De Niro

Rodrigo Mendoza

Mia Farrow

Hannah (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jeff Goldblum

Seth Brundle

Gene Hackman

Det. Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle

Daryl Hannah

Ayla

Carrie Henn

Rebecca 'Newt' Jorden

Barbara Hershey

Lee (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jeremy Irons

Father Gabriel (archive footage) (uncredited)

Diane Keaton

Lenny Magrath (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kelly McGillis

Charlie (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paul Newman

Eddie Felson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lloyd Nolan

Evan (archive footage) (uncredited)

Maureen O'Sullivan

Norma (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tina Roark

Pirate Dancer (uncredited)

Julian Sands

George Emerson

Charlie Sheen

Pvt. Chris Taylor

Maggie Smith

Charlotte Bartlett

Cathy Tyson

Simone (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vanessa Vadim

Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Michael Caine, who won Best Supporting Actor for Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) was not present at the awards ceremony. He was in the Bahamas, due to filming commitments on Jaws: The Revenge (1987). As Caine explained to reporters who called him for comments on his Oscar win, "That stupid mechanical shark keeps breaking down, and we're all stuck here!"

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"Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" (from Little Shop of Horrors (1986)) is the first Best Original Song Nominee to contain profanity. As a result the lyrics were changed prior to the performance by Levi Stubbs.

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Of the 20 nominated actors, winners Paul Newman and Michael Caine, and Nominee Maggie Smith were not in attendance. The next time a winner was not present was for the 2008 Academy Awards. The winner was the late Heath Ledger, who won for Dark Knight, which also starred Michael Caine.

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Quotes

Herself - Presenter: Best Original Score: Oh, my God, I got here! I cannot tell you what I have been through, getting ready for this star-studded event! I had my hair tortured by Emilio! I had by body pummeled by Ambrosia! I had my nails filed by Philippe! I have been worked over by more aliens than Sigourney Weaver! Oh, my God, but I *made* it! Now I know you're all on the edge of your seats, dying to know who I'm going to trash this evening. I hate to tell you this, but there is no trashing to be done in this category. These nominees are absolutely un-besmirchable! Nevertheless I am honored to present this award because, as you may have heard, I love this category: Scoring! Yes, that's right! There is a cheap and vulgar joke to be made for this category, and if I were half as cheap as I look in this dress, I would tell it! But I hardly think that appropriate for an occasion as pompous as this one. So we'll save the cheap shots for the People's Choice Awards.

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Paul Hogan: Anyway, listen. Most important, the producer of this program, Sam Goldwyn, said to me, "Everyone's really tense out there. Go out and see if you can get 'em to relax." Why? You didn't come here to relax. You want to relax, stay at home, watch it on television. That'll relax you. No, no. Fellow workers, brothers, workmates... you're here to sweat. This program is live. There's about a thousand million people... watching you. So you remember: one wrong word, one foolish gesture, and your whole career could go down in flames. Hold that thought, and have a nice night, you hear?

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Paul Hogan: Now, I'm nominated tonight, and I realize I'm not exactly the odds-on favorite. But I traveled 13,000 miles to be here for this. I've come from the other side of the planet. And if they read out someone else's name instead of mine, it's not gonna be pretty.

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