Winners indicated (*). I still need to see films like The Hit, Colonel Redl, The Bostonians, Stop Making Sense, Repo Man, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Love Streams, Starman, The River, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Country, A Summer at Grandpa's, Iceman, The Last Starfighter, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes, Swing Shift, The Times of Harvey Milk, Dune, Cal, and The Flamingo Kid.
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| Once Upon a Time in America |
BEST PICTURE:
Amadeus
Broadway Danny Rose
Once Upon a Time in America*
Paris, Texas
This is Spinal Tap
BEST DIRECTOR:
Woody Allen, Broadway Danny Rose
Milos Forman, Amadeus
Jim Jarmusch, Stranger than Paradise
Sergio Leone, Once Upon a Time in America*
Wim Wenders, Paris, Texas
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| Amadeus |
BEST ACTOR:
F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus*
Robert De Niro, Once Upon a Time in America
Albert Finney, Under the Volcano
Philip Baker Hall, Secret Honor
Tom Hulce, Amadeus
BEST ACTRESS:
Judy Davis, A Passage to India
Mia Farrow, Broadway Danny Rose*
Sally Field, Places in the Heart
Frances McDormand, Blood Simple
Kathleen Turner, Romancing the Stone
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| Paris, Texas |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Adolph Caesar, A Soldier's Story
Nick Apollo Forte, Broadway Danny Rose
Christopher Guest, This is Spinal Tap
M. Emmett Walsh, Blood Simple
James Woods, Once Upon a Time in America*
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India
Eszter Balint, Stranger than Paradise
Melanie Griffith, Body Double
Nastassja Kinski, Paris, Texas*
Tuesday Weld, Once Upon a Time in America
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| Broadway Danny Rose |
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Amadeus
The Killing Fields
Once Upon a Time in America*
A Passage to India
A Soldier's Story
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Blood Simple
Broadway Danny Rose*
Paris, Texas
Stranger than Paradise
This is Spinal Tap
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| Stranger than Paradise |
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Amadeus
Broadway Danny Rose
The Natural
Once Upon a Time in America*
Stranger than Paradise
BEST FILM EDITING:
Amadeus
Broadway Danny Rose
A Nightmare on Elm Street*
Once Upon a Time in America
This is Spinal Tap
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| This is Spinal Tap |
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Beverly Hills Cop
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Natural
Once Upon a Time in America*
This is Spinal Tap
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)", Against All Odds
"Agita", Broadway Danny Rose
"Footloose", Footloose*
"Ghostbusters", Ghostbusters
"Purple Rain", Purple Rain
Additional Categories
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| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
BEST ART DIRECTION:
Amadeus
Conan the Destroyer
The Cotton Club
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Once Upon a Time in America*
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Amadeus*
The Cotton Club
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Once Upon a Time in America
Purple Rain
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| The Terminator |
BEST MAKEUP:
Amadeus*
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
A Nightmare on Elm Street
BEST SOUND (MIXING AND EDITING):
Amadeus
The Cotton Club
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Terminator*
This is Spinal Tap
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Ghostbusters
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*
The Terminator
My choice for Best Original Song would be "Big Bottom" from This is Spinal Tap... it's a truly amazing love song.
ReplyDeleteNice pick. That's probably my sixth choice. I love the soundtrack, so I just nominated the entire song score instead of one or two specific tracks.
DeleteOMG! We go 3/4 in the acting wins (I also award Kinski, Farrow and Woods) but I give my Lead Actor win for Finney. I also thought that Hulce was the standout in Amadeus, but I do nominate them both. Great wins here...I have so much left to see, but the core films I have seen (Amadeus, Paris, Texas, Once Upon a Time in America, Blood Simple, Broadway Danny Rose) seem to be the five everyone loves the most, so I think I'm off to a good start.
ReplyDeleteYAY! I wondered if Finney was still your winner (saw you mention it on Actor Oscar). Hulce is brilliant, no doubt. I can't wait to see how your ballot turns out. I'm dying to see what happens with films like This is Spinal Tap and Stranger than Paradise.
DeleteGlad to see the love for Once Upon a Time in America, one of my favorite movies of all time. Small boo for not giving best song to Purple Rain. :)
ReplyDeleteOn some days I prefer Once Upon a Time in America to The Godfather. Glad to see you're a fan as well. Best Original Song was a tough category for me, as I could've recognized multiple songs from Footloose and This is Spinal Tap. Purple Rain would probably be my #3 behind Footloose and Against All Odds (love the song, even if the movie isn't very good).
DeleteI've only seen Amadeus from your Best Picture list. Boy I forgot that Abraham and Hulce were both up for Best Actor from the same film, how often does that happen? I'm glad Mr. Abraham win though.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't happen much (only 12 times), and it hasn't happened since. I'm glad Abraham won too, but I would've been happy if Finney or Hulce had won that year as well.
DeleteNot a good year for many films, but the ones that are good are truly excellent. Once Upon a Time in America would top my list as well.
ReplyDeleteYeah, there were a few great ones out that year. It's nice to hear you're also a fan of Once Upon a Time in America. I'm so glad I wasn't around when only the shorter version was available.
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ReplyDeleteAmadeus
Broadway Danny Rose
Once Upon a Time in America
Romancing the Stone
The Times of Harvey Milk-Winner
Not a really strong year but some solid pictures, however even though it's a documentary The Times of Harvey Milk is my choice, without question the best, most fascinating film of this year.
Director:
Woody Allen-Broadway Danny Rose
Rob Epstein-The Times of Harvey Milk
Milos Forman-Amadeus-Winner
John Huston-Under the Volcano
Sergio Leone-Once Upon a Time in America
I appreciated the scope and sweep of Once Upon a Time in America but never engaged with it fully. Leone certainly gave it all he had though, perhaps that's my problem with it, at times it feels over directed and that the story gets in its own way. Conversely Forman keeps the impressive pageantry of Amadeus from overwhelming the personal drama of the story.
Actor:
F. Murray Abraham-Amadeus-Winner
Jeff Bridges-Starman
Rupert Everett-Another Country
Albert Finney-Under the Volcano
Steve Martin-All of Me
All of Me may just be the best vehicle Martin has had to spotlight his special gifts and Bridges's alternately innocent, questioning and guarded performance is a wonderful interpretation of an alien trying to make sense of his situation. Finney and Everett are both wonderful in their roles but Abraham's Salieri is a beautifully thought out portrait of ambition and envy twisting a man's soul.
Actress:
Mia Farrow-Broadway Danny Rose
Molly Ringwald-Sixteen Candles
Kathleen Turner-Romancing the Stone-Winner
Lesley Ann Warren-Choose Me
JoBeth Williams-American Dreamer
Five terrific performances and I particularly admired Ringwald's marvelously conflicted Samantha in 16 Candles but Turner's slow evolution from the meek dreamer to the completely alive adventuress in Romancing is captivating.
Supporting Actor:
Richard Crenna-The Flamingo Kid
Anthony Michael Hall-Sixteen Candles
Tim Roth-The Hit
Harry Dean Stanton-Repo Man
James Woods-Once Upon a Time in America-Winner
Hall's geek is a constantly entertaining creation because he captures all the braggadocio and the insecurity of that passage from boy to man and Stanton fully invests in the offbeat outlook of his character in Repo Man but the intense Woods is perfectly cast in America.
Supporting Actress:
Peggy Ashcroft-A Passage to India
Jacqueline Bisset-Under the Volcano
Coral Browne-American Dreamer
Christine Lahti-Swing Shift-Winner
Tuesday Weld-Once Upon a Time in America
Even though the film is a noble try at presenting the working women of WWII that doesn't quite come off Christine Lahti breathes life into it whenever she's on screen handily stealing the picture from the nominal stars. Apparently too handily since supposedly Goldie Hawn, one of the film's producers, had Lahti's role, much larger and even more scene stealing, cut drastically to refocus the spotlight on herself before the picture's release.
The Times of Harvey Milk is an interesting choice. I still need to see it, as well as a few of the other films you've mentioned. Really looking forward to ones like The Hit and Another Country.
DeleteI wouldn't call it perfect, but I consider Once Upon a Time in America a masterpiece. I love the scope, the performances, and Morricone's score, of course.