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Best Picture
 CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD - Sugarman, Paramount. Produced by Burt Sugarman & Patrick Palmer
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS - Rollins-Joffe, Orion. Produced by Robert Greenhut
THE MISSION - Warner Bros./Goldcrest/Kingsmere, Warner Bros. Produced by Fernando Ghia & David Puttnam
 PLATOON (Won 4 Awards) - Hemdale, Orion. Produced by Arnold Kopelson
A ROOM WITH A VIEW - Merchant Ivory, Cinecom. Produced by Ismail Merchant
Actor
Dexter Gordon in 'ROUND MIDNIGHT
Bob Hoskins in MONA LISA
William Hurt in CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
Paul Newman in THE COLOR OF MONEY
James Woods in SALVADOR
Actress
Jane Fonda in THE MORNING AFTER
Marlee Matlin in CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
Sissy Spacek in CRIMES OF THE HEART
Kathleen Turner in PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED
Sigourney Weaver in ALIENS
Supporting Actor
Tom Berenger in PLATOON
Michael Caine in HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Willem Dafoe in PLATOON
Denholm Elliott in A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Dennis Hopper in HOOSIERS
Supporting Actress
Tess Harper in CRIMES OF THE HEART
Piper Laurie in CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in THE COLOR OF MONEY
Dame Maggie Smith in A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Dianne Wiest in HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Director
David Lynch for BLUE VELVET
Woody Allen for HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Roland Joffe for THE MISSION
Oliver Stone for PLATOON
James Ivory for A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Writing: Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie & John Cornell - "CROCODILE" DUNDEE
Woody Allen - HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Hanif Kureishi MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE
Oliver Stone - PLATOON
Oliver Stone & Richard Boyle - SALVADOR
Writing: Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Hesper Anderson & Mark Medoff - CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
Richard Price - THE COLOR OF MONEY
Beth Henley - CRIMES OF THE HEART
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Raynold Gideon & Bruce A. Evans STAND BY ME
Foreign Language Film
DE AANSLAG (THE ASSAULT, Netherlands - Fons Rademakers, producer)
37°2 LE MATIN (BETTY BLUE, France - Jean-Jacques Beineix & Claude Ossard, producers)
LE DÉCLIN DE L'EMPIRE AMÉRICAIN (THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE, Canada - Roger Frappier & René Malo, producers)
VESNICKO MÁ STREISKOVÁ (MY SWEET LITTLE VILLAGE, Czechoslovakia - Jirí Menzel, director; no producer credited)
'38 (VIENNA BEFORE THE FALL, Austria - Michael von Wolkenstein, producer)
Art Direction/Set Decoration
Peter Lamont - Art Direction, Crispian Sallis - Set Decoration ALIENS
Boris Leven - Art Direction, Karen A. O'Hara - Set Decoration THE COLOR OF MONEY
Stuart Wurtzel - Art Direction, Carol Joffe - Set Decoration HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Stuart Craig - Art Direction, Jack Stephens - Set Decoration THE MISSION
Gianni Quaranta & Brian Ackland-Snow - Art Direction, Brian Savegar & Elio Altramura - Set Decoration A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Cinematography
Chris Menges - THE MISSION
Jordan Cronenweth - PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED
Robert Richardson - PLATOON
Tony Pierce-Roberts - A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Don Peterman - STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
Costume Design
Jenny Beavan & John Bright - A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Enrico Sabbatini - THE MISSION
Anna Anni & Maurizio Millenotti - OTELLO
Theadora Van Runkle - PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED
Anthony Powell - PIRATES
Documentary (Features)
Brigitte Berman - Producer ARTIE SHAW: TIME IS ALL YOU'VE GOT There is a tie in this category.
David Bradbury - Producer CHILE: HASTA CUANDO?
Joseph Feury & Milton Justice - Producers DOWN AND OUT IN AMERICA There is a tie in this category.
Kirk Simon - Producer ISAAC IN AMERICA: A JOURNEY WITH ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
Sharon I. Sopher - Producer WITNESS TO APARTHEID
Documentary (Short Subjects)
Alison Nigh-Strelich - Producer DEBONAIR DANCERS
Sonya Friedman - Producer THE MASTERS OF DISASTER
Thomas L. Neff & Madeline Bell - Producers RED GROOMS: SUNFLOWER IN A HOTHOUSE
Aaron D. Weisblatt - Producer SAM
Vivienne Verdon-Roe - Producer WOMEN - FOR AMERICA, FOR THE WORLD
Film Editing
Ray Lovejoy - ALIENS
Susan E. Morse - HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Jim Clark - THE MISSION
Claire Simpson - PLATOON
Billy Weber & Chris Lebenzon - TOP GUN
Make-Up
Michael G. Westmore & Michele Burke - THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR
Chris Walas & Stephan Dupuis - THE FLY
Rob Bottin & Peter Robb-King - LEGEND
Music: Original Score
James Horner - ALIENS
Jerry Goldsmith - HOOSIERS
Ennio Morricone - THE MISSION
Herbie Hancock - 'ROUND MIDNIGHT
Leonard Rosenman - STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
Music: Original Song
Peter Cetera - Music & Lyric, David Foster - Music, Diane Nini - Lyric THE KARATE KID, PART II "Glory of Love"
Henry Mancini - Music, Leslie Bricusse - Lyric THAT'S LIFE! "Life in a Looking Glass"
Alan Menken - Music, Howard Ashman - Lyric LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space"
James Horner & Barry Mann - Music, Cynthia Weil - Lyric AN AMERICAN TAIL "Somewhere Out There"
Giorgio Moroder - Music, Tom Whitlock - Lyric TOP GUN "Take My Breath Away" 
Short Films (Animated)
Hugh MacDonald & Martin Townsend - Producers THE FROG, THE DOG AND THE DEVIL
Linda Van Tulden & Willem Thijssen - Producers EEN GRIEKSE TRAGEDIE (A GREEK TRAGEDY)
John Lasseter & William Reeves - Producers LUXO, JR.
Short Films (Live Action Subjects)
Stefano Reali & Pino Quartullo - Producers EXIT
Fredda Weiss - Producer LOVE STRUCK
Chuck Workman - Producer PRECIOUS IMAGES
Sound
Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas LeMessurier, Michael A. Carter & Roy Charman - ALIENS
Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore & William Nelson - HEARTBREAK RIDGE
John K. "Doc" Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles "Bud" Grenzbach & Simon Kaye - PLATOON
Terry Porter, Dave Hudson, Mel Metcalfe & Gene S. Cantamessa - STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline & William B. Kaplan - TOP GUN
Sound Effects Editing
Don Sharpe - ALIENS
Mark Mangini - STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
Cecelia Hall & George Watters, II - TOP GUN
Visual Effects
Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson & Suzanne Benson - ALIENS
Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren & Martin Gutteridge - LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Garry Waller & William Neil - POLTERGEIST II
Special Achievement
No Award given for 1986.
Scientific or Technical Awards
Academy Award of Merit (Statuette)
No Award given for 1986.
Scientific and Engineering Award (Plaque)
 Ron Grant & Richard Benjamin Grant (Auricle Control Systems) - For their innovative design and implementation of the Auricle Film Composer's Time Processing System.
Bran Ferren, Charles Harrison & Kenneth Wisner (Associates and Ferren) - For the concept and design of an advanced optical printer.
Anthony D. Bruno, John L. Baptista (MGM Laboratories Inc.), Manfred G. Michelson & Bruce W. Keller (Technical Film Systems Inc.) - For the design and engineering of a continuous-feed printer.
Robert M. Greenberg, Joel Hynek & Eugene Mamut (R/Greenberg Associates Inc.), Dr. Alfred Thumim, Elan Lipschitz & Darryl A. Armour (Richmark Camera Service Inc., Oxberry Division) - For the design and development of the RGA/Oxberry Compu-Quad Special Effects Optical Printer.
Prof. Fritz Sennheiser (Sennheiser Electronic Corporation) - For the invention of an interference tube directional microphone.
Richard Edlund, Gene Whiteman, David A. Grafton, Mark West, Jerry Jeffress & Bob Wilcox (Boss Film Corporation) - For the design and development of a Zoom Aerial (ZAP) 65mm Optical Printer.
William L. Fredrick & Hal Needham - For the design and development of the Shotmaker Elite camera car and crane.
Technical Achievement Award (Certificate)
 Lee Electric (Lighting) Ltd. - For the design and development of an electronic, flicker-free, discharge lamp control system.
Peter D. Parks (Oxford Scientific Films Image Quest Division) - For the development of a live aero-compositor for special effects photography.
Matt Sweeney & Lucinda Strub - For the development of an automatic capsule gun for simulating bullet hits for motion picture special effects.
Carl Holmes (Carl E Holmes Company) & Alexander Bryce (The Burbank Studios) - For the development of a mobile DC Power supply unit for motion picture production photography.
Bran Ferren (Associates and Ferren) - For the development of a laser synchro-cue system for applications in the motion picture industry.
John L. Baptista (MGM Laboratories Inc.) - For the development and installation of a computerized silver recovery operation.
David W. Samuelson - Program Development & William B. Pollard - New Algorithms - For the development of programs incorporated into a pocket computer for motion picture cinematographers and the contribution of new algorithms on which the programs are based.
Hal Landaker & Alan D. Landaker (The Burbank Studios) - For the development of the Beat System low-frequency cue track for motion picture production sound recording.
Honorary and Other Awards
Ralph Bellamy - For his unique artistry and his distinguished service to the profession of acting. Winner presented with a Statuette.
 E.M. "Al" Lewis - Presented in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Winner presented with a Medallion.
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Steven Spielberg
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
No Award given for 1986.
Gordon E. Sawyer Award
No Award given for 1986.
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FIRSTS
· Marlee Matlin, 21, becomes the youngest Best Actress winner for Children of a Lesser God, her debut film performance.
· Sigourney Weaver nominated for Best Actress for Aliens, the first woman ever nominated for playing an all-action role.
· Oscar® nominations are announced on national television for the first time since 1955.
SECOND
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward become the second married couple to win acting Oscars® after Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
ROLE REVERSALS
· Debra Winger was originally cast for Kathleen Turner's part in Peggy Sue Got Married when a back injury took her out of the running.
· James Woods turned down the starring role in Platoon, explaining, "I couldn't take the mud."
SINS OF OMISSION
Picture: Blue Velvet, Salvador
Supporting Actor: Dennis Hopper - Blue Velvet
Song: "Danger Zone," "Wild Wild Life"
UNMENTIONABLES
· Hannah and Her Sisters became the highest-grossing Woody Allen film to date. Allen moaned, "If you make a popular movie, you start to ask where have I failed? I must be doing something that's unchallenging, or reinforcing prejudices of the middle class, or being simplistic or sentimental."
· The Hustler caused a surge in the sale of pool tables in 1961. In The Color of Money, Paul Newman returned as 'Fast Eddie' Felson, and the remake sent shoppers out again. According to Variety, "sales of pool tables and billiards-related supplies have leaped dramatically since the October release of [the film]."
· James Ivory didn't want to make another period picture after The Bostonians, but his option on E.M. Forster's A Room with a View was running out, and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala told him to "just get on with it." Working on a shoestring budget of $3 million, raised from English sources and the small American distributor Cinecom, Merchant-Ivory produced the film -- not knowing if American audiences would go for a tale about a repressed English girl who discovers passion on a trip to Italy in the days before World War I. It has grossed over $20 million to date.
· Another low-budget film by an American director with British financing opened at the same time as A Room with a View. Oliver Stone's Salvador, with money from Hemdale, starred James Woods, who had told the director over lunch, "I can give you 103 reasons why I should play the lead. I was born to play it." Stone admitted later, "And I fell for that line."
· The top-grossing film of the year was Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson's Top Gun, made with the co-operation of the US Navy. Oliver Stone was not impressed, commenting, "the message of this movie is 'I get a girlfriend if I start World War III.'"
· David Lynch's Blue Velvet signaled Dennis Hopper's comeback. Playing what one critic called "maybe the vilest sadistic creep in movie history," Hopper hadn't managed to win so much acclaim for a movie since 1969's Easy Rider. Hopper confessed that he just used acting in the film's drug scenes instead of resorting to his old methods, "Normally, I would have taken cocaine to get that sort of frenzy or I would have used amyl nitrate in the mask."
· After a six-month search for a deaf actress to play the leading role in Children of a Lesser God, producers saw a video of a Chicago production of the play and were captivated not by the star but by a 19-year-old in a small role. As an associate producer put it, "Marlee Matlin took to the camera like a fish to water."
· Oliver Stone again went to Hemdale to finance his Vietnam story, Platoon. Stone himself played a drill sergeant on the set; at one point when Charlie Sheen refused to take off his shirt and risk injury from flying debris, Stone taunted, "Are you a little pussy from Malibu? Played too much volleyball all your life?" Sheen ripped off his shirt, "did the scene and had scars on my back for weeks." There was a groundswell of popularity for Stone's film as nomination time approached.
· In an effort to bring the broadcast in under 3 hours, Oscar® show producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. wanted to keep the documentary and short film winners off the podium. The Academy board voted down that proposal. Goldwyn brought back the red light, now set to blink after 30 seconds. He convinced the Academy to lump all the Best Song nominees into one number. But he couldn't find any takers for his opening number based on Frank Loesser's "Fugue for Tinhorns" with new lyrics; Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Steve Martin and Rodney Dangerfield all said thanks but no thanks.
· Costume Design winners Jenny Beavan and John Bright only had a $30,000 budget for A Room with a View.
· Accepting his Honorary Award, Ralph Bellamy prophesized, "I expect to be around for quite a while longer and I look forward to working with those of you with whom I haven't worked." His next set of costars were the Fat Boys.
· Best Actor presenter Bette Davis and proxy acceptor Robert Wise provided some adlibbed merriment for the audience. Even though their microphones were cut off by director Marty Pasetta, they continued while Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase set up the Best Picture presentation. Hawn cracked up, the audience roared, and Chase introduced Dustin Hoffman, who -- after a 2-minute extemporaneous ramble -- opened the envelope before he'd read the nominated pictures.
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