59th Annual Academy Awards
March 30, 1987

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles

Your Hosts:
Paul Hogan, Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn

Televised over ABC

Opening number (to Frank Loesser's "Fugue for Tinhorns"):Telly Savalas, Pat Morita & Dom DeLuise
Welcome and opening remarks:Academy President Robert Wise
Writing Awards:Shirley MacLaine
Sound:Marlee Matlin
Supporting Actress:Anjelica Huston & Don Ameche
Sound Effects Editing:Chevy Chase (for Michael Caine)
Costume Design:Lauren Bacall
Original Score:Bette Midler
Art Direction:Isabella Rossellini & Christopher Reeve
Cinematography:Jennifer Jones
Documentary Short Subject:Helena Bonham Carter & Matthew Broderick
Thalberg Award:Richard Dreyfuss
Visual Effects:William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy
Documentary Feature:Oprah Winfrey
Supporting Actor:Sigourney Weaver & Jeff Bridges
Original Song:Bernadette Peters
Make-up:Rodney Dangerfield
Animated Short Films:Tom Hanks & Bugs Bunny
Live Action Short Film:Sonia Braga & Michael Douglas
Actress:William Hurt
Film Editing:Molly Ringwald
Foreign Film:Anthony Quinn
Honorary Award to Ralph Belamy:Karl Malden
Director:Elizabeth Taylor
Actor:Bette Davis (accepted by Robert Wise)
Picture:Dustin Hoffman
"Glory of Love"-- Peter Cetera
"Life in a Looking Glass"-- Tony Bennett
"Mean Green Mother from Outer Space"-- Levi Stubbs
"Somewhere Out There"-- Natalie Cole & James Ingram
"Take My Breath Away"-- Melba Moore & Lou Rawls
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Arnold Kopelson (producer, Platoon), presenter Dustin Hoffman, and Best Director Oliver Stone

Marlee Matlin with her Best Actress Award for Children of a Lesser God

Ismail Merchant, accepting the Adapted Screenplay Award for Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (w. presenter Shirley MacLaine)
Show Producer:Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Telecast Director for ABC:Marty Pasetta