59th Academy Awards

The nominees for the 59th Academy Awards were announced on February 11, 1987, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Robert Wise, president of the Academy, actor Don Ameche, and actress Anjelica Huston.{{harvnb|Wiley|Bona|1996|p=689}} Platoon and A Room with a View led all nominees with eight each.{{cite news|last=Matthews |first=Jack |title=Newman Gets 7th Chance; Will He Finally Get Oscar? : Nominated for 'Color of Money' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-02-11-mn-1853-story.html |access-date=April 11, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 11, 1987 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413132725/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-02-11/news/mn-1853_1_newman-s-nomination |archive-date=April 13, 2014 }}

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 30, 1987. Marlee Matlin was the first deaf performer to win an Oscar and the youngest winner in the Best Actress category.{{harvnb|Brill|2006|p=130}}{{harvnb|Osborne|2008|p=396}} Best Actor winner Paul Newman was the fourth actor to have been nominated for portraying the same character in two different films, having previously earned a nomination for his role as "Fast Eddie" Felson in 1961's The Hustler.{{harvnb|Osborne|2008|p=397}} By virtue of his victory in the Best Actor category, Newman and wife Joanne Woodward, who won Best Actress for her performance in 1957's The Three Faces of Eve, became the second married couple to win acting Oscars. Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got and Down and Out in America{{'}}s joint win in the Best Documentary Feature category marked the fourth occurrence of a tie in Oscar history.{{cite magazine|last1=Warner |first1=Denise |title=Best Sound Editing Oscar tie is sixth in Academy Awards history |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2013/02/24/sound-editing-tie-oscars |access-date=April 15, 2015 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325084710/http://www.ew.com/article/2013/02/24/sound-editing-tie-oscars |archive-date=March 25, 2015 }}

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Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ({{double dagger}}).{{Cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1987 |title=The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 16, 2011 |work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109082101/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1987 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 }}

• To Ralph Bellamy for his unique artistry and his distinguished service to the profession of acting.{{cite news|last=Deans|first=Laurie|title=Directors' contract expires June 30 Strike threat prompts April flurry|work=The Globe and Mail |date=February 13, 1987|page=C3}}

• Steven Spielberg{{cite news|title=Complete list of Oscar nominations|work=Toronto Star |date=February 12, 1987|page=F6}}

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The following 15 films had multiple nominations:

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The following four films received multiple awards.

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The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.{{cite news|last=Mull |first=Marrison |title=59th Academy Awards: And the Presenters Are... |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-29-ca-792-story.html |access-date=April 17, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 29, 1987 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419020846/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-03-29/entertainment/ca-792_1_academy-awards |archive-date=April 19, 2014 }}{{harvnb|Wiley|Bona|1996|p=693}}

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Determined to revive interest surrounding the awards and reverse declining ratings, the Academy hired Samuel Goldwyn Jr. in November 1986 to produce the telecast for the first time.{{cite news|title=Goldwyn's Son to Produce Academy Awards Show|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19861113&id=Y0ZiAAAAIBAJ&pg=3592,1505802|access-date=15 July 2014|work=Observer–Reporter|date=November 13, 1986|archive-date=October 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028021053/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19861113&id=Y0ZiAAAAIBAJ&pg=3592,1505802|url-status=live}} The following March, Goldwyn announced that comedian Chevy Chase, actress and Academy Award winner Goldie Hawn, and actor and Best Original Screenplay nominee Paul Hogan would share co-hosting duties for the 1987 ceremony.{{cite news|last1=Beck|first1=Marilyn|title=Paul Hogan at the Oscars: The Monologue, Please|work=Los Angeles Daily News |date=March 20, 1987|page=4}} Actor Robin Williams was initially named a co-host, but he was forced to withdraw from emceeing duties due to his commitment toward his role in the upcoming film Good Morning, Vietnam.{{cite news|last1=Hartl|first1=John|title=The Academy Award Remain Live and Unpredictable|work=The Seattle Times |date=March 29, 1987|page=TV2}}

One of the biggest priorities for Goldwyn was to shorten the length of the show to at least three hours or less. In view of his goal, he told reporters regarding the winners' acceptance speeches, "We are actually going to give them 45 seconds. The light (next to the camera) will start blinking at 45 seconds and go red at 55 seconds. After one minute, we will either cut to a commercial or go to something else. We've also asked multiple winners to flip a coin and pick a spokesman."{{cite news|last1=Ryan|first1=Desmong|title=Prescription For The Oscarcast Once Again, The Goal Is To Shorten And Sweeten The Annual Program|page=4|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=March 29, 1987}} Furthermore, instead of each Best Original Song nominee being performed separately, all five songs were performed as part of a musical number featuring actress Bernadette Peters singing brief introductions to each one.{{cite news |last1=Kelley |first1=Bill |title=Academy Broadcast Committed Many Sins |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-03-31/news/8701200936_1_presenter-oscar-ceremony-three-awards |access-date=July 18, 2014 |work=Sun-Sentinel |date=March 31, 1987 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728193728/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-03-31/news/8701200936_1_presenter-oscar-ceremony-three-awards |archive-date=July 28, 2014 }} Although Goldwyn attempted to move the Documentary and Short Film Categories to a separate ceremony from the broadcast, the AMPAS Board of Governors refused to do so.{{harvnb|Wiley|Bona|1996|p=691}}

Several other people were involved with the production of the ceremony. Oscar-winning costume designer Theoni V. Aldredge was hired as a fashion consultant for the awards ceremony and supervised a "fashion show" segment showcasing the five nominees for Best Costume Design.{{harvnb|Wiley|Bona|1996|p=716}}{{cite news|last1=Matthews |first1=Jack |title=Goldwyn Touch For Oscars |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-08-ca-1799-story.html |access-date=July 15, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 8, 1986 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725192700/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-12-08/entertainment/ca-1799_1_oscar-show |archive-date=July 25, 2014 }} Lionel Newman served as musical director and conductor for the ceremony.{{harvnb|Osborne|2008|p=387}} Actors Dom DeLuise, Pat Morita, and Telly Savalas performed the song "Fugue for Tinhorns" from the musical Guys and Dolls at the start of the ceremony.{{harvnb|Wiley|Bona|1996|p=694}}

At the time of the nominations announcement on February 11, the combined gross of the five Best Picture nominees at the US box office was $119 million, with an average of $23.9 million.{{cite news|title=1989 Academy Award Nominations and Winner for Best Picture |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/oscar/chart/?yr=1986&p=.htm |access-date=June 17, 2014 |work=Box Office Mojo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614052152/http://boxofficemojo.com/oscar/chart/?yr=1986&p=.htm |archive-date=June 14, 2014 }} Platoon was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees, with $39.3 million in domestic box office receipts. The film was followed by Hannah and Her Sisters ($35.4 million), Children of a Lesser God ($22.1 million), A Room with a View ($11.5 million), and The Mission ($11.1 million).

Of the fifty top-grossing movies of the year, fifty-five nominations went to eighteen films on the list. Only Crocodile Dundee (2nd), Aliens (6th), The Color of Money (11th), Stand By Me (12th), Peggy Sue Got Married (18th), Platoon (23rd), Hannah and Her Sisters (29th), The Morning After (38th), The Color of Money (40th), and Crimes of the Heart (43rd) were nominated for Best Picture, directing, acting, or screenplay.{{cite news|title=1986 Domestic Grosses (as of February 10, 1987) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?asof=1987-02-10&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&yr=1986&sort=gross&order=DESC&p=.htm |access-date=May 25, 2014 |work=Box Office Mojo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725105845/http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?asof=1987-02-10&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&yr=1986&sort=gross&order=DESC&p=.htm |archive-date=July 25, 2014 }} The other top fifty box office hits that earned nominations were Top Gun (1st), The Karate Kid Part II (3rd), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (4th), An American Tail (5th), Heartbreak Ridge (17th), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (19th), The Fly (22nd), and Little Shop of Horrors (30th).

The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets were more critical of the show. Columnist Jerry Roberts of the Daily Breeze remarked, "The whole mess was like some kind of geek show from a carnival row that had incestuously multiplied itself into a gargantuan sequin-lined ego battle royal accompanied by a firestorm of ballyhooing." Despite Chase and Hawn's best efforts to liven up the broadcast, he commented, "The lumbering procedure completely defeated them."{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Jerry|title=Tedium Overcomes Oscar's Best Efforts|work=Daily Breeze |date=March 31, 1987|page=A16}} Television critic Tom Shales of The Washington Post wrote, "As usual, the Academy Awards show was marked by missed cues, noisy moving scenery, plunging necklines, inane scripted chatter and, as has often happened in recent years, few galvanizing or gratifying surprises." He also quipped that the segment showcasing the Best Costume Design nominees slowed down the ceremony's pace.{{cite news|last1=Shales|first1=Tom|title=Platoon' Seizes Oscar; Newman, Matlin Win; 'Hannah' and 'Room With A View' Take 3 Awards Each|newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 31, 1987|page=C1}} The Philadelphia Inquirer{{'}}s film critic Carrie Rickey observed, "As pace goes, the Academy Awards show was like watching a race between slugs and snails." She later wrote, "Oscarsclerosis is the show's most critical condition, the result of a telecast larded, once again, with too many Vegas-style production numbers."{{cite news|last1=Rickey |first1=Carrie |title=A Dull Start, And It Barely Rebounded Forget The Telecast: The Oscars Offer Hope For Hollywood Quality |url=http://articles.philly.com/1987-04-01/news/26193495_1_59th-academy-awards-oscars-three-movies |access-date=February 25, 2014 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=April 1, 1987 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728133010/http://articles.philly.com/1987-04-01/news/26193495_1_59th-academy-awards-oscars-three-movies |archive-date=July 28, 2014 }}

Other media outlets received the broadcast more positively. Film critic John Hartl of The Seattle Times noted that the ceremony "was well-paced and filled with comics and comic film clips." He also complimented producer Goldwyn for hiring comics, including host Chase, and presenters such as Rodney Dangerfield for helping "to keep the show light and funny."{{cite news|last1=Hartl|first1=John|title=No Surprises, But a Good Oscar Show|work=The Seattle Times |date=March 31, 1987|page=F1}} The New York Times columnist Janet Maslin wrote, "This was the trimmest, most varied and best-paced program in years." She also commented that without the witty banter of hosts Hogan and Chase, "The show would have seemed notably lacking in luster."{{cite news|last1=Maslin |first1=Janet |title=TV Review: Academy Awards Ceremony on ABC |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/01/movies/tv-review-academy-award-ceremony-on-abc.html |access-date=March 21, 2014 |work=The New York Times |date=April 1, 1987 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014081754/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/01/movies/tv-review-academy-award-ceremony-on-abc.html |archive-date=October 14, 2013 }} Television editor Michael Burkett of the Orange County Register commented, "Monday night's 59th installment was very nearly everything you could have wished it to be: quite entertaining, relatively fast-moving, unusually short on tastelessness and tackiness drenched in nostalgia, and featuring enough superbly chosen film clips for a monster round of Visual Trivial Pursuit.{{cite news|last1=Beckett|first1=Michael|title=Little films were big winners and we went home happy|work=Orange County Register |date=March 31, 1987|page=C1}}

The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 37.19 million people over its length, which was a 2% decrease from the previous year's ceremony.{{Cite news |first=Bill |last=Gorman |title=Academy Awards Averages 41.3 Million Viewers; Most Since 2005 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/08/academy-awards-averages-41-3-million-viewers-most-since-2005/44217 |website=TV by the Numbers (Tribune Media) |date=March 8, 2010 |access-date=March 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310080531/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/08/academy-awards-averages-41-3-million-viewers-most-since-2005/44217 |archive-date=March 10, 2010 |url-status=dead }} However, the show drew higher Nielsen ratings compared to the previous ceremony, with 27.5% of households watching over a 43 share.{{cite news|last1=Sharbutt |first1=Jay |title=Oscar Dunks NCAA |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-04-01-ca-827-story.html |access-date=February 25, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 1, 1987 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811085138/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-04-01/entertainment/ca-827_1_ncaa-basketball |archive-date=August 11, 2014 }} Many media outlets pointed out that the broadcast earned higher ratings compared to the final game of the 1987 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament which was airing on CBS that same night.{{cite news|last1=Schwed|first1=Mark|title=Oscars Win Ratings War|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19870401&id=FrFPAAAAIBAJ&pg=4599,110020|access-date=July 16, 2014|work=The Bryan Times|date=April 1, 1987|archive-date=October 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028001720/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19870401&id=FrFPAAAAIBAJ&pg=4599,110020|url-status=live}}

• 7th Golden Raspberry Awards
• 29th Grammy Awards
• 39th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 40th British Academy Film Awards
• 41st Tony Awards
• 44th Golden Globe Awards
• List of submissions to the 59th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

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;Official websites

• [http://www.oscar.com/ Academy Awards Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304014303/http://www.oscar.com/ |date=March 4, 2009 }}
• [http://www.oscars.org/ The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122140142/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/ |date=January 22, 2009 }}
• [https://www.youtube.com/oscars Oscar's Channel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002230230/https://www.youtube.com/oscars |date=October 2, 2018 }} at YouTube (run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)

;Analysis

• [http://www.filmsite.org/aa86.html 1986 Academy Awards Winners and History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705125138/http://www.filmsite.org/aa86.html |date=July 5, 2014 }} Filmsite
• [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/1987 Academy Awards, USA: 1987] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809112336/https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/1987 |date=August 9, 2017 }} Internet Movie Database

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