Academy Awards 1991

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The 1991 Academy Awards took place on March 25, 1991 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles . It was the 63rd Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, films from the previous year are always recognized, in this case the films from 1990.

The most successful films
(at least two nominations; highlighted = most awards,
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
The one, who dances with the wolf 12 7th
The Godfather - Part III 7th 0
Dick Tracy 7th 3
Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia 6th 1
Cyrano from Bergerac 5 1
Ghost message from Sam 5 2
Avalon 4th 0
Grifters 4th 0
The Sunny von B. 3 1
Hunt for Red October 3 1
Time of awakening 3 0
The total memory - Total Recall 2 0
Greetings from Hollywood 2 0
Hamlet 2 0
Kevin home alone 2 0

Moderation

Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards for the second year in a row. The presenters of the candidates are listed below for the respective categories.

Winners and nominations

Best movie

presented by Barbra Streisand

The Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves) - Kevin Costner , Jim Wilson

The Godfather - Part III (The Godfather: Part III) - Francis Ford Coppola
Ghost - Message from Sam (Ghost) - Lisa Weinstein
Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia (Goodfellas) - Irwin Winkler
Awakenings (Awakenings) - Lawrence Lasker , Walter F. Parkes

Best director

presented by Tom Cruise

Kevin Costner - The Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves)

Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather - Part III (The Godfather: Part III)
Stephen Frears - Grifters (The Grifters)
Barbet Schroeder - The Affair of Sunny von B. (Reversal of Fortune)
Martin Scorsese - Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia (Goodfellas)

Best Actor

presented by Jessica Tandy

Jeremy Irons - The Affair of Sunny von B. (Reversal of Fortune)

Kevin Costner - The Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves)
Robert De Niro - Awakenings (Awakenings)
Gérard Depardieu - Cyrano of Bergerac (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Richard Harris - The field (The Field)

Best main actress

presented by Daniel Day-Lewis

Kathy Bates - Misery

Anjelica Huston - Grifters (The Grifters)
Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman
Meryl Streep - Greetings from Hollywood (Postcards from the Edge)
Joanne Woodward - Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

Best supporting actor

presented by Brenda Fricker

Joe Pesci - Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia (Goodfellas)

Bruce Davison - Friendship for Life (Longtime Companion)
Andy Garcia - The Godfather - Part III (The Godfather: Part III)
Graham Greene - The Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves)
Al Pacino - Dick Tracy

The best supporting actress

presented by Denzel Washington

Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost - Message from Sam (Ghost)

Annette Bening - Grifters (The Grifters)
Lorraine Bracco - Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia (Goodfellas)
Diane Ladd - Wild at Heart
Mary McDonnell - The Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves)

Best adapted script

presented by Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins

Michael Blake - The Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves)

Nicholas Kazan - The Affair of Sunny von B. (Reversal of Fortune)
Nicholas Pileggi , Martin Scorsese - Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia (Goodfellas)
Donald E. Westlake - Grifters (The Grifters)
Steven Zaillian - Awakenings (Awakenings)

Best original script

presented by Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins

Bruce Joel Rubin - Ghost - Message from Sam (Ghost)

Woody Allen - Alice
Barry Levinson - Avalon
Whit Stillman - Metropolitan - Damn, bourgeois, in love (Metropolitan)
Peter Weir - Green Card - Sham marriage with obstacles (Green Card)

Best camera

presented by Glenn Close

Dean Semler - The Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves)

Allen Daviau - Avalon
Philippe Rousselot - Henry & June
Vittorio Storaro - Dick Tracy
Gordon Willis - The Godfather - Part III (The Godfather: Part III)

Best production design

presented by Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon

Rick Simpson , Richard Sylbert - Dick Tracy

Lisa Dean , Jeffrey Beecroft - The Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves)
Dante Ferretti , Francesca Lo Schiavo - Hamlet
Gary Fettis , Dean Tavoularis - The Godfather - Part III (The Godfather: Part III)
Ezio Frigerio , Jacques Rouxel - Cyrano of Bergerac (Cyrano de Bergerac)

Best costume design

presented by Annette Bening

Franca Squarciapino - Cyrano of Bergerac (Cyrano de Bergerac)

Milena Canonero - Dick Tracy
Gloria Gresham - Avalon
Maurizio Millenotti - Hamlet
Elsa Zamparelli - The Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves)

Best makeup

presented by Anne Archer

John Caglione Jr. , Doug Drexler - Dick Tracy

Michèle Burke , Jean-Pierre Eychenne - Cyrano von Bergerac (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Ve Neill , Stan Winston - Edward Scissorhands (Edward Scissorhands)

Best film score

presented by Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger

John Barry - The Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves)

Dave Grusin - Havana
Maurice Jarre - Ghost - Message from Sam (Ghost)
Randy Newman - Avalon
John Williams - Kevin - Home Alone

Best movie song

presented by Ann-Margret and Gregory Hines

"Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" from Dick Tracy - Stephen Sondheim

" Blaze of Glory " from Blaze of Glory (Young Guns II) - Jon Bon Jovi
"I'm Checkin 'Out" from Greetings from Hollywood (Postcards from the Edge) - Shel Silverstein
" Promise Me You'll Remember " from The Godfather - Part III (The Godfather: Part III) - John Bettis , Carmine Coppola
" Somewhere in My Memory " from Kevin Home Alone - Leslie Bricusse , John Williams

Best cut

presented by Danny Glover and Kevin Kline

Neil Travis - The Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves)

Lisa Fruchtman , Barry Malkin , Walter Murch - The Godfather - Part III (The Godfather: Part III)
Walter Murch - Ghost - Message from Sam (Ghost)
Thelma Schoonmaker - Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia (Goodfellas)
Dennis Virkler , John Wright - Hunt for Red October (The Hunt for Red October)

Best sound mix

presented by Dianne Wiest

Bill W. Benton , Jeffrey Perkins , Gregory H. Watkins , Russell Williams II - The Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves)

Don J. Bassman , Kevin F. Cleary , Richard Bryce Goodman , Richard Overton - Hunt for Red October (The Hunt for Red October)
David E. Campbell , Thomas Causey , Doug Hemphill , Chris Jenkins - Dick Tracy
Rick Kline , Donald O. Mitchell , Kevin O'Connell , Charles M. Wilburn - Days of Thunder (Days of Thunder)
Michael J. Kohut , Carlos DeLarios , Aaron Rochin , Nelson Stoll - Total Recall - Total Recall (Total Recall)

Best sound editing

presented by Whoopi Goldberg and Andy García

Cecelia Hall , George Watters II - Hunt for Red October (The Hunt for Red October)

Charles L. Campbell , Richard C. Franklin - Flatliners - Today is a Beautiful Day to Die (Flatliners)
Stephen Hunter Flick - Total Recall (Total Recall)

Best Documentary (Short Film)

presented by Phoebe Cates and Ron Silver

Days of Waiting - Steven Okazaki

Burning Down Tomorrow - Kit Thomas
Chimps: So Like Us - Karen Goodman , Kirk Simon
Journey Into Life: The World of the Unborn - Dr. Derek Bromhall
Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember - Freida Lee Mock , Terry Sanders

Best Documentary (Long Form)

presented by Phoebe Cates and Ron Silver

American Dream - Arthur Cohn , Barbara Kopple

Berkeley in the '60s - Mark Kitchell
Building Bombs - Mark Mori , Susan Robinson
Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade - Judith Montell
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey - Robert Hillmann , Eugene Corr

Best short film (animated)

Creature Comforts - Nick Park

Cavallette - Bruno Bozzetto
Wallace & Gromit - Alles Käse (A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit) - Nick Park

Best Short Film (Live Action)

presented by Chevy Chase and Martin Short

The Lunch Date - Adam Davidson

Bronx Cheers - Raymond De Felitta , Matthew Gross
Dear Rosie - Peter Cattaneo , Barnaby Thompson
Senzeni Well? - Bernard Joffa , Anthony E. Nicholas
12:01 PM - Hillary Anne Ripps , Jonathan Heap

Best foreign language film

presented by Dustin Hoffman

Journey of Hope , Switzerland - Xavier Koller

Cyrano of Bergerac (Cyrano de Bergerac) , France - Jean-Paul Rappeneau
The terrible girl , Germany - Michael Verhoeven
Judou (Ju Dou) , China - Zhang Yimou
Open doors (Porte aperte) , Italy - Gianni Amelio

Honorary Oscars

Honorary Award

presented by Anjelica Huston

presented by Gregory Peck

presented by Jack Valenti

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

presented by Michael Douglas

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