The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987) (TV)

Director:

Marty Pasetta

Release Date:

30 March 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Family

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Award | Oscar | Live Performance | Oscar Statuette | Awards Show

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.

Cast

Chevy Chase	...	Himself - Co-Host & Presenter: Best Sound Effects Editing
Goldie Hawn	...	Herself - Co-host
Paul Hogan	...	Himself - Co-host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Ameche	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Lauren Bacall	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Costume Design
Jenny Beavan	...	Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Ralph Bellamy	...	Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
Tony Bennett	...	Himself - Performer
Tom Berenger	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Charlene Blaine	...	Herself - Dancer - Best Costume Design
Helena Bonham Carter	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Sonia Braga	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Short Film, Animated
Jeff Bridges	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Matthew Broderick	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Peter Cetera	...	Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Original Song
Natalie Cole	...	Herself - Performer
Willem Dafoe	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Rodney Dangerfield	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Makeup
Bette Davis	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Dom DeLuise	...	Himself - Performer
Michael Douglas	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Short Film, Animated
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Himself - Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Award
Denholm Elliott	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jane Fonda	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Dexter Gordon	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Herbie Hancock	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Score
Tom Hanks	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Short Film, Animated
Tess Harper	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Dustin Hoffman	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
Dennis Hopper	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Bob Hoskins	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
William Hurt	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Anjelica Huston	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
James Ingram	...	Himself - Performer
Jennifer Jones	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Cinematography
Arnold Kopelson	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture
Piper Laurie	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Shirley MacLaine	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Screenplay - Original & Adapted
Karl Malden	...	Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Ralph Bellamy
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Marlee Matlin	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Sound
Chris Menges	...	Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography
Bette Midler	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Original Score
Melba Moore	...	Herself - Performer
Pat Morita	...	Himself - Performer
Giorgio Moroder	...	Himself - Winner: Best Original Song
Leonard Nimoy	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects
Bernadette Peters	...	Herself - Performer & Presenter: Best Original Song
Anthony Quinn	...	Himself - Presenter: Foreign Language Film
Lou Rawls	...	Himself - Performer
Christopher Reeve	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Molly Ringwald	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Editing
Isabella Rossellini	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Telly Savalas	...	Himself - Performer
William Shatner	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects
Claire Simpson	...	Herself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Sissy Spacek	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself - Winner: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Oliver Stone	...	Himself - Winner: Best Director & Nominee: Best Original Screenplay
Levi Stubbs	...	Himself - Performer
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Director
Kathleen Turner	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sigourney Weaver	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Dianne Wiest	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Oprah Winfrey	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Documentary, Features
Robert Wise	...	Himself - accepting Best Actor Award for Paul Newman
James Woods	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role

Country:

USA

Language:

English | American Sign Language

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles County Music Center - 135 N. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Trivia:

During a break in the Academy Awards show, Dexter Gordon, Bob Hoskins, and James Woods met by chance in the lobby lounge of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. It was the first meeting between them for each of the three actors. Knowing they were probably not going to win that night, the three Best Actor nominees sat together at a table and drank a toast to Paul Newman (who was not present at the awards).

Quotes:

Paul Hogan: Now, I'm nominated tonight, and I realize I'm not exactly the odds-on favorite. But I traveled 13,000 miles to be here for this. I've come from the other side of the planet. And if they read out someone else's name instead of mine, it's not gonna be pretty.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Bill Murray/Percy Sledge (#12.14)" (1987)

Soundtrack:

Life in a Looking Glass

So-so show! Much redeemed by Old Time Glamour & Star Power.

Michael Caine and Paul Newman were no-shows, Dianne Wiest & Marlee Matlin were touching but they won everything also so their Oscar moment was anti-climatic.

I agree the highlight was a prickly Bette Davis putting a befuddled Robert Wise in his place. It was Bette's final Oscar appearance. The introductions to the greats by showing clips of their great films and then having them walk out was wonderful. Anthony Quinn, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Gregory Peck, Olivia DeHavilland, and a very jittery Jennifer Jones making her first Oscar appearance as a presenter in decades (it would also be her last as a presenter, though she had appeared twice with the past winners on the 70th & 75th).

Another great moment: Co-host Goldie Hawn's surprise reaction when old friend Lee Grant takes the stage to receive an award for Best Documentary Feature.