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The 62nd Academy Awards - 1989

By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide

The sixty-second Academy Awards ceremony was held on Monday, March 26, 1990 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Los Angeles Music Center. Billy Crystal was the host.

The 1989 Academy Award Winners

Picture: Driving Miss Daisy
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot)
Actress: Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy)
Supporting Actor: Denzel Washington (Glory)
Supporting Actress: Brenda Fricker (My Left Foot)
Director: Oliver Stone (Born on the Fourth of July)
Adapted Screenplay: Tom Schulman (Dead Poets Society)
Original Screenplay: Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy)
Song: "Under the Sea" (The Little Mermaid)
Original Score: The Little Mermaid
Cinematography: Glory
Costume Design: Henry V
Art / Set Decoration: Batman
Film Editing: Born on the Fourth of July
Foreign Language Film: Cinema Paradiso (Italy)
Sound: Glory
Sound Effects: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Makeup: Driving Miss Daisy
Visual Effects: The Abyss
Short Films: Balance (Animated) / Work Experience (Live Action)
Documentaries: The Johnstown Flood (Short) / Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt (Feature)

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