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The 63rd Academy Awards - 1990

By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide

The sixty-third Academy Awards ceremony was held on Monday, March 25, 1991 at the Shrine Civic Auditorium. Billy Crystal hosted the event.

The 1990 Academy Award Winners

Picture: Dances With Wolves
Actor: Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune)
Actress: Kathy Bates (Misery)
Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci (GoodFellas)
Supporting Actress: Whoopi Goldberg (Ghost)
Director: Kevin Costner (Dances With Wolves)
Adapted Screenplay: Michael Blake (Dances With Wolves)
Original Screenplay: Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost)
Song: "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" (Dick Tracy)
Original Score: Dances With Wolves
Cinematography: Dances With Wolves
Costume Design: Cyrano de Bergerac
Art / Set Decoration: Dick Tracy
Film Editing: Dances With Wolves
Foreign Language Film: Journey of Hope (Switzerland)
Sound: Dances With Wolves
Sound Effects: The Hunt for Red October
Makeup: Dick Tracy
Visual Effects: Total Recall
Short Films: Creature Comforts (Animated) / The Lunch Date (Live Action)
Documentaries: Days of Waiting (Short) / American Dream (Feature)

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