1988: Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives
Pelle the Conquerer (dir: Bille August; US Release Date)
Die Hard (dir: John McTiernan)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (dir: Francis Ford Coppola)
Dangerous Liaisons (dir: Stephen Frears)
Dead Ringers (dir: David Cronenberg)
Matador (dir: Pedro Almodovar; US Release Date)
Boyfriends and Girlfriends (dir: Éric Rohmer; US Release Date)
The Thin Blue Line (dir: Errol Morris)
Police Story (dir: Jackie Chan; US Release Date)
Stormy Monday (dir: Mike Figgis)
Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): Alice (dir: Jan Svankmajer), Beetlejuice (dir: Tim Burton), Big (dir: Penny Marshall), Bird (dir: Clint Eastwood), The Blob (dir: Chuck Russell), Bull Durham (dir: Ron Shelton), Coming to America (dir: John Landis), The Decline of Western Civilization II (dir: Penelope Spheeris), Eight Men Out (dir: John Sayles), A Fish Called Wanda (dir: Charles Crichton), The Last Temptation of Christ (dir: Martin Scorsese), Married to the Mob (dir: Jonathan Demme), Paperhouse (dir: Bernard Rose), Running on Empty (dir: Sidney Lumet), Salaam Bombay! (dir: Mira Nair), School Daze (dir: Spike Lee), Shy People (dir: Andrei Konchalovsky; US release date), Talk Radio (dir: Oliver Stone), They Live (dir: John Carpenter), Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (dir: Robert Zemeckis), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (dir: Philip Kaufman), and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (dir: Pedro Almodóvar)
Best Film of the Year: Pelle the Conqueror
Director: Bille August Producers: Per Holst
US Distributor: Miramax
John McTiernan (middle) on the set of Die Hard with Bruce Willis (right) and cinematographer Jan de Bont (left)
Best Director:
John McTiernan, Die Hard
2. Bille August, Pelle the Conqueror
3. David Cronenberg, Dead Ringers
4. Francis Ford Coppola, Tucker: The Man and His Dream
5. Pedro Almodóvar, Matador AND Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Max von Sydow in Bille August’s Pelle the Conqueror
Best Actor:
Max von Sydow, Pelle the Conqueror
2. River Phoenix, Running on Empty
3. Eric Bogosian, Talk Radio
4. Jeremy Irons, Dead Ringers
5. Forest Whitaker, Bird
Michelle Pfeiffer in Jonathan Demme's Married to the Mob
Best Actress:
Michelle Pfeiffer, Married to the Mob
2.Glenn Close, Dangerous Liaisons
3. Carmen Maura, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
4. Susan Sarandon, Bull Durham
5. Barbara Hershey, Shy People
Alan Rickman in John McTiernan’s Die Hard
Best Supporting Actor:
Alan Rickman, Die Hard
2. Kevin Kline, A Fish Called Wanda
3. Björn Granath, Pelle the Conqueror
4. Michael Keaton, Beetlejuice
5. Tim Robbins, Bull Durham
Lena Olin in Philip Kaufman's The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Best Supporting Actress:
Lena Olin, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
2. Michelle Pfeiffer, Dangerous Liaisons
3. Diane Venora, Bird
4. Anita Kanwar, Salaam Bombay!
5. Mercedes Ruehl, Married to the Mob
Susan Sarandon and Kevin Costner in Ron Shelton’s Bull Durham
Best Original Screenplay:
Bull Durham – Ron Shelton
2. Matador — Jesús Ferrero and Pedro Almodovar
3. Boyfriends and Girlfriends — Éric Rohmer
4. Big – Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg
5. Coming to America — Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield, and Eddie Murphy
Pelle Hvenegaard in Bille August’s Pelle the Conqueror
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Pelle the Conqueror — Bille August, Per Olov Enquist, and Bjarne Reuter
2. Dead Ringers — David Cronenberg and Norman Snider
3. Dangerous Liaisons – Christopher Hampton
4. The Last Temptation of Christ — Paul Schrader
5. Talk Radio — Eric Bogosian and Oliver Stone
Jeff Bridges and Joan Allen in Francis Ford Coppola’s Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Best Cinematography:
Tucker: The Man and His Dream — Vittorio Storaro
2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Sven Nykvist
3. Shy People — Chris Menges
4. The Thin Blue Line – Robert Chappell and Stefan Czapsky
5. Pelle the Conqueror — Jörgen Presson
Errol Morris' The Thin Blue Line
Best Original Score:
The Thin Blue Line – Philip Glass
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? – Alan Silvestri
3. Shy People — Tangerine Dream
4. Beetlejuice – Danny Elfman
5. Stormy Monday — Mike Figgis
Bruce Willis in John McTiernan's Die Hard
Best Film Editing:
Die Hard – John F. Link and Frank J. Urioste
2. Dangerous Liaisons — Mick Audsley
3. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? – Arthur Schmidt
4. They Live — Gib Jaffe and Frank E. Jimenez
5. Dead Ringers – Ronald Sanders
Jeff Bridges and Dean Stockwell in Francis Ford Coppola’s Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Best Production Design:
Tucker: The Man and His Dream — Dean Tavoularis and Armin Ganz; cars: George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola
2. Beetlejuice – Bo Welch and Aggie Guerard Rodgers
3. Dangerous Liaisons – Stuart Craig and Gerard James
4. They Live — Daniel Lomino and Marvin March
5. Eight Men Out — Nora Chavooshian and Lynn Wolverton
Swoosie Kurtz and Michelle Pfeiffer in Stephen Frears’ Dangerous Liaisons
Best Costume Design:
Dangerous Liaisons — James Acheson
2. Coming to America — Deborah Nadoolman
3. Tucker: The Man and His Dream — Milena Canonero
4. Willow – Barbara Lane
5. School Daze — Ruth E. Carter
Best Visual Effects
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
2. The Blob
3. Willow
Best Sound
Beetlejuice
2. Die Hard
3. Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Best Makeup
The Blob
2. Beetlejuice
3. Willow
Best Documentary Feature:
Errol Morris, The Thin Blue Line
Best Animated Feature:
Jan Svankmajer, Alice (TIE)
Robert Zemeckis and Richard Williams, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (TIE)
Best Ensemble Cast:
Dangerous Liaisons
Orson Welles' Best First Feature:
Mike Figgis, Stormy Monday
Best Ensemble Cast: Dangerous Liaisons (dir: Stephen Frears; in alphabetical order): Peter Capaldi, Glenn Close (pictured), Swoosie Kurtz, John Malkovich (pictured), Mildred Natwick, Michelle Pfeiffer, Keanu Reeves and Uma Thurman (pictured)
Best First Feature: Melanie Griffith and Sean Bean in Mike Figgis’ Stormy Monday
RECAP
W I N S :
Die Hard — 3, Pelle the Conqueror — 3,
Dangerous Liaisons — 2, The Thin Blue Line — 2, Tucker: The Man and His Dream — 2, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? — 2, Alice — 1, Beetlejuice — 1, The Blob — 1, Bull Durham — 1, Married to the Mob — 1, Stormy Monday — 1, The Unbearable Lightness of Being — 1
M U L T I P L E
N O M I N A T I O N S :
Dangerous Liaisons— 7,
Beetlejuice — 6, Pelle the Conqueror — 6, Tucker: The Man and His Dream — 6, Dead Ringers — 5, Die Hard — 5, The Thin Blue Line — 4, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?— 4, Bull Durham — 3, Matador — 3, Shy People — 3, Stormy Monday — 3, Willow — 3, Bird — 2, The Blob — 2, Boyfriends and Girlfriends — 2, Married to the Mob — 2, Talk Radio — 2, They Live — 2, The Unbearable Lightness of Being — 2, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown — 2
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