1989: Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives

1. Do the Right Thing (dir: Spike Lee)

2. A Short Film About Killing (dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski; US Release Date)

3. Drugstore Cowboy (dir: Gus Van Sant)

4. Mystery Train (dir: Jim Jarmusch)

5. Looking for Langston (dir: Isaac Julien)

6. The Grave of the Fireflies (dir: Isao Takahata)

7. Time of the Gypsies (dir: Emir Kusturica; US Release Date)

8. Crimes and Misdemeanors (dir: Woody Allen)

9. Sweetie (dir: Jane Campion)

10. Born on the 4th of July (dir: Oliver Stone)

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (dir: Terry Gilliam; US Release Date) Akira (dir: Katsuhiro Ôtomo; US Release Date), Casualties of War (dir: Brian De Palma), Distant Voices, Still Lives (dir: Terence Davies; US Release Date), Enemies, A Love Story (dir: Paul Mazursky), Heathers (dir: Michael Lehmann), Let It Ride (dir: Joe Pytka), Say Anything (dir: Cameron Crowe), Sex, Lies, and Videotape (dir: Steven Soderbergh), A Short Film About Love (dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski; US Release Date) and When Harry Met Sally... (dir: Rob Reiner)

Best Film of the Year: Do the Right Thing
Director: Spike Lee Producer: Spike Lee
US Distributor: Universal Pictures

Best Director:
1. Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing
2. Krzysztof Kieslowski, A Short Film About Killing
3. Gus Van Sant, Drugstore Cowboy
4. Jim Jarmusch, Mystery Train
5. Oliver Stone, Born on the 4th of July

Best Actor:
Matt Dillon, Drugstore Cowboy
2. Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot
3. Tom Cruise, Born on the Fourth of July
4. Richard Dreyfuss, Let it Ride
5. Michael J. Fox, Casualties of War

Best Actress:
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys
2. Meg Ryan, When Harry Met Sally...
3. Karen Colston, Sweetie
4. Winona Ryder, Heathers
5. Annabella Sciorra, True Love

Best Supporting Actor:
Martin Landau, Crimes and Misdemeanors
2. Danny Aiello, Do the Right Thing
3. Denzel Washington, Glory
4. Ossie Davis, Do the Right Thing
5. John Mahoney, Say Anything

Best Supporting Actress:
Lena Olin, Enemies, A Love Story
2. Laura San Giacomo, Sex, Lies, and Videotape
3. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Last Exit to Brooklyn
4. Heather Graham, Drugstore Cowboy
5. Rosie Perez, Do the Right Thing

Best Original Screenplay:
Do the Right Thing – Spike Lee
2. sex, lies, and videotape — Steven Soderbergh
3. Heathers — Daniel Waters
4. Mystery Train — Jim Jarmusch
5. When Harry Met Sally… — Nora Ephron

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Drugstore Cowboy – Gus Van Sant, William S. Burroughs and Daniel Yost
2. Grave of the Fireflies — Isao Takahata
3. Born on the Fourth of July – Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic
4. Enemies, A Love Story – Paul Mazursky and Roger L. Simon
5. Let it Ride — Nancy Dowd

Best Cinematography:
Do the Right Thing – Ernest Dickerson
2. A Short Film About Killing — Slawomir Idziak
3. Looking for Langston — Nina Kellgren
4. Born on the Fourth of July — Robert Richardson
5. The Bear — Phillippe Rousselet

Best Original Score:
Field of Dreams – James Horner
2. Born on the Fourth of July – John Williams
3. Casualties of War – Ennio Morricone
4. Do the Right Thing — Bill Lee
5. Batman — Danny Elfman

Best Film Editing:
Drugstore Cowboy — Mary Bauer and Curtiss Clayton
2. Do the Right Thing  – Barry Alexander Brown
3. A Short Film About Killing — Ewa Smal
4. Sweetie — Veronika Jenet
5. Distant Voices, Still Lives — William Diver

Best Production Design:
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen — Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo
2. Batman — Anton Furst and Peter Young
3. Back to the Future Part II — Rick Carter and Linda De Scenna
4. Glory – Norman Garwood and Garrett Lewis
5. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade — Elliot Scott, Peter Howitt and Emilio Ardura

Best Costume Design:
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen — Gabriella Pescucci
2. Enemies, A Love Story — Albert Wolsky
3. Great Balls of Fire! — Tracy Tynan
4. Back to the Future II — Joanna Johnston
5. Batman — Bob Ringwood

Best Visual Effects
The Abyss
2. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Best Sound
Field of Dreams
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3. Batman

Best Makeup
Looking for Langston
2. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
3. Batman

Best Documentary Feature:
Michael Moore, Roger & Me

Best Animated Feature:
Isao Takahata, Grave of the Fireflies

Best Ensemble Cast: 
Do the Right Thing

Orson Welles' Best First Feature:
Steven Soderbergh, sex, lies, and videotape

Best Ensemble Cast (dir: Spike Lee; in alphabetical order): Danny Aiello, Paul Benjamin, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, GIancarlo Esposito, Frankie FaIson, Roger Guenveur Smith, Robin Harris, Samuel L. Jackson, Martin Lawrence (pictured), Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, Rosie Perez, Christa Rivers (pictured), John Savage, Leonard Thomas (pictured), John Turturro, and Steve White (pictured)

Best First Feature: Andie MacDowell (pictured) in Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape

RECAP

W I N S :

Do the Right Thing — 5,
Drugstore Cowboy — 3, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen — 2, Field of Dreams — 2, The Abyss — 1, Crimes and Misdemeanors — 1, Enemies, A Love Story — 1, The Fabulous Baker Boys — 1, The Grave of the Fireflies — 1, Looking for Langston — 1, Roger & Me — 1, sex, lies and videotape — 1

M U L T I P L E
N O M I N A T I O N S :

Do the Right Thing — 10,
Born on the Fourth of July — 6, Drugstore Cowboy — 6, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen — 4, Batman — 4, Looking for Langston — 4, A Short Film About Killing — 4, Sweetie — 4, Enemies, A Love Story — 3, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade — 3, Mystery Train — 3, sex, lies and videotape — 3, Back to the Future II — 2, Casualties of War — 2, Crimes and Misdemeanors — 2, Distant Voices, Still Lives — 2, Field of Dreams — 2, Glory— 2, Heathers — 2, Let it Ride — 2
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