1987 (60th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1987 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 1987 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1987 to December 31, 1987 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1987 Ceremony
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Monday, April 11, 1988 6:00 PM Shrine Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles Ceremony Poster Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1987 Winners
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Best Picture: The Last Emperor Hemdale Film Production; Columbia (United Kingdom) Jeremy Thomas, Producer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street |
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Best Actress: Cher as Loretta Castorini in the film Moonstruck |
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Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery as Jim Malone in the film The Untouchables |
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Best Supporting Actress: Olympia Dukakis as Rose Castorini in the film Moonstruck |
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Best Song: (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life from the film Dirty Dancing Music by Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz; lyric by Franke Previte Best Song Lyrics |
Other 1987 Nominees
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Best Picture Nominees (Version 1) |
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Best Picture Nominees (Version 2) |
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Best Actor/Best Actress Nominees |
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Best Actor Nominees |
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Best Actress Nominees |