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- DirectorMori MasakiStarsIssei MiyazakiCatherine BattistoneYoshie ShimamuraA powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.Favourite Film of the Year
Runner ups:
Videodrome
Terms of Endearment
The Dead Zone
Vacation
WarGames
Angst
The Day After
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Trading Places - DirectorMori MasakiStarsIssei MiyazakiCatherine BattistoneYoshie ShimamuraA powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.Best Film of the Year
Runner ups:
Terms of Endearment
Videodrome
The Dead Zone
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Angst
WarGames
Vacation
The Day After
Rumble Fish - DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack NicholsonFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.Best Lead Actor: Debra Winger
Runner ups:
James Woods in Videodrome
Christopher Walken in The Dead Zone
Eddie Murphy in Trading Places
Matt Dillon in Rumble Fish
Erwin Leder in Angst
Chevy Chase in Vacation
Mark Hamill in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Dan Ackroyd in Trading Places
Al Pacino in Scarface - DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsShirley MacLaineDebra WingerJack NicholsonFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems.Best Supporting Actor: Shirley MacLaine
Runner ups:
Harrison Ford in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
John Lithgow in Terms of Endearment
Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment
John Candy in Vacation
Michelle Pfeiffer in Scarface
Deborah Harry in Videodrome
Takeshi Kitano in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Richard Pryor in Superman III
Carrie Fisher in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja SmitsA programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.Best Direction
Runner ups:
Angst
Rumble Fish
The Dead Zone
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja SmitsA programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.Best Original Screenplay
Runner ups:
WarGames
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
The Day After
Trading Places - DirectorMori MasakiStarsIssei MiyazakiCatherine BattistoneYoshie ShimamuraA powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.Best Adapted Screenplay
Runner ups:
Terms of Endearment
The Dead Zone
Vacation
Angst - DirectorGerald KarglStarsErwin LederRobert Hunger-BühlerSilvia RyderA troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.Best Cinematography
Runner ups:
Rumble Fish
Videodrome
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
The Wind in the Willows - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja SmitsA programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.Best Editing
Runner ups:
Scarface
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Angst
The Meaning of Life - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja SmitsA programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.Best Art-Direction
Runner ups:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Twilight Zone: The Movie
The Meaning of Life
Scarface - DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.Best Costume-Design
Runner ups:
Scarface
Superman III
The Meaning of Life
Heat and Dust - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja SmitsA programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.Best Make-up
Runner ups:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
The Meaning of Life
Twilight Zone: The Movie
The Dead Zone - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja SmitsA programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.Best Visual Effects
Runner ups:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Superman III
The Meaning of Life - DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsDavid BowieTom ContiRyuichi SakamotoDuring WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.Best Original Score:
Runner ups:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
The Meaning of Life
Superman III
Videodrome - DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsAl PacinoMichelle PfeifferSteven BauerIn 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.Best Original Song: "Push it to the Limit"
Runner ups:
"The Galaxy Song" from The Meaning of Life
"Every Sperm is Sacred" from The Meaning of Life
"The Meaning of Life" from The Meaning of Life
"Maniac" from Flashdance - DirectorMori MasakiStarsIssei MiyazakiCatherine BattistoneYoshie ShimamuraA powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.Best Animated Film
Runner ups:
The Wind in the Willows
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n/a - DirectorMark HallStarsRichard PearsonIan CarmichaelDavid JasonToad, Rat, Mole, and Badger follow animal etiquette in this version of Kenneth Grahame's classic, in stop-motion model animation.Best Animation
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Barefoot Gen
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n/a - DirectorHarold RamisStarsChevy ChaseBeverly D'AngeloImogene CocaThe Griswold family's cross-country drive to the Walley World theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.Funniest Film
Runner ups:
The Meaning of Life
Terms of Endearment
Trading Places
Curse of the Pink Panther - DirectorJohn LandisStarsEddie MurphyDan AykroydRalph BellamyA snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.Best Comedic Performance: Eddie Murphy
Runner ups:
Eric Idle in The Meaning of Life
Richard Pryor in Superman III
John Cleese in The Meaning of Life
Dan Ackroyd in Trading Places - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsChristopher WalkenBrooke AdamsTom SkerrittA man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.Scariest Film
Runner ups:
Barefoot Gen
Videodrome
Angst
Testament - DirectorMori MasakiStarsIssei MiyazakiCatherine BattistoneYoshie ShimamuraA powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.Most Emotional Film
Runner ups:
Terms of Endearment
Rumble Fish
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.Best Action Film
Runner ups:
Superman III
Never Say Never Again
Curse of the Pink Panther
n/a - DirectorTerry JonesStarsJohn CleeseTerry GilliamEric IdleThe comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.Best Musical
Runners up:
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n/a - DirectorRichard LesterStarsChristopher ReeveRichard PryorMargot KidderSynthetic kryptonite laced with tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.Best Superhero Film
Runner ups:
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n/a - DirectorMori MasakiStarsIssei MiyazakiCatherine BattistoneYoshie ShimamuraA powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.Best Foreign-Language Film
Runners up:
Angst
n/a - DirectorTerry JonesStarsJohn CleeseTerry GilliamEric IdleThe comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.Best British Film
Runners up:
Local Hero
Superman III
Heat and Dust
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - DirectorBruno MatteiClaudio FragassoStarsLou FerrignoSybil DanningBrad HarrisA bandit leader endowed with supernatural powers by his sorceress mother makes yearly raids on a peasant village. However, the women of the village come into possession of a magic sword, and go in search of a hero who is able to wield it and save their village from the evil bandit.Turd of the Year
Runner ups:
Jaws 3-D
Christine
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Never Say Never Again - DirectorTerry GilliamStarsSydney ArnoldGuy BertrandAndrew BicknellA group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.Best Short Film
Runner ups:
Passionless Moments
Thriller
Sundae in New York
n/a - CreatorStephen J. CannellFrank LupoStarsGeorge PeppardMr. TDwight SchultzFour Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn't commit, help the innocent while on the run from the military.Best TV Drama (for season 1)
Runner ups:
Tales from the Darkside (season 1)
The Smurfs (series 3)
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n/a - CreatorRichard CurtisStarsRowan AtkinsonBrian BlessedElspet GrayIn the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.Best TV Comedy (for series 1)
Runner ups:
Cheers (seasons 1/2)
Henry's Cat (series 1)
Only Fools and Horses (series 3)
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (season 1)
Alvin & the Chipmunks (season 1)
Danger Mouse (series 4)
Inspector Gadget (season 1)
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n/a - CreatorRichard CurtisStarsRowan AtkinsonBrian BlessedElspet GrayIn the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.Best Performance (TV Comedy): Brian Blessed (series 1)
Runners up:
John Ratzenberger in Cheers (seasons 1/2)
David Jason in Only Fools and Horses (series 3)
Rowan Atkinson in The Black Adder (series 1)
Ted Danson in Cheers (seasons 1/2)
Nicholas Lyndhurst in Only Fools and Horses (series 3)
Tim McInnerny in The Black Adder (series 1)
Shelley Long in Cheers (seasons 1/2)
Elspet Gray in The Black Adder (series 1)
Robert East in The Black Adder (series 1)
Tony Robinson in The Black Adder (series 1) - DirectorMartin ShardlowStarsJohn CarlisleBert ParnabyRoy EvansWhen Edmund loses his title of Duke of Edinburgh, he snaps, fires Baldrick and Percy and hires some of the most cruel men in England; Sir Wilfred Death, Three-Fingered Pete, Guy de Glastonbury, Sean the Irish Bastard, Friar Bellows and Jack Large to help him take over the kingdom.Best Direction in an Individual Episode
Runner ups:
The Black Adder: "The Queen of Spain's Beard"
The Black Adder: "The Archbishop"
The Black Adder: "Born to Be King"
The Black Adder: "Witchsmeller Pursuivant" - DirectorMartin ShardlowStarsRowan AtkinsonFrank FinlayElspet GrayWhen the plague rages through Europe everyone blames "witches". When Edmund fails a "test" everyone suddenly becomes his enemy.Best Writing in an Individual Episode
Runner ups:
The Black Adder: "The Queen of Spain's Beard"
The Black Adder: "The Black Seal"
The Black Adder: "The Archbishop"
The Black Adder: "Born to Be King" - DirectorBruce GowersStarsEddie MurphyJames ArgiroGus LoundermonEddie Murphy's raunchy, raucous stand-up comedy routine is captured for posterity on this tape.Best Feature Stand-up Comedy Recording
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On Location: "Carlin at Carnegie"
n/a - DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsBonnie TylerBonnie Tyler's official music video for 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'.Best Music Video
Runners up:
Michael Jackson: Thriller
Michael Jackson: Billie Jean
Styx: Mr. Roboto
David Bowie: Modern Love - DirectorGenyo TakedaBronx kid Little Mac is trained by ex-boxer "Doc" Louis so he may gain a name for himself in the World Video Boxing Association, in hopes he can fight the legendary Mr. Dream.Best Video Game
Runners up:
Donkey Kong 3
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