USA, 26 March 1990
colour, 4:3
mono, English
Live television coverage of 1990's 62nd Annual Academy Awards directed by Jeff Margolis.
Credits
Crew
Director: Jeff Margolis
Production Company: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Producer: Gilbert Cates
Script: Marty Farrell, Ernest Lehman, Melville Shavelson
Special Material: Robert Wuhl
Associate Directors: Allan Kartun, Liz Plonka, Marilyn Seabury, Terri McCoy
Musical Director: Bill Conti
Make Up Department Head: Rudy Horvatich
Key Hair: Dale Miller
Production Designer: C. David Pina
Art Director: Greg Richman
Stage Managers: David Wader, Dency Nelson
Choreographer: Paula Abdul
Locations: Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA; London, England, UK; Moscow, Russia; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Tokyo, Japan
Cast
Billy Crystal (presenter)
Paula Abdul (co-presenter, Best Original Song)
Isabelle Adjani (nominee, Best Actress in a Leading Role)
Danny Aiello (nominee, Best Actor in a Supporting Role)
Norma Aleandro (co-presenter, Documentary Awards)
Patti Austin (performer)
Dan Aykroyd (nominee, Best Actor in a Supporting Role & Presenter: Best Visual Effects)
Lynn Barber (winner, Best Makeup)
Kim Basinger (presenter, Dead Poets Society film clip)
Warren Beatty (co-presenter, Best Picture)
Candice Bergen (co-presenter, Best Costume Design
Kenneth Branagh (nominee, Best Actor in a Leading Role & Best Director/co-presenter, Best Makeup)
Beau Bridges
Jeff Bridges
Bryan Brown (co-presenter, Best Sound)
John Candy (co-presenter, Best Short Film, Live Action)
Chevy Chase (co-presenter, Best Visual Effects)
Glenn Close (co-presenter, Art Direction-Set Decoration)
Pauline Collins (nominee, Best Actress in a Leading Role)
Bill Couturié (winner, Best Documentary Feature)
Tom Cruise (nominee, Best Actor in a Leading Role)
Phyllis Dalton (winner, Best Costume Design)
Geena Davis (presenter, Best Actor in a Supporting Role)
Daniel Day-Lewis (winner, Best Actor in a Leading Role)
Robert De Niro (co-presenter, Best Director)
Rob Epstein (winner, Best Documentary Feature)
Jane Fonda (presenter, Writing Awards)
Jodie Foster (presenter, Best Actor)
Morgan Freeman (nominee, Best Actor in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter Best Film Editing)
Brenda Fricker (winner, Best Actress in a Supporting Role)
Mel Gibson (co-presenter)
Melanie Griffith (co-presenter, Best Cinematography)
Kevin Haney (winner, Best Makeup)
Tom Hanks (co-presenter, Best Cinematography)
Daryl Hannah (presenter)
Charlton Heston (co-presenter, Documentary Awards)
Geoffrey Holder (performer)
Isabelle Huppert (presenter, Gordon E. Sawyer Award)
Anjelica Huston (nominee, Best Actress in a Supporting Role & presenter, My Left Foot clip)
James Ingram (performer)
Kevin Kline (presenter, Best Actress in a Supporting Role)
Akira Kurosawa (Honorary Award recipient)
Martin Landau (nominee, Best Actor in a Supporting Role)
Jessica Lange (nominee, Best Actress in a Leading Role)
Spike Lee (nominee, Best Original Screenplay)
Jack Lemmon (co-presenter, Best Foreign Language Film)
George Lucas (co-presenter, Honorary Award to Akira Kurosawa)
Melissa Manchester (performer)
Steve Martin (presenter, Best Original Score)
Walter Matthau (presenter, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award)
Elizabeth McGovern (co-presenter, Best Makeup)
Dudley Moore (co-presenter, Best Original Song)
Rick Moranis (co-presenter, Best Short Film, Live Action)
Natalya Negoda (co-presenter, Best Foreign Language Film)
Randy Newman (performer & nominee, Best Original Song)
Jack Nicholson (co-presenter, Best Picture)
Lena Olin (nominee, Best Actress in a Supporting Role)
Gregory Peck (presenter, Best Actress in a Leading Role)
Michelle Pfeiffer (nominee, Best Actress in a Leading Role & presenter, International Segment)
Julia Roberts (nominee, Best Actress in a Supporting Role)
Manlio Rocchetti (winner, Best Makeup)
Diana Ross (performer)
Martin Scorsese (co-presenter, Best Director)
Jim Sheridan (nominee, Best Director & Best Adapted Screenplay)
Steven Spielberg (co-presenter, Honorary Award to Akira Kurosawa)
Oliver Stone (winner, Best Director & nominee, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay)
Jessica Tandy (winner, Best Actress in a Leading Role & co-presenter, Best Film Editing)
Rachel Ward (co-presenter, Best Sound)
Denzel Washington (winner, Best Actor in a Supporting Role)
Peter Weir (nominee, Best Director)
Dianne Wiest (nominee, Best Actress in a Supporting Role)
Robin Williams (nominee, Best Actor in a Leading Role)
Lili Fini Zanuck (winner, Best Picture)
Richard D. Zanuck (winner, Best Picture)
Links
Includes extracts from
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Dodesukaden (1970)
Rashomon (1950)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Extracts included in
The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998)
Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992)
