63rd Academy Awards

Infobox Academy Awards | name = 63rd


date = March 25, 1991
site = Shrine Auditorium
Los Angeles, California
host = Billy Crystal
producer = Gilbert Cates
director = Jeff Margolis
duration = 3 hours, 35 minutes
network = ABC
ratings = 42.79 million
last = 62nd
next = 64thThe 63rd Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1991 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. The show was hosted by Billy Crystal.

The prominent winner was the film "Dances with Wolves" which earned three major awards. Kevin Costner was the movie's director and leading actor. Whoopi Goldberg made history in becoming the second African-American actress to ever win an Academy Award (the first being Hattie McDaniel in 1939).

The Awards

The following is an incomplete list of winners:

Feature Films

Writing

Winners and Nominees

=Best Motion Picture Of The Year=

*"Awakenings"

*"Dances with Wolves"
*"Ghost"
*"The Godfather, Part III"
*"Goodfellas"

Achievement in Directing

*Kevin Costner - "Dances with Wolves"

*Francis Ford Coppola - "The Godfather, Part III"

*Stephen Frears - "The Grifters"

*Barbet Schroeder - "Reversal of Fortune"

*Martin Scorsese - "Goodfellas"

=Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role=

*Kevin Costner - "Dances with Wolves"

*Robert De Niro - "Awakenings"

*Gerard Depardieu - "Cyrano de Bergerac"
*Richard Harris - "The Field"

*Jeremy Irons - "Reversal of Fortune"

=Best Performance by An Actress In A Leading Role=

*Kathy Bates - "Misery"
*Anjelica Huston - "The Grifters"
*Julia Roberts - "Pretty Woman"
*Meryl Streep - "Postcards from the Edge"
*Joanne Woodward - "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge"

=Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role=

*Bruce Davison - "Longtime Companion"
*Andy Garcia - "The Godfather, Part III"
*Graham Greene - "Dances with Wolves"
*Al Pacino - "Dick Tracy"
*Joe Pesci - "Goodfellas"

=Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role=

*Annette Bening - "The Grifters"
*Lorraine Bracco - "Goodfellas"

*Whoopi Goldberg - "Ghost"
*Diane Ladd - "Wild at Heart"
*Mary McDonnell - "Dances with Wolves"

=Best Foreign Language Film Of The Year=

*"Cyrano de Bergerac"
*"Journey of Hope" (Reise der Hoffnung)
*"Ju Dou"
*"Open Doors" (Porte aperte)
*"The Nasty Girl" (Das Schreckliche Mädchen)

=Adapted Screenplay=

*"Awakenings" - Steven Zaillian
*"Dances with Wolves" - Michael Blake
*"Goodfellas" - Nicholas Pileggi; Martin Scorsese
*"The Grifters" - Donald E. Westlake
*"Reversal of Fortune" - Nicholas Kazan

=Original Screenplay=

*"Alice" - Woody Allen
*"Avalon" - Barry Levinson
*"Ghost" - Bruce Joel Rubin
*"Green Card" - Peter Weir
*"Metropolitan" - Whit Stillman

=Achievement In Art Direction=

* Ezio Frigerio (Art Direction); Jacques Rouxel (Set Decoration) - "Cyrano de Bergerac"
* Richard Sylbert (Art Direction); Rick Simpson (Set Decoration) - "Dick Tracy"
* Jeffrey Beecroft (Art Direction); Lisa Dean (Set Decoration) - "Dances with Wolves"
* Dean Tavoularis (Art Direction); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration) - "The Godfather, Part III"
* Dante Ferretti (Art Direction); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration) - "Hamlet"

=Achievement In Cinematography=

*Allen Daviau - "Avalon"
*Philippe Rousselot - "Henry & June"
*Dean Semler - Dances with Wolves
*Vittorio Storaro - "Dick Tracy"
*Gordon Willis - "The Godfather Part III"

=Achievement In Costume Design=

*Milena Canonero - "Dick Tracy"
*Gloria Gresham - "Avalon"
*Maurizio Millenotti - "Hamlet"
*Franca Squarciapino - Cyrano de Bergerac
*Elsa Zamparelli - "Dances with Wolves"

=Best Documentary Feature=

=Best Documentary Short Subject=

* ""

=Achievement In Film Editing=

Achievement In Makeup

*Michele Burke; Jean-Pierre Eychenne - "Cyrano de Bergerac"
*John Caglione, Jr.; Doug Drexler - Dick Tracy
*Ve Neill; Stan Winston - "Edward Scissorhands"

=Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Score)=

*"Avalon" - Randy Newman
*"Dances with Wolves" - John Barry
*"Ghost" - Maurice Jarre
*"Havana" - Dave Grusin
*"Home Alone" - John Williams

Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Song)

*"Blaze of Glory" - "Young Guns II"
*"I'm Checkin' Out" - "Postcards from the Edge"
*"Promise Me You'll Remember" - "The Godfather Part III"
*"Somewhere in My Memory" - "Home Alone"
*"Sooner or Later" - "Dick Tracy"

=Best Animated Short Film=

????? Presented by Bugs Bunny.

*"Cavallette"
*"Creature Comforts"
*"A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit"

=Best Live Action Short Film=

* "The Lunch Date"

=Achievement In Sound Editing=

=Achievement In Sound Mixing=

=Achievement In Visual Effects=

pecial honors

Trivia

*Seven members of Reba McEntire's band and her road manager were among 10 who died in a March 16 1991 plane crash near San Diego, California. There was a minor controversy over her decision to perform on the Academy Awards a week after the crash. But, she appeared on the show to dedicate the nominated song, "I'm Checking Out", from the film "Postcards From the Edge", to her fallen band members. During the performance, McEntire was visibly emotional.
*Billy Crystal won two Emmys, for writing and for his hosting performance, for this telecast.