60th Academy Awards
The 60th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on April 11, 1988, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PDT. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 22 categories honoring films released in 1987. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and directed by Marty Pasetta. Actor Chevy Chase hosted the show for the second consecutive year. Two weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on March 27, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Shirley Jones.
| 60th Academy Awards | |
|---|---|
Official poster | |
| Date | April 11, 1988 |
| Site | Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, California |
| Hosted by | Chevy Chase |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn Jr. |
| Directed by | Marty Pasetta |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | The Last Emperor |
| Most awards | The Last Emperor (9) |
| Most nominations | The Last Emperor (9) |
| TV in the United States | |
| Network | ABC |
| Duration | 3 hours, 33 minutes |
| Ratings | 42.2 million 29.4% (Nielsen ratings) |
The Last Emperor won all nine awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture and Best Director for Bernardo Bertolucci. For their performances in Moonstruck, Cher and Olympia Dukakis won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. Michael Douglas won Best Actor for his role in Wall Street; and Sean Connery won Best Supporting Actor for The Untouchables, the latter becoming the first Scottish thespian to win an acting Oscar in any of the four categories. The telecast garnered 42.2 million viewers in the United States.