The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990) (TV)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Jeff Margolis

Writers:

Marty Farrell (writer)
Ernest Lehman (writer)

Release Date:

26 March 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Family

Plot Keywords:

TV Special | Live Performance | Birthday Party | Oscar | Oscar Statuette

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Billy Crystal	...	Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paula Abdul	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Song
Isabelle Adjani	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Danny Aiello	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Norma Aleandro	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Documentary Awards (via satellite from Buenos Aires)
Woody Allen	...	Himself (archive footage)
Patti Austin	...	Herself - Performer
Dan Aykroyd	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role & Presenter: Best Visual Effects
Lynn Barber	...	Herself - Winner: Best Makeup
Kim Basinger	...	Herself - Presenter: 'Dead Poets Society' Film Clip
Warren Beatty	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Picture
Candice Bergen	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Costume Design
Kenneth Branagh	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Best Director / Co-Presenter: Best Makeup
Marlon Brando	...	Ian McKenzie (archive footage)
Beau Bridges	...	Himself
Jeff Bridges	...	Himself
Bryan Brown	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Sound (via satellite from Sydney)
John Candy	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Short Film, Live Action
Chevy Chase	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Visual Effects
Glenn Close	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Art Direction-Set Decoration (via satellite from London)
Pauline Collins	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Bill Couturié	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature
Tom Cruise	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Phyllis Dalton	...	Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Geena Davis	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Daniel Day-Lewis	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Robert De Niro	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Director
Rob Epstein	...	Himself - Winner: Best Documentary Feature
Jane Fonda	...	Herself - Presenter: Writing Awards
Jodie Foster	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Actor
Morgan Freeman	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Best Film Editing
Brenda Fricker	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Mel Gibson	...	Himself - Co-presenter (via satellite from London)
Melanie Griffith	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Cinematography
Kevin Haney	...	Himself - Winner: Best Makeup
Tom Hanks	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Cinematography
Daryl Hannah	...	Herself - Presenter
Ethan Hawke	...	Todd Anderson (archive footage)
Charlton Heston	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Documentary Awards (via satellite from Buenos Aires)
Geoffrey Holder	...	Himself - Performer
Isabelle Huppert	...	Herself - Presenter: Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Anjelica Huston	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Presenter: 'My left foot' Clip
James Ingram	...	Himself - Performer
Kevin Kline	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Howard W. Koch	...	Himself - Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Recipient
Akira Kurosawa	...	Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
Martin Landau	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jessica Lange	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Spike Lee	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Original Screenplay
Jack Lemmon	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film (via satellite from Moscow)
George Lucas	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Honorary Award to Akira Kurosawa
Melissa Manchester	...	Herself - Performer
Steve Martin	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Original Score
Walter Matthau	...	Himself - Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Elizabeth McGovern	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Best Makeup
Dudley Moore	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Song
Rick Moranis	...	Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Short Film, Live Action
Natalya Negoda	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film (via satellite from Moscow)
Randy Newman	...	Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Original Song
Jack Nicholson	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Picture
Lena Olin	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Gregory Peck	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: International Segment
Julia Roberts	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Manlio Rocchetti	...	Himself - Winner: Best Makeup
Diana Ross	...	Herself - Performer
Martin Scorsese	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Best Director
Jim Sheridan	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director & Best Adapted Screenplay
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Honorary Award to Akira Kurosawa
Oliver Stone	...	Himself - Winner: Best Director & Nominee: Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay
Jessica Tandy	...	Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Co-Presenter: Best Film Editing
Rachel Ward	...	Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Sound (via satellite from Sydney)
Denzel Washington	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Peter Weir	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director
Dianne Wiest	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Robin Williams	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Lili Fini Zanuck	...	Herself - Winner: Best Picture
Richard D. Zanuck	...	Himself - Winner: Best Picture

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Trivia:

Of the 20 nominated actors, Marlon Brando was the only one not in attendance.

Quotes:

Billy Crystal: I know what you're thinking as you look at me. Where's my opening production? I know you miss it, don't you? Where's that big, terrible number that usually opens the Oscars?
[audience laughs]
Billy Crystal: Where is that number where they take all the nominees for Best Picture, put 'em into one medley? Well, you won't be seeing that tonight. You won't see that number that usually--
[audience applauds]
Billy Crystal: You won't see that number that usually begins,
[singing]
Billy Crystal: "It's a wonderful night for Oscar! Oscar, Oscar! Who will win?"

Movie Connections:

Follows The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Happy Birthday to You