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British Academy Film Awards

42nd edition

  • March 19, 1989
  • United Kingdom

The 42nd British Academy Film Awards, commonly known as the BAFTAs, took place on 19 March 1989 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.The awards were presented honouring the best national and foreign films of 1988. Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 1988.

Awards

Movie People Status
Best Picture
The Last Emperor Jeremy Thomas, Bernardo Bertolucci - as producer(s) Winner
Au Revoir les Enfants Louis Malle - as producer(s) —
Babette's Feast Just Betzer, Bo Christensen, Gabriel Axel - as producer(s) —
A Fish Called Wanda Michael Shamberg, Charles Crichton - as producer(s) —
Best Directing
Au Revoir les Enfants Louis Malle Winner
The Last Emperor Bernardo Bertolucci —
A Fish Called Wanda Charles Crichton —
Babette's Feast Gabriel Axel —
Best Actor in a Leading Role
A Fish Called Wanda John Cleese Winner
A Fish Called Wanda Kevin Kline —
Fatal Attraction Michael Douglas —
Good Morning, Vietnam Robin Williams —
Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Maggie Smith Winner
Moonstruck Cher —
A Fish Called Wanda Jamie Lee Curtis —
Babette's Feast Stéphane Audran —
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
A Fish Called Wanda Michael Palin Winner
A World Apart David Suchet —
White Mischief Joss Ackland —
The Last Emperor Peter O'Toole —
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
A Handful of Dust Judi Dench Winner
Fatal Attraction Anne Archer —
A Fish Called Wanda Maria Aitken —
Moonstruck Olympia Dukakis —
Best Original Screenplay
A World Apart Shawn Slovo Winner
Au Revoir les Enfants Louis Malle —
A Fish Called Wanda John Cleese —
Moonstruck John Patrick Shanley —
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman Winner
Babette's Feast Gabriel Axel —
Empire of the Sun Tom Stoppard —
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman —
Best International Feature Film
Babette's Feast Just Betzer, Bo Christensen, Gabriel Axel Winner
Au Revoir les Enfants Louis Malle —
Dark Eyes Silvia D'Amico Bendico, Carlo Cucchi, Nikita Mikhalkov —
Wings of Desire Wim Wenders, Anatole Dauman —
Best Cinematography
Empire of the Sun Allen Daviau Winner
Babette's Feast Henning Kristiansen —
The Last Emperor Vittorio Storaro —
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Dean Cundey —
Best Original Score
Empire of the Sun John Williams Winner
Bird Lennie Niehaus —
The Last Emperor Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su —
Moonstruck Dick Hyman —
Best Film Editing
Fatal Attraction Michael Kahn, Peter E. Berger Winner
A Fish Called Wanda John Jympson —
The Last Emperor Gabriella Cristiani —
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Arthur Schmidt —
Best Sound
Empire of the Sun Charles L. Campbell, Colin Charles, Louis Edemann, Robert Knudson, Tony Dawe Winner
Bird Alan Robert Murray, Robert G. Henderson, Willie D. Burton, Les Fresholtz —
Good Morning, Vietnam Bill Phillips, Clive Winter, Terry Porter —
The Last Emperor Ivan Sharrock, Bill Rowe, Les Wiggins —
Best Production Design
Tucker: The Man and His Dream Dean Tavoularis Winner
Empire of the Sun Norman Reynolds —
The Last Emperor Ferdinando Scarfiotti —
Who Framed Roger Rabbit Elliot Scott —
Best Costume Design
The Last Emperor James Acheson Winner
The Dressmaker Judy Moorcroft —
Empire of the Sun Bob Ringwood —
White Mischief Marit Allen —
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Last Emperor Fabrizio Sforza Winner
Beetlejuice Steve La Porte, Ve Neill, Robert Short —
A Handful of Dust Sally Sutton —
RoboCop Carla Palmer —
Best Special Effects
Who Framed Roger Rabbit George Gibbs, Richard Williams, Ken Ralston, Edward Jones Winner
Beetlejuice Peter Kuran, Alan Munro, Robert Short, Ted Rea —
The Last Emperor Giannetto De Rossi, Fabrizio Martinelli —
RoboCop Rob Bottin, Phil Tippett, Peter Kuran, Rocco Gioffre —
BAFTA Fellowship
— Alec Guinness Winner
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award
— Charles Crichton Winner
Special Award
— Julie Andrews, Leslie Hardcastle Winner
Special Award for Craft
— Richard Williams Winner

The Last Emperor
Statistics

Most Awarded

2 or more wins
  • Empire of the Sun 3
  • The Last Emperor 3
  • A Fish Called Wanda 2

Most Nominated

3 or more nominations
  • The Last Emperor 11
  • A Fish Called Wanda 9
  • Babette's Feast 6
  • Empire of the Sun 6
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit 5
  • Au Revoir les Enfants 4
  • Moonstruck 4
  • Fatal Attraction 3

Most Unluckiest

wins / nominations
  • The Last Emperor 3 / 11
  • A Fish Called Wanda 2 / 9
  • Babette's Feast 1 / 6
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1 / 5
  • Moonstruck 0 / 4
  • Empire of the Sun 3 / 6
  • Au Revoir les Enfants 1 / 4
  • Fatal Attraction 1 / 3

Only one nomination

6 movies:
  • Dark Eyes
  • The Dressmaker
  • The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
  • Tucker: The Man and His Dream
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  • Wings of Desire

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