ecl@mtgzy.att.com (Evelyn C Leeper) (03/26/91)
Academy Award Winners (1991) BEST PICTURE: DANCES WITH WOLVES ACTOR: Jeremy Irons (REVERSAL OF FORTUNE) ACTRESS: Kathy Bates (MISERY) SUPPORTING ACTOR: Joe Pesci (GOODFELLAS) SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Whoopi Goldberg (GHOST) DIRECTOR: Kevin Costner, DANCES WITH WOLVES ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: GHOST (Bruce Joel Rubin) ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: DANCES WITH WOLVES (Michael Blake) BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: JOURNEY OF HOPE, Switzerland ART DIRECTION: DICK TRACY (Art director Richard Sylbert, set director Rick Simpson) CINEMATOGRAPHY: DANCES WITH WOLVES (Dean Semler) COSTUME DESIGN: CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Franca Squarciapino) DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: AMERICAN DREAM (Barbara Kopple and Arthur Cohn) DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: "Days of Waiting" (Steven Okazaki) FILM EDITING: DANCES WITH WOLVES (Neil Travis) MAKEUP: DICK TRACY (John Caglione Jr. and Doug Drexler) MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE: John Barry, DANCES WITH WOLVES MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG: Stephen Sondheim, "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)," DICK TRACY ANIMATED SHORT FILM: "Creature Comforts" (Nick Park) LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: "The Lunch Date" (Adam Davidson) SOUND: DANCES WITH WOLVES (Russell Williams II, Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins) SOUND EFFECTS EDITING: THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (Cecelia Hall, George Watters II) VISUAL EFFECTS (Special Award): TOTAL RECALL (Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Kim McGovern, and Alex Funke) Honorary Oscar: Sophia Loren Gordon E. Sawyer Award: Stefan Kudelski for his development and improvement of the Nagra production sound recorder. Special Lifetime Achievement Award: Myra Loy Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown Academy Award of Merit: Eastman Kodak (its sixth) for developing T-Grain technology and introducing EXR color negative films using the technology, resulting in improved image speed and sharpness. Scientific and Engineering Award Plaque: Fuji Photo Film Company for developing its F-series of five intercuttable color negative films. Bruce Wilton and Carlos Icinkoff of Mechanical Concepts Inc., for development of the Mechanical Concepts Optical Printer Platform. The engineering department of Arnold & Richter for continued design improvements of the Arriflex BL Camera System, culminating in the 35BL-4S model. Manfred G. Michelson of Technical Film Systems, for the design of the first sprocket-driven film transport system for color print film processors permitting transport speeds in excess of 600 feet per minute. John W. Lang, Walter Hrastnik, and Charles J. Watson of Bell & Howell for the development and manufacture of a modular continuous contact motion picture film printer. Technical Achievement Awards: Moscow's All-Union Cinema & Photo Research Institute's 3-D lab for its work over the past twenty-five years. Bengt O. Orhall, Kenneth Lund, Bjorn Selin, and Kjell Hogberg of AB Film-Teknik for developing the Mark IV film subtitling processor. Dedo Weigert for developing a miniature, low-voltage Dedo-light. William L. Blowers of Belco Associates and Thomas F. Denove for the development and manufacture of the Belco/Denove Cinemeter. Iain Neil for the optical design, Takuo Miyagishima for the mechanical design, and Panavision for the concept and development of the Primo Series of spherical lenses for 35mm cinematography. Christopher S. Gilman and Harvey Hubert, Jr., of the Diligent Dwarves Effects Lab for development of the Actor Climate System. Jim Graves of J&G Enterprises for development of the Cool Suit System. Richard Mula and Pete Romano of Hydro Image for development of the Seapar 1,200-watt HMI Underwater Lamp (developed, with special underwater safety features, for use on the 1989 film THE ABYSS). Dr. Fred Kolb, Jr., and Paul Preo for the concept and development of a 35mm projection test film, widely used in film theaters across the country. Peter Baldwin for the design and Dr. Paul Kiankhooy and the Lightmaker Co. for development of the Lightmaker AC/DC HMI Ballast. Medals of Commendation: Dr. Roderick T. Ryan, who recently retired as Eastman Kodak's regional director of engineering services. Don Trumbull, who began his career as a prop maker on THE WIZARD OF OZ and is still working in R&D with Apogee Productions. Geoffrey H. Williamson, who developed the Ultracam, the Wilcam 3, cameras for the Imax and Showscan processes, and the Image 300. Evelyn C. Leeper | +1 908-957-2070 | att!mtgzy!ecl or ecl@mtgzy.att.com