62nd Academy Awards (Oscar Awards 1990)

62nd Academy Awards – Daisies for Oscars!

The limelight of the 62^nd Academy Awards or Oscar Awards 1990 was Billy Crystal opening the show with a song about the nominees for the Best Picture. Followed by performances from Geoffrey Holder who sang two numbers – “Kiss the girl and under the sea” – from the hit Disney movie “The Little Mermaid”.  Apart from this “Driving Miss Daisy” won the Academy award for Best Picture as well as Jessica Tandy became the first ever eldest female to win the  Best Actress Academy Award. A list of the winners is as follows:

Best Picture Oscar Award 1990: Driving Miss Daisy

Best Director Oscar Award 1990: Oliver Stone – Born on the Fourth of July

Best Actor Oscar Award 1990: Daniel Day-Lewis – My Left Foot

Best Actress Oscar Award 1990: Jessica Tandy – Driving Miss Daisy

Best Supporting Actor Oscar Award 1990: Denzel Washington – Glory

Best Supporting Actress Oscar Award 1990: Brenda Fricker – My Left Foot

Best Original Screenplay Oscar Award 1990: Dead Poets Society

Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar Award 1990: Driving Miss Daisy

Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Award 1990: Cinema Paradiso – Italy

Best Documentary Feature Oscar Award 1990: Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Best Documentary Short Oscar Award 1990: The Johnstown Flood

Best Live Action Short Oscar Award 1990: Work Experience

Best Animated Short Academy/Oscar Award 1990: Balance

Best Original Score Academy/Oscar Award 1990: The Little Mermaid

Best Original Song Academy/Oscar Award 1990: “Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid

Best Sound Editing Academy/Oscar Award 1990: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Best Sound Mixing Academy/Oscar Award 1990: Glory

Best Art Direction Academy/Oscar Award 1990: Batman

Best Cinematography Academy/Oscar Award 1990: Glory

Best Makeup Academy Award 1990: Driving Miss Daisy

Best Costume Design Oscar Award 1990: Henry V

Best Film Editing Oscar Award 1990: Born on the Fourth of July

Best Visual Effects Oscar Award 1990: The Abyss

All in all there were some great wins though some critics said it would be better to revote some of the wins.