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62nd Academy Awards
Date Monday, March 26, 1990
Site Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Host Billy Crystal
Producer Gil Cates
Director Jeff Margolis
Duration 3 hours, 37 minutes

The 62nd Academy Awards were presented March 26, 1990 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. This was the first telecast hosted by Billy Crystal and debuted his famous nominee songs. He would go on to host the show seven more times over the next fifteen years.

Driving Miss Daisy won four awards including Best Picture.

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[edit] Winners

[edit] Feature Films

Category Winner
Best motion picture Driving Miss Daisy Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck
Best foreign language film Cinema Paradiso Italy
Best documentary feature The Johnstown Flood Charles Guggenheim

[edit] Acting

Category Winner Movie
Best actor in a leading role Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot
Best actress in a leading role Jessica Tandy Driving Miss Daisy
Best actor in a supporting role Denzel Washington Glory
Best actress in a supporting role Brenda Fricker My Left Foot

[edit] Screenplay & Direction

Category Winner Movie
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Tom Schulman Dead Poets Society
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Alfred Uhry Driving Miss Daisy
Best Director Oliver Stone Born on the Fourth of July
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