ACADEMY AWARDS, THE 58TH ANNUAL (TV)
Summary
The fifty-eighth annual Academy Awards presentation, broadcast live from Hollywood. Performers in the first hour include Teri Garr, Irene Cara, Tata Vega, Stephen Bishop, and Greg Burge. Presenters in the first hour include Robert Wise, Marsha Mason, Richard Dreyfuss, Molly Ringwald, Jim Henson with Kermit the Frog and Scooter, Audrey Hepburn, Louis Gosset, Jr., Teri Garr, and Irene Cara. Award winners in the first hour include Anjelica Huston for Best Supporting Actress ("Prizzi's Honor"); Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, and David Berry for Best Special Visual Effects ("Cocoon"); Cilia Van Dij for Best Animated Short Subject ("Anna and Bella"); Emi Wada for Best Costume Design ("Ran"); Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd for Best Documentary Feature ("Broken Rainbow"); Zoltan Elek and Michael Westmore for Best Achievement in Makeup ("Mask"); and Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, and Peter Handford for Best Sound ("Out of Africa"). Performers in the second hour include Lionel Richie and Huey Lewis.
Presenters in the second hour include Cher, Bob Hope, Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Michael J. Fox, Rebecca De Mornay, Sally Field, Quincy Jones, and Michael Winslow. Award winners in the second hour include Don Ameche for Best Supporting Actor ("Cocoon"); Charles "Buddy" Rogers, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award; producer David Goodman for Best Documentary Short Subject ("Witness to War"); Stephen Grimes for Best Art Direction ("Out of Africa"); Paul Newman, honorary award; Charles L. Campbell and Robert Rutledge for Best Sound Effects Editing ("Back to the Future"); Alex North, lifetime achievement award; producers Jeff Brown and Chris Pelzeor for Best Live Action Short Film ("Molly's Pilgrim").
Performers in the third hour include the following celebrities: Howard Keel, June Allyson, Marge Champion, Cyd Charisse, Kathryn Grayson, Ann Miller, Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Esther Williams, Leslie Caron, and Barbra Streisand. Presenters in the third hour include F. Murray Abraham, Jon Cryer, Norma Aleandro, Jack Valenti, Whoopi Goldberg, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Larry Gelbart, and Barbra Streisand. Songs performed during the third hour include "Flying Down to Rio," with music by David Shire, lyrics by Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu, and special lyrics by Sammy Cahn; "Once a Star, Always a Star," with music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.; and "Here's to the Losers," with music by Barry Mann and lyrics by Cynthia Weil. Award winners in the third hour include Jeff Brown and Chris Pelzer for Best Live Action Short ("Molly's Pilgrim"); Geraldine Page for Best Actress ("The Trip to Bountiful"); David Watkin for Best Cinematography ("Out of Africa"); Luis Puenzo for Best Foreign Film ("The Official Story"); Lionel Richie for Best Original Song ("Say You, Say Me" from "White Nights"); John Barry for Best Original Score ("Out of Africa"); Kurt Luedtke for Best Screenplay Adaptation ("Out of Africa"); Earl W. Wallace, William Kelly, and Pamela Wallace for Best Original Screenplay ("Cocoon"); Sydney Pollack for Best Director ("Out of Africa"), Thom Noble (not in attendance), best film editing ("Witness"). In the final fifteen minutes of the program, presenters include Sally Field, John Huston, William Wyler, and Akira Kurosawa, and award winners include William Hurt for Best Actor ("Kiss of the Spider Woman") and for Best Picture, "Out of Africa."
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: March 24, 1986 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 3:11:39
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T86:0252
- GENRE: Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Specials; Award presentations
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1986
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Stanley Donen … Producer
- Marty Pasetta … Director
- Glenn Gordon Caron … Writer
- Douglas Wyman … Writer
- Larry Gelbart … Writer
- Lionel Newman … Conductor, Music (Misc. Credits), Music conducted and supervised by
- Ron Field … Choreographer
- Jo Ann Kane … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Coordinator
- Mike Rubin … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Coordinator
- Alan Alda … Host
- Jane Fonda … Host
- Robin Williams … Host
- F. Murray Abraham
- Norma Aleandro
- Gary Alexander
- June Allyson
- Don Ameche
- David Berry
- Stephen Bishop
- Jeff Brown
- John Brown
- Sammy Cahn
- Charles L. Campbell
- Irene Cara
- Leslie Caron
- Marge Champion
- Cyd Charisse
- Cher (See also: Bonnie Jo Mason)
- Jon Cryer
- Rebecca De Mornay
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Zoltan Elek
- Edward Eliscu
- Scott Farrar
- Sally Field
- Maria Florio
- Michael J. Fox
- Teri Garr
- Whoopi Goldberg
- David Goodman
- Louis Gossett
- Kathryn Grayson
- Stephen Grimes
- Steve Guttenberg
- Peter Handford
- Jim Henson
- Audrey Hepburn
- Bob Hope
- William Hurt
- Anjelica Huston
- John Huston
- Chris Jenkins
- Quincy Jones
- Gus Kahn
- Howard Keel
- Gene Kelly
- William Kelly
- Akira Kurosawa
- Huey Lewis
- Kurt Luedtke
- Josie MacAvin
- Richard Maltby
- Barry Mann
- Marsha Mason
- Ralph McQuarrie
- Ann Miller
- Victoria Mudd
- Paul Newman
- Tom Noble
- Alex North
- Donald O'Connor
- Geraldine Page
- Chris Pelzer
- Sydney Pollack
- Jane Powell
- Ken Ralston
- Debbie Reynolds
- Lionel Richie
- Molly Ringwald
- Charles "Buddy" Rogers
- Ron Rubin
- Robert Rutledge
- Ally Sheedy
- David Shire
- Larry Stensvold
- Barbra Streisand
- Jack Valenti
- Cilia Van Dij
- Emi Wada
- Pamela Wallace
- David Watkin
- Cynthia Weil
- Michael Westmore
- Esther Williams
- Michael Winslow
- Robert Wise
- William Wyler